Munnings at LWHS, plus the next event.

Speaker, Marcia Whiting.

The lecture about Sir Alfred Munnings at Little Waldingfield History Society given by Marcia Whiting, was very informative entertaining.  It inspired many of us to plan to take the trip down to Dedham to visit Castle House Museum where the artist spent the last 40 years of his life.

In the absence of Andy Sheppard, who was indisposed, I have written a brief review of the evening which can be found under the ‘Munnings’ tab above.  It was interesting to hear about the artist’s involvement in the purchase of Gainsborough’s House in the 1950’s, and I have added a little research of my own on the subject to the review.  This comes from a piece I wrote about Gainsborough’s House in 2013 which was included in the Sudbury Museum Trust publication The Painter, the Princess and the Statue, edited by Valerie Herbert.  (Copies of this fascinating book are still available I believe.)

I hesitate to advertise the next LWHS event, since the Guest Speaker will be none other than me.  I feel very honoured to have been asked to give a lecture about Russian history to the Society and have chosen to speak about ‘The Bronze Horseman, A Tale of Petersburg’.   

Whether or not you have visited the ‘Venice of the North’ you should find this talk interesting.  Previous members of the audience have told me that they learned more about the history of the city and its landmarks from it than they did from the Russian tour guides on the spot.  I can’t really comment on this, but the talk is illustrated by a number of attractive slides and also a little bit of poetry, and people seem to like it on the whole.

The talk will be at the Parish Room, Little Waldingfield on Wednesday June 22^nd at 7.30 p.m.

Booking Secretary              
Diana Langford, Pitt Cottage                                          Phone: 01787 248298