Led by Andrew McCallum, the walk will start outside the Dragon School, where JB first arrived in Oxford, at 2pm promptly and going via places he knew well, including Magdalen College, will finish at The Painted Room about 1¾ hours later. Readings along the way will be a mix of poetry and prose. The Painted Room belongs to The Oxford Preservation Trust and was their offices during the time when JB was, briefly, their Secretary. The Trust usually only open it about once a month for tours but I am pleased to say that they will open it specially for us even though the 20^th June is the date of their AGM, later that evening. Please note that The Painted Room is up a flight of steep stairs with no lift access. When they do tours they charge non members £5 so I propose we offer them a donation of £5 each (cash on the day, please).

Andrew McCallum is Vice Chairman of The Betjeman Society, a member of the Oxford Preservation Trust and was, like JB, at the Dragon School.

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