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  • Wantage Branch: Visit to Tom Brown’s School Museum, Uffington, Oxfordshire.

    Tom Brown Museum, Uffington Broad Street, Uffington, Oxfordshire

    We meet at Tom Brown's School Museum, Uffington, at 2.15pm. We'll look round the exhibition, "Archie and the Poet", that Garry Gibbons has worked very hard to set up. We'll have the opportunity to see the real Archie and Jumbo and Garry will tell us more about Archie - Archibald Ormsby-Gore as he became known […]

    £10

  • “Betjeman in the Forties”

    Ullesthorpe Village Memorial Hall

    Come and find out about Betjeman's wartime poems; life and loves on the Home Front; propaganda films and spying, as we explore this significant decade for Sir John! Afternoon led by Horace Liberty. Tickets include afternoon tea. Please contact The Shires Branch for more information or to book.

    £20.00

  • All day excursion by coach to Silk Willoughby Church and Grimsthorpe Castle

    Horncastle Community Centre Horncastle

    Coach will depart from Horncastle at 9.00am but alternatively you can join the tour at the Horseshoes public house in Silk Willoughby at 10.15am. The visits will include an introduction to St Denis, Silk Willoughby by Prof. David Stocker and a tour of Grimsthorpe Castle. Also a visit to the Lettering Arts Trust exhibition in […]

  • Severn and Wye Group Meeting. 7th September 2.15pm.

    St. Andrew’s Centre, Pershore. High Street, Pershore, Worcestershire

    Our next meeting is on Thursday 7th September at 2.15 pm, at St. Andrew’s Centre, Pershore. Visitors and new members are welcome – the secretary will be pleased to give you more details – alisonhunka1885@aol.com or 01684 573750.

  • “Pimms and Poetry in the Park”

    Bradgate Park

    FREE including a complimentary Pimms Bring a fold up chair, picnic lunch and a couple of readings of your own choice (optional - not necessarily Betjeman) to Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford, Car Park Entrance LE6 OHB. After parking (Car Park Fees apply, please bring your bank card to swipe at exit gate when leaving) walk […]

  • “Charles Causley & John Betjeman” – a talk by Horace Liberty

    Horncastle Community Centre Horncastle

    John Betjeman and Charles Causley were friends and poets who had the county of Cornwall in common. During our afternoon we will discover more about their friendship and their poems and, through their work, enjoy a "breath of Cornish air". To book or for more details please contact the Lincolnshire Branch.

  • “Northumberland – A Guide” – A talk by Rt Revd Dr Stephen Platten.

    Church of the Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell

    Last year saw the publication of a new guide to the beautiful county of Northumberland, following in the Shell Guide tradition established by JB. We are very pleased to have its author, The Rt Revd Dr Stephen Platten talk to us about the Shell County Guides and Betjeman’s key part in their birth and development. […]

    £10

Many events are organised by the Council of the Betjeman Society: to book a place for these events please use the booking form that is sent out with the Society Newsletter or choose one of the following options::
– By cheque payable to the ‘Betjeman Society’ and sent to:Betjeman Society Events, 38 Lapsley Drive, Banbury, OX16 1EW enclosing a SAE.
– By bank transfer to The Betjeman Society Sort Code 40-43-26 (HSBC) and Account Number 62338521. Pay the total amount required for your ticket/s and give as a reference your surname and the event date. Please email events@betjemansociety.com to advise your booking details.
– By cash on arrival but please email as above so we know to expect you.
– If you have a Paypal account or intend to open one then please use it quoting email address ‘betjsoc@gmail.com’