St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust Programme July to December 2024
If you propose to attend any of the meetings, it will help if you let Ann Sayer know:
Saturday 6 July 2024: In the Hall, 2.30-4.30
A Small Summer Birthday Party
Join us for strawberries and cream, fizzy wine, cake, tea, and such comestibles, to celebrate ten years of activity by the Trust.
Saturday 14 September 2024, In the Church and Hall, 2.30-4.00
Stained Glass Briefing
A ‘drop-in’ session featuring: Photos of the restoration work recently carried out by Barley Studio on our Morris & Co ‘Annunciation’ window.
Videos showing how stained glass windows are made, and their history.
Displays in church explaining all our stained glass, and suggesting future projects. Refreshments available.
Saturday 12 October 2024 In the Hall, 2.30.-4.00
Holy Lights: Votive lamps, history and design
Light has symbolic importance in various religions. This talk by Anthony Burton surveys lights in the Christian church, focusing on their design, especially remarkable examples by 'our' architect, Henry Wilson.
This was a change to the previously published programme (the Art Neuvo talk has been postponed and will be rescheduled).
Saturday 16 November 2024 In the Hall, 2.30-4.00, with tea
Church Textiles
A lecture by textile historian Jane Dew, which will provide a context for a new purple frontal for St Martin’s, which the Heritage Trust is presenting to the church to mark its first ten years of service at St Martin’s.
