EVENTS September - November 2011 EVENTS

For further details to all events and ticket prices, unless otherwise stated, contact Friends of City Churches at St Magnus the Martyr.

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Chairman’s Outing: Sheerness
Saturday 10 September 10.30am

By coach from Sittingbourne Station, this tour will include a last visit to see the rescued Shurland Hall, which is now on the market. The tour will also visit the very fine 1820 Officers Quarters within Sheerness docks, the Chatham dockyard, and the churches at Queensborough. Eastchurch and Harty.

A Celebration of Lancelot Andrewes and the KJV Bible
Monday 12 September 3.00pm: St Giles Cripplegate

This will be the FCC contrbution to the 400th anniversary celebrations. Andrewes was Rector at St Giles Cripplegate and led the First Westminster Company which translated the Old Testament into vernacular English. As well as hearing about Andrewes and his work the City's copy of the People's Bible will be there and contributors to the event will quote their favourite passages.

The Case of the City Organ: Tony Tucker’s talk
Tuesday 27 September 4pm: St Botolph Aldgate

This event is in aid of the Concordia Foundation, which supports Music and the Arts for children. It is the Lady Mayoress's favoured charity for this civic year, and she is expected to be present. The lecture of 40 minutes or so will be followed by a short organ recital on the church's 1676 Renatus Harris organ, recently restored. Light refreshments will be provided.

"Treasures of Heaven":
Friday 30 September 11 for 11.30am: British Museum

A special visit to this magnificent exhibition at the British Museum. It will start with coffee and a lecture by the exhibition curator, after which participants can tour the exhibition at their own pace.

Visit to the Chapels Royal
Tuesday 11 October 11am

By special arrangement through our Patron, the Bishop of London, the FCC is extremely privileged to be able to offer this tour of both the Queen's Chapel in Marlborough Road and the Chapel within St James's Palace. There is a strict limit on numbers.

Visit to Apothecaries’ Hall
Thursday 20 October 11am

A return visit to this wonderful Hall. The tour will be guided by the Beadle, and is expected to finish at about 12.30 pm. No refreshments will be provided.

Dickens in Fleet Street: walk with Susan Gane
Thursday 17 November 11am

City Guide and FCC Member Susan Gane will lead this exploration of scenes from the life and work of Charles Dickens in the courts and alleys of Fleet Street. This intriguing walk will last under two hours.