Events Diary 2010
For further details to all events and ticket prices, unless otherwise stated, contact Friends of City Churches at St Magnus the Martyr. See below for further details.
 

Refer to May 2010 Newsletter for full details.

We travel again to Rochester to see the Castle, a preview of the repaired Minor Canon Row prior to sale and then the Cathedral.

11.00 Gather at the Castle entrance for a self-guided tour
12.30 A tour of at least two of the houses in Minor Canon Row, one of which has been fully repaired and will be put on the market shortly after our visit.
Lunch: Either bring a picnic to eat at Minor Canon Row or the Cathedral tea room does a good light lunch.
1.30 Guided tour of the Cathedral
3.15 Evensong for those that would like to stay on.

Tickets £12 to cover the cost of guides and entrance charges. The 09:29 train from Victoria gets to Rochester at 10:32, the castle and cathedral are a 20 minute walk from the station.

See p3 of August 2010 newsletter - call for volunteers

St Dunstan in the West

The Archdeacon of London, The Ven David Meara, is President of the Monumental Brass Society, author of Victorian Memorial Brasses and, of course, Rector of St Bride Fleet Street. We are delighted he will give a talk to us about brasses, with particular reference to those in London. Refreshments will be served before the talk.

St Bride Fleet Street

We intend to mount a series of in-depth visits to individual churches,  to give more time to learn something about them and explore them.

Meet at 1.50pm outside the north, churchyard entrance to St Bride (off Fleet Street); the nearest underground stations are Temple, and St Paul's; over-ground trains stop at Blackfriars and City Thameslink stations. St Bride's Church, the 'Phoenix  of Fleet Street', has good claims to being one of the oldest in the City. With its famous ‘wedding cake' steeple, and its centuries-old associations with Printing and publishing, the church's roots reach back to Roman times. This is a comprehensive tour of one of the best-loved City churches taking in the church and the crypt museum. There will also be a rare opportunity to visit the famous Charnel House, with its skulls and 'chequerboard' pattern of bones, which is not normally open to members of the general public

St Magnus the Martyr

Those eligible will be invited personally.

Meet Temple tube

A repeat by Brian Jenkins, a past FCC treasurer, of this popular visit. Price of 130 includes coffee, a tour of Inner and Middle Temple, Temple Church, including a donation to the church, followed by a buffet lunch (excluding wine). Numbers restricted, so apply early. Lounge suits please. We begin the tour with coffee and biscuits in the Middle  Temple Hall. Then Brian will take us for a gentle stroll looking at the various buildings and listening to some of the fascinating history of the site, visiting the beautiful Temple Church (subject to availability), one of the few surviving churches in this country with a round nave. We then have lunch in the Middle Temple Hall, where the tour ends.

In Tudor and Stuart times the Hall was used for lavish entertainments and it is said that Shakespeare's Twelfth Night had its Première there. Barristers dine there daily. You will have seen the flyer about the new book about the Temple Church (right), to be reviewed in a later newsletter. Another reason to come!

The Harold Samuel Bequest with Karen Chester

Meet at 1.50pm outside the Walbrook entrance to Mansion House; the nearest underground station is Bank. In the 1950s and 60s, the property developer Harold Samuel assembled the most distinguished private collection of Dutch and Flemish l7th Century paintings in England since the war. When Lord Samuel died in 1987, he bequeathed 84 of his pictures to the Corporation of the City of London, with the wish that they be housed at the Mansion House. This very personal collection consists mostly of small, intimate cabinet pictures. There are landscapes and genre pictures featuring artists such as Jan Steen, Jan van der Heyden, Jacob van Ruisdael, Frans Hals and Nicolaes Maes. Altogether they provide a fascinating insight into the Dutch Golden Age, and into the character and personality of Lord Samuel himself.

Please note that this is not a tour of the House itself. You will, however, see many of the lavish state rooms on the first floor as we take in the pictures.

(Karen is our Office Administrator, a City of London Guide and the Tours Co-ordinator for Guildhall Art Gallery and the Art Tours in Mansion House.)

St Mary Aldermary

See the flyer enclosed with August Newsletter.

A lecture by Stephen Brogan

St Bartholomew the Less

Mediaeval kings were credited with a healing power over a nasty condition called 'King's Evil'. Stephen Brogan has conducted detailed research into the subject of Touching for the King's Evil with particular reference to Charles II and will present his findings in this lecture. A most entertaining evening, with light refreshments.

St Magnus the Martyr

St Mary Abchurch

More details in the November newsletter.

Notes

1. For further details of all events please refer to the Friends of City Churches Newsletter or contact the Friends of City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6DN or see Friends newsletter for booking form.

 

2.  Tony Tucker Walks - Please contact Tony direct (see Friends newsletter for contact details)

 

Please note that all of the events are intended for members of the Friends in the first instance. Subject to demand members may bring guests unless otherwise stated. 
 

We list all events here so that interested readers may learn something of our activities.  Further details about the events can be obtained from our Office at the Church of St Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street, telephone (answering service)  (+44) (0)20 7626 1555 or by email

 

For information on events in City churches generally, please see the City Events website.