Friends of All Saints
Programme of Speakers & Fundraising Events 2024
All events will be held at All Saints Church on a Thursday evening
commencing at 7 pm, unless otherwise stated.
Our next event will be:
Thursday, 7th November
Professor Helen Smith
Department of English and Related Literature, Univerity of York
'Printing History: Then and Now'
York has a rich history of printing, dating back to at least 1510, and taking in canny widows, some of the earliest newspapers, a relocation from Old to New York, Royalist propaganda, and Laurence Sterne's explosive, digressive novel, Tristram Shandy along the way.
The history of print and printing is packed with ingenuity and riddled with errors. In this talk, Professor Helen Smith of the University of York, will explore some extraordinary stories of printing in and beyond York, and ask what historic printing techniques can mean for us today.
Together, we will find out about the historic presses and typecasting equipment here on our doorstep in Newton-on-Ouse.
All welcome, and anyone with an interest in printing or printmaking is welcome to bring along an example of their work for the audience to view.
Will you help to save an endangered craft, build a community, and support a unique creative centre with big ambitions?
Coming next...
Thursday, 5th December
Still to be confirmed!
Robert is very keen to speak to us all and it may be that we have to juggle the programme to include him as his work abroad is unpredictable at this moment.
Robert 'Bobby' Mimms
Robert is very well known to many of Newton on Ouse; a local boy from the village where he grew up and spent his early and school years. He developed a talent for football and was signed by Halifax Town that led him to the Premier League. Robert will entertain us with some of the history of how he made the grade and stories of his professional life.
The supper we held following the December 2023 meeting was very popular and we received many complements. We therefore plan to hold a supper again in the Parish Hall following this December meeting, but tickets will be available initially to members of the Friends only, on a first come, first served basis.
Please revisit this page regularly for any updates or changes to the advertised programme.