Friends of All Saints
Programme of Speakers & Fundraising Events 2025
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, 6th February
Lynne Dawson
Opera Singer and Head of School of Vocal Studies and Opera at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Lynne was born locally, and was a classical singer, singing all over the world for 35 years, in opera, and concerts and making many recordings. She then swapped hats and took up her current post training young singers at the Royal Northern College of Music.
https://www.rncm.ac.uk/people/lynne-dawson/
Her talk will give some idea of the life of a freelance classical musician, and how the next generation is being trained.
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Tuesday, 11th February
Bridge & Lunch Fundraiser
Helperby Village Hall
Thursday, 6th March
Mary Murray
Mary will talk about her nineteen years (1989 to 2008) as Private Secretary to three Archbishops of York - John Habgood, David Hope and John Sentamu.
This includes some background on Archbishops in the Church of England, her developing role at Bishopsthorpe Palace and Bishopthorpe Palace itself, the people she worked with and met as well as stories about each Archbishop.
Thursday, 3rd April
Jeff Coates
Jeff, the Volunteer Co-ordinator for North Yorkshire Rotters, will give us a talk about composting with helpful information for the gardeners in our midst.
If you wish to know more about successful composting and receive tips and wisdom do come along.
A timely talk for the year ahead when material should be available to compost.
Thursday, 1st May
Andy Dalton
Andy will talk about modern art and St Ives, Cornwall where he was assistant curator at Tate St Ives and specialist in the paintings of Peter Lanyon.
Over the course of nine years, Andy was involved in many exhibitions, exploring the history of the artists associated with the Cornish coastal town … Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Terry Frost and others. Tate St Ives also showed a number of contemporary artists who traced the influence that a generation of modern British artists had nationally and internationally during the 20th century.
Sunday, 18th May
Plant Stall
Newton on Ouse Village Green & Parish Hall
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Thursday, 5th June
Andrew Morrison
York Civic Trust
York is at a turning point.
York Central, the adoption of York’s Local Plan, will see a number of strategic developments come forward for planning permission and individual developments like the Coney Street Riverside Project represent the biggest changes for York in over 40 years.
Andrew Morrison, Chief Executive of York Civic Trust will talk through York’s major developments that are in the pipeline or already on the drawing board and how these may affect living, visiting and working in the city.
Thursday, 3rd July
Dr Nick Wilson
Roman Historian
In 2007, a Roman period lead-lined coffin was discovered at Hundayfield Farm, Grafton.
This discovery led to a large-scale landscape and geophysical survey of the surrounding area, prior to a 12 month programme of excavation.
In this talk, Dr Nick Wilson will discuss the results of his research which looked at how the nearby Roman period settlement of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough) influenced both the organisation of the landscape and the social changes which occurred there.
August and September - Summer Break
Thursday, 2nd October
Liz Cole
Georgian York
After the depression and destruction of the Reformation the wealthy landed gentry of 18th Century Yorkshire remodelled York turning the city away from its Medieval past and into a modern metropolis rich with Neo-Classical buildings and high society.
Thursday, 6th November
David Keats
Raptures of the Deep – A life working underwater
David will speak about his career as a welder-diver/welding engineer. How he became a diver working offshore and some lifetime achievements.
Thursday, 4th December
Chris Cade
Actor & Storyteller
Chris Cade visits us again, presenting his one man adaptation of 'What the Dickens?' a story of 1st and 3rd class Victorian Railway Journeys with insights into some of Charles Dickens own experiences and the odd Christmas reference
To be followed by supper in the Parish Hall.
Numbers this year for supper are being limited so please purchase your tickets early if you wish to attend - £20 adult, £10 children 16 and under;
attendance for Chris Cade's performance only is free to members.
Please revisit this page regularly for any updates or changes to the advertised programme.