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Welcome to the Gloucester History Festival and Heritage Open Days Festival Programme It is my pleasure to invite you to join us education reformer, Albert Mansbridge, to 3 September GLOUCESTER DAY SEE PAGE to explore and celebrate history in the the Music for Henries - the eight Kings of Celebrating the end of the siege during the Civil War, this first magnificent City of Gloucester; a city which England called Henry. 5 day of the festival has a strong community focus with historical has been at the forefront of the history of re-enactments, parades and lots of fun. these islands for more than 2000 years. New partnerships have strengthened every area of our activity but perhaps where 3-18 September CITY VOICES SEE PAGES This is a Festival that embraces the whole change has been accelerated most is in A series of talks, activities, workshops and musical events from City, and its production is a partnership the Blackfriars Talks where we present local experts in beautiful locations. 6-9 of many people who want to shine a light a contemporary view of major national on Gloucester’s heritage and the wider and international events presented by 8-11 September HERITAGE OPEN DAYS SEE PAGES joy of history. The spotlight will be on the some of our most important and best- Opening up many of Gloucester’s historic buildings free of 800th anniversary of the coronation of loved historians. Thank you to everyone charge plus talks, walks and music. This is part of the 10-29 Henry III in Gloucester but the programme who has worked so hard to produce this National Scheme overseen by the National Trust. is enormously diverse and has events on magnificent programme. 10-18 September HENRY III’S CELEBRATIONS leading Gloucester figures such as the SEE PAGES Re-enactment of the coronation, parades, medieval market and activities plus the opening event of the Blackfriars Talks 30-31 Do join us to celebrate, engage and given by Marc Morris and much more across the festival. experience Gloucester and its rich heritage, 10-18 September BLACKFRIARS TALKS SEE PAGES life, people, and culture. A wonderful programme, across 10 days, of leading historians, broadcasters, researchers and authors speaking on various topics 32-39 Richard Graham MP providing insights and highlighting new research. Featuring Chair of the Gloucester History Festival and Founder of the Blackfriars Talks Griff Rhys Jones, Bettany Hughes, Alison Weir, Janina Ramirez, Jung Chang and many more.

In September EXHIBITIONS SEE PAGES Enjoy our series of Blackfriars Talks Bettany Hughes...... Pg 33 There are a number of exhibitions taking place in Gloucester during the History Festival. 40-41 from leading historians, broadcasters Griff Rhys Jones...... Pg 37 and authors at the festival. Jung Chang...... Pg 39 “I am honoured to have been asked to be the first President of the Gloucester History Festival. The City has made important contributions in every era of history - none more so than 800 years ago in 1216 when the Coronation of Henry III took place in St Peter’s Priory, Gloucester. I am delighted that so many of our most admired historians have agreed to join me to make this a truly spectacular Festival.”

Dr Janina Ramirez President of the Gloucester History Festival 2 3 BOOKING INFORMATION GLOUCESTER DAY

Please check each event carefully to see whether it requires a ticket or not and whether Gloucester Day celebrates the end of the Civil War siege there is a charge for the ticket as some events are free but require a ticket because of in 1643. When King Charles II returned to the throne limited space. All Heritage Open Days are free of charge. in 1660, after the Civil War, he punished Gloucester for supporting Cromwell by reducing the city boundaries. Ticket Pricing and Concessions This put Barton outside the city and not under the Prices for each event are clearly stated next to the event and there are concessions for control of the Gloucester Mayor. Barton elected a ‘mock Gloucester Resident Cardholders and Gloucester Civic Trust Members. These concessions mayor’ to poke fun at Gloucester. This tradition has can only be claimed by purchasing tickets from the Tourist Information Centre either been revived in recent years and the annual parade is led by phone or in person. Concessions are not available online. Please quote the Booking by the real Mayor and Sheriff of Gloucester, plus Mock Reference Code when ordering tickets and this is shown as a letter/number reference next Mayor, Town Crier, historical characters, marching bands to the event (e.g. BT01, C05, W03). If there is no booking reference or charge, then no and performers. ticket is required. Some individual events must be booked via the Cathedral Shop or the Museum of Gloucester. These are clearly stated next to the relevant event. This annual event includes historical re-enactments and a procession led by the larger than life character, Alan Myatt, Tickets on 3 ways to book your tickets sale from the City’s Town Crier. 25th July 1 Call the Box Office on 01452 396 572 Lines open Mon 10am-5pm and Tues to Sat 9am-5pm Saturday 3 September Visit the Tourist Information Centre at 28 Southgate St, Gloucester GL1 2DP 11.00 Mock Mayor of Barton’s Parade 2 Open to the public Mon 10am-5pm and Tues to Sat 9am-5pm Parade starts in Eastgate Street close to Boots the Chemist, travels up to The Cross and 3 Book online for City Voices and Blackfriars Talks via the booking page at continues down Westgate Street. www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk The Mayor of Barton’s Parade turns right along St John’s Lane to Northgate Street before No concessions available online passing The Cross where the Mock Mayor Making ceremony takes place, just past St Michael’s Tower on Southgate Street. Public Transport Most events take place within Gloucester City Centre, which is a short walk from the bus 11.20 Mock Mayor Making Ceremony and rail stations. For information on public transport go to: Mock Mayor Making ceremony before Parade departs to St Mary de Crypt Church. www.thinktravel.info/bus/bus-maps 12.00 Thanksgiving Service By Car Gloucester Day Thanksgiving service at St Mary de Crypt Church. Gloucester is easily accessible from the M5. Use Junction 11 from the North and Junction 12 from the South. There are a number of car parks within the city centre. 14.00 Gloucester Day Parade Parade departs from Constitution Walk (behind Museum of Gloucester) to Eastgate Street See pages 42-43 for a map showing venue locations. following the ‘Via Sacra’ paving through Queen’s Walk, before turning left into Eastgate Street. The Parade continues past The Cross and down Westgate Street before turning right Where you see this icon in the event listings, the venue is into College Green. wheelchair accessible; however, some venues may have partial access and this will be stated in the venue description. The procession makes it way into Northgate Street via St John’s Lane and up to The Cross before continuing along Southgate Street to Brunswick Baptist Church. 4 5 CITY VOICES 3-18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart Sun 4 Sept Wed 7 Sept City Voices events run for the duration 17.00 Music for Henries, Eight Ensemble 19.00 The History of Alney Island, of the festival from Saturday 3rd to Sine Nomine and friends Tony Conder St Mary de Crypt Wheatstone Hall, Museum of Gloucester Sunday 18th September. They take Free Entry Free Entry Musicians Sebastian and Vicki Field and narrator Alney Island is one of Gloucester’s Hidden place across the City in stunning Chris Chatterton tell the story in words and music Treasures, guarding the western side of the of eight Kings of England called Henry, from Henry city. It has seen invasion, combat, and has also locations and include musical events, I to Henry VIII. Many of these Kings had strong been a site of punishment and pleasure. After talks and workshops showcasing local connections to Gloucester. Their life stories will long-running disputes over ownership and cattle be told and illustrated with examples of the music grazing were resolved in 1904, the city authorities history. Many City Voices events are free they might have heard, and the contemporary promised that Alney Island would have become music that their subjects knew. The concert will Gloucester’s pleasure ground and there is still an of charge but please check the individual chart the course of English history, but also the exciting opportunity waiting to be developed. development of western music. Sebastian and Vicki event listing for details. Field were Mayor and Mayoress of Gloucester Wed 7 Sept for the 2015/16 Civic Year. They are freelance 13.10-13.50 Culture Club Talk - ‘A Year In musicians and choral directors. Chris Chatterton The Life Of…’ with Sebastian Field was Mayor of Gloucester for the 2013/14 Civic Museum of Gloucester Sat 3 to Sun 18 Sept Sat 3 to Sun 18 Sept Year and is an Historian and Director of the Free for members or £5 for non-members Looking Before and After: Hidden Lives 12.30 Lunchtime Recitals Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum. Join former Mayor of Gloucester and City St Mary de Crypt Church St John’s Northgate and St Mary de Crypt Councillor, Sebastian Field, as he remembers Free Entry Free Entry Sun 4 to Wed 7 Sept life as Mayor and talks us through some key 19.00 The English Civil War Siege of Pre-book your The Church and Schoolroom are currently The recitals will take place on weekdays milestones in Gloucester’s history. (not weekends) throughout the festival. A highlight Gloucester Evening Tours (C02) place by email to [email protected] the subject of a major regeneration project, includes an exciting performance entitled ‘Handel: Meet at The Cross or call 01452 396 131. Discover DeCrypt, supported by the Heritage Heroes and Heroines’ on Mon 12 Sept. Free, pre-booking required Lottery Fund. There will be a service celebrating Jon Eeles has been fascinated by the English Civil Wed 7 Sept the heritage of St Mary de Crypt and the Old Sat 3 Sept War Siege of Gloucester since he was a young 19.30 Concert at the Church Crypt Schoolroom at 13.00 on Friday 9th and 14.00-16.00 The Age of Gold (C01) boy. Inspired by the stories of heroism of the St Mary de Crypt Church St Mary de Crypt Church ordinary people behind the city walls, Jon takes throughout the festival there will be an exhibition Free Entry in the church by Discover DeCrypt’s Historical Please book and pay in advance. £7 (£5 conc) you around some of the key locations during the Bach Cantatas for Solo Soprano and Alto Research Group. This exhibition focuses on Since the Ancient Egyptians gold leaf has been siege. The tour lasts just over an hour. Concert with Vicki Field soprano, Sebastian Field the ordinary people who lived, worked and used in art as the ultimate symbol of the sacred. This most fragile and sumptuous material has Mon 5 Sept countertenor and Sine Nomine Consort. worshipped here over the centuries. Butchers an allure that still inspires artists today. In this 18.00 Archaeology of Gloucester Castle (C03) and bakers, chandlers, cappers and combmakers. workshop you will learn how to apply gold leaf, Gloucester Guildhall Find out about the many trades of Gloucester’s creating your own piece of art under the guidance Free, pre-booking required See page 19 for details of our city folk through the centuries, what they did, and of Jake Lever MA FRSA Jake is an experienced Andrew Armstrong (City Archaeologist) provides how they lived. For more information visit teacher and gallery educator. He currently works insights into recent discoveries on the site of the Tours of Gloucester Prison on www.discoverdecrypt.org.uk. as a freelance artist, based in Birmingham and is a former Castle at the Prison and Barbican Car Park. Sat 17 and Sun 18 Sept... See page 21 for more St Mary de Crypt Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick. The investigation revealed extensive medieval Church events... buildings and artefacts. 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Wed 7 Sept legend. Join your MP Richard Graham and Wed 14 Sept Sat 17 Sept 19.30 Personalities from Gloucester’s past, Chris Chatterton, Director of the Soldiers of 19.30 On first looking into volume 13 of the 14.00-15.00 Mothers and Daughters: Our Richard Trelfa Gloucestershire Museum, as they tell the story of Victoria County History (C07) Untold Stories, Naisha Hussain & Guests (C09) Gloucester Civic Trust, GALA Club a remarkable individual. Nature in Art Wallsworth Hall Wheatstone Hall, Museum of Gloucester Free Entry Please book and pay in advance. £5 Please book and pay in advance. £5 Gloucester has been at the centre of events Fri 9 Sept The Trustees of Gloucestershire County History Following the success of Nasreen Akhtar’s award- for 2000 years and tonight Civic Trust member 20.00 Tales of Witchcraft and Wonder (C06) Trust invite you to the launch of the much- winning Our Untold Stories project last year, her Richard Trelfa will introduce us to some of Inkubus Sukkubus and friends anticipated volume 13 of the Victoria County daughter Naisha Hussain is documenting the the great and good whose names have been Blackfriars Priory History at Wallsworth Hall, a fine Georgian lives of second generation women who have associated with our city. Among those he will Please book and pay in advance. mansion just outside Gloucester. Christopher grown up in Gloucester. She’s joined by women be focusing on will be Roman Emperor Nerva, £15 (all profits to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust) Dyer, Emeritus Professor of History at the from different communities to tell the fascinating Æthelflead - the Lady of the Mercians, William Acoustic set of folkloric songs covering subjects University of Leicester, will give the Marc Fitch stories of their mothers who came to Gloucester, Marshall - England’s Greatest Knight; King Edward such as shape-shifting, river goddesses, witches lecture on the village histories of Sandhurst, the advice they’ve given and how they have 11, The Banker - Jemmy Wood, The Scientist - and local mythology by Inkubus Sukkubus Minsterworth, Elmore, Norton, Twyning, Ashleworth, influenced their daughter’s lives. Charles Wheatstone and the author Beatrix Potter. and friends (inkubussukkubus.com), plus folk Bulley, Hartpury, Lassington, Maisemore, Rudford tales of Gloucestershire by storyteller Kirsty and Highleadon, Tibberton, and Upleadon. Sat 17 Sept Thurs 8 Sept Hartsiotis. Sure to be spine-tingling in the ancient Wallsworth Hall is just 3 miles from the centre of 15.30 Meet George Whitefield 18.00 History, Heritage and Lottery Funding surroundings of Blackfriars. Gloucester, GL2 9PA. St Mary de Crypt Church (C04) Wheatstone Hall, Museum of Gloucester Free Entry Free, pre-booking required Sat 10 Sept Sat 17 Sept Come and find out about the charismatic 18th Gloucester has over 700 listed buildings and has 17.00-19.00 Living Legends 11.30-12.30 Gloucester Man, Albert Century preacher and his curious life. Did his first attracted over £12 million of Lottery Funding. St Mary de Crypt Church Mansbridge, a leader in adult education - sermon - preached in this very church - really Find out about the amazing plans with an Free Entry His Life and Legacy (C08) drive fifteen people mad? What drove him to illustrated presentation showing how Heritage Storyteller Chloe Lees teams up with folk band, Wheatstone Hall, Museum of Gloucester cross the Atlantic seven times and preach over Lottery money is being spent on projects across Tinkerscuss, to provide a sparkling medley of music Please book and pay in advance. £4 18,000 sermons in fields, woods, and plantations? the city, regenerating Gloucester’s historic sites and words exploring Britain’s legends, old and new. The son of a local carpenter Albert Mansbridge Spaniel in the Works Theatre Company gives for today’s communities. established, in 1903, a revolutionary new adult a dramatic and entertaining insight into one of Tues 13 Sept educational organisation where the consumers Gloucester’s most famous sons. Thurs 8 Sept 13.30, 14.30 and 15.30 took an active part in its provision. This 19.30 Carton de Wiart (C05) Henry III - Exhibition Tours with Curator organisation became the Workers’ Educational Wheatstone Hall, Museum of Gloucester Museum of Gloucester Association (WEA), which still continues to St Mary de Crypt Church © Philafrenzy on wikimedia.org Please book and pay in advance. £5 As the Henry III exhibition opens celebrating the operate throughout England and further afield Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart the ‘unkillable soldier’, 800th anniversary of his coronation, join curator today. This fascinating illustrated talk by Helen a war hero who fought in three major conflicts – David Rice for some specially arranged tours, and Greensmith and other WEA colleagues looks the Boer War and the 1st and 2nd World Wars. learn more about the only English monarch to at the extraordinary impact of a man, whose As the one-armed commanding officer of the have been crowned outside of London. memorial and ashes are in 8th Gloucesters, he was seen pulling out the pins Free to attend, pre-booking required. Gloucester Cathedral. of grenades with his teeth during the Battle of Email [email protected] or call the Somme. His story is the stuff of Hollywood 01452 396 131 to book your place. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 8 9 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

Welcome to the City of Gloucester’s Guided Walks This guided walk visits some of the places of interest connected with the siege of Gloucester Heritage Open Days - Your History! Gloucester City Walk (W01) which took place during the English Civil War. The siege was arguably Gloucester’s finest hour when Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s fantastic Thurs 8 Sept to Sun 11 Sept 11.00 the small garrison of parliamentarians held out historic architecture and culture by offering free Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross against the might of the Royal Army led by the access to properties that are usually closed to the Pre-booking required King himself. The walk lasts about 1½ hours. public or normally charge for admission. Every year Discover fascinating hidden treasures on a guided Royal Gloucester Walk (W05) on four days in September, buildings of every age, walk through the heart of one of Britain’s oldest Thurs 8 and Sat 10 Sept cities, where history has truly left its mark. The style and function throw open their doors. It is a Thurs 11.15 and Sat 14.15 walk lasts about 1¼ hours. once-a-year chance to discover hidden architectural Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross Pre-booking required treasures and enjoy a wide range of events and Historic Docks Walk (W02) activities which bring to life local history and culture. Thurs 9 to Sun 11 Sept For over 1100 years Gloucester’s history has Thurs and Sat 11.30; Fri and Sun 14.30 been shaped in no small part by the interest, Meet outside the Waterways Museum in patronage and occasional displeasure of the reigning monarch. Down the centuries, kings and The City of Gloucester Heritage Open Days, organised by Gloucester Docks queens of England have come to Gloucester to Gloucester Civic Trust, feature over 120 events, from the Pre-booking required hold parliament, equip armies, grant charters, go opportunity to see inside the King’s Bastion to viewing Elizabethan Take a guided walk around Britain’s most inland hunting, be crowned, and be buried. This tour will wall friezes in private rooms at the Dick Whittington pub. port. The walk lasts about 1 hour. take a look at some of the buildings and places Roman Times Walk (W03) in Gloucester at the heart of this extraordinary There are events for everyone, whatever their background, age Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept royal history and reveal some of the fascinating and ability they can discover Gloucester’s historical buildings and Thurs 10.30, Fri and Sat 10.30 and 13.30 stories connected with them. The walk lasts cultural heritage. All for free! See page 4 for booking information. Meet outside Museum of Gloucester, approximately 1 hour. Brunswick Road Pre-booking required The events have been organised into different sections to help you Richard III Walk (W06) From your guide, hear how the Romans came plan your time and programme: Member Offer Fri 9 to Sun 11 Sept to Gloucester (Glevum). See the walls they built. Fri and Sun 11.00; Sat 14.00 • Guided Walks • Historic Inns Join the Gloucester Civic Tread through the Forum (market place) and Meet at The Tourist Information Centre, Trust during the Gloucester meet the Emperor Nerva. Discover mosaics, • Historical Places • Music Southgate Street History Festival and your pottery, Roman weapons and much more in the Pre-booking required • Cultural Venues • Talks subscription will cover the Museum. The walk lasts about 1 hour. This tour tells of Richard III’s important 3-day • The Docks • Family Events rest of 2016 and the whole visit to Gloucester in 1483, as part of his Royal of 2017. You won’t need to Siege of Gloucester Walk (W04) • Churches Progress, and explains the granting of the renew your subscription Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept significant Charter to the city. You will hear how The sections have been organised so that they provide a logical until January 2018 – that’s 11.15 and 14.00 he spent his time here and be shown some of and walkable route from one place to the next, with a starting over 3 months for free! Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross the buildings he would have seen. The walk lasts point in the city centre (see map on pages 42-43). Pre-booking required about an hour. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 10 11 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

Military Heritage Walk (W07) Christian Heritage Walk (W08) Children’s Walk (W12) Beatrix Potter Walk (W15) Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Sat 10 Sept Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Fri 14.00 and Sun 11.00 14.15 11.00 Thurs, Fri and Sun. 14.30 Meet at War Memorial, College Green Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross Sat 11.00 and 14.30 Pre-booking required Pre-Booking Required Pre-booking required – Children must be Meet at the Beatrix Potter Museum, Since the first Roman soldiers threw up earth This tour traces Gloucester’s rich Christian accompanied by an adult 9 College Court banks to form a riverside fortress at Kingsholm, heritage over those years as reflected in its A guided walk around Gloucester aimed Pre-booking required Gloucester has always had strong military links. people, places, and events. 1.5 hours. specifically for children aged 6-11. The walk lasts In 1903 Beatrix Potter published one of her Starting at the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars about 1 hour. most loved tales, The Tailor of Gloucester. It memorial in the Cathedral Close, this tour will Medieval Churches Walk (W09) was inspired by a visit she made to the city. This focus mainly on the involvement of the city and Fri 9 and Sat 10 Sept Historical Characters Walk (W13) guided walk takes in the places of Gloucester, its inhabitants in the wars of the 20th century, 10.30 Fri 9 to Sun 11 Sept which are closely connected with Beatrix Potter. from recruitment, munitions manufacture and Meet at St Oswald’s Priory, Archdeacon Street Fri and Sun 11.00; Sat 14.00 The walk lasts about 1 hour. commemoration during the First World War, to Pre-booking required Meet at The Tourist Information Centre, fire watching and air raid precautions during the Gloucester was an important centre of religion in Southgate Street Gloucester Spa Walk (W16) Second. It will also, however, encompass the city’s medieval times. This walk describes the history of Pre-booking required Thurs 8 and Sun 11 Sept Roman origins, its role in the Civil War and the the churches that remain from that time. 1 hour. This tour brings alive some of the famous and 14.30 much later development of the jet engine. We influential people and colourful characters who Meet outside Christ Church, Brunswick Road will hear from the city’s war poets, Ivor Gurney Llanthony Secunda Priory Walk (W10) were born in Gloucester. It is concentrated around Pre-booking required and Will Harvey, before the tour ends at the Fri 9 to Sun 11 Sept the St Mary de Crypt Church area so involves In the early 1800s, Gloucester had a thriving spa. Soldiers of Gloucestershire museum at the 11.30 little walking. The walk lasts about 45 minutes. This guided walk traces the history of The Spa docks. The walk lasts about an hour. Meet at the entrance to Llanthony Priory on and takes in some of the fine buildings that it the canal next to the Sula Lightship Robert Raikes Walk (W14) generated. The walk lasts about 1 hour. Pre-booking required Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept This walk explores the priory, founded in 1136, Thurs and Sun 12.00 and 15.00 Hillfield Gardens & House Walk (W17) which by the end of the 15th century was the Fri and Sat 15.00 Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept richest Augustinian house in England entertaining Meet in the garden of the Robert Raikes House, 10.30 and 14.00 the court of Henry VII in 1500 and 1501. 1 hour. Southgate Street Meet at the London Road entrance Pre-booking required Pre-booking required Monks, Canons & Friars Walk (W11) This walk tells the story of Robert Raikes, Take a guided tour of these fine gardens which Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept newspaper publisher, prison reformer and have many fine trees and are home to three 11.00 promoter of the Sunday School movement, monuments of historical significance: Scriven’s Meet at St Oswald’s Priory and shows some the buildings in Gloucester Conduit, the King’s Board, and the chancel of the Pre-booking required connected with him. The guided walk starts in 12th century leper chapel of St Mary Magdalene. This is a new tour discovering the Abbey and the garden of the Robert Raikes House where The tour will include a visit inside Hillview House, Priories of Gloucester and learning how the Robert’s wife used to serve plum cake to the a Grade II listed building, built in 1867 with Monks, Canons and Friars lived and worked. Sunday School children in the 18th century. interesting stained glass windows depicting scenes War Memorial The tour will take about 1 hour. The walk lasts about 1 hour. from the Barons’ War. The tour lasts about 1 hour.

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The Great Gloucester Gargoyle Walk (W18) Historical Places Meeks’ Shoe-shop Thurs 8 Sept Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept 10.00 and 14.00 St Michael’s Tower 10.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00 Meet at Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept 14 Westgate Street Pre-booking required 10.30 - 16.00 Guided tours during the open times This guided walk, led by Gloucestershire The Cross, Gloucester This Elizabethan building has a Georgian façade Archives staff looks at some of the gargoyles and St Michael’s Bell Tower, now the admin centre and, on the first floor, has a fine plaster ceiling grotesques in the city. Binoculars are useful but of Gloucester Civic Trust, dates back to 1465. It dating from around 1600. not essential. The walk will be at an easy pace with has interesting heritage displays on the history Mercers’ Hall (Masonic Lodge) viewing stops. The walk lasts about 1½ hours. of the church that once stood on the site, and Sat 10 Sept 2 heritage bells made in Gloucester in 1710 by The Story of Gloucester’s Pubs Walk (W19) 10.00 - 17.00 Abraham Rudhall. On Saturday, children can Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Mercers Lane have their faces painted. There is no charge. 14.00 Refreshments are available. Built c.1750 this building has been occupied by Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross a Perfumer, a Cider merchant and Brewer and Pre-booking required been used as a bonded warehouse and dance

Wheelchair accessible for almost all of the walk Blackfriars Priory hall. Presently occupied by the Gloucester Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept Join Darrel Kirby, author of The Story of Freemasons as their Masonic Lodge. 10.00 - 16.00 Gloucester’s Pubs, on a tour of some of the fine Guided Tours: Saturday 11.00 and 14.30, historical pubs in the City centre. 1 hour. Undercroft at the Fleece Hotel Sunday 12.30 (no booking required) Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Sheriff’s Assize of Ale Walk Meeting point: Entrance off Ladybellegate Street 11.00 - 15.00 Sat 10 Sept Partial wheelchair access Westgate Street 12.00 A chance to explore Britain’s most complete Guided tours throughout the day (steep, ancient Meet outside the Guildhall, Eastgate Street Dominican Priory, owned by English Heritage and steps - only suitable for the able bodied) Follow the historic Sheriff’s Assize of Ale as it visits managed by Gloucester City. Most of the 13th A 12th century tunnel vaulted undercroft, which various city pubs during the afternoon and early century church remains, including a rare scissor- is thought to be the best example in Europe of a evening. The assize dates back to medieval times braced roof. Various musical events are being held rich merchant’s warehouse. Known locally as the when the sheriff was responsible for checking that in the building. Guided tours of the Priory are “Monks Retreat”. available which last about 1 hour. the ale on sale in the city was of palatable quality. St. Michael’s Tower © City of Gloucester The New Antiques Centre (H02) Poetry Walk (W21) The Tudor Rooms (H01) Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Sat 10 Sept Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Gloucester Furniture Exhibition Centre Tours only on the hour: Thurs, Fri and Sun 14.30 Tours only on the hour and half hour: 12.00 to 15.00. Sat 10.00 to 15.00 Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept Sat 10.00 – 16.00; Sun 12.00 – 16.00 Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross 9.30 – 16.30 26 Westgate Street Pre-booking required 6-10 Westgate Street Pre-booking required Southgate Street Pre-booking required Join local poet Peter Wyton (BBC Radio Britain’s finest example of a timber-framed town A historic Roman wall inside the store is on A hidden gem in the centre of the city, not Gloucestershire’s Breakfast Bard) on a walk round public view. The lower level of the wall is part of house. Built in 1560, it was once the hall of the the City centre, where he will perform his poems normally open for public viewing. An architectural Grocers’ Guild, the mansion house of a Mayor of a Roman Colonia dating back to 97AD. At street delight with an elaborate 16th century timber- about local people, buildings and events. 1 hour. level it is a medieval building. Gloucester and, a lodging for assize judges. Meet panelled room. Meet outside the Santander Bank. outside on Westgate Street. 1 hour. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 14 15 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

Bearland House (H03) Parliament Suite Ivor Gurney Hall The Bastion (H05) Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept Tours only: 11.00 and 12.00 10.00 - 15.30 Sat 10.00 – 13.00; Sun 14.00 – 16.00; Tours 14.00 - 16.00 every half hour Longsmith Street Church House, College Green lasting 20 mins on the hour and half-hour Kings Walk Pre-booking required Three historic rooms in Church House, which Pitt Street Pre-booking required. Places limited. Bearland House is an impressive 18th century was the old Deanery for Gloucester Cathedral. The Ivor Gurney Hall is the King’s 19th century The King’s Walk Bastion. This fascinating piece building with an ornamental façade, forecourt, One room was used by Richard II for a schoolroom; it was extensively restored in 2015 of Gloucester’s history will be opened up for and fine wrought iron railings and gates. The parliament in 1378. to bring out the glory of its arch-braced roof in a Heritage Week this year. See how the Roman interior boasts a carved wooden staircase striking multi-coloured style associated with the walls have survived, and how the medieval and decorated ceilings. It was purchased by a The Stonemasons Yard at Gothic Revival movement. Tours will look at the Bastion was built to help protect Gloucester high county Sheriff in 1764 and the ghost of Gloucester Cathedral building and will include details of school life in from attack. Owing to limited space underground, his daughter is said to appear at the staircase Sat 10 Sept the 19th century, with a special focus on the life parties will be limited to a maximum of 10. Thurs window. 10.00 - 15.00 of Ivor Gurney after whom the building is now 8th and Fri 9th Sept only. Tickets available from Pitt Street named. Access is via the old playground at the Tourist Information Office. Only trained guides Hedleys Gloucester Cathedral Stonemasons will be rear of the Cathedral, accessed off Pitt Street. will be used. Tours will start from the Bastion Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept working in their workshop. entrance in Kings Walk. 07.30 - 17.00 The Carriage Building 64 Westgate Street Little Cloister House Roberts Limbrick Architects (H04) Constitution House Come for tea and cake in this beautifully-restored Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Sat 10 Sept Sat 10 Sept 15th century building. The windows on the Sat 10.00 – 13.00; Sun 14.00 – 16.00; Tours 10.30 10.00 - 22.00 ground floor are examples of mid-Victorian plate lasting 20 mins on the hour and half-hour Bruton Way Brunswick Road glass using technology gained in building the Pitt Street Pre-booking required The house was built in 1740 for Richard Crystal Palace, London, for the Great Exhibition A 17th century timber-fronted property next The Carriage Building was constructed in 1894 Chandler, a Gloucester woolstapler, and remained of 1851. You can still see some of the original to Gloucester Cathedral, built over a medieval by the Gloucester Carriage and Wagon Works in the Chandler family until 1876. It then became beams inside Gloucester’s oldest retail premises. undercroft. The herb garden and remains of a as a showroom for horse-drawn carriages. After a school for young ladies and in 1883 the home The cellar will be open for viewing between monastic infirmary are close-by. laying empty and neglected for many years, it of the Gloucester Conservative Club. Light 17.00 and 18.00 on Thursday 10th and Saturday has been wonderfully restored as the office of refreshments, tea and coffee will be available and 12th. There are steep steps. There is no need to Old Bishop’s Palace Roberts Limbrick, the Gloucester born and bred the bar will be open. book but numbers will be regulated. Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept partnership of about 80 architects. Come and Sat 10.00 – 13.00; Sun 14.00 – 16.00; Tours hear a short talk about the refurbishment and The Dick Whittington (St Nicholas House) lasting 20 mins on the hour and half-hour have a tour around this fine building. Sat 10 Sept Pitt Street 11.30, 12.30, 13.30, 14.30 The 19th century residence of the Bishops of Eastgate Viewing Chamber 100 Westgate Street Gloucester built on the site of the medieval Fri 9 and Sat 10 Sept Take a guided tour of this superb 15th century abbot’s lodging. Now used by the King’s School. 10.30 - 12.30 and 14.00 - 16.00 building with a splendid Georgian façade, once a Short guided tours of the palace, gardens, yard, By Boots, Eastgate Street town house of the Whittington family. View the Bishop’s Private Chapel, and Abbot’s Dining Hall. Come and walk in the footsteps of the Romans elaborate Elizabethan wall painting on the first floor. at their street level and see the remains of the Refreshments available for purchase after your tour Roman Eastgate Fort. (no need to book).

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Cultural Venues Gloucester Life Museum Jet Age Museum Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Tours of Gloucester Prison (C10) Thurs to Sat 10.00 - 17.00, Sun 11.00 - 16.00 10.00 - 16.00 Museum of Gloucester Sat 17 and Sun 18 Sept 99-103 Westgate Street Meteor Business Park, 128 Cheltenham Rd E, Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept 10.00, 11.30, 13.00, 14.30 Thurs to Sat 10.00 - 17.00 Free entry for all four days Staverton, Gloucester GL2 9QL, approx. 15mins Ground floor, gardens and Victorian Classroom drive from Gloucester City Centre £10 /£8 conc. Sun 11.00 - 16.00 Booking essential Brunswick Road are wheelchair accessible Free parking Free entry for all four days Gloucester Life Museum is a magical place telling Britain’s first jet aircraft, the Gloster E28/39, first Part of the City Voices events, this is Come and explore the interactive history at the the story of Gloucester through its people and left the ground at nearby Brockworth airfield in a rare chance to see inside a prison. Museum of Gloucester. There is a Roman Day on their lives. Behind the chocolate-box façade is a 1941. The Museum houses a replica of it together The new Gloucester prison started the Sunday. fascinating and surprising collection of objects with original Gloster-built planes such as the life in 1791, built on land adjacent and exhibitions. Hot and cold drinks, cakes and Javelin and Meteor. Some aircraft cockpits will be to the Medieval Castle which had biscuits are available in the self-service traditional Gloucester Guildhall open subject to availability. been used as the prison up until café There is a World War II Day on the Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept then. Gloucestershire’s High Sheriff 10.00 – 21.00 Saturday. Thurs 8th & Fri 9th Free Life Museum Nature in Art Building tours. Thurs 8 Sept and prison reformer, Sir George 23 Eastgate Street Onesiphorus Paul, was the driving force Cafe open 10.00 to 15.00 Mon to Sat 10.00 to 17.00 Wallsworth Hall, Sandhurst, GL2 9PA near behind the development. The Guildhall was constructed in 1892, designed Details of exhibitions ‘150 years of Engineering Excellence’ and ‘I do - an Twigworth, approx. 11 mins drive from by George Hunt. Built on the site formerly The last hanging took place in 1939 exhibition of Wedding Dresses’ can be Gloucester City Centre occupied by the Blue Coat School founded by and it was closed as a prison in 2013. Sir Thomas Rich. It contains a thriving venue Nature in Art is the world’s first museum found on page 41 Recently extensive archaeological with cafe, cinema, and concert hall. Tours of dedicated exclusively to fine, decorative and excavations of the Castle site have been the building are available on Saturday 10th and applied art inspired by nature. The collection Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum undertaken (see event C03 pg 7). Its Sunday 11th. is housed in a fine Georgian mansion dating Fri 9 Sept from the mid-18th Century. There is a vibrant planned conversion to residential is part Beatrix Potter Museum 10.00 - 16.00 programme of temporary exhibitions, supported of the visionary Blackfriars Development Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Gloucester Docks by an unrivalled programme of artists in for the City. 10.00 to 16.00 Come and discover the lives of Gloucestershire residence. Includes Sculpture Garden. Anyone 9 College Court soldiers from the last 300 years. Try on mentioning Heritage Open Days on Thursday 8th There is a special tour with City This year is the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Army uniforms, walk into a First World War to Sunday 11th Sept will receive a free copy of Archaeologist, Andrew Armstrong on Potter’s birth. In 1903 she published one of her trench; learn how the weapons and vehicles the full colour booklet of the history of the Hall. Saturday 17 Sept at 15.30 (C11) most loved tales, The Tailor of Gloucester, inspired have changed through history with our £15 / £12 conc. by a visit she made to the city. See the building digital interactives. Do you know how the Booking essential she based her story on and meet the Tailor, Gloucestershire Regiment won the Back Badge? Simpkin the cat, and a host of other characters. How the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars survived fighting in the desert? Have you felt how heavy a Also see the animated mice sewing in the upper By kind permission of City & Country room or watch a Peter Rabbit DVD. A guided Rifleman’s rucksack is? With changing exhibitions walk around places of Gloucester connected and our Soldiers of the Month display, there is with Beatrix Potter is available (see Guided Walks always something new to see. There is plenty for the whole family to do, with a brilliant shop and listings). Val Briggs, Artist in Residence tea room overlooking the docks. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 18 19 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

The Docks Tommy Nielsen’s Dry Docks Churches United Reformed Church Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept Sat 10 Sept Mariners Church 10.00 - 16.00 St Mary de Crypt Church 10.00 - 13.00 Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Gloucester Docks and the Old Crypt Schoolroom Park Road 9.00 – 18.00 See the original graving (dry) docks now used Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Built in 1872 as a Presbyterian Church it Gloucester Docks by Tommy Nielsen’s traditional shipbuilding and Thurs and Fri 11.30 -15.00; became a United Reformed Church when Mariners Church opened in 1849 and became rigging company. This is one of the few remaining Sat 12.00-13.30 and Sun 12.00-14.00 Presbyterian and Congregational Churches popular with the townspeople as well as the shipyards with the skills to work on traditional Southgate Street merged in 1972. The church boasts interesting mariners visiting the port. The Chaplain was wooden vessels. The workshop is not open to This fine 15th century church is associated Victorian architecture, whilst the organ is an responsible for visiting every ship that arrived. The the public. with famous Methodist preacher George 1890 Sweetland. At 10.30 there will be a poetry church features fine stained glass windows. An Whitefield and with Robert Raikes, a founder session, ‘The Four Seasons of Poetry’. Upstairs, Downstairs Antiques active church continues to meet in the building. of the international Sunday School movement. Open 7 days a week. Christ Church The legendary banker, Jemmy Wood, is buried Mon - Fri 10.00 - 16.00, Fri 9 and Sat 10 Sept Gloucester Waterways Museum here. Whitefield and Raikes were both educated Sat - Sun 10.00 - 17.00 10.00 - 16.00 Thurs 8 Sept: 10.30 - 17.00 in the adjoining Old Crypt Schoolroom. W. E. Severn Road Brunswick Road Gloucester Docks Henley (who penned the poem, ‘Invictus’.) is also Visit the Waterways Museum to uncover the Coffee shop open Thurs - Sun. All fresh food and associated with The Crypt School. This church, used extensively through the week story of Britain’s waterways and the history home made cake and scones by the community, was built in 1822 as ‘The Spa behind Gloucester Docks. The Museum has The building is over 200 years old. Dating Tours of the Bell-ringing Chamber (C01) Church’ by private subscription. It was taken over displays and activities especially for children back to 1815 and was originally used for the Sat 10 Sept 12.00-13.30 by the diocese of Gloucester in the 1850s. It has a so that they can learn about our waterways manufacture of rope and sails for the tall ships Pre-booking required - free barrel-vaulted ceiling, Art Nouveau-decorated apse heritage. See the fine stationary steam and those powered by steam. Bell-ringing chamber is not wheelchair accessible. and semi-dome, and Nicholson organ from 1866. engine, manufactured by the well-known local Southgate Evangelical Church engineering company, Fielding and Platt. A guided Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Thurs 10 to Sat 12 Sept walk around Gloucester Docks is also available performed by Tyger Productions (C02) Thurs and Fri 10.00 -12.00; (see Guided Walks listings). Thurs 8 Sept 19.00, Fri 9 Sept 19.00, Sat 10 Sept 13.30 and 19.30 Sat 10.00 - 16.00. Sun service 10.30-12.00 146 Southgate Street Gloucester Brewery Pre-booking required £6 or £5 conc. Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept The church is over 100 years old and was also 9.00 – 17.00 Quakers Meeting Room home church to the famous Dr Hadwen. There Fox’s Kiln, West Quay, Gloucester Docks Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept will be refreshments available and a power point An award-winning craft brewery specialising in Sat 10.00 to 16.00 Sun 14.00 to 16.00 presentation about the History of the Church. producing an exciting range of high quality ales Greyfriars Holy Innnocents Church using traditional brewing methods. The Friends’ Meeting House is a Grade II listed Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept building, built in 1834-5 and designed by Samuel 12.00 - 17.00 Although recently established, the beers have Daukes. In 1879 a large portico was added, with Highnam already won several awards and will be available a schoolroom above. A unique feature is the during the weekend. Short tours available at 14.00 large wooden screen between the two main Visit this Victorian Church with its unique Spirit © Gloucester Brewery and 16.00 on all days, with a taste of beer included. rooms which can be wound up and down to Fresco wall paintings. The church was built and make one large space. painted by Thomas Gambier Parry, whose son Hubert Parry composed the music to Jerusalem. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 20 21 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

St Nicholas’s Church Gloucester Cathedral Park Street Mission St Mary Magdalene’s Chapel Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept Sat 10 Sept Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept Fri and Sat 11.00 -15.00, Sun 13.00 - 15.00 09.00 - 18.00 12.00 - 16.00 14.00 to 16.00 Lower Westgate Street Whispering Gallery Park Street Hillfield Gardens, London Road A beautiful, medieval redundant church with Open Sat 10 Sept 10.30 - 16.00 Built on the site of the old Quaker Meeting The Friends of Hillfield Gardens will open the many interesting features and sympathetic Tower Tours House and, for over 365 years, there has been Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, the remains of Victorian restoration - Walton tomb, leaning Sat 10 Sept 11.30, 13.30 and 14.30 worship on this spot. The connection with the a 12th century leper chapel. It contains a stone tower, sanctuary knocker, squints, coat of arms. The The Cathedral is wheelchair accessible but the Quakers continues through three very helpful recumbent figure, which some people believe church will host musical events and heritage talks. Whispering Gallery and Tower Tours are not. Trustees but the meetings are free evangelical to be the effigy of St Kyneburgh. Join Reverend Formerly the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, although until the present leader there were still Richard Atkins, from BBC Radio Gloucestershire, St Mary de Lode Church founded in the 11th century, the Cathedral Quakers in charge. at 14.00 on Sunday for a short service in the Sat 10 & Sun 11 Sept features Norman pillars in the nave, the elaborate chapel, which is not normally open for services. Sat 10.00 - 16.00; Sun 11.00 - 16.00 tomb of Edward II, exquisite 14th century St Peter’s Catholic Church Archdeacon Street fan vaulting, the 15th century tower and the Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept St Catharine’s Church The city’s oldest parish church which is magnificent Great East Window. The Whispering Thurs 11.00 - 17.00, Fri 11.00 - 17.00, Thurs 8 to Sun 11 Sept mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1085. It was Gallery was created when a passageway was built Sat 11.00 - 16.00 Thurs and Fri 09.00 - 12.00, built over a Saxon church and a Roman building. behind the Great East Window, and gives the London Road Sat 10.00 - 18.00, Sun 14.00 - 16.00 The Roman mosaic tiled floor can still be seen in opportunity to view it close-up. The church, built in 1859, was designed by Gilbert London Road the church. The building was used as a prison for On Saturday 10th, all tours and attractions are Blount in the Gothic Style and was recently Although established in part of St Oswald’s Royalist soldiers during the Civil War in 1643. On free of charge. The Tower Tours are by ticket only restored to its Victorian splendour. The Lady Priory in 1540, the current church building is Saturday, the Gloucester Music Society will host a and will be available to pre-book from Monday chapel has an exquisitely carved triptych (recently only 100 years old. A Prayer station will be talk (see Talks listings). Refreshments are available. 5th Sept in person from the Cathedral Shop or restored). The organ was erected in 1937 and available. Routine church activities will be taking on 01452 229 813. On Saturday10th there will completely restored by Nicholsons of Malvern. place during opening hours. Light refreshments St Mary’s Congregational Church be a poetry tour at 11.00). On Saturday 11th, will be available all day Saturday. Rehearsal for Sat 10 & Sun 11 Sept there will be a Poetry Tour at 11.00. St Margaret’s Chapel Sunday worship may be taking place at the end Sat 10.00 - 16.00 Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept of Saturday. Sun Harvest Festival services 10.30 and 18.30 St John’s Northgate Church 10.00 - 16.00 St Mary’s St Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept London Road Holy Trinity Church The original St Mary’s Hall situated in St Mary’s 11.00 - 15.00 The Chapel was part of a monastic institution Sat 11 and Sun 11 Sept Square was bought by Selina, Countess of Northgate Street set up outside the medieval city boundary for Sat 10.00 - 16.00; Huntingdon, in 1788 for the Gloucester followers Classical Georgian church, opened in 1734. Only the benefit of those suffering from the then Sun 13.00 - 15.00 of George Whitefield, the famous 18th Century tower and spire survive from earlier medieval incurable disease of leprosy. The present Chapel Church Road, Longlevens preacher. The Church has evolved over the building; the top is now in nearby St Lucy’s Walk. building is thought to date from the early 1400s This church is an interesting Grade 2-listed 1930s years and now stands in its replacement building Medieval font. East window installed in 1880 to but incorporates earlier masonry in the west structure designed by Harold Stratton-Davis in a (c.1958) as a Congregational Church which commemorate centenary of the Sunday School wall. The Chapel is now under the patronage of 15th century style. welcomes one and all to both morning and movement. Sir Thomas Rich baptized here in 1601. St Margaret of Scotland (died 1083), an English evening Sunday Services, led by various preachers. Brass plate from father’s grave. The Methodist princess who became Queen of Scotland. Church now has full responsibility for the building.

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Historic Inns The Whitesmiths Arms of the Whittington family. It retains many original The Sword Inn 81 Southgate Street features and has a splendid Georgian façade. Westgate Street The Old Bell Inn Located opposite the entrance to the Docks, this There are wall decorations on the first floor This bar is sited in two Elizabethan houses. One has 9a Southgate Street was a beer house by 1871, though part of the reputed to have been done for the visit of a Georgian frontage and used to be the premises of Elizabeth I in 1574. A timber-framed building built for Thomas building dates from the 15th century. The original John Pritchard, the original Tailor of Gloucester and Yate, apothecary and Mayor of Gloucester, roof beams can be seen in the small room to the inspiration for Beatrix Potter’s book. The Old Crown around 1650. It has a magnificent Jacobean right of the bar. 81-83 Westgate Street Coach and Horses timbered façade dating from around 1665. The Café Rene The Victorian buildings, which used to house the St Catherine’s Street main feature is the ornate stone overmantel Southgate Street Army and Navy Stores, stand on the grounds commemorating Yate’s marriage. The building has This Grade II listed timber-framed inn was built in of the Crown Inn which dated back to the 13th had many uses over the years including as the This historic inn in the Greyfriars area of the early 16th century. Although first recorded as century. It was reputed to be the headquarters city tea warehouse and today it is a beautiful bar Gloucester is accessed from St Mary’s Lane an inn in 1806, it is believed to have been an inn of Colonel Massey during the siege of Gloucester and restaurant. alongside St Mary de Crypt churchyard. It has a for at least a century before. As its name suggests, Roman well inside it. in 1643. it was a coaching inn. Cross Keys Cross Keys Lane The Tall Ship The Pelican Northend Vaults 134 Southgate Street 4 St Mary’s Street Northgate Street This Grade II listed early 16th century timber- The pub first appears in licensing records in 1679 framed building was originally three cottages. Located at the entrance to the Docks, this Grade This Grade II listed building dates back to the and claims to be constructed using timbers from Although records showing it in use as a pub date II listed building was built specifically as a pub early 17th century when it was a merchant’s Sir Francis Drake’s ship, the Golden Hind, which back only to 1720, its name is a symbol of St around 1870. house. It was re-fronted in the 18th century, but was originally called The Pelican. Peter and suggests it was originally supplied with behind is the original timber-framed building. It Portivo Lounge beer from the nearby St Peter’s Abbey, which has been a pub since 1869. Gloucester Quays Comfy Pew became Gloucester Cathedral in 1541. A beautiful red brick structure, it was built in 11 College Street The Imperial The Black and White Restaurant 1894 as a corn mill in the prosperous Gloucester The Comfy Pew is in a Grade II listed row of 59 Northgate Street 4 Longsmith Street Docks. Restored in 2010 as part of the timber-framed buildings which date back to The current building dates from 1898 and has the 15th century though with later alterations, A fish and chip shop located in a charming Gloucester Quays redevelopment, it sits proudly an elaborately moulded glazed tile exterior. It situated next to the main entrance gates to building that is reputed to be haunted. on the main entrance. replaced a pub which appears in records from Gloucester Cathedral. It is now a friendly, family- 1722 but the original building was 1556. Robert Raikes’s House Dr Fosters run licensed coffee-shop and restaurant. 71-73 Southgate Street Kimberley Warehouse, The Docks Ye Olde Fish and Chip Shoppe The Fountain Inn 8 Hare Lane A magnificent timber-framed merchant’s house This inn is housed in the Kimberley Warehouse 53 Westgate Street dating from 1560, which has been wonderfully which was built in 1846 for the corn trade, along A fine example of an Elizabethan building. The Fountain Inn occupies one of the oldest restored at great expense by Samuel Smiths with its neighbours, the Herbert and Phillpotts brewing sites in the city. It was once owned The New Inn the Brewers. Robert Raikes, the campaigner warehouses. It is named after the well-known by Peter Poitevin who crowned Henry III in St 16 Northgate Street for prison reform and promoter of the Sunday nursery rhyme. Peter’s Abbey in 1216. The story in the entrance School movement, moved into the building in The New Inn is described as the finest example The Dick Whittington tells how King William showed his contempt for 1772. A tour about Robert Raikes starts from the of a medieval galleried inn to be seen in Britain 100 Westgate Street the Jacobites by riding his horse up the steps in garden of the pub (see Guided Walk page 13). today. It was built between 1430 and 1450 by A superb 15th century building known as St the courtyard. St Peter’s Abbey. Much of the original structure Nicholas House, which was once a town house still remains. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 24 25 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

Music Edmund Saunders The Silver Singers Talks From Rags to Riches (E03) Sat 10 Sept 11.00 St Mary de Crypt Church The Jonathan Hope Organ Recital Fri 9 Sept 11.00 What did the Romans ever do for me? Thurs 8 Sept 12.30 St Nicholas Church, Westgate Street This choir which is made up of members of Thurs 8 Sept St John’s Church, Northgate Street Pre-booking required AgeUK in and around Gloucester return to 11.00 perform a wide range of easy listening music, Jonathan Hope, the Assistant Director of Music Richard Auckland and Brian McBurnie have St Nicholas Church Westgate Street whilst having a lot of fun in the process. The at Gloucester Cathedral, gives a recital on the researched and written two books about the Neil Hampson, the Right Worshipful the Mayor of performance will last 40-50 minutes. excellent organ at St John’s to start the musical people and history of Barnwood. This talk is the Gloucester talks about his personal involvement events accompanying Heritage Open Days. The fascinating tale of a pauper boy, born in Barnwood in the archaeology of Gloucester. 40 minutes. Christopher Boodle Recital recital will last 30-40 minutes. in 1630, who left Gloucestershire and made his Sat 10 Sept 14.00 way to London, entered and excelled in the legal Gloucester Cathedral’s St John’s Church, Northgate Street Bygonz Wandering Minstrels profession, eventually becoming Lord Chief Justice Decorative Stones (E01) Thurs 8 Sept of England. The talk will last about 50 minutes. Gloucester-born composer and professional Thurs 8 Sept The Cross and Gate Streets musician Christopher Boodle gives a recital on 14.00 Bygonz Perform the excellent organ in St John’s. The recital will Look out for Minstrels in traditional dress playing Gloucester Cathedral Fri 9 Sept 11.30 last 30-40 minutes. various instruments which have been part of the Pre-booking required Blackfriars, off Ladybellegate Street popular musical life of this country for centuries. Dennis Jackson, a local geologist, tours the Edward Elgar Come and hear instruments, such as pipe and Cathedral, showing the different types of stone Sat 10 Sept 14.00 Bygonz Perform tabor, hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, which have been used for decoration, and explaining their origin St Mary de Lode Church, Archdeacon Street Thurs 8 Sept 14.00 part of the popular musical life of this country for and how fashions changed over the years. Meet Blackfriars, off Ladybellegate Street centuries, played by musicians wearing the dress of This talk on Edward Elgar is given by Wendy near the Jenner monument. 40 minutes. the time. The performance will last 30-40 minutes. Hill a guide and lecturer at the Elgar Birthplace Come and hear instruments, such as pipe and Museum. The talk is organised by the Gloucester tabor, hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, which have been In the Footsteps of the Monks (E02) Gloucester Waites Music Society prior to a performance of Elgar’s part of the popular musical life of this country for Thurs 8 Sept Fri 9 Sept 12.30 great Piano Quintet in the Chapter House of centuries, played by musicians wearing the dress of 19.00 St Nicholas Church, Westgate Street Gloucester Cathedral on Sat 1st October at the time. The performance will last 30-40 minutes. Ivor Gurney Hall, Kings School The Waites of Gloucester are modelled on the 15.00. The talk will last about 45 minutes. Pre-booking required Drake’s Viols band of musicians run by the City of Gloucester John Putley of Gloucestershire Archives will talk Gloucester Brass Perform Thurs 8 Sept 14.30 in the 16th and 17th centuries, playing on about the main religious houses in Gloucester Sun 11 Sept 14.00 St Mary de Crypt, Southgate Street recorders, shawms, curtals, psaltery, bagpipes and their impact on the city. 50 minutes. and other historical instruments. They will play a St Nicholas Church, Westgate Street The local viol consort will play music from the programme of Spanish music from the 1500s and This fine local band returns to perform for sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by the Madcap Adventures of a Gloucester Boatman 1600s. The performance will last 30-40 minutes. Heritage Open Days. The performance will last leading composers of the day. The performance Fri 9 Sept 30-40 minutes. will last 30 - 40 minutes. 14.00 Bygonz Wandering Minstrels St Nicholas Church Westgate Street Fri 9 Sept Music for Virginals and Recorders John Chandler, editor of Victoria County History The Cross and Gate Streets See page 29 for details on the Sine Nomine Thurs 8 Sept 15.00 of Gloucestershire, explores the life and work of Choir and History Festival Songs of Praise Blackfriars, off Ladybellegate Street Look out for Minstrels in traditional dress playing John Taylor (1578 – 1653), who became a well- various instruments which have been part of the music events... Hear a selection of Tudor and later music by Pam known celebrity. 40 minutes. popular musical life of this country for centuries. Smith and Simon Pickard. 30 - 40 minutes. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 26 27 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016

The Four Seasons of Poetry Family Events Ring the Rudhall Heritage Bells Sine Nomine Youth Choir Sat 10 Sept Fri 9 and Sat 10 Sept Sat 10 Sept 12.00 10.30 Displays of old Gloucester Fri 11.00 - 15.30; Sat: 12.00 - 14.00 St Nicholas Church, Westgate Street United Reformed Church, Park Road St Michael’s Tower, The Cross If you are interested in seeing pictures and murals Come and hear this fine choir whose members Year in, year out, the seasons delight us with their of Gloucester’s past then there are a number of Have a go at ringing the two heritage bells made are aged between 7 and 20 years old and from sights and sounds. English poetry, an essential sites around the city. Why not take a stroll round in Gloucester in 1710 by Abraham Rudhall on schools throughout Gloucester. The performance part of our heritage, captures these sensations and see for yourself? display in the Tower. will last 30-40 minutes. for us. Ian McKay will lead this poetry event with help from Jenny Williams. Both Ian and Jenny are Start with the displays and videos in St Michael’s Heritage Face Painting Tour the Guildhall members of Gloucester Civic Trust and will read Tower then choose from the following: Sat 10 Sep 12.00 - 14.00 Sat 10 and Sun 11 Sept 12.00 - 17.30 some of their favourite poems. • St John Lane St Michael’s Tower, The Cross The Guildhall, Eastgate Street • Worcester Street near the traffic lights Come and have your face painted at the Tower. Take a tour of the Guildhall and find out about Poetry in the Cathedral (E04) • Ladybellegate Street events here and its past life as the Guildhall, Sat 10 Sept • Sainsbury’s mural, Hare Lane ‘A Tale of One City’ Note there are a lot of steps to climb. 11.00 • Boots mural, Brunswick Road Sat 10 Sept 10.00 Gloucester Cathedral, meet at the South Porch The Gate Streets Roman Day Pre-booking required Bell Ringing Heritage Open Days is a National Join Gloucester’s Rococo Players as they tour Sun 11 Sept 11.00 – 16.00 Join local poet Peter Wyton (BBC Radio event. This year to announce the start it is hoped the city centre bringing to life the stories of Museum of Gloucester Gloucestershire’s Breakfast Bard) who will that bells will be rung all over the country from some of Gloucester’s most famous citizens. Lady Brunswick Road perform his poems at various stations around the 18.00 on Thurs 8 Sept. How many can you hear? Aethelflaed, Robert Raikes and Beatrix Potter are Handle Roman artefacts make some Roman crafts Cathedral. The event lasts about 45 minutes. among the cast of colourful characters who will and dress up like a Roman. Tinkerscuss. For all ages. Life Museum Building Tour tell you their story and explain how their lives The Life and Times of Thurs 8 and Fri 9 Sept became woven into the fabric of Gloucester’s Songs of Praise to mark the Centenary of Gloucester’s Chimes 14.45 and 15.45 illustrious past. World War 1 and the Battle of the Somme. Sun 11 Sept Come and join our gallery tours and discover (F01) Sun 11 Sept 19.00 15.00 all those quirky features that lurk around every WWII Day The Salvation Army, Eastgate Street St Nicholas Church, Westgate Street corner at the Life Museum. Meet in Museum Sat 10 Sept 11.00 – 16.00 Free, pre-booking required The Cathedral chimes were restored in 2013 reception (please note that access to the Gloucester Life Museum, Westgate Street Beautiful hymns, songs and poetry of WW1 to after a silence of some 20 years. Jonathan Museum building is restricted due to its nature, Handle some objects from WWII, visit the WWII mark this bloodiest of conflicts. Poems read by MacKechnie-Jarvis, the Honorary Chimekeeper, and those with mobility problems may find this Recruitment Office and enlist to do your bit for Jeremy Keck. WW1 songs and music written by will explain how they work, illustrating their five challenging). These tours are free to attend, there your country! Gloucestershire composers, including Herbert hundred year history with music and pictures. is no need to pre-book – just turn up on the day. Howells, Hubert Parry, Ivor Gurney and Gustav ARTitecture Holtz. The vocal soloist is Philip Webb. Further The talk will last about 40 minutes and then Town Crier of Gloucester Sat 10 Sept 12.00 music will be provided by Gloucester Salvation the audience will be invited to stroll up to the Thurs 8 to Sat 10 Sept The Guildhall, Eastgate Street Army Band (Cliff Matthews) and Songsters (Philip Cathedral to hear the chimes at 16.00. Gloucester City Centre Make and decorate your favourite Gloucester Webb). There will be a retiring collection in Come and hear the world’s loudest town crier, building. Learn about the Guildhall and its aid of the Salvation Army’s work amongst the Alan Myatt, promoting the Heritage Open Days. architecture. Suitable for all ages. Children must homeless in Gloucester. Alan has been a crier for over twenty years, be accompanied. and at 112.8 decibels, Alan’s cry of ‘Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!’ is the undisputed world record. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 28 29 HENRY III CORONATION 10-18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Celebrating the 800th anniversary Sunday 11 September Tuesday 13 September of Henry III’s Coronation in 14.30-15.30 Blackfriars Talks Event Opening of Henry III Exhibition Janina Ramirez - Henry III and the First Henry III: Good King or Bad Ruler? Gloucester (1216-2016) Journalist: Matthew Paris This exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester Matthew Paris wrote that showcases some of Gloucester’s most important On the Saturday 10 September ‘The Boy King’ Parade and Henry III ‘stayed beside me medieval treasures are brought together to Re-enactment of the Coronation of Henry III takes place night and day, guiding my explore the reign of Gloucester’s boy king. at Gloucester Cathedral, celebrating 800 years since the pen’. Oxford historian and TV nine-year old prince was crowned in Gloucester. Follow the presenter Janina Ramirez uses young prince and members of the nobility through the city See masterpieces of art and craftsmanship recent new discoveries about alongside weapons of war and symbols of streets to the Cathedral, where the moment of coronation Paris’s manuscript to bring division. Then decide: was it a golden age of and enthronement will be re-enacted in a full ceremony in the Henry III’s fascinating life to light. prosperity or time of fear for the citizens of Nave. The ceremony will be followed by a medieval market, This is part of the Blackfriars Talks series, please Gloucester? Please see page 41 for full details of family craft activities and medieval-themed entertainment: all see page 33 for details. at the Cathedral. this exhibition.

And in the evening, there is the opening event of the Blackfriars Talks by Marc Morris discussing Henry III: Kingship and Crisis. Henry III Cathedral Lecture Series

© The British Library © Gloucester Cathedral, Chapter House Spread across two evenings during the week after the Gloucester Saturday 10 September History Festival has finished, Gloucester Cathedral is hosting a lecture series on Henry III. This will be an interesting and 12.30 Coronation Re-enactment Parade 14.00 - 17.00 Medieval entertainment & rewarding series of lectures in which the speakers will take aspects of the story of Henry and his coronation and explore deeper. Start of the Coronation Re-enactment parade activities, Gloucester Cathedral College Green from Blackfriars Priory, Ladybellegate Street Medieval themed entertainment on Lower College Green and family craft activities inside Tuesday 20 September 13.15 Coronation Ceremony, the Cathedral. Browse a medieval market in 18.30 – 19.30 Dr Tom Asbridge - William Marshal: Henry III’s Gloucester Cathedral the Cloisters and marvel at displays of stone- servant and saviour? The moment of coronation and enthronement masonry in the Garth. © Gloucester Cathedral 20.00 – 21.00 Professor Nick Vincent - Gloucester 1216: How will be re-enacted in a full ceremony in the Nave the Italians Rescued Magna Carta led by Bishop Rachel Treweek 19.30 - 20.30 Blackfriars Talks Opening Event Marc Morris - Henry III: Kingship and Crisis Tickets £7 per lecture, Thursday 22 September Historian and broadcaster £12 per evening or £20 13.45 Yew Tree planting, Gloucester Cathedral 18.30 – 19.30 Marc Morris (The Norman for all four lectures ‘Magna Carta 1216: Its political and social Planting of a Yew Tree in the Cathedral grounds Conquest, King John) explores (concessions for Friends context’, Professor David Carpenter as part of a national initiative to celebrate the the intriguing life of this little- of Gloucester Cathedral 20.00 – 21.00 ‘A loving husband, father and brother: 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta known monarch. This is part members) King Henry III and his women’, Professor of the Blackfriars Talks series, Book your tickets at Louise Wilkinson please see page 33 for details. the Cathedral Gift Shop, call 0845 652 1823 or visit A display of items from the Cathedral Library and Archive will be gloucestercathedral.org.uk set out on both evenings. 30 31 BLACKFRIARS TALKS 10-18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Satisfy your curiosity! Join us for a week of intriguing, challenging and 16.30-17.30 Tracy Borman - The Private 16.00-17.00 Andrew Armstrong - Revealing entertaining talks on national and international history by some of the Lives of the Tudors (BT03) £8 / £6 conc. The King’s Bastion leaders in their field. From World War One to Katherine of Aragon, Historian, broadcaster and joint Talk only: BT05 £7 / £5 conc. the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death to the Korean War, our Chief Curator of the Historic Talk and Tour: BT06 £12 / £10 conc. Blackfriars Talks range far and wide. And closer to home, why not visit Royal Palaces, Tracy Borman (tour limited to 14 people) the first calligrapher to work in Blackfriars Scriptorium – Britain’s uncovers the intimate secrets To mark the first opening of The King’s Bastion oldest library – for 470 years since the last monks left in 1539? Come of Britain’s greatest dynasty. She chamber to the public for 19 years, City early, enjoy a drink in the Blackfriars bar and savour the atmosphere takes us behind the scenes of Archaeologist Andrew Armstrong tells the of this stunning building. the Tudor Court exploring key extraordinary story of the King’s Bastion, the lives moments in Tudor history and of its Roman inhabitants and the conversion of Sarah Smyth, Blackfriars Talks Curator telling the illustrated story of the private lives of the fortress ramparts into a 1.8km wall, parts Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I from an of which can be seen in the chamber today. Ticket prices are shown by each event and there are concessions for Residents’ Cardholders and intriguing new perspective. ‘This is a very human He reveals the fascinating illustrated tale of the 01452 396 572 Gloucester Civic Trust members. Ring the box office on , visit the Tourist Information story of a remarkable family, full of vignettes that Bastion’s restoration and the unique insights it www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk Centre or buy online at . Concessions are not available online. sit long in the mind’ (The Sunday Times). gives into Roman Gloucester. There will be box office on site. Please note In September the evenings start to close in and Blackfriars has limited heating, so please bring warm clothes. 18.30-19.30 Mark Gatiss (BT04) The tour starts at 17.20 from the Blackfriars £8 / £6 conc. Priory box office and Andrew will take you Sat 10 Sept – Henry III Sun 11 Sept – The Private Join Mark Gatiss, actor and underneath the pavements of Gloucester for a screenwriter, co-creator of tour of the The King’s Bastion. Tour last 30 mins Blackfriars Priory celebrates the 800th Lives of Kings Sherlock and The League of and is limited to 14 people. anniversary of the crowning of Henry III with Join us to hear about the fascinating relationship Gentlemen. He discusses how the departure of the coronation procession 18.00-19.00 Bettany Hughes - The Age that between Matthew Paris and Henry III and an history has shaped his work from the Priory at lunchtime and the first of Changed the World: Socrates, Buddha and intriguing new perspective on the Tudors. and the challenges of the past the Blackfriars Talks exploring the reign of this Confucius (BT07) £8 / £6 conc. in everything from Doctor Who extraordinary monarch the same evening. For her acclaimed BBC TV 14.30-15.30 Janina Ramirez - Henry III and to Wolf Hall. series, Genius of the Ancient the First Journalist: Matthew Paris (BT02) World, historian Bettany Hughes, 19.30-20.30 Marc Morris - Henry III: £8 / £6 conc. Kingship and Crisis (BT01) £8 / £6 conc. author of The Hemlock Cup – Matthew Paris wrote that Henry III ‘stayed Marc Morris The Mon 12 Sept – Ancient Socrates, Athens and the Search Historian and broadcaster ( beside me night and day, guiding my pen’. But for the Good Life, travelled to Norman Conquest, King John) explores the despite his intimate relationship with the king, Voices, Ancient Worlds India, Greece and China on the intriguing life of this little-known monarch. In a Paris never minced his words, nor his satire. In his © Turton Sarah Join us as our three events journey to a distant trail of three giants of ancient fascinating illustrated talk he examines the king’s ‘Chronica Majora’ he gives an intimate glimpse past – tracking back through Anglo-Saxon philosophy – Buddha, Socrates, and Confucius. In character and explores the politics of his reign, in of Henry’s reign, complete with some of the England and Roman Britain to meet the three this intriguing illustrated exploration she uncovers particular his clash with his celebrated brother-in- earliest satirical cartoons documenting his real giants of ancient philosophy, Buddha, Socrates the power and influence of their beliefs, bringing law, Simon de Montfort, that climaxed in a bitter feelings towards the king. Oxford historian and and Confucius – with travelling companions Tom vividly to life how they shaped the ancient (and and divisive civil war. TV presenter Janina Ramirez uses recent new Holland, Andrew Armstrong, and Bettany Hughes. modern) worlds. Visit www.bettanyhughes.co.uk discoveries about Paris’s manuscript to bring Henry III’s fascinating life to light.

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20.00-21.00 Tom Holland - Aethelstan: The 20.00-21.00 Dermot Turing - Alan Turing 18.00-19.00 Paul Edmondson & Stanley Thurs 15 Sept – Gloucester Making of England (BT08) £8 / £6 conc. and the Enigma Cipher (BT10) £7 / £5 conc. Wells - The Shakespeare Circle (BT12) Award-winning historian Alan Turing’s nephew, Dermot £8 / £6 conc. Near and Far Tom Holland Paul Edmondson recounts Turing tells the extraordinary Join Shakespeare experts Our events on this day celebrate Gloucester the extraordinary story of story of his uncle’s life and the and Sir Stanley Wells from the Shakespeare near and far - in Medieval times when the city’s Anglo-Saxon King Aethelstan – cracking of the Enigma cipher Birthplace Trust as they explore the lives of master craftsmen, by appointment to the King, transporting us back to a time at Bletchley Park in a fascinating Shakespeare’s friends, relatives, fellow actors and took their talents to the capital and, in the 20th of omens, raven harbingers and illustrated talk which takes a rivals in an intriguing illustrated talk. Full of fresh century, when the ‘Glorious Glosters’ travelled blood-red battlefields. Making fresh look at the influences on and fascinating detail The Shakespeare Circle: to South East Asia to fight in the Korean War. © Sadie Holland sense of the family rivalries Turing’s life and uncovers new material on the An Alternative Biography looks at Shakespeare We also mark the 40th anniversary of Operation and fractious conflicts of the Anglo-Saxon rulers, man portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in The through the people we know he was closest to, Thunderbolt with a gripping talk by Saul David. he shows us how a royal dynasty rescued their Imitation Game. from his wife and children through to his fellow kingdom from near-oblivion and fashioned a actors, writers, and patrons. Visit the website 16.00-17.00 Phil Moss - An Insider’s Guide to nation that endures to this day. Part of the www.theshakespearecircle.com Medieval Gloucester (BT14) £7 / £5 conc. Penguin Monarchs series. Wed 14 Sept – Uncovering What was everyday life really like in the time of Shakespeare 19.20-19.40 Shakespeare in the Scriptorium Henry III? Historian Phil Moss takes us behind Free Performance Event the scenes of medieval Gloucester to experience Tues 13 Sept – World War II Did Shakespeare really perform in Gloucester? Shakespeare’s characters - from The Merchant the pains and pleasures of medieval city living. Whether the legend that Shakespeare and his In our two events exploring the Second World of Venice to Othello - are brought to life by He tells the story of the remarkable Gloucester troupe performed at The New Inn is truth War we gain a remarkable personal insight into director and RSC associate actor, Fiona Ross, and craftsmen - stonemason John of Gloucester and or myth, we celebrate his 400th anniversary the life and work of Alan Turing at Bletchley students of the University of Gloucestershire. goldsmith William of Gloucester - who worked for with a series of events exploring the history of Park, from his nephew, and an eye-witness Come and wander round to see intriguing the king and went on to national fame using their Shakespeare’s life and times as well as hearing perspective on the Battle of Normandy. happenings and encounters in the East Range, the fascinating story of everyday life on and extraordinary talents to help create Westminster the Scriptorium, and all over the Blackfriars site around the Severn. Abbey, one of the wonders of the age. 18.00-19.00 Lord Saye & Sele - Normandy in a powerful theatre performance including live 1944 (BT09) £7 / £5 conc. music and song from Gillian Yates and Jessica 16.00-17.00 John Chandler - Tales of the 18.00-19.00 Saul David - Operation Lord Saye & Sele, who took part in the Gordon playing the lute. Severn (BT11) £7 / £5 conc. Thunderbolt (BT15) £8 / £6 conc. Normandy campaign as a young officer in 1944, Historian and broadcaster Saul Historian John Chandler tells the fascinating 20.00-21.00 Jerry Brotton - This Orient Isle: talks of his experiences and how the Normandy David tells the gripping story battles ensured the final victory of the allies. illustrated story of the Severn through the lives Elizabethan England and the Islamic World of the most audacious Special of the people who lived on its banks - from (BT13) £8 / £6 conc. Forces hostage rescue mission Maisemore and Ashleworth to Minsterworth and Jerry Brotton’s acclaimed This Orient Isle explores the in history. The 1976 hijacking Elmore. Exploring everyday life from medieval fascinating relationship between Islam and Christianity of Flight 139 which came to a times to the Industrial Revolution - from flooding in Elizabethan England and how it profoundly and fishing to cider-making and river crossing - he influenced Shakespeare’s plays from Othello to The violent climax at Entebbe, in Idi brings the river and its industry to life and marks Merchant of Venice. In a powerful illustrated talk, he © Stéphane Cojot-Goldberg Amin’s Uganda, had repercussions publication of the latest volume of the Victoria uncovers a lively exchange of traders, diplomats, gifts worldwide. 40 years on, Saul David tells the gritty,

County History series. and letters and a Muslim presence in Elizabethan visceral and fast-paced tale of the first shot in the politics and culture that gives us a brand new West’s long war against international terrorism in his perspective on Shakespeare’s plays and a new way to critically-acclaimed book Operation Thunderbolt. think of that presence in our own time. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 34 35 BLACKFRIARS TALKS 10-18 SEPTEMBER 2016

20.00-21.00 Andrew Salmon - The Battle of 17.20-17.40 and 19.20-19.40 Sat 17 Sept – Revolutions 18.00-19.00 Helen Rappaport - Caught in the Imjin River: ‘The Armageddon North of World War One: On the Front Line the Revolution - Petrograd 1917 (BT21) Seoul’ (BT16) £8 / £6 conc. Free Performance Event and Revelations £8 / £6 conc. Helen Rappaport In April 1951, the mightiest communist offensive Come and encounter our live encampment of Join us for an evening full of intriguing events - Join bestselling historian as she tells the extraordinary story of the Russian launched since 1945 was unleashed across Korea. World War One soldiers in the courtyard and come and hear from Griff Rhys Jones, learn about Revolution from an entirely new perspective - Facing China’s ‘human wave’ on the Imjin River scriptorium where they groom their horse, revolutionary Russia from Helen Rappaport, and through fascinating eye-witness accounts by a stood the UK’s 29th Brigade; in the eye of the prepare for battle and share their experiences of enjoy speedy introductions to Shakespeare, the surprising, flamboyant cast of foreigners ranging hurricane stood the ‘Glorious Glosters’. This audio- life on the front line in a powerful performance Ice Age and the Barbarian hordes! visual presentation will reclaim this struggle from event by director and RSC associate artist from the American Ambassador to suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst who all found legend, bringing Britain’s bloodiest post-war battle Fiona Ross and students of the University of 18.00-19.00 A Very Short Introduction…an themselves in the white heat of revolution. ‘A back to vivid life. Historian Andrew Salmon, MBE, Gloucestershire. evening of History ‘Speed Dating’ (BT20) gripping, vivid, deeply-researched chronicle of the is the Seoul-based author of To the Last Round: The £7 / £5 conc. inc. glass of wine Russian Revolution...’ (Simon Sebag Montefiore). Epic British Stand Imjin River 18.00-19.00 David Olusoga - The World’s on the . Downstairs in the Scriptorium War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire (BT18) Experience an evening like no other… We’re 20.00-21.00 Griff Rhys Jones (BT22) £8 / £6 conc. World War I bringing three of Oxford University Press’s Very £8 / £6 conc. Fri 16 Sept – David Olusoga is an acclaimed historian and Short Introduction series authors together to Marking the centenary of The Somme, our First BBC film-maker whose programmes have provide an intellectually nutritious smorgasbord World War focus explores two of 1916’s key explored themes of colonialism and slavery. He of enlightenment! Want to know more about battles – The Battle of Jutland and The Somme The World’s discusses his award-winning book Shakespeare’s Comedies? The Ice Age? The itself – telling the story of these events as well War which explores how Europe’s Great War Barbarian hordes? Then this is the night for you. In as exploring the role of soldiers from all over became the World’s War - a multi-racial, multi- small groups (bring your friends or come alone!) the world who took part in the conflict. national struggle and the extraordinary individual you’ll get to spend 10 minutes or so with each of stories and sacrifices of some of the 4 million our three authors – Bart van Es, Jamie Woodward 16.00-17.00 Richard Van Emden - The non-European people whose experiences have and Gillian Clark - in turn ‘speed dating’ style! Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers’ own remained too long in the shadows. Tickets for this cerebral extravaganza include a Words and Photographs (BT17) £8 / £6 conc. glass of wine! No offensive better encapsulates the horror of 20.00-21.00 Nick Jellicoe - Jutland: The trench fighting than the Battle of the Somme. Unfinished Battle (BT19) Leading World War One historian Richard £8 / £6 conc. Van Emden has uncovered some remarkable The grandson of Admiral John Jellicoe, Broadcaster, comedian and writer Griff Rhys Jones stories told by the soldiers themselves of action Commander of the British Grand Fleet at is the presenter of TV series Restoration, and heroism in the face of battle – including an Jutland, gives a compelling talk exploring the Mountain, Rivers and Griff’s Great Britain and account of a soldier from the Glosters. Illustrated Royal Navy’s last great sea battle – the first and is the President of Civic Voice. Join him to hear about the historic buildings he loves and with the soldiers’ own privately-taken and illegal largest engagement of Dreadnoughts in the 20th his fascinating adventure discovering the real photographs, he uses these images to explore century. Telling the story of the battle from both Wales and its hidden treasures told in his book the experiences of individual soldiers in this a British and German perspective, and based on Insufficiently Welsh. landmark battle. the very latest research featured in the Channel 4 TV programme, he gives an illuminating illustrated account of this controversial battle and its legacy. © Marketing Gloucester Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 36 37 BLACKFRIARS TALKS 10-18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Sun 18 Sept – Women Blackfriars Scriptorium is Britain’s oldest surviving 16.00-17.00 Jung Chang - The Birth of Gloucester History Festival would like to library where, from the 13th century, monks Modern China: Empress Dowager Cixi thank the following publishers for and History illuminated and copied precious manuscripts. (BT26) £8 / £6 conc. their support: Satwinder Sehmi Today’s first three talks explore the lives Internationally acclaimed is • Allen Lane of three extraordinary women and the the first calligrapher to work in the Blackfriars • Aurum Press Ltd influence they had on the history of their Scriptorium in over 470 years since the monks left • Cambridge University Press times and we end with the fascinating story the Priory in 1539. • Head of Zeus of the man who painted the Cavaliers of the • Headline Review • The History Press English Civil War. Visit him at any time during the afternoon upstairs in the Scriptorium and see him at work. • Hodder & Stoughton 13.00, • Hutchinson 11.30-12.30 Jane Ridley - Queen Victoria: 15-20 minute talks and demonstrations at 15.30 and 17.30. Limited to 20 people per event. • Orion Books Queen, Matriarch, Empress (BT23) • Oxford University Press £8 / £6 conc. 14.00-15.00 Alison Weir - Katherine of • Parthian Books Award-winning biographer Jane Ridley explores Aragon (BT25) £8 / £6 conc. • Pen and Sword Military the extraordinary life and reign of one of Britain’s • The Penguin Monarchs series Based on extensive new Kuwata © Makoto greatest monarchs overturning the established • Seaforth Publishing research and shattering the Jung Chang, author of the bestselling classic picture of the dour old lady with a fresh and • Simon & Schuster many myths about Henry VIII’s Wild Swans and co-author of Mao: The Unknown engaging portrait of a female monarch reigning in • Victoria County History long-suffering wife, Alison Weir Story, joins us to discuss her latest book; the a time of intense change. In an illustrated talk she • W H Allen tells the extraordinary story of extraordinary history of the Empress Dowager explores how Queen Victoria used her gender • Vintage Katherine of Aragon – a strong, Cixi (1835-1908), the most important woman in and family to define and enhance her power and • Weidenfeld & Nicolson spirited woman determined Chinese history who brought a medieval empire how her reign and the Victorian age shaped the • Windmill Books to fight for her rights and the into the modern age. monarchy we know today. Queen Victoria is part rightful place of her daughter. In a fascinating of the Penguin Monarchs series. illustrated talk, she discusses her new discoveries 18.00-19.00 Waldemar Januszczak - Royalists Tours of Gloucester Prison (C10) & Cavaliers: The Art of the English Civil War 12.30-17.45 Calligraphy in the Scriptorium - and the challenges of translating Katherine’s life (BT27) £8 / £6 conc. Sat 17 and Sun 18 Sept Satwinder Sehmi (B24) into historically accurate and compelling fiction in Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen 10.00, 11.30, 13.00, 14.30 Upstairs at the Scriptorium . Described by John Aubrey as Free entry pre-booking required ‘the most excellent painter that £10 /£8 conc. 15.30-15.50 Hidden Histories: Women’s England has produced’, William Booking essential Voices from History Dobson was the British artist Free Performance Event who painted for the Royalists Part of the City Voices events, this is Workers, warriors, mothers and queens – come during the English Civil War a rare chance to see inside a prison. and hear the stories of women through the putting a fascinating face to the The new Gloucester prison started life ages. Join director and RSC associate artist conflict. Art critic and broadcasterWaldemar in 1791, built on land adjacent to the Fiona Ross and students of the University of Januszczak brings the artist to life showing for the Medieval Castle which had been used as Gloucestershire and wander round to see first time a new film about Dobson and telling the prison up until then. intriguing happenings and encounters all over the extraordinary illustrated story of the war the Blackfriars site as they bring to life tales artist’s life with the Cavaliers. See page 19 for full details... of women from the near and distant past in a © Marketing Gloucester powerful theatre performance. Box Office 01452 396 572 www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 38 39 EXHIBITIONS AT BLACKFRIARS PRIORY EXHIBITIONS IN GLOUCESTER

During the Blackfriars Talks series, the Exhibitions Blackfriars Priory is hosting a number There are a number of exhibitions taking place Time is Time was Time’s Future by PJ Crook of exhibitions that are open to the in Gloucester around the time of the History Sat 2 Jul - Sat 24 Sept public with free entry. Festival. Please check with the relevant venue Museum of Gloucester, Brunswick Road for exact opening times and any entrance fees. Fascinated by the notion of time, artist PJ Crook The exhibitions are at the following times: looks at similarities between her own work, and Looking Before and After: Hidden Lives works within the Museum of Gloucester collection. Friday 9 to Sunday 11 September Throughout September “Although time changes most things, that which between 10.00 and 16.00 St Mary de Crypt Church and the Old Crypt inspires the artist often recurs through the Monday 12 to 18 September Schoolroom, Southgate Street generations. So the Museum of Gloucester kindly from one hour before the start of the first Throughout September there will be an allowed me into their fascinating picture stores to Blackfriars Talk until 21.00 exhibition in the church by Discover DeCrypt select pieces that found echoes in my work.” Historical Research Group that looks at the lives of ordinary people associated with the buildings ‘I Do’: Georgian, Edwardian & Wartime Brides through the ages. Sat 2 Jul - Sat 17 Dec A Heritage of Learning Gloucester Life Museum, 99-103 Westgate Street Henry III: Good King or Bad Ruler? A fantastic opportunity to view some beautiful The WEA (Workers’ Educational Association) received a grant from the Tues 13 Sept and runs until end of Jan 2017 wedding gowns from the Gloucester Life Heritage Lottery Fund to chart its history in the South West of England Museum of Gloucester, Brunswick Road Museum costume collection. Thanks to the since its formation in 1903. This touring exhibition will introduce some of the Some of Gloucester’s most important medieval Small Scale Capital Grants Scheme, the museum material discovered mainly by volunteers and show where further information treasures are brought together in this exhibition has been able to acquire multiple new display may be found as well as introducing people to the work of what is now a national charity. This, the final to explore the reign of Gloucester’s boy king. See cases, which has opened up the opportunity exhibition for the project, is appropriately located in the town where the founder of the WEA was masterpieces of art and craftsmanship alongside to showcase some fantastic items from the born. For more information visit www.wea.org.uk weapons of war and symbols of division. Then museum’s costume collection. Featuring wedding Gloucestershire Archeology decide: was it a golden age of prosperity or time gowns from 1829, 1911, and 1941.’ of fear for the citizens of Gloucester? Come and explore the work of Gloucestershire Archaeology (Glos Arch), which was formed in 150 years of Engineering Excellence Gloucester in 1967 and encourages members whatever their level of experience to participate in Sat 13 Aug – Sat 17 Dec excavations, fieldwalking, geophysical surveying, document research and historic building recording. Gloucester Life Museum, 99-103 Westgate Street There are lectures and site visits to attend and help and advice given in finds processing and pottery, Fielding & Platt, the once great Engineering coin and artefact identification and recording. For more information visitwww.glosarch.org.uk Company that traded in the City of Gloucester, was founded in October 1866. So this year we Discovering the WW1 Home Front: celebrate the 150th anniversary of that event with an exhibition at the Life Museum. The Children and Charities, Food and Farms exhibition gives the visitor an insight into the In order to mark the centenary of WW1, and with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, machines manufactured by the company, the Hempsted Church of England Primary School and various, local community groups have worked work force responsible for them and some of the together to explore, conserve and share what happened within their village between 1914-1918. social life enjoyed. Note: Come and view their achievements and discoveries to date. For more information visit http:// Ground floor, gardens and Victorian homefront.creativeblogs.net/ Classroom are wheelchair accessible. 40 41 MAP OF GLOUCESTER MAP OF GLOUCESTER

Use the map of Gloucester shown here to help you find your way around the festival. Most venues are 6 located within the city centre asnd are within easy walking distance of each other.

Historical Places (Pg 14-17) Churches (Pg 21-23) 4 1 18 6 The Fleece C3 23 Christ Church D5 4 8 7 Blackfriars Priory C4 24 Gloucester Cathedral C2 6 6 1 8 Gloucester Guildhall D3 26 Llanthony Secunda Priory A5 14 11 9 Hillfield House F2 27 Mariners’ Church B5 41 10 Hedleys, 66 Westgate Street C3 28 United Reformed Church E5 4 11 Little Cloister House D2 30 Southgate Evangelical Church C5 1 12 St Michael’s Tower D3 31 St John’s Church Northgate D3 1 1 13 Old Bishop’s Palace D2 32 St Nicholas Church C2 14 Parliament Suite C2 33 St Mary de Crypt Church C4 4 15 Masonic Hall D3 34 St Mary’s de Lode Church C2 6 16 Robert Raikes’s House C4 35 St Peter’s Church E2 46 1 4 17 Roman Wall inside Gloucester C4 53 All Saints Church F5 4 8 17 Furniture Exhibition Centre C4 54 St Mary’s Congregational 1 44 18 St. Mary Magdelene’s Chapel Church C2 16 and Hillfield Gardens F2 58 St Chatherine’s Church F2 8 19 The Stonemasons Yard D2 59 Holy Innocents Church A1 20 The Tudor Rooms D3 61 St Swithuns Church A5 22 Winfields, 26 Westgate Street D3 69 Holy Trinity Church F2 1 25 The Carriage Building E4 4 46 Redcliff College F3 Guided Walks (Pg 11-14)

Cultural Venues (Pg 18-19) 37 BBC Radio Gloucestershire F2 4 38 Eastgate Viewing Chamber D4 1 Beatrix Potter Museum D3 62 Gloucestershire Archives E2 6 2 Museum of Gloucester & Art 8 Gallery D4 Historic Inns (Pg 24-25) 4 3 Gloucester Folk Museum C3 61 1 40 Cross Keys Inn C3 4 Waterways Museum B4 Gloucester Quays Outlet 5 Soldiers of Gloucestershire 41 The Dick Whittington C2 Shopping Centre Museum C4 42 Fountain Inn C3 43 The New Inn D3 21 Gloucester Park Bandstand D5 44 The Old Bell Inn D3 29 Anglo-Asian Cultural Centre F5 36 Kingsholm Rugby Stadium E1

The Docks (Pg 20)

45 SULA Lightship A5 47 Tommi Neilsen’s Dry Docks B4 Coach Tourist Public/Disabled Parking Post Office Shopmobility Pedestrian Priority Church 52 Gloucester Brewery B5 Drop-off Point Informmation Toilets

42 43 Thank You

The Gloucester History Committee would like to thank all of the organising partners listed below, all sponsors, volunteers, venues, media partners and supporters of Gloucester History Festival and Heritage Open Days, without whose invaluable support and commitment the event would not be possible.

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Festival Bookseller Individual Supporters and Founder Patrons GUST Sir Michael and Lady McWilliam, Marianne Hinton

Organising Partners

The History Festival is organised by GUST Charity No. 1164727