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YOUR FREE GUIDE TO CENTENARY EVENTS CENTENARY MONTH OCTOBER 2015

Find out more about the courageous First World War nurse who cared for injured soldiers in , whatever their nationality. Her part in helping allied soldiers to escape from German occupied Belgium led to her execution, at dawn on 12th . In association with Edith Cavell learned the fluent French which led to her post in Brussels as a pupil teacher at Laurel Court School in Precincts. MusPeeumterborough Museum n TOURS n WORSHIP n TALKS n FAMILY ACTIVITIES n MUSIC n FASHION n ART SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER & SUNDAY 11TH OCTOBER

Edith Cavell Cavell, Carbolic and A talk by Diana Chloroform Souhami At Peterborough Museum, 7.30pm at Peterborough Priestgate, PE1 1LF Cathedral Tours half hourly, Diana Souhami’s 10.00am – 4.00pm (lasts around 50 minutes) biography of Edith This theatrical tour with costumed re-enactors Cavell was described vividly shows how wounded men were treated by The Sunday Times during the Great War. With the service book for as “meticulously a named soldier in hand you will be sent to “the researched and trenches” before being “wounded” and taken to sympathetic”. She the casualty clearing station, the field hospital, will re-tell the story of Edith Cavell’s life: her then back to for an operation. In the childhood in a rectory, her career in recovery area you will learn the fate of your nursing and her role in the Belgian resistance serviceman. You will also meet “Edith Cavell” and movement which led to her execution. She will find out the story behind this remarkable lady. refer to Edith Cavell’s time at Laurel Court School Admission: £6 adults, £4 children/concessions, and to her devout Christian faith. pre-booking is recommended. Not suitable for There will be a bookstall and Diana Souhami will children under 8 or those of a nervous disposition. sign copies of her book after the talk. To book call 01733 864663 or visit www.vivacity- Tickets: £11 (£5.50 peterborough.com under 18) including a glass of wine or An Exclusive Tour soft drink after talk. of Laurel Court Unreserved seating. 12.00 noon and 2.00pm each day To book visit www. (lasts around 30 minutes). Meet peterborough- at the Cathedral Welcome Desk cathedral.org.uk, call The tour will be led by Stuart Orme 01832 274734 or call of Peterborough Museum. at the Cathedral Shop A unique opportunity to go inside Laurel Court or Peterborough which once was a school where Edith Cavell was Visitor Information a pupil teacher. This 18th century Grade I Listed Centre. building has been on the Historic England At Risk Register since 2012. It is now privately let and special permission has been granted to conduct these tours. Hear about Laurel Court School and A Blanket of its headmistress Margaret Gibson, who was the Poppies first woman to be granted the Freedom of the City An artwork by the artist of Peterborough. The school maintained a strict Charron Pugsley-Hill regime: the belongings of boarders with untidy commemorating Edith rooms were thrown out of the window! Cavell will be on display Tickets: £8 (£6 conc / £4 under 18s) available during the evening. The online via www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk piece is made up of 49 or call 01733 355315. Pre-booking is felted poppies, one for each year of Cavell’s life, strongly recommended. made by women as a tangible tribute to her.

Special hotel deals are offered for Edith Cavell Centenary Month visitors Details at: www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER

Two minutes’ silence at 7.00am Choral Evensong At Peterborough Cathedral, followed by 7.30am for St Luke’s Day Morning Prayer with Holy Communion. 3.30pm at Peterborough Exactly 100 years since Edith Cavell’s execution by Cathedral firing squad, two minutes silence will be observed St Luke, the patron of in the Cathedral. All are welcome to join in this physicians, is remembered solemn act of commemoration and the service annually on this day. This which follows. After this a day of quiet will be service will offer prayers and thanksgiving for observed in the Cathedral. All are welcome to visit healthcare workers. It will be led by the of for silent reflection, perhaps to light a candle Peterborough and sung by Peterborough Cathedral and to pray. Choir. The preacher will be The Revd Peter Woodward, a relative of Edith Cavell. Peterborough in All are welcome (no charge). the Great War website launch Peterborough Museum will launch a new SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER website focussed on the First World War in the Great War Fashion, a talk by Lucy City. This will include news about the publication Adlington of History Wardrobe of soldiers’ entries in two visitors’ books from 2.30pm at Peterborough Cathedral the tea stall run by the Women’s United Total Fashion historian Lucy Adlington will give a Abstinence Council (WUTAC) on Peterborough presentation about the experiences of women East Railway station in 1916 and 1917. The entries during the First World War as reflected in their will be published on social media exactly 100 clothing. There will also be a display of original years to the day since they were written. clothing items and the chance to discuss them with Lucy. Tickets: £10 (£5 SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER under 16s) from shiane.clare@ peterborough- The Edith Cavell cathedral.org.uk Centenary Concert or call 7.30pm at Peterborough 01733 355315. Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral Choir, Youth Choir and Festival Chorus will perform a programme of choral music from 1914-18. Expect not only examples from the classical repertoire, such as Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell, but also a sing along of popular songs Special hotel deals are from the trenches. There will also be readings offered for Edith Cavell from the period. Tickets: £15 (£12 concs, £8 U18s) Centenary Month visitors. including a glass of wine or soft drink. Unreserved Details at: seating. To book visit www.peterborough- www.peterborough- cathedral.org.uk or call 01832 274734. cathedral.org.uk

Special hotel deals are offered for Edith Cavell Centenary Month visitors Details at: www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk LAUREL COURT AND ITS HISTORY

Laurel Court is Peterborough’s only ‘Building ex-pupil, it was ruled by ‘a fearsome dragon’ and at Risk’. It stands in faded brilliance on the east the place smelt of ‘cats, margarine and treacle!’ side of the Cathedral . Opinions vary French was particularly well-taught and Edith about the date of its building; a former Cathedral Cavell showed a flair for the language which Archaeologist believed that the core of the house resulted in her being recommended for a post in was built in the 17th century and remodelled in Brussels in 1890. the 18th century, although these findings are Following the closure of the school in 1927, not conclusive. It is possible that, as the largest Laurel Court became the Deanery from 1928-1942, residence in the Precincts during the 18th century, when Dean Simpson lived there. It continued Laurel Court was built for the Dean. as a place of residence until 1995, after which it In 1874, Miss Gibson opened her celebrated became the Choir school, together with a Miss Van Dissel, which School until, due they ran until 1927. Arguably the most famous to the building’s pupil to attend was Edith Cavell, who became a dilapidated state, PETERBOROUGH pupil teacher there. She recalls Laurel Court the choir moved as being a fairly typical establishment, providing elsewhere ‘a high moral training’. According to another in 2011. 9 FIND OUT MORE... INHERITING Visit www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk THE FUTURE or call 01733 355315

The proceeds of Edith Cavell Centenary events at Peterborough Cathedral go towards the restoration of Laurel Court.