Fostering Fellowship 2018
Chris Coles
A full list of events is shown on the Events page.
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Summer Event 2018
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd July
Lamport Hall
'Northamptonshires Ideal Countrymen'
In conjunction with The H.E.Bates Society
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The BB Archive
The BB Archive is now housed at Lamport Hall in the village where 'BB' was born. Details of access will be available soon. Member Janice Morris is in sole charge as the Society Archivist. Janice has previously worked on the archives of several local history/collectors groups and the catalogue of the H.E.Bates Collection at Rushden Library.
The archive remains the property of the BB Society. Members wishing to donate items to the archive must contact Janice direct.
Please contact the secretary of the 'BB' Society for access or to donate items to the archive.
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The Bill Humphreys Arts Award
Donations made by family and friends attending Bill Humphreys’ Memorial Service in 2015 amounted to £991.64. Bill’s family then contacted the BB Society and expressed a wish that this money should be used to perpetuate the memory of both Bill and BB and their contribution to wildlife and conservation.
It was agreed to donate the sum of £200 to the Dorset Wildlife Trust of which Bill was a Vice President, and to use the remainder of £791.64 to institute an arts award open to members of the BB Society.
Bryan Holden has been given the task of putting forward design proposals and a competition format for consideration by the Committee and the Membership.
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BB Creative Arts Award
Every year the BB Society holds a Creative Arts Award competition open to Northamptonshire primary schools.
The award is so important to the BB Society in its mission to engage youngsters, and to encourage in them a love of nature and to carry on BB’s artistic and conservation legacy.
Our thanks to Daphne Rusby who organises the Award on behalf of the Society and enthuses all the teachers and pupils to take part.
The subject for this year’s Creative Arts Award is Foxes and is based on BB’s Wild Lone Trail. Good luck to all those taking up paintbrushes and craft materials to get creative with nature.
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‘The Life & Works of BB’ Exhibition
To celebrate the 70th year of BB’s classic children’s tale, Brendon Chase, the BB Society staged a week-long exhibition of BB’s writings, paintings and memorabilia at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire (30th June – 6th July, 2014).
Lamport Hall, once the stately home of the illustrious Isham family, is situated opposite All Hallows Church, in the village of Lamport where BB was born and lived his childhood years.
As a youngster, he was a frequent visitor to events at the Hall and no doubt aware of the hundreds of ceramic gnomes which populated the massive rockery erected by the eccentric Lord Charles Isham.
It is believed that it was the Lamport gnomes which inspired the writing of BB’s Carnegie prize-winning story The Little Grey Men in 1942.
Staged in the Halls’ former coach house, the exhibition featured more than 200 of BB’s original paintings, drypoints and scraperboard illustrations, many of which were on public display for the first time.
First edition, signed copies of all of BB’s books complete with dust-jackets were also displayed, along with many personal artefacts including BB’s artist’s palette, scraperboard tools, fishing rod, pipes and walking stick, and an archive of his Shooting Times articles.
A 40 page full-colour brochure is available from the BB Society Merchandising Officer featuring a complete exposition of BB Life & Works. Available to members and non-members alike at £7.50 per copy including post and packaging. A not to be missed collector’s item!
Please see 'Society Merchandise' page.
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Reprinted MONTY WOODPIG Books and Posters.
The BB Society has published reprints of two of 'BB's early books.
Monty Woodpig's Caravan
and
Monty Woodpig and His Bubblebuzz Car
These paperback editions are available to members only.
Please see Society Merchandise Page
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