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Rosalind Rawnsley Lectures. September/October 2023

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Wednesday 20 September, 17h30 - The Armitt, Ambleside
The Master and the Canon: Ruskin & Rawnsley - A Lifelong Association
https://armitt-library-and-museum-centre.arttickets.org.uk/armitt-library-and-museum-centre/2023-09-20-ruskin-rawnsley-a-life-long-association

Thursday 21 September, 18h30 - The Borrowdale Institute, Rosthwaite, Keswick
The Borrowdale Story
Work With Joy – Hardwicke Rawnsley & The Keswick School of Industrial Arts (illustrated) Admission £10 to include light refreshments, payable at the door. Advance booking strongly advised: mark.radcliffe@ sky.com.

Friday 22 September, 18h00 - Allen Bank, Grasmere
The National Trust
Rawnsley & Wordsworth – The Poet as Muse
Tickets £10 - obtainable through the National Trust booking system: It all Began in Grasmere - Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley and the Spirit of Wordsworth | National Trust
Or call 01539435143 to book direct and pay on the day. Booking through the website preferred.

Saturday 23 September, 10h30 - The Marchesi Centre, Windermere
The Beatrix Potter Society
Potter and Rawnsley - A Nation’s Heritage

Friday 29 September, 19h30 - The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness
Orkney Arts Society
Work With Joy – Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley and the Keswick School of Industrial Arts (illustrated)
Tickets through Ticketsource, under the Orkney Arts Society listing. £5.00 non-members, £4.00 members, £2.00 school students.

Tuesday 3 October, 19h00 - Stromness Museum, Orkney
Charles Clouston Building, ORIC Campus, Back Road, Stromness
Farewell to Stromness – Sir John Franklin and the Rawnsley Connection
Admission is free, as charging for admission is not permitted at this site, but donations for Stromness Museum are strongly encouraged!

Tuesday 17 October, 14h30 - Trinity Church Hall, Conduit Road, Abingdon, OX1 1TA
Abingdon National Trust Association
Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Co-Founder of the National Trust - Scenes from an Extraordinary Life
All welcome - non-members are asked for a donation of £4. For more information visit www.abingdonnt.org.uk

Thursday 19 October, 20h00 - St. Andrew’s Church, 956 Harrow Road, Wembley HA0 2QA
Wembley & District National Trust Group
Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Co-Founder of the National Trust – Scenes from an Extraordinary Life
Non-members welcome - Admission £2 at the door

Just Published. A new biography of Hardwicke Rawnsley.

Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley

An Extraordinary Life 1851-1920

Michael Allen and Rosalind Rawnsley

To order your copy follow this link to the Books Cumbria website.

"The book is a wonderful achievement, comprehensive and authoritive, fascinating and engaging. I marvel at how you have managed to include so much and provide such great detail on a very broad range of subjects.

I found the section about Wray extremely interesting, having grown up a few miles away in Hawkshead. HDR was a very definite presence in the Lakes during the time I lived there in the sixties and seventies. The chapter on 'The Voice of the Lake District' is particularly fine, and explains very well why HDR's Lakes books are so good to read." Andrew F. Wilson

"I found it very easy reading and not wanting to break off as the story unfolded. Your comprehensive and interesting coverage of the context of HDR’s activities provides a very clear picture of how tumultuous much of his life must have been. The now no longer unsung roles of Edith and Eleanor in keeping this potentially runaway train on the tracks, was of immense importance. Without their influence an awful lot of very important things might not have been achieved.

For me HDR is the archetypal activist for and facilitator of good causes. Being, as it were, at the sharp end of campaigns and controversies, he was bound to make some enemies but that should not detract from the sum total of his achievements. HDR’s, arguably pivotal, contribution to the conservation of the Lake District can now be fully recognised. It is up to researchers in other fields, such as education and welfare, to assess the extent of his influence, for which purpose the biography is a good starting point.

To sum up I applaud your achievement in producing this biography, which for quality I would place in the top tier of the genre. It deserves to be read and will I hope eventually achieve a reprint." Maurice George

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