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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

November Meeting, Friday 18th 7:00 for 7:30, Lower Court Hall.

The Life and Work of E F Benson, by Allan Downend

The talk will look at Fred Benson by; placing him within his family; following his education and early work; discussing his writing career; mentioning some of his friends and circle and finishing with his time in Rye. There will be some readings from his books. 

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Our Speaker 
Most of Allan Downend's career was as Area Librarian for Chiswick and then after a major re-organisation he became a Heritage and Tourism Officer and did the restoration of Hogarth's House for the Tercentenary; exhibited permanently for the first time the local collection of paintings together with the restoration of several rooms at Boston Manor; conserved a local collection of C18th and early C19th books, organised Book Fairs, and began the bid to restore the museum and mansions in Gunnersbury Park. After early retirement he was Curator at Rye castle Museum until 2007. In 1985. together with others, he founded the E.F.Benson Society and ever since has been the Society's Secretary.
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