Xmas Social Evening

This month’s meeting, being the last before Christmas, was our festive gathering. The evening was made more special, as presentations were made to the outgoing Treasurer, and also to our outgoing chairman and membership secretary. Bridget and Peter Hunter, founded the society 12 years ago in their living room, and it has grown ever since. Both were made Honorary members, to thank them both for their work over the years, and Bridget was also asked to be vice president.
This month’s speaker was Christine Pike, project curator, who told us of a project which uses some of the themes and imagery from the poem Beowulf. as a starting point to collate a number of photographs, poetry, prose and spoken word of the Fens. This would then be used to make a travelling exhibition and a book. The exhibition would travel to March, Wisbech, Ely and Welney during 2015.
A photographer called Rebecca Green will be spending a year exploring the Fens and uncovering some of the stories associated with the people who live and work on the Fens and drawing a parallel with the poem of Beowulf. A selection of her work and publics writing will be presented in a book which will be also abled to be downloaded
The project also hopes to be able to run some creative writing workshops for people who have a family connection with the Fens which goes back two or three generation. These workshops are free(time dates be arranged in early 2014)
So if you have any stories to tell or photographs that sums up what the Fenland area means to you please contact Christine.Pike@adec.org.uk Tel 01353 616995
The evening concluded with a flora and fauna quiz, and festive food. May I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
[Malcolm Bailey]