Hopkins Society Day  on Saturday 27 June 2020 at St Bartholomew's Church, Haslemere, Surrey 10.00 – 16.30pm.
We are meeting in St Bartholomew's Church in Haslemere, which has a memorial window to GMH donated by his grieving parents less than a year after his death.  It was in memory of a dear son – he was not a famous poet then.  Rather surprisingly, the stained-glass window next to it is a memorial to the Poet Laureate Tennyson, who had also lived there.
 Gerard's parents and family moved to Haslemere from Hampstead three years before Gerard died.  He visited Haslemere only once.  But his parents, sisters and brothers lived on in a house built for them, until the last one died in 1952.  So there is a long Hopkins family association with Haslemere.
 On this Day, we will hear about the history and iconography of the GMH memorial window.  We will also hear from a local historian about the involvement of the Hopkins family.  We will visit the family house (at least seeing it from the outside), and see various family graves.  There will be an AGM, and some other Hopkins treats.
 Further details of travel (Haslemere has a station), and local accommodation, plus the full programme details will be available by the end of February/early March 2020.

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​UK Hopkins Society: Hosting the Association of Literary Societies AGM 2021 - on a Saturday: 15 May or 22 May. The Betjeman Society and the Hopkins Society are joint hosts. Further details to be announced ….

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