HOPKINS SOCIETY EVENTS

​1  Postponed until 2021 - Hopkins Society Day  at St Bartholomew's Church, Haslemere, Surrey 10.00 – 16.30pm. 

We are intending to meet 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 the visit, 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.  
 Further details of travel (Haslemere has a station), and local accommodation, plus the full programme details will be available as soon as we know we can go ahead in view of the Covid 19 crisis.

​As mentioned in 'Stop Press' on the Introductory Page as we are not able to visit this year, you might like to make a contribution towards the cost of the reinstatement of the cross and restoration of the inscription on the gravestone of Kate and Manley. That work will cost £224.40 + VAT. 

You can arrange an FPI transfer with the reference Gravestone to:
            Lloyds TSB Bank Account     31023760
            Sort Code                               77 48 15

​Or you can send a cheque made out to the Hopkins Society to our secretary, Claire Hutt, at 17 Victoria Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington WA4 2AL. We will keep this Gravestone fund open until the end of June.                                                                                                                                                                         

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2  Hopkins Society Day  on Saturday 26 September 2020 at The Birmingham Oratory  ....... full details will be posted when available - we are anticipating that this event will go ahead ....​
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3  UK Hopkins Society: Hosting the Association of Literary Societies AGM 2021 - on a Saturday 22 May. The Betjeman Society and the Hopkins Society are joint hosts. Further details to be announced ….

OTHER FORTHCOMING EVENTS

see also The USA based "Official" Hopkins US based website: http://www.hopkinspoetry.com ​

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