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August Lecture: Treasures in the Attic

Event at Bishop Lloyds Palace

Friday 22nd August 2025 at 2.00 pm

Treasures in the Attic
Speaker: Karen McKay

Much has been written about the carved reliefs on the lower storeys of Bishop Lloyd’s Palace. We have a fairly sound understanding of these. However, the ones on the attic storey are difficult to see and no in-depth review of them has been available. Skysnapper Aerial Photography took drone photographs of them and the results were very surprising.

Karen McKay will show all these carvings. She will talk on how she has tried to make sense of these reliefs and hopes for your contributions to the discussion.

To show that Chester Civic Trust is on trend, the talk will be followed by a Jaffa Cake Jolly with a hot drink.

The cost is £4.

Please book using the contact form  for members in the post with the last newsletter or request a place from the contact form on this website. You will only be notified if you do not have a place on this event.

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June Visit: World of Glass & Astley Hall

We have organised a visit to The World of Glass, St Helen’s and Astley Hall in Chorley.

The World of Glass is built around the 1877 Tank House where William Windle Pilkington perfected the regenerative process of continuous glass making. As well as a view of how glass
was made, there is a museum of glass from its origins to contemporary glass making.

On arrival at the World of Glass we will have refreshments. Our private guided tour will include glass blowing, the museum galleries, the tank house and the tunnels. We will have an included
sandwich and quiche lunch.

We will then be having a private guided tour of Astley Hall. The Hall dates from 1570, but there have been improvements throughout its history. It is Grade 1 Listed, with huge mullioned and
transomed external bay windows and an intriguing collection of painted notables on panels in the Hall. Its real delight is its exquisite plaster -work ceilings, which are truly astounding.
There will be some time to walk in the grounds or visit Café Ambio in the stables.

The cost per person will be £53.50. It includes coach travel, gratuities, morning refreshments, lunch and two guided tours. Please inform us of any special dietary requirements.
We will leave Handbridge at 8.45, the railway station at 8.50 and Boughton at 8.55, arriving back in Chester at approximately 5.45.
You will be notified of your place on this visit on 30th May 2025.

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May Lecture: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester

Event at Bishop Lloyds Palace

Friday 16th May 2025 at 2.00 pm
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester
Speaker: Barry Clarke

Barry Clarke has recently been involved in the publication of a lavishly illustrated book on this subject. The Northern Art Workers’ Guild in Manchester was organised in 1896,
twelve years after its London predecessor. It involved many people with connections to visits which we have made. Edward Wood, whose work we saw in Middleton, was a luminary. Barry
Parker was originally from Manchester, and we saw his work in Letchworth Garden City. The Clarion Guild of Handicraft organised a show in Chester in 1903 at which the Peasant Arts Movement exhibited. We saw their work in Haslemere, Surrey.

Even if you did not attend any of these visits Barry’s talk will introduce you to these practitioners and many others.

Refreshments will be served after the talk. The cost will be £6. Please book using the contact form  for members in the post with the last newsletter or request a place from the contact form on this website. You will only be notified if you do not have a place on this event.

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