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FOSB

The Friends of St Bartholomew's Church Lostwithiel
Registered Charity Number 1115047

Events 2008

Events 2008

FOSB puts on a range of events throughout the year designed to appeal to different interest groups in the town both to raise money and to keep FOSB and its fund-raising objective in the public consciousness.

Please note that at this stage all entries on this page are provisional and liable to change.

Revised 8 Dec 2007

2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Sat 26 Jan 08	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church Room, Lostwithiel	(1) Party for FOSB members (Tickets - cost and availability)
Sat 26 Jan 08	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church Room, Lostwithiel	Alan Lowman, our chairman, loves parties. He is devising an informal social evening for FOSB members and their guests to remind us all what FOSB is about and to have a pleasant evening at the same time.
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Mon 21 Apr 08	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	(3) FOSB Second Annual General Meeting Free - members only
Mon 21 Apr 08	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	The meeting to be followed by a brief presentation and a buffet supper (not free).
The Daphne du Maurier Festival 2008 runs from Thu 8th May to Sat 17th May 2008 Our next two events are part of the Festival
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Saturday 10 May	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	(4) a guitar recital by Raymond Burley Tickets from the Daphne du Maurier Festival Office Telephone: 01726 879500 or 01726 094 0428. This method is strongly recommended. A limited number of tickets will be available on the evening. If you DO buy at the door, please arrive in good time!	Raymond Burley (link)
Saturday 10 May	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	Raymond has entertained us well in the past and we very much look forward to hearing him again.
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Monday 12 May	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church Room	(5) “The Last Husky Dog Journey in the Antarctic - the Story of the British Antarctic Dogs”, an illustrated talk by John Killingbeck Tickets from the Daphne du Maurier Festival Office Telephone: 01726 879500 or 01726 094 0428. This method is strongly recommended. A limited number of tickets will be available on the evening. If you DO buy at the door, please arrive in good time!	John Killingbeck
Monday 12 May	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church Room	John is a glaciologist who worked on Adelaide Island for the British Antarctic Survey in the 1960s. He returned in 1993 when the huskies were removed after they were termed a “non-indigenous species” under the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty. He has agreed to give a talk entitled “The Last Husky Dog Journey in the Antarctic - the Story of the British Antarctic Dogs”. In 2003 he was included in the Royal Geographical Society's lecture program and he is an occasional lecturer on cruise ships. He is the only person I know who has an island named after him! He is married to the actress, Jenny Coverack, who entertained us in October 2004 when she performed the part of Kathleen Scott, Captain Scott's widow, in her play A Father For My Son
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Saturday 5 July	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	(6) Jonathan Mann Organ Recital Tickets - £5 Pay at the door
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Saturday 2 Aug 08 and 9 Aug 08	2 pm	St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Lostwithiel. In church if wet.	(7) Cream Teas in the Churchyard with Bookstall
Saturday 2 Aug 08 and 9 Aug 08	2 pm	St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Lostwithiel. In church if wet.	Hopefully the weather will be fair and it will be a cheerful occasion. FOSB staff will have an information table to promote the work of the charity.
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
[Tue 29 Jul till Mon 11 Aug 2008]			(8) FOSB Charity Shop 2008
Fri 25 Jul	9 am - 2 pm	Shop Poster 1 Shop Poster 2	(FOSB team set up infrastructure)
Sat 26 Jul	10 am - 4 pm		Receive goods
Mon 28 Jul	10 am - 4 pm		Set up stalls
Tue 29 Jul Thu 31 Fri 1 Aug Sat 2 Mon 4 Tue 5 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9	10 am - 4 pm	Church Room Lostwithiel	Sale on for these NINE days of normal opening (NB: this year will be open on both Saturdays) Also see Event (7), Sat 2 and 9 Aug: Cream Teas in the Churchyard
Mon 11 Aug	10 am - 4 pm		Day 10 - closing down sale with goods at half price
Tue 12 Aug	9 am - 2 pm		Bag up and dispose of unsold goods and dismantle infrastructure
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
*(9) GUIDED TOUR OF ST BART'S CHURCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF BOOKINGS*
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Thu 9 Oct 08	7.30 pm	Church Room Lostwithiel	(10) A talk by Admiral Sir Robert Woodard, former Captain of the Royal Yacht Britannia Entry £5 including a glass of wine in the interval.	Over the Royal Yacht Britannia approaching Edinburgh Airport
Thu 9 Oct 08	7.30 pm	Church Room Lostwithiel	Sir Robert is well known as a superb after dinner speaker and this event is likely to prove very popular
2008	Time	Venue	Event	Remarks
Sat 20 Dec 08	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	(11) Lostwithiel Town Band (Director Denzil Stephens) The Polperro Fishermen's Choir (Director Phil Carrigan) (Entry free, but please come provided and ready to give generously to the Retiring Collection)	Lostwithiel Town Band at Benbole
Sat 20 Dec 08	7.30 pm	St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel	FOSB present A Christmas Concert featuring Lostwithiel Town Band guests The Polperro Fishermen's Choir at St Bartholomew's Church Lostwithiel on Sat 20 December 7.30 pm Mince pies and wine Retiring collection in aid of the band, the choir and FOSB