It that time of the year again and the 2nd Westerman Seminar is due very soon. Here is a letter I received from Nigel Gossop who does a lot of hard work putting the day together.
How time has flown since the First Westerman Seminar in February earlier this year. I am pleased to tell you that the programme for the 2012 seminar is almost complete and I have attached a poster and a booking form and would be delighted to see you again at the next, in what is now only a matter of weeks away.
The date for the Westerman Seminar 2012, is Saturday 11th February from 10am till 4pm and once again the seminar will be held in the Portsmouth Grammar School, Memorial Library Guest speakers for this year are Dr Rachel Johnson from the University of Worcester with her talk How Westerman changed the Henty Hero and Dr Philip MacDougal I have listed the main speakers on the poster, but there are a few additional items including an interview/conversation with Eric Axford whose mother Amelia was Percy’s home help. Eric will bring along Percy Westerman’s writing chair from The Barge and tell the story of how he got it, plus many more anecdotes.
Dr Rachel Johnson from The University of Worcester will bring some items from the collection that were not available last year for display and we will have some previously unrecorded items from the Wareham Weekend Reminiscence Project that have been kindly loaned from Wareham residents/participants.
The seminar will be the platform to launch the latest Portsmouth Grammar School Monograph publication titled Tales of Pluck and Daring – the life and work of Percy F. Westerman. Each delegate will receive a complimentary copy of this limited edition full-colour publication.
to view the poster advertising the event click here
And finally if you would like to book you tickets – here is the ticket order form. forthe most up to date information visit the Westerman Yarns Blog
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