sat05sep12:00 pm4:00 pmThe Folk of GloucesterOpen Day
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Come and Join us at The Folk of Gloucester on Saturday 5th of September which is Gloucester Day. We are open between 12pm and 4pm and will have the Ground
Event Details
Come and Join us at The Folk of Gloucester on Saturday 5th of September which is Gloucester Day.
We are open between 12pm and 4pm and will have the Ground floor of the Folk and the Café and Garden open.
Come and find out about the Building from our Volunteers and Hear some of our plans for its future.
Come and talk to Our Civic Trust guides about the Siege of Gloucester and the sights and sounds this building would have experienced.
We will have a band of Civil War Reenactors set up camp in the Garden for all to see.
Andy Frape, Metal detectorist will be displaying some of his finds from Cannon balls and Musket shots to clay pipes and more throughout the ages found in the Gloucestershire Area.
Face Masks will be mandatory while in the building and social distancing will be observed with a queuing system where necessary.
fri18sep3:15 pmMembers' Teawith Janina Ramirez
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Scriptorium Buttery, Blackfriars Priory
GL1 2HS
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Scriptorium Sessions FREE for Members Only Join Festival President Janina Ramirez for tea, cake and excellent conversation! Meet fellow Festival members, share your views and hear Janina share exciting plans for the
Event Details
Scriptorium Sessions
FREE for Members Only
Join Festival President Janina Ramirez for tea, cake and excellent conversation! Meet fellow Festival members, share your views and hear Janina share exciting plans for the future.
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Scriptorium Buttery, Blackfriars Priory
fri18sep6:30 pmMother’s Ruin: A History of GinAndy Cole
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Scriptorium Buttery, Blackfriars Priory
GL1 2HS
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Scriptorium Sessions £15 to include a selection of 4 gins or alcohol free botanicals Gin expert Andy Cole uncovers gin’s colourful journey from medicinal spirit to eighteenth-century craze and British favourite. Discover
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Scriptorium Sessions
£15 to include a selection of 4 gins or alcohol free botanicals
Gin expert Andy Cole uncovers gin’s colourful journey from medicinal spirit to eighteenth-century craze and British favourite. Discover why it became notorious as ‘Mother’s Ruin’, how the Gin Craze transformed society and how changing laws and fashions have reshaped its reputation. All whilst enjoying a guiding tasting of a delicious selection of gins or alcohol-free botanicals.
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Scriptorium Buttery, Blackfriars Priory
sat19sep5:30 pmChocolate Night: A Delicious Journey Through HistorySam Bilton & Kathryn Laverack
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Scriptorium Buttery, Blackfriars Priory
GL1 2HS
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Scriptorium Sessions £15 (includes delicious craft chocolates) Unwrap chocolate’s irresistible history as food historian Sam Bilton follows cacao from the ancient Americas to European courts and fashionable chocolate houses in a compelling
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Scriptorium Sessions
£15 (includes delicious craft chocolates)
Unwrap chocolate’s irresistible history as food historian Sam Bilton follows cacao from the ancient Americas to European courts and fashionable chocolate houses in a compelling new talk. Kathryn Laverack of Cocoa Encounters then leads a delicious guided tasting of carefully selected chocolates.
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Scriptorium Buttery, Blackfriars Priory
sat19sep8:00 pmJung ChangFly, Wild Swans
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£15 / £7 Livestreamed Jung Chang’s worldwide bestseller Wild Swans was both an epic personal history of ‘three daughters of China’ – Jung, her mother and grandmother – and a history
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£15 / £7 Livestreamed
Jung Chang’s worldwide bestseller Wild Swans was both an epic personal history of ‘three daughters of China’ – Jung, her mother and grandmother – and a history of China itself undergoing seismic change. Her bestselling sequel Fly, Wild Swans brings the story up to date in a deeply moving and unforgettable account as China faces another watershed moment poised between capitalism and communism. Join her as she discusses her life and writing in a rare event.

