The Lewis Carroll Society
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Summer Outing 2022
Down the Rabbit Hole in Bletchley Park
– A Codebreaker’s Parody
Why not join us on our summer outing to Bletchley Park, the secret code-breaking centre in Buckinghamshire, on Wednesday 17th August? Arrive by midday for a private tour at 12.30pm. (The site opens at 9.30am and it is expected that members and guests will start arriving from 10.30am onwards).
To book your place please pay £17.50 in the online shop at:
https://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/product/summer-outing-2022-bletchley-park-17-aug by 2nd JULY
– or for enquiries email Jane Skelly jvskelly@gmail.com
As well as looking at the historic war-time work carried out there, we will also explore connections with the ‘Alice’ books, including the WWI codebreaking parody Alice in ID 25
Entry per person costs £17.50. For a group visit we need payment in advance by 2nd JULY. Refreshments are available to purchase on site, or you are welcome to bring a picnic.
Visitors need to organise their own transport:
Rail – Bletchley Park is a few minutes walk from Bletchley train station with direct services from Euston, and Milton Keynes.
Car – Junction 13 off the M1. There is limited free parking and two electric car-charging points. For further information see https://bletchleypark.org.uk
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Alice’s Day ‘Queens & Kings’
TALKS & BOOK SALE
Saturday 2 July: 10.30am to 4pm
St Frideswide’s Church, Osney, Oxford
Saturday 2 JulyLewis Carroll Society Talks (and all-day, cash-only BOOK SALE)
10.30am ‘Let’s pretend we’re kings and queens’: Alice, Carroll and the Monarchy
(Mark Davies: local historian and author)
11.15am Princess Frideswide and Other Curious Treacle Well Tales (Jackie Holderness, local author)
12pm On Alice and being Alice in the 21st Century (Vanessa Tait: writer, journalist & great-granddaughter of Alice Liddell)
Followed by:
1.30pm Spellbinding Stories, Frabjous Arts & Crafts, and Find-Your-Inner-Dodo Yoga
(for ages 3 to 10): (Mirjam Chappell)
2.30pm My Adventures with Alice in Wonderland: fun puzzles & creative magical world challenges (for ages 6 to 10) (Sensing Space https://sensingspace.net/journey-with-alice/)
Refreshments at the nearby Community Centre Café & Hollybush pub
www.storymuseum.org.uk/about-us/alices-day-1
Sunday 3 July
St Margaret’s Church, Binsey: 2.15pm to 4pm
Storytelling and creative activities and games for children with the Oxford Children’s Book Group (www.ocbg.org.uk) on the theme of St Frideswide and Alice’s ‘Treacle Well’
2.15pm: Riverside Walk: book at oxfordtowpathpress@gmail.com
Only limited parking available so please avoid car use if possible
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