A UNIQUE BOOKER PRIZE SURPRISE!

The Friends of the Blackden Trust present

Dominic Riley, an internationally renowned master craftsman in the art of bookbinding rare and precious books and manuscripts

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Saturday 5th April 2025

  3pm at Goostrey Village Hall, Cheshire

To read more about this talented craftsman and speaker, and his links with Alan Garner and The Blackden Trust, and to book tickets, please click here.

We hope you will come along and join us for an interesting and enjoyable afternoon.

 

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PAST EVENTS

Edible Flowers

With Barbara Depledge

Saturday 10th August 2024 2.00pm – 5.00pm

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Saturday 24th June 2023 10.00am – 3.30pm.

50th Anniversary Day

“A Remedy for All Ills?” The Medicines Your Great Grandmother Would Have Used

With Valerie White and Barbara Depledge

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The Friends of The Blackden Trust are pleased to present

Worlds Above and Below: The Invisible Heritage of Alderley Edge

The magical side of Alderley Edge is experienced in many ways. How do these encounters affect our perception and lives?

A talk given by Dr Victoria Flood, an Associate Professor in Medieval and Early Modern Literature at the University of Birmingham

Sat, 25 March 2023, 15:00 – 16:00 GMT
Venue – Terra Nova School, Cheshire.

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Scents, Strewing and Tussie-Mussies

A practical workshop on the history and uses of scented herbs

Saturday 10th September 10.30am – 3.30pm at The Old Medicine House.

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Uncommon Ground – A Celebration of Creativity at The Blackden Trust

A special weekend of exhibitions, discussion and celebration of the creative spirit of The Blackden Trust.

Saturday 27th August and Sunday 28th August 2022 at The Old Medicine House, Blackden

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