Yelverton & District Local History Society

Sabine Baring-Gould – Remembered after 100 years

A Talk by Vanni Cook

Meavy Parish Hall

Tuesday 12st January, 7:30pm

Vanni Cook talks about her research into this local personality.

What couldn’t this “Squarson” (parson as well as squire) of Lewtrenchard do? This member of Tavistock Subscription Library was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being Onward, Christian Soldiers. He also translated the carols The Angel Gabriel from heaven came and Sing Lullaby from Basque to English. His family home, the manor house at Lewtrenchard has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. Sabine was born in 1834 and died four weeks before his 90th birthday on 2nd January 1924. 

Vanni Cook has been researching his life and work for the Baring-Gould creative workshops that she has been running recently.

Meavy Cinema

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE

Meavy Parish Hall

Friday 7th February, 8:00pm

Doors open at 7:30pm, film starts at 8:00pm

Admission £5.00, pay at the door. 

Children under 12, £2, must be with an adult

Certificate: 12       Runtime: 1hr 38min 

    It is 1985 in a small town in Ireland, and Bill Furlong is flat out delivering coal and wood in the snow before Christmas. As he, his wife and young daughters prepare for the holidays, he finds out by accident that something is wrong at the local convent. Why are the girls he sees there distressed?

    The story responds to the scandals of the Magdalene Laundries and mother and baby homes in Ireland. Furlong realises that something is not right, but what can he do? The church is part of daily life, and to challenge it is dangerous. A woman warns him: “Tis no affair of mine, you understand, but you know you’d want to watch over what you’d say about what’s there? Keep the enemy close, the bad dog with you and the good dog will not bite. You know yourself”.

See Cinema.Meavy for more details and trailer.

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Meavy Cinema

GLADIATOR II

Meavy Parish Hall

Friday 7th March, 8:00pm

Doors open at 7:30pm, film starts at 8:00pm

Admission £5.00, pay at the door. 

Children under 15 no admission

Certificate: 15       Runtime: 2hrs 30min 

    From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome.

    Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.

    With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honour to return the glory of Rome to its people.

See Cinema.Meavy for more details and trailer.

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