Join in a remarkable day of MUSIC, POETRY and HISTORICAL LECTURES to celebrate the life
and works of our own Shrewsbury son – WILFRED OWEN, the poet.
His poetry and life are to be celebrated in Shrewsbury.
11.00 a.m.
A guided walk in and around Shrewsbury Abbey – Wilfred Owen’s
‘local’ church since he lived nearby. Meet from 1030 a.m. at the Abbey.
Lasting approximately 90 mins. the walk is limited to 20 people.
Lunch - there are many cafes and restaurants in the town centre.
“Battle for the mind” [PTSD – “shell shock”]: Dr Martin Deahl, a
2.00 p.m.
in St. Chad's consultant psychiatrist from Newport, Shropshire and a retired Colonel
in the RAMC [TA] who has published more than 70 scientific papers
Church
Wilfred Owen (18 March 1893 [Oswestry] 4 November1918 [France]) is widely
and chapters on traumatic stress and military psychiatry.
2.15 p.m. to
5.00 p.m. in
St Chad's
Church
recognised as one of the greatest voices of
the First World War. His self-appointed
There will be two talks on Wilfred Owen and his time in France by Dr
Guy Cuthertson, Wilfred Owen’s biographer and Dr Adrian Barlow,
who published a biography of Wilfred Owen in 1974.
task was to speak for the men in his care,
to show the ‘Pity of War’.
Refreshments …
7.30 p.m.
Owen’s enduring and influential poetry is
A recital of readings and 20th Century song and chamber works with
world premières of new works by Salopian composers to mark the
centenary of Wilfred Owen’s in 1917 - both in France and whilst his
shell shock was being treated - 100 years on.
evidence of his bleak realism, his energy
and indignation, his compassion and his
great technical skill.
Tickets* can be purchased from:
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Ticketsource:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/stchadsshrewsbury or telephone 0333
666 3366 [booking fees apply].
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Post:
send a s.a.e. and cheque* to St Chad’s Office, 1 St Chad’s Terrace Shrewsbury
SY1 1JX. * Cheques should be made payable to: The Friends of St Chad’s Shrewsbury
Personally: from St. Chad's Office which is open Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
At the the door on the day. NB: Numbers for the Walk are limited to 20 - you are advised to
check with the Church Office as to availability.
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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor
bells;
Tickets are priced at:
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Adults:
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
Walk [morning]
Afternoon
Evening
All day ticket
Children:
£4.00
£10.00
£10.00
£20.00
Free
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
Afternoon & Evening
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
£18.00
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
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The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
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Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
St Chad’s Church, St Chad’s Terrace, Shrewsbury SY1 1JX
11 October 2016