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Lamport Hall  

AUGUST

Sunday 3rd

10.00pm - 4.00pm

PAINTING AND SKETCHING DAY

The grounds of Lamport Hall offer an abundance of inspiration for artists of all abilities.  This is an excellent opportunity for sketchbook studies as well as painting.  Mary will be on hand throughout the day to demonstrate skills and encourage you with your work.  A pack lunch will be needed.  Visit our website at www.langtonstudios.com

Tutor:  Mary Rodgers, Langton Studios

Tel: 01858 545365

Sunday 24th and Bank Holiday Monday 25th

10.00am - 4.00pm

ANTIQUES & COLLECTOR'S FAIR

Another chance to browse for a bargain through a wide variety of quality antiques, furntiture, porcelain, collectables, jewellery, books, pictures and many other specialist items.  New free seminars are planned for the August Fair on a range of antique related topics.

With lots of stalls to choose from there should be something for everyone.  Free car parking and free programme.

Admission: Adults £3, Seniors £2.50, children under 16 FREE
Enquiries:  For more information or to book a stall ring Antiques 2 Go 01327 871797

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 4th

BRIDGE DRIVE IN AID OF 'CRUSE'

Tel: 01162 793170

Wednesday 10th

2.00pm - 4.30pm

GUIDE TO AUTUMN PLANTING

Autumn is a great time for planting hardy trees and shrubs.  This afternoon curse explains how to ensure they will bed down properly for the winter and get off to a flying start next spring.  Refreshments provided.

Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski

Tel: 01327 843419

Tuesday 16th

10.00am - 3.30pm

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDY DAY

'Palace to Pleasure Garden:  Thames Architecture c.1500 - 1800'

Lectures:

  • Magnificence and Sovereignity:  Tudor royal palaces
  • Aristocratic tastes: the lure of Italy
  • Bourgeois civility: the development of riverside urban architecture in the eighteenth century

Rivers have been crucial to the development of architecture and urban space in the western world, nowhere more so than London.  This study day will consider the form and growth of metropolitan building on or around the Thanes from the Tudor Renaissance to the establishment of the river as the heart of a modern commercial empire in the late eighteenth century.

Tutor: Dr. Geoff Quilley

Tel: 01162 522866

Contact: Mrs Carol Charles,
Centre for the Study of the Country House
University of Leicester,
LE1 7RH.
Tel: 0116 252 2866
E-mail: cec7@le.ac.uk

Saturday 27th

10.00am - 4.00pm

MELLOW AUTUMN LANDSCAPES

This one-day course looks at the changing colours, shapes and textures of trees and plants in the Hall's grounds.  Explore combinations of drawing and painting media in both quick sketches and more detailed studies.  Individual and group tuition, beginners and improvers welcome.

Tutor: Pat Taylor

Tel: 01604 714235

OCTOBER

Saturday 11th/ Sunday 12th

10.00am - 5.00pm

ANNUAL GIFT AND CRAFT FAIR

A wide selection of quality and interesting craft and gift items; an ideal opportunity to shop for that birthday or Christmas present or a treat for yourself.

Admission: Adult £3.50, Seniors £3.00. Children (11-16) £1.50, unders 11s free

Organised by Lamport Enterprises

Tel: 01604 686272 

Wednesday 15th

PLANTS FOR FREE!

Autumn is the best time for increasing your stocks of a range of plants.  During this day course, we will be taking cuttings, collecting and sowing seed and cutting up bulbs.  Lunch included.

Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski

Tel: 01327 843419

Tuesday 21st

10.00am - 3.30pm

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER

'China in England'

Following on from last year's 'Crash course in China' this is a one day course recognising and 'reading' the ornamental Ceramics in England's and Europe's houses, with particular focus on the position and meaning of Porcelain - from palaces to the everyday interior, from the 16th century to the present.

Lectures:

  • Ceramic Basics:  What is it?

A usful grounding in pottery, covering the potter's terms and identification e.g. Hard Paste/ Soft paste/ Bone China/ Chinese/ Japanese/ German/ English... Defining 'porcelain' - how to recognize where it comes from; why and how it evolved in China; how it was brought to the West; and why and how it was imitated in Europe.

  • The Equipage:  Tea with Sam Johnson

'In the morning I rose, and drank very small tea wothout milk, and had nothing more that day'

From the 17th century onwards the Porcelain Trade both drove and was driven by inporation of Tea, Coffee and Chocolate, social lubricants eventually reaching all social strata by the late 18th century.  We follow this evolution in pictures, objects and words of the period, including observations from the Great Doctor himself, an unquenchable tea-addict.

And what constitutes a 'Tea Set' or Equipage?

  • A China Challenge

The audience's turn to be experts: handling ceramics from Lamport's own china, plus pieces brought by Lars and some, we hope, from you (at your own risk, maximum one piece per person).  We regroup after lunch to test and build on our morning's knowledge: 'no learning without mistakes'.

Tutor: Mr Lars Tharp (of Antiques Roadshow fame)

Contact: Mrs Carol Charles,
Centre for the Study of the Country House
University of Leicester,
LE1 7RH.
Tel: 0116 252 2866
E-mail: cec7@le.ac.uk

NOVEMBER

Wednesday 5th

10.00am - 4.00pm

CONTAINER GARDENING

Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski

Tel: 01327 843419

email: andrewmikol@btinternet.com

A practical day course on planting containers for interest throughout winter and into spring 2009!  We'll learn how to ensure that plants in containers thrive and give off their best over a long period, through the use of correst compost, additives, watering and pruning.  Then we'll plant a windowbox that will give any house kerb appeal during the dark months and a large container that will keep you looking forward to spring.  All materials are provided and instructions on aftercare will be given.

A fun, relaxing, but instructive day out!

Wednesday 12th

10.00am - 4.00pm

CONTAINER GARDENING

Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski

Tel: 01327 843419

email: andrewmikol@btinternet.com

A practical day course on planting containers for interest throughout winter and into spring 2009!  We'll learn how to ensure that plants in containers thrive and give off their best over a long period, through the use of correst compost, additives, watering and pruning.  Then we'll plant a windowbox that will give any house kerb appeal during the dark months and a large container that will keep you looking forward to spring.  All materials are provided and instructions on aftercare will be given.

A fun, relaxing, but instructive day out!

DECEMBER

Thursday 4th

7.30 pm

LAMPORT SOCIETY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Start your Christmas celebrations with mulled wine, festive entertainment by members of a local choir and a buffet supper.  For Lamport Society members and their guests only.  For more information about membership please telephone: 01604 686272

For more details on any of the above events please call the contact telephone number provided.

NEW FOR 2008

THE LAMPORT HALL CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROGRAMME

The following courses will run on demand from May to October:

The Art of Threading; Indian Head Massage; Herbal Facial Therapy; and Mehndi/ Henna Art.

Day courses on Tuesdays or Wednesdays

Tutor:  Jeet Savani

Tel: 07966 453322

Cultural Awareness Training

Discover Your Inner Self - Through Meditation, Mantras and Spirituality

Lamport Hall "History and Heritage" - session for Asian communities in Gujarati and Hindi followed by a tour of the Hall.

Half day courses on Mondays or Thursdays

Tutor: Dharmendra Shukla

Tel: 07737 359392

2009

Sunday May 24th/ Bank Holiday Monday May 25th
10.00am to 5.00pm

TWENTY-SECOND LAMPORT STEAM AND COUNTRY FESTIVAL

This year's festival has now taken place - The Lamport Steam and Country Festival will be back for its 22nd second year in 2009!