Dunsden Owen Association

Don't miss a memorable and moving evening  at All Saints Church, Dunsden RG4 9PH this Monday, which commemorates the moment when Sir Edward Grey said "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time" The evening will  include three specially commissioned settings of Wilfred Owen’s poems ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’, ‘Futility’ and ‘The Next War’,  performed by The Reading A440 Choir.

A successful meeting last night heard that Dunsden Owen Association hopes soon to confirm officially that its partner Outrider Anthems has been awarded a grant of £22,800 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The grant is for the development of a Wilfred Owen Trail, an interpretation board on the village green and a programme of oral history recordings. It will also cover the cost of a special exhibition to be held at Dunsden Village Hall, including marketing and publicity.

Members also heard that the Association is delighted with its new logo designed by students at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the the University of Reading. The students are also working on a new website which will soon be at www.owenindunsden.org.

Members were invited to be part of a possible informal visit to Ors in northern France around 15 August. Dunsden is building links with the place where Owen spent his last night and the visit will coincide with the annual river jousting competition there.

Our first local event will be a concert and vigil at All Saints Church, Dunsden on Monday 4 August. This will mark the day on which Britain's ultimatum to Germany expired and 'the lights of the world went out'.

You are welcome at our next meeting on 28 January in Dunsden Village Hall at 7.30pm when we will be describing our plans for 2014. Call 0118 947 7015 or 946 1987 for more information.