Introduction Welcome to Forum 43. This issue contains important information on events in the SUES summer programme, so please make sure the dates are in your diary. We also include some thought-provoking articles from Mary Ormsby and Roger Mitchell. To coincide with the Coronation earlier this month, Mary has been looking into how the four…
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Introduction Hello, Chris Nelson here. I have recently joined the SUES Committee and have agreed to become the editor of Forum. I take over from Roger Mitchell, who has been doing the job so well for several months, alongside all his other work for SUES. If you have noticed some changes to the format this…
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Introduction This edition of Forum is rather dominated by ‘society business’ but the reports on recent activities and on the forthcoming anniversary show how busy we are. In addition, the Committee have met on two occasions and have recruited Chris Nelson as an additional member. Chris will be taking over as editor of Forum and,…
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Introduction This edition of Forum contains three articles and a quiz, all of which include saints of some sort or another. Even though the contents may not qualify as saintly, they can certainly be described as sainted. Christine Vasey contributes a seasonably appropriate piece on St Valentine’s Day. Mary Ormsby and Roger Mitchell have collaborated…
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Introduction The sad news of John Sharp’s death reached the Committee, just as 2022 came to an end. We begin this first 2023 edition of Forum with the brief autobiography that John provided for the SUES website. John’s funeral will take place on Friday 27th January at 12 noon at Southport Crematorium. Members of the…
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Introduction We have maintained our proud record of producing an edition of Forum for each month of 2022. As a contributor and editor, John Sharp has played a central role in this, but sadly, ill health has forced him to step down. We send him our thanks and best wishes. In the short run, the…
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Introduction This is a busy time of year for SUES. Peter’s course on the Crusades continues and at the end of last month, we enjoyed an excellent lecture from Mary that is reported on below. The committee meets twice in November to manage the remainder of the 2022-3 season but also to look further ahead…
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Introduction Our first Friday meeting (16th September) survived an attack of technical gremlins and proved to be a very good opening to the year. A report is given below. The first meeting of the ‘Era of the Crusades’ has also successfully taken place. Roger Mitchell, our secretary, brings us up to date with the work…
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Introduction The momentous events of the last few days have affected us all. SUES as an organisation shares in the sense of national mourning and personal loss. At present we have no plans to postpone or cancel any of our meetings, but obviously will respond to events. In our first article in this edition we…
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Introduction The process of renewing membership is now under way. Already 22 people have sent in forms and cheques/transfers to continue as part of SUES. There has also been encouraging registration for the first two courses, and we are now in a position to provide details for the third course (see below). Once again we…
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