Hardy’s Fordington

A walk through Hardy’s Durnover

Sunday 11th July 1.30 pm All walks & Tours start from Sunninghill School

Led by Mark Chutter & Alistair Chisholm
A walk through Hardy’s Durnover (The Mayor of Casterbridge & The Dynasts), across Salisbury Fields to Fordington Vicarage, where the new information board will be officially unveiled by the Mayor Gareth Jones and Town Crier Alistair Chisholm. Here Christine Chutter will talk about living in the Vicarage and the links between Hardy and Horace Moule and professional singer Olivia Carstairs will perform an eclectic range of Dorset Songs. Thence to the Church of Fordington Saint George and the Moule graves followed by a stroll along Mill Street (Mixen Lane) to finish with refreshments from ‘Bean on the Green’. 

Price £5 Book Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hardys-fordington-tickets-156004506679

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