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Our new Owen window is installed!
Natasha Redina’s stunning new stained glass window for Wilfred Owen has been installed. It represents the culmination of a project which began some five years ago when the committee contacted the Worshipful Glaziers Company in order to be part of the prestigious Stevens Competition for stained glass window designers. A dedication service is being held
A window for Wilfred
A timeline has been announced for the completion of Natasha Redina’s window for Wilfred We are delighted that Natasha Redina was appointed to design our new window after winning the 2022 Design Award in the Glaziers Company’s annual stained glass window design competition. Thanks to your support, Natasha has been working on the final design of the
Quakers and peace then and now
On Tuesday 28 November the Dunsden Owen Association concluded its series of four talks with a session about pacifism in World War 1 and what it is to be a Quaker working for peace today. What better way to end a season marking the centenary of the armistice of a war that was supposed to
Acts of remembrance: 10 November, 2018
Thanks to Joyce Reed for providing this narrative. A WW1 anti-tank bullet inscribed ‘Un Souvenir de la Guerre’… a crucifix fashioned out of bullets… both ironic and iconic, and grasped in the warmth of your hand. Held in Dunsden Church, where Owen was lay preacher for two years, the ‘Wilfred Owen Day’, on November
Strange meetings in tunnelling talk
‘Tunnelling for Victory in WW1’ was the title of a talk given by Robin Sanderson and Richard Crompton, for the Dunsden Owen Association on Tuesday, 9th October, 2018. Thanks to Joyce Reed for providing this review. Like their forebears, Robin and Richard are ‘tunnellers’, albeit metaphorically. The third talk of the DOA series saw a
Among Us: Indian Soldiers in the Great War
During the four year WWI centenary some may, like me, have had the opportunity to travel to Amiens in Northern France, and to the region of the Somme, there finding resonance with particular family histories. In March, this year, reflective walks through the central quarters of Amiens, including the cathedral square, with its magnificent, 13th
A review of the first in our centenary talks series
An excellent review by Audrey Gregory of the Friends of Reading Museum (FoRM) Book Group, looking forward to our next talk on Tuesday! Dunsden Owen Association Talks As the four-year commemoration of WW1 draws to a close in Autumn this year, the Dunsden Owen Association has chosen to mark this one hundredth anniversary with a
WW1 talks at Dunsden Village Hall
The Dunsden Owen Association has announced an exciting new series of talks to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of the first world war. They will be given in Dunsden recently re-furbished village hall, entrance £4 on the door including refreshments. Suzanna Rose – Tuesday 10 July, 7.30pm From Shellshock to Post-traumatic Stress