St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust Archive
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Archived articles and older news:
Friday 25 February 2022
Illustrated lecture in church at 7.30pm
Among the decorative items in St Martin’s is a reproduction of the famous altarpiece in Ghent cathedral, Belgium, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Barbara Hodskinson interprets the meanings of this masterpiece of Christian art.
Friday 29 April 2022
Illustrated lecture in church at 7.30pm
The Arts and Crafts Movement, which inspired St Martin’s church, encouraged a wave of creativity and self-expression which remains powerful to this day, as Ann Hyde explains.
Friday 12 November 2021
Illustrated Zoom presentation at 7.30pm.
The Trust describes how it has researched the stained glass at St Martin’s, including preservation and restoration methods, and explains its hopes for further work on the stained glass.
Friday 10 December 2021
Illustrated Zoom lecture at 7.30pm
St Martin’s Christmas Tree Festival returns this year (after absence due to the pandemic), and our Christmas crib will appear in church as usual. In this talk Anthony Burton considers the origins of these customs.
Read more: Christmas cribs and trees: glimpses of their history
The programme of events up to autumn 2022 is now in place.