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Join us for a walk around Beth’s Poetry Trail in
Belper. A gentle stroll through the heart of this
historic mill town, pausing at each installation for
brief information and a reading of the poem.
Start/finish: Meet in Belper River Gardens, by the
bandstand. Car parking, including disabled, available
in the River Gardens. The walks are mainly along
pavements, with a few steps; a suitable route for
wheelchair users is possible.
For further details contact Glen: 01332 840360
or Hilary on: 01773 827274.
Tickets: £2, payable on the walk only. Proceeds
will go towards the trail’s development. Please
book at your local library or on Call Derbyshire.
Dates: Wed 4 June 2-4pm; Wed 11 June 7-9pm; Sat 14 June 11am-3pm
(approx timings: this walk includes a ‘poetry picnic;
please bring your own picnic to enjoy).
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Beth's Poetry Trail is being set up in the town of Belper,
Derbyshire, as a permanent memorial to Beth Fender who founded the
town's two poetry groups.
The Beth Fender Memorial Fund and working group has been established,
including members of the poetry groups plus family and local
community representation.
When complete, it is intended that a poem - or extract of a poem –
will be installed at between 15 and 20 sites around the town.
Each poem is being interpreted in a manner appropriate to the
poem and the setting, as far as possible. An accompanying map
and interpretation leaflet will guide visitors around the trail.
Click to view and print instructions for following
the trail in it's current form.
If that link doesn't work you either need to install
Acrobat Reader (very useful, and free)
or access a more basic version of the trail.
Poets represented include: Spike Milligan, Emily Dickinson,
R L Stevenson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Philip Larkin
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Join the Trail! |
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To access information on the trail and its poems
click the 'Trail Info' link on the left of your screen.
This will take you to a list of all poems on the Trail, each with a picture
and a link to a page for that poem. There you will find the poem's location,
pictures and other information.
Each of these pages also has a link to a Belper map. There you can get an overview of where
the poems are placed, and can click on the poem icons to bring up their
information pages.
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Beth's Poetry Trail |
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Because she loved poetry,
Knew what it could offer
In so many parts of life,
She wanted to share that love and knowledge
With any who would accept her gift.
Now we, who loved her,
Want to pass on that offering
To you.
Stay for a moment -
Read and be enriched
By what poems can give you -
Joy, courage, solace, insight, laughter -
Beth's trail is for you.
| | Jean Sealey, © 2005 |
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