The Great Fen (Artists for Nature in England) Book

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Books

Title : The Great Fen (Artists for Nature in England)

Author: Chris Gerrard

Illistrated by: Various

ISBN: 1904078133

Hardback

Price: £35.00 plus P&P

Inspired by the potential of lowland England’s most ambitious habitat restoration project, twenty nine artists produced work that shows the riches that hang on in the remnants of fenland.

These remnants will be enhanced as the Great Fen Project acquires more land and achieves its first objective of linking Woodwalton Fen and Holme Fen National Nature Reserves.

This book features the body of work generated from the artistic reaction to this unique landscape. It shows a variety of styles and topics, ranging across field sketches of birds and other animals, detailed botanical and entomological studies, landscapes that are instantly recognizable and landscapes that are almost abstract, sculptures using scrap metal found in the area, and transient paintings of dragonflies on bog oaks dug from the peat. Their artistic vision matches the vision that has inspired the Great Fen Project.

To order a copy visit: www.langford-press.co.uk/Great_Fen.htm

Title: Fen Memories Album 1: Growing up in the Fens

Author: Stories collected by students from Abbey College, Ramsey Rural Museum, Great Fen Local History Group and Great Fen staff

Suggested donation: £4.00 (includes P&P)

From playing in haystacks and fen skating, to summer holidays spent working in the fields, growing up in the fens was very different just decades ago. This book explores local peoples stories and photos. Large print versions are available on request.

To order a copy contact the Great Fen team.

Title: Fen Memories Album 2: 100 Years of Woodwalton Fen

Author: Stories collected by students from Abbey College, Ramsey Rural Museum, Great Fen Local History Group and Great Fen staff

Suggested donation: £4.00 (includes P&P)

A haven for wildlife, a private retreat for the first conservationists, and a crucial flood defence for surrounding farmland - Woodwalton Fen has played many roles in its 100 year history as a nature reserve. This booklet explores local peoples memories of this very special place.

To order a copy contact the Great Fen team.

Booklets

Students from Abbey College along with the Great Fen Local History Group and a mixture of staff and volunteers from the Great Fen and Ramsey Rural Museum helped to gather and record these wonderful stories from local people. Booklets have been produced from these stories. Each paper booklet is a suggested donation of £1.50 (includes P&P) and can be ordered from Great Fen staff. This is to help with printng costs but the booklets can also be dowloaded from this website. Should you require a large print version please contact us;

Farming, fen blows and floods - harvesting potatoes by hand, black sandstorms and the dramatic effects of fen floods
Growing up in the fens - stories of dyke jumping, fen skating and cycling for miles
Family life - find out about cooking, washing day and games played under paraffin lamp
Woodwalton Fen - Explore 100 years of memories and see the film of the now extinct large copper butterfly
Holme Fen and the Holme Post - Tony Redhead's story of a childhood in Holme Fen and how it has changed
Wartime - American parties, air raid shelters in ditches, and a little girl's escape from Poland to the Fens
Local places - find out about the lost castle of Conington and how village life has changed in Holme
Fen blows and floods - Natures challenges in the Fens
Fen families - Stories of cooking, washing day, shopping and more
The war years - Stories of WWII, from working the land with prisoners of war, to watching a Spitfire dog fight overhead

DVD's

Title: Memories from the Fen

Extra Features: Behind the scenes film premiere responses, Subtitles

Suggested donation £6.00 (includes P&P)

From wartime parties with the Americans, to farming on their hands and knees, discover local people's stories in 'Memories from the Fen'.

Working with a professional film-maker, local students from Abbey College in Ramsey have interviewed, filmed and re-enacted people's memories. This 37 minute film also includes archive photos and film, including footage of the large copper butterfly, now extinct in the UK.

Wildlife Trust Mugs

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire has been working with Corby based company Creative Tops to develop an exciting range of Wildlife Trust mugs which are set to hit the shelves of garden centres, gift shops and other retail outlets nationwide from March 2012.

The range of fine bone china mugs with illustrations by the well known wildlife artist Mike Langman will feature a badger, blue tit, dormouse, fallow deer, green woodpecker, hedgehog, kingfisher, otter, red fox, red squirrel, robin and tawny owl

If you can't find a retailer close to where you live you can purchase the mugs directly from the Wildlife Trust Office in Cambourne or from the Creative Tops website.

Membership

If you would like to become a member of The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, one of the partners of the Great Fen, visit The Wildlife Trust Website.