The Berkeley Buttress 

Latest edition due shortly.

The editor is currently collating articles and photographs

for the August 2018 edition of FoBC's Berkeley Buttress

and this will be dispatched by the end of August.

Information on the remaining FoBC events taking place in 2018 

will be in the centre pages and look out for

the FoBC Events order form included in the envelope.

Join us at Frampton Country Fair
on Sunday 9th September

The Friends of Berkeley Castle will again be welcoming members and visitors 

to our stall at the varied and justly ever popular Frampton Country Fair 

(www.framptoncountryfair.co.uk).

Please consider joining the FoBC team (free entry) on the stall 

and help to welcome visitors for a short while on a rota.  

Please contact:  friends@berkeley-castle.com

Friends of Berkeley Castle on Facebook

Add your own comments, ask questions, or post photographs.

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FoBC Event - Thursday 12 July 2018 

Visit to the 18th Century Folly and the Whitcliff Deer Park

led by Roly Brown, Estates Director, 

Berkeley & Spetchley Estates

We had a wonderful early evening treat, being provided with an insight into the history, 

management and conservation of the 400 acre deer park with its Red and Fallow Deer 

and we also enjoyed amazing views from the early nineteenth century Folly.

The Doomsday Oak, believed to be 1,000 years old.

FoBC Event:  Sunday 10th June

AMICI

IN CONCERT

The "a cappella" concert by the famous Suffolk choir on a West Country Tour 

was stunning, and a great success.   

The filming at the Castle that necessitated moving the concert from 

the Great Hall to St Mary's Church was a blessing in disguise 

and the church was a superb setting, with the added benefit of a wonderfully sunny evening.

We were treated to a range of music from the 1500s up to recent times with many favourites, 

ending with some spiritual songs that rocked the aisles and ending with the evocative Blue Moon.

We experienced a real treat.

And a huge thank you to the FoBC Committee members who produced
the much appreciated Bucks Fizz and other refreshments.

FoBC deputy chair Diana Merrett thanking Amici choir director Adrian Knott
and the choir for a wonderful concert.

400th Anniversary celebration of the establishment of 

the Berkeley Settlement on the east coast of America:  

1 - 9 November 2019 

Places are filling up fast for FoBC's  tailor-made trip to Virginia in November 2019.

Friends have been sent details and the deadline of  Saturday 30th June 2018 is fast approaching. 

When Professor Mark Horton spoke to the Friends last year he probably did not expect 

his passing comments about joining in the celebrations to be so enthusiastically taken up.

Don't miss this incredible opportunity.
For details contact:    friends@berkeley-castle.com

Adventures in Archives - a talk to FoBC by Karen Davidson, Berkeley & Spetchley Estates Archivist 

Karen has had the unenviable task of following in the footsteps of David Smith 

who was Berkeley Castle Archivist for very many years.  

Karen's story of how her career developed following a Masters degree 

in Archives and Records Management was fascinating and highly entertaining.  

An enquiring mind and a propensity for hard work have resulted in a rewarding career.  

The Friends look forward to hearing more about Karen's research and her intriguing stories, 

together with her plans for interpretational material in the future.

Full report in the August edition of The Berkeley Buttress.

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