Thu 6 Jun: The Charlbury Society : AGM and talk commemorating the Beating The Bounds tragedy
Thursday 6th June, 3.30-5.30 pm. CH garden and Memorial Hall
Members , friends and guests, please join us for tea and our talk
Tragedy, Bravery and Mystery: Beating the Bounds 1924
This is a tale of tragedy, since three children drowned in the Evenlode. Of bravery, since heroic efforts at rescue led to the award of two medals for gallantry. And mystery – since it is difficult to understand why the final group of boundary walkers took the punt upstream from where others had crossed safely, and with such catastrophic consequences. Using eye-witness accounts, testimony at the inquest, and contemporary photographs,
Rob Stepney will piece together the events of that fateful day.
We also hope to have the first public showing of a short film made with
Rob Jackson and Alan Snelling.