Jonathan Leighton talks about his first year as a member of the Visitor Experience Team at Chatsworth, and shares some of the literary and artistic links that abound at the house, some of which are obvious and others that might be a little less known.
Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm. Talk starts 7.30
Lindy Stone will talk about the activities that the Greener Greenhill network has been involved with since its inception three years ago – and why it was set up in the first place.
Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm. Talk starts 7.30
Tickets (£5) available from the library on online at greenhill.bookwhen.com
Our evening films start at 7.30pm with doors open / refreshments from 7.00. We do not charge for these events but a donation (suggested £5) is always welcome. These events are popular and advance booking is advisable. Tickets are usually available about a month before from library reception or online at greenhill.bookwhen.com
Harold Fry decides to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, old friend Queenie Hennessey will live. From the book by Rachel Hoyce. Starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton.
Doors open/refreshments 7.00pm. Film starts 7.30
Watch the trailer here
Horton (an elephant) finds a clover on which sits a tiny speck that turns out to contain the entire city of Who-ville. In his efforts to bring stability to this tiny world he must overcome the scepticism of his fellow jungle creatures. The film captures the wonderful quirkiness of the Dr Seuss original and is the perfect end to our amazing Dr Seuss themed day.
Doors open 5.30 (approx). Film starts 6.00pm
Watch the trailer here.
When his town is devoid of any food other than sardines, a young inventor creates a device that makes food rain from the skies. “A delightful and imaginative animated movie that is sure to entertain both kids and adults alike.”
Watch the trailer here.
In a quaint Alabama locality during 1932, Atticus Finch, a legal professional navigating life as a single father to his two offspring, Jem and Scout, finds himself representing Tom Robinson, an African American man facing allegations of assaulting a white female. Starring Gregory Peck and made in 1963, this movie is a classic.
You can book online using this link or grab a ticket at the library
Watch the trailer here.
Released in 1942, and with elegant animation from before the days of computer-generated images, Bambi is an enduring, endearing, and moving Disney classic. Warning: the death of Bambi’s mother is one of the saddest movie moments of all time. Bring a tissue!
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A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus over Christmas to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school’s head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War. A masterclass in melancholy.
Watch the trailer here.
Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl who adopts a small ugly “dog,” whom she names Stitch. Stitch would be the perfect pet if he weren’t in reality a genetic experiment who has escaped from an alien planet and crash-landed on Earth. Dating from 2002, the movie led to several TV sequels, along with video games and theme park attractions.
Watch the trailer here