On
behalf of Ripon
City Photographic Society I
am delighted to invite your members together with family and friends
to visit our Annual
Photography Exhibition on Saturday,
16th August at Allhallowgate
Methodist Church, Victoria Grove, Ripon, HG4 1LG. The
exhibition is open from 9.30am
to 4pm with
an official opening by The Right Worshipful, the Mayor of Ripon,
Councillor Mick Stanley at 10am. Members’
work in print, digital and other formats will be on view. Admission
is free but there will be an opportunity for a voluntary retiring
donation. You can vote for your favourite print, digital image or
'other media' in the display and one lucky winner will be drawn from
all entries at our first meeting of the season and be able to select
a print of their choice. In addition there will be home-made cakes
and drinks available so you can rest, relax and chat.
The
one-level venue is accessible to all and is opposite the bus station
in the centre of Ripon. There are pay and display car parks next to
and almost opposite the church near to Sainsbury’s Supermarket.
Don't
just come for the exhibition though – Ripon and its environs offer
a wonderful variety of photo opportunities. The city is unique
in having a fabulous Law and Order Trail with the Old Workhouse, the
Old Court House and the Police and Prison Museum within a few minutes
walking distance of the exhibition venue. Artefacts and architecture
abound. We have further great architecture in and around the City
centre and also at the Edwardian Spa Baths next to the Spa Park
Gardens. Here there is a multi-trunked tree that has been reduced in
height, with each trunk being sculpted into a character from Alice in
Wonderland. If you still want more food or drink after sampling our
fare in the exhibition, we have some great independent coffee shops -
Oliver's Pantry and Chinereys to name just two, plus some of the more
well-known high street names. Not for nothing is Ripon known as
Yorkshire's 'Garden Racecourse' and if you want to experience or
photograph the Sport of Kings a programme of racing is scheduled from
early afternoon on the 16th. Further afield there is Fountains Abbey
(free to National Trust members) and Newby Hall and Gardens (free to
members of the Historic Houses Association). If you decide, as our
city signs suggest, one should, ‘stay awhile amidst its ancient
charms’ you can witness the Ripon Hornblower performing the setting
of the watch at 9pm. He blows his horn on the four corners of the
obelisk on the Market Square, thus assuring residents of their
safety, a tradition that has gone on, unbroken, since 866!
I
hope I have whetted your appetite and we at RCPS will be delighted to
meet you at our exhibition and welcome you to our beautiful city.
Best
wishes
David
K Uffindall
Press
and Publicity (RCPS)
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