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Post by Geoff on Apr 20, 2010 7:56:21 GMT -5
 PETER PAN AND THE LOST BOYS NEED YOUR HELP There was a public meeting at Minerva Hall, Dumfries Academy on Wednesday 28th April 2010, the last opportunity for the public to help the Trustees make the right decisions for the future of the House and Garden. Volunteers were sought for a number of jobs, such as •Help with administrative tasks - stuffing envelopes for mail-shots •Answering letters •general Office duties •act as receptionist in the office (which is hoped to be open in Moat Brae in the near future •Help Flora with the Street Party on 29th May when Peter Pan will meet "The Big Man Walking" •Volunteers for garden tasks to help Allen and Pam •Membership Secretary - to keep expanding Friends register up to date etc. •Someone with IT experience •Someone to keep Website up to date once it is running So - if you think you can help the Trustees - please let Roger know at: peterpangarden@aol.com or Middlefield House, by Dumfries, DG1 3SF.) Dumfries Academy, Academy Street, Dumfries. DG1 1DD
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Post by Geoff on Apr 28, 2010 13:30:27 GMT -5
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Post by Geoff on Apr 28, 2010 18:26:20 GMT -5
They need to raise significant funds for the project as a whole; but must raise, very urgently, about £25K to cover the Trust’s legal and start-up costs and to carry out urgent emergency works to arrest the decay of the fabric of the house. A fund-raising campaign towards the capital purchase costs of the building and the on-going associated costs needs urgently to be underway.
Please email friends@moatbrae.org if you would like to become involved; or to offer your support – specific or general, in cash or in kind.
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Post by Geoff on May 9, 2010 4:27:45 GMT -5
www.nls.uk/news/Unique J M Barrie items in anniversary display Peter Pan's creator is the focus of a month-of-May-long display at the National Library of Scotland. Letters, first-edition books, plays and theatre programmes are among items being exhibited to mark the 150th anniversary of J M Barrie's birth. Gems from NLS collections include: {A rare booklet of 'Caught napping', one of Barrie's earliest plays, printed in 1883 { 'Better dead', Barrie's first book { The first American edition of the novel 'Peter and Wendy' (1911) { A letter from a 6-year-old boy proposing to 'Wendy' { Two privately printed booklets for Barrie's own amateur cricket club, Allahakbarries { Large-format cards telling the Peter Pan story in 20 episodes, thought to date from 1914.
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Post by Geoff on May 9, 2010 6:56:09 GMT -5
'Home to Neverland - A Window on J.M. Barrie'
'As part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary on May 9th of J.M. Barrie's birth, two performances will be given in the refurbished Town Hall in Kirriemuir on Friday 21st May and Saturday 22nd May 2010.
'Home to Neverland' is also being performed at Dumfries Academy on Saturday September 18th at the invitation of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust. Barrie moved to Dumfries at the age of 13. The garden of Moat Brae House where the writer played as a boy was described in his memoirs as the magical inspiration for Peter Pan.
He recalled: 'Our escapades in a certain Dumfries garden which was an enchanted land to me was the genesis of this work'.
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Post by Geoff on Apr 29, 2011 9:07:54 GMT -5
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Post by Geoff on Aug 2, 2011 16:16:48 GMT -5
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Post by Geoff on Aug 9, 2011 17:41:35 GMT -5
Dumfries Peter Pan house project secures repairs funds09 August 11 15:00 www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-scotland-south-scotland-14460352 "Urgent repairs funding has been awarded to the house which inspired JM Barrie to write Peter Pan after playing in its gardens as a child. "A grant of £250,000 is being given by Historic Scotland to help restore the Moat Brae building"
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PETER PAN AND THE LOST BOYS NEED YOUR HELP