REPORTS ON EVENTS

[...]again Kingston Maurward, now an agricultural college, provided a lakeside setting for the Hardy Players' performance of The Trumpet Major - the setting was magical, the performance terrific, even if the seating arrangements, for many on the grass, were somewhat unconventional. Mike Irwin, former chairman of the society, urged younger members to come forward and join the seriously depleted council of management, saying that Hardy's great strength was his diversity which attracted students from around the world. Luke Rake, the principal of the college, said there had been great changes in the agricultural community in Hardy's day and there were even more today, but Hardy's view of both the land, animals and new methods remained today as students were taught to respect them all. Robert Crawley, Chairman of WHOTT explains that 'he died several days later of fatal wounds to his head and it was as a result of this that crash helmets were introduced for motor cyclists'.