Lip readers: Visit to Chartwell, Kent with lipspeakers

Chartwell House. Source: iknow-uk, Creative Commons licence

Dear lipreaders & friends

NADP Rawson Bequest: Visit to Chartwell in Kent, home of Sir Winston Churchill – Saturday 27th September 2014

We hope you have all had a chance to enjoy the marvellous summer weather and perhaps been away from home to new places or firm favourite holiday destinations. We are now busy planning our autumn programme and have made a group booking for a visit to Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill in Kent.

There is a lot to see there, inside and out, but no formal guided tour around the house. The visit takes in a self guided tour of the visitor centre, with a lot of history, which uses technology in places as well as video etc. This is followed by a walk through of the house where room guides will tell you something of the room you are in. After these two visits you have beautiful gardens and grounds to walk in, a restaurant and cafe for refreshments and if you are interested there is a half hour talk in Sir Winston’s studio in the grounds which tells about his great hobby of painting. There are examples of his work on display there.

Sara Scanlon and Lynne Dubin will be on hand to lipspeak for lipreaders where required throughout the day, both in the visitor centre and house and both will be at the talk in the art studio for those who wish to attend.

For those who want to travel by public transport there are mainline trains from Charing Cross to Sevenoaks, six miles from Chartwell. Some of us will be travelling down this way and sharing a taxi from Sevenoaks station.

We have to assemble on arrival by the entrance to the Visitor Centre in time to start our visit at 11.00am. We have attached a booking form and two sheets from the Chartwell information for group visits. Please read them carefully and book places promptly as this group will be limited to 25 people. Cheques should be made out to NADP and sent to Lynne at her Oxford address. Details are on the booking form.

We advise lipreaders to have a good read of the Chartwell website to get an idea of what they offer visitors, before you book. Chartwell is in the care of the National Trust so members do not pay an entrance fee but must show their current NT membership card when required. Inability to do so will mean the group fee is then payable. Non members are charged £10.50 per person, group booking fee. This is what you pay in advance through NADP.

We look forward to seeing you at what promises to be a very interesting day.

If you have further queries after reading the website information please be in touch. We will do our best to answer them!

with all good wishes
Lynne and Sara
Lynne Dubin and Sara Scanlon
NRCPD Registered Lipspeakers
NADP Rawson Bequest programme organisers

Chartwell web address: www.chartwell@nationaltrust.org.uk

To book: Lynne Dubin lynne.dubin@virgin.net

BOOKING FORM NADP Chartwell BOOKING FORM 0914