Description
30 years on: A reflective walk through Stroud to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall.
with Stuart Butler and Angela Findlay
Saturday 9th November, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Meet at the War Memorial, Slad Road Park Gardens, Stroud GL5 1QW and finish at the Crown and Sceptre, Horns Road.
(Please bring umbrellas and/or a snack if needed)
“Nobody has the intention of building a wall…” – Walter Ulbricht, GDR head of state, East Berlin, 15th June 1961
An exploration of walls and their hidden messages: as forms of remembrance; as containers; as national, political or ideological divides; as hosts to graffiti.
Stuart and Angela pool their interests in art, radical / local history, and Germany’s post-war past to bring to life the story of the rise and fall of one of the world’s most notorious walls.
Stuart Butler
Poet, Performer, Writer, Walker, Teacher & Historian – www.radicalstroud.co.uk
Angela Findlay
Anglo-German artist, writer, public speaker and only living resident of Stroud Cemetery. – www.angelafindlaytalks.com
