The Robert
Bloomfield Society
The Robert Bloomfield
Society is a small organisation with a modest but generally committed
membership of admirers of Bloomfield,
including academics and people with family links. Our membership comes
mainly from the UK
but we have members in the USA
and in Japan.
In the activities of
the Society, we are always drawn to Bloomfield’s
local connections including of course Suffolk
where he was raised and our local Mid Beds area where he spent his
later years and, of course, Campton where he is buried.
New members are always
welcome. Please contact Angela Underhill,
Treasurer and Membership Secretary, Robert Bloomfield Society, 71
Spenser Road Bedford MK40 2BE.
The Society’s own webpages are within the website of
Nottingham Trent University, who are very supportive. These webpages
are being revised and will be re-launched early in the New Year.
New Audio CD recording of
The Farmer’s Boy now available
Stuart Orr Sound Services’ recently issued 2 CD set of a reading
by David Woodward of the complete text of The Farmer’s Boy, in
authentic
Suffolk accent, is now available at a cost of £16.00 (post free
if
you live within hand delivery range of Campton, Meppershall and
Shefford).
The readings are introduced by Ronald Blythe, the well known Suffolk
writer
and President of the Robert Bloomfield Society. This audio version of
Bloomfield’s best known work represents Suffolk speech forms that were
probably current in the late 18th century when the poem was written,
and close to those the poet would have been using when he came to live
in Shefford in 1812. If you would like a copy of the set please
forward a cheque for £16 (made payable to the Robert Bloomfield
Society) to Angela Underhill,
Treasurer and Membership Secretary, Robert Bloomfield Society, 71
Spenser Road Bedford MK40 2BE.
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