{"id":1540,"date":"2017-01-09T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T21:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2017-01-09T21:43:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T21:43:39","slug":"lucy-fleming-and-simon-williams-posting-letters-to-the-moon-at-carnforth-station-heritage-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/lucy-fleming-and-simon-williams-posting-letters-to-the-moon-at-carnforth-station-heritage-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams – ‘Posting letters to the moon’ – at Carnforth Station Heritage Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams appear at the Carnforth Station Heritage Centre<\/a> Carnforth, Lancashire LA5 9TR) on Thursday 2 March at 19:30 to deliver a reading of the wartime correspondence between Fleming’s mother Celia Johnson and husband Peter Fleming. <\/p>\n

These letters from Celia to her husband tell of her experiences during the war \u2013 from coping with a large isolated house full of evacuated children, learning to drive a tractor, dealing with rationing, occasional holidays in Cornwall where she took to surfing, and all the while acting for David Lean, Noel Coward and starring in the classic film Brief Encounter<\/em> in 1945.<\/p>\n

Not only are the letters highly engaging, but they also provide a fascinating historical insight into that time of true austerity and fearfulness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Carnforth Railway Station was the filming location for the pivotal scenes in the 1945 film Brief Encounter<\/em> in which Celia Johnson starred. Tickets for the event (‘Posting letters to the moon’) are \u00a39:00 and are only available from the Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other performances are scheduled for Wednesday 1 March 2017 (Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster<\/a>) and Saturday 4 March (Glenridding Public Hall<\/a>, Glenridding).<\/p>\n

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The Westmorland Gazette<\/em> carries a short preview<\/a> of the event: <\/p>\n

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Brief Encounter actress Celia Johnson’s daughter Lucy Fleming to perform at Carnforth Station Heritage Centre in Posting Letters to the Moon<\/h3>\n

THE daughter of actress Celia Johnson is to make a special appearance at Carnforth railway station this spring, where her mother filmed famous scenes from Brief Encounter in 1945.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actress Lucy Fleming and her husband Simon Williams – of Upstairs, Downstairs fame – are to appear in Posting Letters to the Moon, when they will read wartime letters between Lucy’s mother and father, Peter Fleming.<\/p>\n

Described as touching and amusing, the letters from Celia to her husband tell of her experiences during the war, from coping with a large, isolated house full of evacuated children, to learning to drive a tractor, dealing with rationing, and all the while accepting offers of work when she could get away – for David Lean, Noel Coward, wartime propaganda films and ultimately in 1945 starring in the classic Brief Encounter.<\/p>\n

“It was a joy to discover these letters, and I hope you will find them as funny and moving as I do,” said Lucy, whose uncle was James Bond author Ian Fleming.<\/p>\n

The performance is to take place at Carnforth Station Heritage Centre on Thursday, March 2, at 7.30pm. The pair will also be taking their show to the Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster, on March 1, and Glenridding Public Hall on March 4.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams appear at the Carnforth Station Heritage Centre Carnforth, Lancashire LA5 9TR) on Thursday 2 March at 19:30 to deliver a reading of the wartime correspondence between Fleming’s mother Celia Johnson and husband Peter Fleming. These letters from Celia to her husband tell of her experiences during the war \u2013 from … Continue reading “Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams – ‘Posting letters to the moon’ – at Carnforth Station Heritage Centre”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-and-crew","category-cast-news","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-oQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}