At Home in the Steep Places: Bill Peascod (U)

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Following his 'Tent talk' at the Keswick Mountain Festival at 12pm, we're delighted to be screening Steve Wharton's documentary about renowned Maryport-born miner, rock climber and artist Bill Peascod (1920-1985). Steve will introduce and be available for a Q&A after the film, which charts Bill's progress from a challenging childhood in the Cumberland coalfields and involvement in the Mines Rescue Teams to his pioneering of new rock climbing routes in 1940s Buttermere. He became an abstract landscape painter after emigrating to Australia in 1952 where he developed a distinctive style of 'burnt' paintings. After a time in Japan, he returned to Cumbria in 1980 and drew on Japanese influences to paint his beloved fells, which he had resumed climbing with new friends such as Bill Birkett, Sir Chris Bonington and Don Whillans.