Our Programme

All meetings are on Thursdays, starting at 10:00am, with a break for refreshments around 11:00, followed by questions to the speaker.  Meetings finish around 11:30 - 11:45.  To join, see our Membership page.

2026

12th February     Judith Shingler & Alison Peak: Ambleside Oral History: "School Life in the 50s and 60s"

26th February     Prof. Ian Hodkinson:

"Samuel Haslam of Heversham - Naturalist"

12th March          Jim Bownass and Andrew Leitch: "More TV Memories of Cumbria"

26th March          Colin Penny:

"Life and Loves of Errol Flynn"

followed by optional lunch at Crooklands Hotel

2026-27 SEASON

24th September     Ann-Marie Michel:

"Troublemaker: Life and Art of Caravaggio"

8th October          Ron Blackburn:

"The Red Squirrel"

22nd October     Steve Barrett:     "Unidentified Flying Objects"

12th November     Andrew Lowe:

"Lakeland Architecture"

26th November     Dr Rob David:

"Muncaster Castle's wartime secret" -

followed by optional Hotpot Lunch and Quiz

10th December     Martin Gittins:

"Crazy Christmas Customs"

14th January          Julian Blatchley::

"Norsemen in Lakeland"

28th January          Caroline James:

"Celebrity Chefs - behind the apron"

11th February     Mark Hatton:

"Murder on the Moors, the unsolved case of Robert Snowball"

25th February     Alan & Julie Walker:

"Wildlife Photography - Japan and beyond"

11th March          Gordon Emery:

"Curious Cumbria, oddities ancient and modern"

25th March          John Mather:

Sir Thomas Bouch, Victorian railway engineer"  

followed by optional lunch, venue to be advised

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