We choose experienced speakers on a variety of popular topics
Membership is open to all on payment of a yearly £18 subscription. Visitors can pay £3 for a single meeting.
Quest is a membership club run by a committee on a not-for-profit basis
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.
12th February "School Life in the 50s and 60s" - Judith Shingler & Alison Peak, Ambleside Oral History
26th February "Samuel Haslam of Heversham - Naturalist" - Prof. Ian Hodkinson
12th March "More TV Memories of Cumbria" - Jim Bownass & Andrew Leitch
26th March "Life and Loves of Errol Flynn" - Colin Penny
followed by optional lunch at Crooklands Hotel
2026-27 SEASON
24th September "Troublemaker: Life and Art of Caravaggio" - Ann-Marie Michel
8th October "The Red Squirrel" - Ron Blackburn
22nd October "Unidentified Flying Objects" - Steve Barrett
12th November "Lakeland Architecture" - Andrew Lowe
26th November "Muncaster Castle's wartime secret" - Dr Rob David
followed by optional Hotpot Lunch and Quiz
10th December "Crazy Christmas Customs" - Martin Gittins
14th January "Norsemen in Lakeland" - Julian Blatchley
28th January "Celebrity Chefs - behind the apron" - Caroline James
11th February "Murder on the Moors, the unsolved case of Robert Snowball" - Mark Hatton
25th February "Wildlife Photography - Japan and beyond" - Alan & Julie Walker
11th March "Curious Cumbria, oddities ancient and modern" - Gordon Emery
25th March "Sir Thomas Bouch, Victorian railway engineer" - John Mather
followed by optional lunch, venue to be advised
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