GENERAL EVENTS
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*Announcement*
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is freely available to library card holders through the Cumbria Libraries website along with a remarkable collection of resources from Oxford and elsewhere.
See https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/Libraries/online_resources/encyclopaedia_ref_dictionaries.asp
You make know that, in collaboration with this, there has been a long term project to create an online source of Cumbrian biographies -
"CUMBRIAN LIVES"
This is about to be given new life -
more team members are needed!
More information here: AAA Cumbrian Lives
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'Christianity in Penrith and Area since c.300 AD'
A talk by Professor Michael Mullett
Saturday May 11th 2019 10.00 am - 12.00 am.
The Haydock Room, Saint Catherine's Catholic Church, Penrith.
For more information, email: glospurrblack7@talktalk.net
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CLHF Member group events
N.B. All talks start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.
8 January 2019 | South Cumbria
Life in the Home Front in South Cumbria in the 2 World Wars | Speaker: Bill Myers
North Lonsdale H.S. (01229 869229), Methodist Church, Neville St, Ulverston. Visitors £2.
9 January 2019 | West Cumbria
The Ancient Woodlands of Cumbria: origins, management, threats and special wildlife | Speaker: Edward Mills (Chartered Forester)
Friends of Keswick Museum (Tel: 017687 73801) , Crosthwaite Parish Room, Keswick. Visitors £4.00.
10 January 2019 | West Cumbria
Postal history of Cumbria, with special reference to West Cumberland | Speaker: Mike Mapleton
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
14 January 2019 | South Cumbria
AGM followed by Members' presentations
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
15 January 2019 | West Cumbria
Alchemy or How To Make Gold | Speaker: John Hudson
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington. Visitors £2.
16 January 2019 | East Cumbria
Wartime Farming in the Howgills | Speaker: Hilary Wilson
Ravenstonedale Parish History Group (valfermer@gmail.com), Ravenstonedale Community & Heritage Centre. Visitors £3.
16 January 2019 | South Cumbria
The Must Farm Pile-Dwelling: Archaeological investigations of Bronze Age Fenland settlement” | Speaker: Iona Robinson Zeki
Sedbergh & District History Society (015396 20605), Settlebeck School. Visitors £2.
17 January 2019 | South Cumbria
AGM - Force Mill, Levens | Speaker: Stephen Read
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
17 January 2019 | South Cumbria
300 years of schooling in Satterthwaite and Rusland | Speaker: Suzanne Tiplady
Staveley & District Hist. Soc. (01539 821224), 2.30pm. Ings Parish Hall LA8 9PY. Visitors £2.
21 January 2019 | South Cumbria
Hat Makers in the Lune Valley | Speaker: Christine Workman
Holme & District LHS (Tel: 01524 781540), Memorial Hall, Burton-in-Kendal. Visitors £2.
23 January 2019 | South Cumbria
Horrible Railway Histories | Speaker: Bill Myers
Duddon Valley LHG (Tel: 01229 480254), The Victory Hall, Broughton. Visitors £2.
28 January 2019 | East Cumbria
NO LABOUR, NO FOOD, NO WAR: Agriculture in the 1st World War | Speaker: Richard Preston
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50.
1 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Topic TBA | Spearker: Bill Myers
Millom & District LHS (01229 77 2055 ), Millom Methodist Church, LA18 4DN. Visitors £3.
4 February 2019 | South Cumbria
‘“A farmer’s lot is not a happy one”: The ups and downs of farming in Cumbria | Speaker: David Johnson
Kendal Historical. & Archaeological Society (01539 722006), Shakespeare Centre, Yard 76, Highgate, Kendal. Visitors £2.50.
6 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Cattle droving through Cumbria, 1600-1900” | Speaker: Peter Roebuck
Sedbergh & District History Society (015396 20605), Settlebeck School. Visitors £2.
6 February 2019 | West Cumbria
Crime, Policing & Punishment in 19th century Cumbria | Speaker: Dr Mike Winstanley, Lancaster University
Friends of Keswick Museum (Tel: 017687 73801), Crosthwaite Parish Room, Keswick. Visitors £4.00.
7 February 2019 | North Cumbria
Morton Sundour - The Firm that Dyed for Britain | Speaker: Chester Forster
Warwick Bridge LHG (01228 560659), Check venue! Corby Hill Methodists Chapel OR Downagate Centre. Visitors £2.50.
11 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Finds of the South Lakes | Speaker: Ian Sharp, Secretary of Kendal Metal Detectorists
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
12 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Gleaston Castle and the Manor of Muchland | Speaker: Neil Whalley
North Lonsdale H.S. (01229 869229), Methodist Church, Neville St, Ulverston. Visitors £2.
18 February 2019 | South Cumbria
AGM – followed by Local Surgeons – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Speaker: Dr Bryan Rhodes
Holme & District LHS (Tel: 01524 781540), Memorial Hall, Burton-in-Kendal. Visitors £2.
19 February 2019 | West Cumbria
Blood Bikes | Speaker: Anne Marie/Tony Rutherford
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington. Visitors £2.
20 February 2019 | East Cumbria
Changes in Newbiggin-on-Lune | Speaker: Les Neal
Ravenstonedale Parish History Group (valfermer@gmail.com), Newbiggin on Lune Public Hall, Visitors £3.
20 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Invasion via Garsdale, June 1487 | Speaker: Adrian Braddon
Sedbergh & District History Society (015396 20605), Dent Memorial Hall. Visitors £2.
21 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Liverpool Cowkeepers | Speaker: Dave Joy
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
21 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Bank barns, Boskins and Bee Boles (old Lakeland farm buildings) | Speaker: Andy Lowe
Staveley & District Hist. Soc. (01539 821224), Ings Parish Hall LA8 9PY. Visitors £2.
25 February 2019 | East Cumbria
Weather Lore | Speaker: Jean Scott-Smith
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50.
27 February 2019 | South Cumbria
Old Roads of Cumbria | Speaker: Nick Thorne
Duddon Valley LHG (Tel: 01229 480254), The Victory Hall, Broughton. Visitors £2.
1 March 2019 | South Cumbria
Iron Gall Ink and Use in Old Manuscripts | Speaker: Terry Harvey-Chadwick, SV Educational Services
Millom & District LHS (01229 77 2055 ), Millom Methodist Church, LA18 4DN. Visitors £3.
4 March 2019 | South Cumbria
"Must Farm: Investigations of life on a Bronze Age river" | Speaker: Iona Robinson Zeki
Kendal Historical. & Archaeological Society (01539 722006), Shakespeare Centre, Yard 76, Highgate, Kendal. Visitors £2.50.
6 March 2019 | South Cumbria
His sisters and his cousins and his aunts! The wide-ranging roles of women” | Speaker: Diane Elphick
Sedbergh & District History Society (015396 20605), Settlebeck School. Visitors £2.
6 March 2019 | West Cumbria
Hidden Treasures: seeking out Neolithic Langdale axes in Cumbria | Speaker: Sally Taylor, Oxford University
Friends of Keswick Museum (Tel: 017687 73801), Crosthwaite Parish Room, Keswick. Visitors £4.00.
11 March 2019 | South Cumbria
Vernacular Architecture | Speaker: June Hill
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
12 March 2019 | South Cumbria
Lord Birkett of Ulverston| Speaker: Jack Rice
North Lonsdale H.S. (01229 869229), Methodist Church, Neville St, Ulverston. Visitors £2.
14 March 2019 | West Cumbria
25th Anniversary Lecture. Lordship and Manor: the Norman imprint on the area covered by the Society | Speaker: Professor Angus Winchester
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
18 March 2019 | South Cumbria
The Lost Buildings of Kendal | Speaker: Richard Pealing
Holme & District LHS (Tel: 01524 781540), Memorial Hall, Burton-in-Kendal. Visitors £2.
19 March 2019 | West Cumbria
The Corpse Roads of Cumbria | Speaker: Alan Cleaver
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington. Visitors £2.
20 March 2019 | East Cumbria
Shorthorn Cattle | Speakers: Steve Fermer
Ravenstonedale Parish History Group (valfermer@gmail.com), Ravenstonedale Community & Heritage Centre. Visitors £3.
21 March 2019 | South Cumbria
Warton Crag - an Iron Age Hill Fort - or is it? | Speaker: Kevin Grice
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
21 March 2019 | South Cumbria
From log-boats to steam launches in the Lake District | Speaker: Diane Matthews
Staveley & District Hist. Soc. (01539 821224), Ings Parish Hall LA8 9PY. Visitors £2.
25 March 2019 | East Cumbria
Brougham Castle and Roman Fort | Speaker: Joseph Jackson
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50
27 March 2019 | South Cumbria
The Diaries of Edward Wadham, Agent to the Duke of Buccleugh | Speaker: Susan Benson
Duddon Valley LHG (Tel: 01229 480254), The Victory Hall, Broughton. Visitors £2.
27 March 2019 | North Cumbria
Medieval Forgers - Nuns of Armathwaite | Speaker: Harry Hawkins
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall . Visitors £3.
4 April 2019 | North Cumbria
Saving the Settle/Carlisle | Speaker: Stan Abbott
Warwick Bridge LHG (01228 560659), Check venue! Corby Hill Methodists Chapel OR Downagate Centre. Visitors £2.50
1 April 2019 | South Cumbria
AGM followed by Lighting up the town: A history of gasworks in Cumbria’. | Speaker: Roger Baker
Kendal Historical. & Archaeological Society (01539 722006), Shakespeare Centre, Yard 76, Highgate, Kendal. Visitors £2.50.
5 April 2019 | South Cumbria
Voice from the Archive – Poems, Diaries and Letters | Speaker: Susan Benson, Barrow Archives & Library
Millom & District LHS (01229 77 2055 ), Millom Methodist Church, LA18 4DN. Visitors £3.
8 April 2019 | South Cumbria
Cumbria's contribution to the medical needs of the first World War| Speaker: Richard Preston
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
9 April 2019 | South Cumbria
Lancaster Canal| Speaker: John Acres
North Lonsdale H.S. (01229 869229), Methodist Church, Neville St, Ulverston. Visitors £2.
15 April 2019 | South Cumbria
Railways of South Cumbria | Speaker: John Bateson
Holme & District LHS (Tel: 01524 781540), Memorial Hall, Burton-in-Kendal. Visitors £2.
16 April 2019 | West Cumbria
Cotton of Cumbria - the Stead McAlpin story | Speaker: Ros Downing
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington. Visitors £2.
17 April 2019 | North Cumbria
The Bewleys of Cumberland (How Canon Savage savaged our family) | Speaker: Bill Bewley
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors £3.
18 April 2019 | South Cumbria
Waiter, Miner, Butcher, Spy: Germans and Austrians in Cumbria during the First World War | Speaker: Rob David
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
18 April 2019 | South Cumbria
AGM and members evening
Staveley & District Hist. Soc. (01539 821224), Ings Parish Hall LA8 9PY. Visitors £2.
22 April 2019 | East Cumbria
Holidaying in the Lake District 1940s & 50s | Speaker: Dr Rob David
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50.
24 April 2019 | South Cumbria
DVHG Longhouse project | Speaker: Stephe Cove
Duddon Valley LHG (Tel: 01229 480254), The Victory Hall, Broughton. Visitors £2.
3 May 2019 | South Cumbria
A Summer in Howtown in 1940: Communism, Czech Refugees and MI5 | Speaker: Dr. Rob David
Millom & District LHS (01229 77 2055 ), Millom Methodist Church, LA18 4DN. Visitors £3.
4 May 2019 | South Cumbria
Walk and Field Study at Howtown on the topic of the Friday talk. See the CWAAS Events Website for details TBA - https://cumbriapast.com | Speaker: Dr. Rob David
Millom & District LHS (01229 77 2055 )
9 May 2019 | West Cumbria
Viking Longhouses in Cumbria| Speaker: Steve Dickinson
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
14 May 2019 | South Cumbria
Short AGM followed by The families of Holker Hall | Speaker: Janet Smith
North Lonsdale H.S. (01229 869229), Methodist Church, Neville St, Ulverston. Visitors £2.
15th May 2019 | North Cumbria
Lumps and Bumps - Surveys in the Caldbeck Area | Speaker: Graham Brooks
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors £3.
20 May 2019 | East Cumbria
AGM followed by 'Milestones, Mileposts and Finger Posts of Cumbria' also Restoration Projects | Speaker: Terry Moore, Milestone Society
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50.
21 May 2019 | West Cumbria
A Stained Glass Demonstration | Speaker: Sarah Jackson
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington. Visitors £2.
22 May 2019 | South Cumbria
Mills to Mosques along the Liverpool to Leeds Canal | Speaker: David Fellows
Duddon Valley LHG (Tel: 01229 480254), The Victory Hall, Broughton. Visitors £2.
23 May 2019 | South Cumbria
Lancaster Castle | Speaker: Colin Penny
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
6 June 2019 | North Cumbria
Pagans! Ranters! Dissenters! Quakers! And more religion on Alston Moor | Speaker: Alaister Robertson
Warwick Bridge LHG (01228 560659), Check venue! Corby Hill Methodists Chapel OR Downagate Centre. Visitors £2.50.
7 June 2019 | South Cumbria
Millom & District LHS (01229 77 2055 )
13 June 2019 | West Cumbria
AGM plus talk and exhibits. A social history of Loweswater through key moments in time | Speaker: Dr Derek Denman
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
18 June 2019 | West Cumbria
How Pa met Ma | Speaker: Anthony Payne
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington. Visitors £2.
19th June 2019 | North Cumbria
The Building of the Newlands Mill | Speaker: Ronnie Stobart
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors £3.
20 June 2019 | South Cumbria
Visit to Lancaster Castle
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
24 June 2019 | East Cumbria
Visit to Brougham Castle and fort led by Joseph Jackson.
Shap LHS (01931 716386), Please book: tickets: £4.50, over 65s: £4.90
26 June 2019 | South Cumbria
AGM
Duddon Valley LHG (Tel: 01229 480254), The Victory Hall, Broughton. Visitors £2.
11 July 2019 | West Cumbria
Cumbria's explosive coast | Speaker: Bill Myers
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
16 July 2019 | West Cumbria
Meal and Social Evening at the Museum
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington.
17th July 2019 | North Cumbria
Horrible History of Cumbrian Railways | Speaker: Bill Myers
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors £3.
22 July 2019 | East Cumbria
Visit to the Reagill Image Garden
Shap LHS (01931 716386), please book.
21st August 2019 | North Cumbria
OUTING - Venue to be announced
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626)
9 September 2019 | South Cumbria
A closer look at Ulverston - Architectural clues to its fascinating past | Speaker: David Fellows
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
12 September 2019 | West Cumbria
The 1st Battalion of the Border Regiment at the Battle of Arnhem, 1944 | Speaker: Stuart Eastwood
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
17 September 2019 | West Cumbria
Magical Wildlife of the Galapagos | Speaker: Keith Snell
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington.
18th September 2019 | North Cumbria
'Now then Lad' - Policing Memories of Caldbeck & Cumbria | Speaker: Norman Atkinson
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors £3.
19 September 2019 | South Cumbria
Longhouses, bloomeries and the Manor of Witherslack | Speaker: Jeremy Rowan-Robinson
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
23 September 2019 | East Cumbria
Pubs and Inns of Westmorland | Speaker: Val Fermer
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50.
14th October 2019 | South Cumbria
Tyson & Todhunters, Mungoe and Lancelot. Personal names and local history in Cumbria | Speaker: Prof Angus Winchester
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
16th October 2019 | North Cumbria
MI5 Spies and Caldbeck | Speaker: Dr Rob David
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626), Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors £3.
17 October 2019 | West Cumbria
AGM followed by slides: 'Problem Peeps'
Friends of Helena Thompson Museum (Tel: 01900 60331), 7pm, Helena Thompson Museum, Workington.
17 October 2019 | South Cumbria
Francis Strickland and the Jacobite Rebellions | Speaker: Ian Hodkinson
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
28 October 2019 | East Cumbria
A Journey Through Time around Morecambe Bay | Speaker: Dr Jean Turnbull
Shap LHS (01931 716386, Green Room, Shap Memorial Hall. Visitors £3.50.
11th November 2019 | South Cumbria
Outside the Law: crime, policing and punishment. Patterns of crime, the development of local police forces and the changing role of local prisons | Speaker: Mike Winstanley
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.
14 November 2019 | West Cumbria
Roman Roads through the Lakes | Speaker: Dr Paul Hindle
Lorton & Derwent Fells LHS (01900 829097), Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton. Visitors £3.
SATURDAY 16 November 2019 | East Cumbria
Social evening: Supper followed by Discovering Lakeland Villages | Speaker: Andy Lowe
Shap LHS (01931 716386), 7 for 7.30pm Shap Memorial Hall. BOOKING ESSENTIAL
20th November 2019 | North Cumbria
SUPPER & AGM
Caldbeck & District Local History Society (016974 78626)
21 November 2019 | South Cumbria
Morecambe Bay in the early medieval period: a frontier zone? | Speaker: Fiona Edmonds
Levens Local History Group (Tel: 01539 560318), Village Institute, Levens. Visitors £2.
19th December 2019 | South Cumbria
Pubs and Breweries in South Cumbria (Cartmel Fell) | Speaker: Bill Myers
Cartmel Fell & District LHS (Tel: 015395 30535). 8pm, Parish Hall, Cartmel Fell. Visitors £3.00.