Upcoming Events

Professor Ian Morison has worked at the Jodrell Bank Observatory since 1965 and in 2003 the Minor Planet's committee named asteroid 15,727 in his honour, citing his work with Merlin and in searching for intelligent life beyond our solar system.  What is the answer?

Dr Michael Nevell is a landscape archaeologist and Head of Archaeology at the University of Salford.  He has particular interests in industrial and buildings archaeology and heritage disaster management.  If you think you know everything about the Bridgewater Canal, think again.

Bernard Dennis is a member of the English Longbow Society and this month we will be hearing about the development of bows and arrows, whether they were used for hunting, recreation or for war - and what about Robin Hood!

Our talk this month is given by Gavin Hunter, a local historian, on the legendary overhead railway in Liverpool affectionately known at the 'Dockers' Umbrella'.  It opened in 1893 and was 11 km long.  As the first electrically-operated elevated railway in the world it carried workers to jobs along the docks and waterfront.  It closed in 1956 after more than 60 years of operation.  It also boasted one of the first passenger escalators at a railway station.