Owen Powell, a local historian who works in museums and schools, will be giving us a Zoom talk on the history of the Home Guard.  I look forward to seeing you all at 7.30 pm.

This month we have David Hearn who will be describing how the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was vital to the success of the Allied war effort, and the crucial contribution played by Liverpool to this Battle during the whole of the war period.

It is September, and if all goes to plan, this will be our first meeting back at our normal venue, the Weaverham Primary Academy.  We look forward to welcoming you all back and seeing some new faces as well. Our talk this month will be given by Prof Ian Morison…

This month we have Dave Joy, a well known local historian, regaling us with tales from his family history, and how Dales farmers became city and suburban milkmen. We look forward to welcoming you all on Tuesday evening now we are back at our usual venue of the Weaverham Primary…

Rina Tillinger, whose father was a GI, will be explaining the GI phenomenon during World War II - it was all down to those white, white teeth!  

Postponed from December 2020, we can now present Elizabeth Morris, a performance storyteller, with A Christmas Carol.   The event has a limited number of places and these have now all been taken. Our next open meeting will be on 11 January 2022.  

Ken Pye, the Managing Direct of Discover Liverpool and the author of many books, will be describing the triangular trade, which brought so much wealth to Britain during the 18th and early 19th centuries, at the expense of so much suffering to others.

Elizabeth Williams, who is a trustee of the Elizabeth Gaskell House in Manchester, will be talking about the exciting life of Fanny (Frances) Trollope. Fanny was well known for writing several strong novels of social protest:  The first of these was ‘Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw’ (1836) which was the first anti-slavery…

This month we have Angela Brabin, a retired solicitor with an MA in history, who will be using legal records from the 19th century to show how poison was frequently used in Victorian Britain.  It became common, particularly in poorer areas, to kill husbands for their life insurance.  Despite this…

In a change of plan, our April talk will be given by Geoffrey Scargill and will be on the "Railway King" Sir Edward Watkin.  Sir Edward was deeply involved in the development of the railways worldwide but he also had an eye for the ladies.  Please bring your own well…