Lecture Programme 2011/12
Lectures are held on Tuesdays at 1 pm at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester and last about one hour.
Admission is free.
October 2011
11th
Kamchatka: Bears, volcanoes and reindeer, CHRISTINE BIRCHALL.
18th
Ice rivers, ice island, ice sculptures – the life of icebergs, HANNAH LAWSON.
25th
Dr. Livingstone, I presume, FRAN SANDHAM.
November 2011
1st
Victorian gangs in Manchester and Salford, ANDREW DAVIES.
8th
The snows of Kilimanjaro, ARTHUR CROSS.
15th
The 1932 Kinder Trespass, KEITH WARRENDER
22nd
On safari in Botswana, CHRISTINE and KEITH BUXTON.
29th
Manchester from the air, JONATHAN WEBB.
December 2011
6th
The Manchester melting pot, EMMA FOX.
January 2012
24th
India's Golden Triangle and more, DAVID WOOLF.
31st
The Kinder reservoir and railway, DEREK BRUMHEAD.
February 2012
7th
Lybya: From Septimus Severus to Gaddafi, IAN DOUGLAS.
14th
80° North – The High Arctic – In search of polar bears, COLIN BALLS.
21st
Early Manchester factories, DAVID GEORGE.
28th
Shackleton: The greatest survival story ever told, GEOFF SELLY.
March 2012
6th
Shake, Rattle and Roll - the geography of rollercoasters, PAUL HINDLE.
13th
When the Nile ran dry, JAMIE WOODWARD.
20th
The making of the English Lake District, PETER WILSON.