Lecture Programme 2009/10
Lectures are held on Tuesdays at 1 pm at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester.
# Open Lectures
October 2009
6th
Islands of Ireland and Britain, John Plummer.
13th
The Cumbrian Way – Ulverston to Carlisle, John Hill Wilson.
20th
South African Journey – the fairest Cape, Cliff Astin.
Annual General Meeting 2.15pm*
27th
Spices and Serendipity – Sri Lanka, John Robinson.
November 2009
3rd #
Mapping Manchester – tales of an exhibition, Chris Perkins.
10th. #
End of Empire – India 1945-47, Ben Paterson.
17th #
Underground Manchester, Keith Warrender.
24th #
Child Labour in Manchester, Ralph Hart.
December 2009
1st
Lakeland Lines, Steven Williams.
8th
Medieval Miscellany, John Ellis.
January 2010
12th.
Travels in France, Steven Williams.
19th
California Dreaming, David Woolfe.
26th
Ramblings of a Looney Bird, Margaret Curry.
February 2010
2nd
Cuba – an island reflecting its circumstances, Rod Allman.
9th
St. Kilda, Hugh Barton.
16th
Across Bulgaria by Car, Pamela Dowson.
23rd
Coal, Canals and Cotton – the Fletcher family in and around Bolton, Robert Cornish.
March 2010
2nd
Parliamentary Enclosure in Upland NW England – landscape change and social impact, Ian Whyte.
9th
Iceland, Cathy Delaney.
16th
Bolivia – from salt flats to silver mines, Paul Hindle.