1/4/2024 0 Comments APRIL 2024 Speaker MeetingThe April LLHG meeting is closer than you think. On Thursday 18 April we will gather to hear Dr. Suzanne Tiplady speak about "A Mansion Fit for Demolition " - The the third in a succession of houses with the same name, the Grizedale Hall that had it's finest hours as a POW camp for German officers during the Second World War, was built by a wealthy Liverpool merchant in 1905 to replace the previous, insufficiently grand, incarnation.
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19/3/2024 0 Comments March 2024 meetingCheck our "Meetings" page - we will hear about the resurrection of the "groundbreaking" aeroplane on Windermere.2/1/2024 1 Comment HAPPY NEW YEAR2024 opens with the LLHG AGM on Thursday 18 January in Levens Village Hall at 19.30.
The AGM business will be followed by LLHG 's Professor Ian Hodkinson speaking about one of the naturalists he has researched and is bringing into the daylight they deserve - - The Life of Samuel Holker Haslam (1797-1856) of Heversham 7/11/2023 0 Comments November 2023Our speaker on 16 November will be Dr. Christopher Donaldson who will talk about Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) pioneer feminist, author of many works on religion, economics, social science and of all things a well-known guide to the Lake District.9/10/2023 0 Comments October 2023Let Professor Angus Winchester challenge some myths of Lakeland rural history at 19.30 October 19th in Levens Village Hall in - Vikings, Statesmen and Herdwicks: history and myth in the Lake District.2/9/2023 0 Comments AUTUMN 2023Hello everyone, September is upon us and with it the autumn season of LLHG meetings, starting on Thursday 21 September with Dr. Mike Winstanley speaking on "A Somewhat Noisy Tavern and Tea Garden – Debtors in Lancaster Castle."
20/3/2023 0 Comments JUNE 2023 MEETINGAs is usual in June our meeting will be an outdoor visit.
On Thursday 15 June Richard Sanderson, Chair of the Backbarrow Ironworks Trust will give us a guided tour of the historic Backbarrow Ironworks. Please note that the tour will start at 18.00 not the normal 19.30 As advised in the previous post there are changes to our programme for the March & May meetings. Diane Matthews' talk on Windermere Lake Shore Houses will take place at the May meeting and Rob David will address us about Secrets of Muncaster Castle on MARCH 23 (Not March 16). As Levens Village Hall is not available to us on 23 March that meeting will take place in Levens Methodist Chapel, which is just 30 yards away from Levens Village Hall.
Apologies to everyone, but the speakers for the Marc h and May Meetings have been swapped round and the date of the March meeting changed - see the "Meetings" page here.
Season's Greetings to all - and looking forward to seeing more people coming to hear our speakers. See the "Meetings" page for who is on when. in what we hope to be a programme unrestricted by the need to avoid mingling - who knows, we might like meeting each other! All the Best for 2023 from the LLHG Committee.
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