| Longridge & District Local History Society | |
 |
|
|
Thursday 10th April @ 7.30 pm, talk by : - Isabel Holt " Cultivating Space, Womens careers in Horticulture in the 19th and early 20th Century " " Cultivating Space " navigates women's gardening throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries to outline the ways in which women took ownership of the natural world and consequently thier own autonomy. |
|
|
|
|
|
Isabel has recently completed a Master's Degree in Nineteenth Century Studies and specialised in historical horticulture . |
|
|
Our meetings are held in St Paul's Church Centenary Room ( off Berry Lane ) PR3 3WA for your sat nav, ample car parking at side of St Pauls |
|
| Visitors are most welcome with complimentary tea / coffee served after the talks. | |
|
Annual subscription for the 2024/25 programme is £15 and visitor admission is £3 |
|
| Our Society was founded on Tuesday 14th April 1970 | |
| when Harold Wilson was our Prime Minister and Richard Nixon was President of the USA | |
|
also Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson was Member of Parliament for Clitheroe Constituency and on this day an explosion on board Apollo13 caused one of the most critical situations in American space history and put the lives of 3 astronauts at risk |
