Meetings are held in the Ribchester Village Hall at 8.00pm on the last Tuesday of the month, unless otherwise advised.

Programme for 2019

29th January  A guide - Hoghton Tower

26th February David Hewitt -  Joseph 1917: the story of Joseph Blackburn

26th March Trevor Kirkham - A ramble around a Civil War sampler

30th April  Dr David Hunt - Local History from the Air

21st May Mark Dowding - Lancashire songs and dialect writing

25th June AGM followed by Sir Peter Openshaw's lecture about the history of St Saviour’s Stydd (click here to download lecture)

24th September Bill McCartney - Thomas Noblet: Joiner from the Fylde 1725-1746

29th October: Nick Watherspoon - Lawrie Bond the micro-car man

26th November: Steve Halliwell - Moses Holden: The self-educated genius

3rd December: Christmas Party - Joint with RAGS  to be held at the Ribchester Sports and Social Club

 

Programme for 2020

28th January : Alan Crosby - Love & Practicality: the courtship of Eliza & Robert Parker of Browsholme 1751

25th February:  Roger Pegrum - The right to roam

24th March:  Paul Atherton - Viking Voices

28th April: Peter & Barbara Snape - Cotton Town Chronicles

19th May: Lady Openshaw (Dame Caroline Swift)- Shipman's Murders: Beyond Belief

30th June: Roy Skilbeck - AGM / The life and times of a country Yeoman 1755-1807

July - No meeting

August - No meeting