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MEETINGS
Please make a note of these
events in your diary and support the Society as much as possible. If you
would like a lift to any event, please ring a member of the Committee. All
events will be held in the Main Hall at Settlebeck High School, Sedbergh,
starting at 7.30 pm, unless stated otherwise. Refreshments are served.
There will be an Admission Charge of £1.00 for members and £2.00 for non-
members, to cover expenses incurred by the Society.
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PROGRAMME
2008
Joyce Scobie: Cow keepers from the Yorkshire Dales
Wednesday 16th January 2008 Martha Bates: Harriet MarHneau,
Political Journalist
Bom in 1862 in Norwich of Huguenot descent, she was deaf from childhood yet
became a political columnist of considerable influence in England and a
prolific writer of articles and novels. She had the Knoll in Ambleside built
for her retirement.
Wednesday 30th January 2008 Vickv Aspin & Steve Smith: Howgill to
Himalaya: the Sedbergh-Tibet Connection
The historical background of several Old Sedberghians who went to Tibet, one
of whom was George Sherriff diplomat and plant hunter, and an account of
some of his botanical discoveries. With CWLT
AT THE HERITAGE CENTRE. SEDBERGH SCHOOL
Wednesday 6th February 2008 Trevor Hughes: Old Kendal
History of Kendal with slides and old photographs of the 1890s.
Wednesday 20th February 2008 Tom Clare: King Arthur and the Lost
Kingdom of Rheged
Wednesday 5th March Professor David Shotter Rome's Northern
Frontier in Britain
A review of the Roman conquest ofNorth-West England to the point where it
was found necessary to create frontiers in northern England; he will examine
the nature and purpose of the Stanegate frontier and Hadrian's Wall
Saturday 15th March 2008 Annual General Meeting at 7.30 pm, followed
by Jacob's Join refreshments
Wednesday 19th March 2008 Peter Fleming: Coniston Coppermines
A brief history of recent exploration of the underground workings.
SUMMER OUTINGS 2008
Please make a note of
these events below in your diary and support the Society as much as
possible.
If you would like a lift to any event, please ring a member
of the committee. We usually meet in Loftus Hill Car Park, Sedbergh, and
arrange to share transport if possible, unless otherwise indicated below.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DOGS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED ON SOCIETY OUTINGS.
Wednesday 30th April
2pm
KENDAL TOWN HALL
A visit to the Mayor's Parlour at Kendal
Town Hall. Gwen Murfin, the present Mayor and an ex-resident of Sedbergh
hopes to be present. Meet at 1-15pm in Loftus Hill Car Park or outside the
Town Hall at 2pm.
Wednesday 28th May
2pm
WHITEHAVEN
A walk around this ancient port led by
Ralph Lewthwaite. Meet at Loftus Hill Car Park at 12-OOpm or the South Shore
Car Park in Whitehaven at 2pm.
Wednesday 18th June
6pm
KENDAL RECORD OFFICE
An introduction to the range of archives
held by the Office, and an update on recent acquisitions. Meet at 5-15pm at
Loftus Hill Car Park or outside County Hall at 6pm
Wednesday 9th July
2pm
MIDDLETON HALL. KILLINGTON CHURCH
A guided tour of the remains ofMiddleton Hall
(by kind permission of Mr and Mrs D.Watson) followed by a visit to
Killington Church. Meet at Middleton Hall at 2pm or ring One of the
Programme Secretaries for a lift. Members only on this occasion.
For
further information please contact the Programme Secretaries:
Elspeth Griffiths, 62 Bainbridge Road, Sedbergh, LA10 5AU (015396) 20677
Julie Leigh, 21 Back Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AQ (015396) 20726
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Recent
Lectures
2007
Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Bette Kissack: The Life of Thomas Mawson, Landscape
Gardener and Architect
Biography including during the First World War with pictures of many of his
landscape work in gardens of the Lake District.
Wednesday 17th October 2007
David Matthews Wilberforce: Westmorland and Yorkshire
Describes Wilberforce's journey through Yorkshire and the Lake District
as a young man and his great campaign for the abolition of slavery and
reform of society. AT DENTDALE MEMORIAL HALL
Wednesday 7th November 2007 Kevin
Lancaster: Garsdale Mills
Explores the documentation of water corn mills in Garsdale.
Wednesday 21st November 2007 Dr Malcolm
Petyt: Dialect in 'Wuthering Heights'
What features of dialect does Emily record? Are these attempts to portray
one particular dialect? If so, how accurate is this, and how can we tell?
Friday 30th November 2007 Annual dinner at
Thorns Hall, 7.00 for 7.30 pm
Wednesday 5th December 2007 Members'
talks:
Judith Robinson: Researching John Atkinson 's Book
2006
Wednesday 4th January 2006
Adrian Rogan 'Andrew de Harcia and the
Scottish Wars of Independence'
The story of his amazing career: border warfare in the early
fourteenth century
Wednesday 18th January 2006
Dr Simon Smith 'Robert Lowther, Governor
of Barbados (1711-20): Saint or Sinner?'
Examines the two terms served by Robert Lowther (of Maulds Meaburn) as
Governor; contemporary histories strongly criticise his governorship
as being tyrannical and corrupt but there are two sides to every
story.
Wednesday 1st February 2006 Members' talks:
Roger Underwood 'From Bristol to Sedbergh and Back Again - a Journey
of Fifty Years'
Kevin Lancaster 'Inventories'
Wednesday 15th February 2006
Mrs Judith Robinson 'A Year at
Killington Hall'
Aspects of local life in the late nineteenth century as revealed by
the 1876 diary of Agnes Ann Kendal of Killington Hall.
Wednesday 1st March 2006
David Boulton 'Adam in Paradise' - a Film. AT DENTDALE MEMORIAL HALL
A showing of the Granada Television film about Dent's History, first
broadcast in 1985, featuring Dent Choir and Dent characters.
Wednesday 15th March 2006
Professor Robert Fox 'The Scientists and
Schools of Sedgwick's North Country'
In the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the schools of
North Lancashire, Westmorland,
Cumberland and the Yorkshire Dales produced an unusually large number
of young men who went on
to distinguished careers in science. The speaker examines the context
from which they emerged.
Saturday 25th March 2006
Annual General Meeting at
7.30 pm, followed by Jacob's Join refreshments
Wednesday 3rd May 2006
2.45pm Leighton Hall
Guided visit to the hall and gardens. Assemble at Leighton Hall
car park at 2.45 pm (gr 494745) or Loftus Hill car park at 2 pm.
Wednesday 24th May 2006
2.15pm Braithwaite Hall and Middleham
Castle
Short conducted tour of the Hall followed by a visit to me castle
ruins. Meet at Braithwaite Hall at 2 15 pm (gr 117858) or Loftus Hill
car park at 12.30pm
Saturday 17th June 2006
2.30pm Judges' Lodgings and Maritime
Museum Lancaster
Conducted tour of the Judges' Lodgings, followed by a walk round
me museum. Meet outside the Judges' Lodgings at 2 30 pm or Loftus Hill
car park at 1 30 pm. Parking in Lancaster at the multi-storey car park
halfway between the Judges' Lodgings and the Maritime Museum on the
lefthand side of the road by Mitre House.
Wednesday 19th July 2006
2.00pm Kendal Walk
A conducted walk in south Kendal. Assemble at the Canal Head Kendal at
2.00pm or Loftus Hill car park at 1 30pm.
2005
Wednesday 5th October 2005
Dr Peter
McCue 'Ghostly Armies: an Examination of some British Cases'
Apparitions and theories of apparitions; some examples of phantom army
cases, including Edgehill, Souter Fell, Loch
Ashie and Dent.
Wednesday 19th October 2005
lan Lewis 'Memorialisation of the Great
War 1914-1925'
The community politics of the establishment of war memorials in the
South Lakes area, and the iconography and
language of memorials.
Saturday 22nd October 2005
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Dinner at the
Queen's Hall, Sedbergh School. 7.00pm for 7.30 pm.
Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Mrs Margaret Gowling '652 Horseshoes and
Some Old Clouts: Kirkby
Stephen in the 17th Century'
The development of the economy of a Westmorland market centre as seen
through the wills and inventories of its
inhabitants.
Wednesday 16th November 2005
The Revd Canon David Peacock 'Ruskin's
Legacy'
Ruskin's wide-ranging ideas and the way in which these have come to
influence our modern-day lives.
Wednesday 7th December 2005
Dr Rob David 'Slate Quarries and
Quarrymen in the North Eastern Lake District'
An illustrated lecture examining the landscape, documentary and
pictorial evidence for slate quarrying, and some of
the successes and difficulties involved in recording the lives of the
quarrymen themselves.
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