Monthly meetings are held at Christ ChurchNeighbourhood Centre on a Thursday evening starting at 7.30 p.m. Note that the dates are  variable, i.e. not the same week of the month. We meet from September to June, and have a 2 month break in July and August.

Christ Church has the postal code BL0 0PX and is on Great Eaves Road. There is a car park at the back of the church.

There is a guest speaker and non-members are very welcome.

There is a charge of £3 for visitors and £2 for members, which includes refreshments.

The normal format is the leader welcomes the meeting with any news and outstanding business. There is then either part one of the talk, followed by a refreshment break, and then part two, or a refreshment break and then the main speaker if the talk cannot be split. The meeting usually finishes between 9 p.m. and 9.30 pm.

Programme for 2026

If you are interested in a particular talk, please check nearer the time that the subject is the same, as talks can move due to circumstances.

No indoor meetings in July or August

 

February 12           Sid Calderbank : A Lancashire Garland -The histoy of Lancashire & its dialect over the last 500 years.

February 24th 2 p.m.  - Extra Free event presented by Manchester Archives starting at 2 p.m.

 

March 12                 Nigel Jepson: Mary Hindle & the Weavers’ Uprising of 1826.

 

 

April 16                   Brian Groom ( New Book 2026) These Isles : The Fascinating story of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

 

May 14 AGM then Keith Warrender The River Irwell : Pleasure & Perils

 

June 11                   Steve Brown: Smithills Hall.

 

No meetings in June and July

September 17      Sid Calderbank:  Cotton Famine

October 15           Elaine Taylor: Heaton Hall Park

November 12     Robert Poole:   Lancashire Witches Trial of 1612 

December 10    Christmas Social

2027

January 14

February 11

March 11

April 22

May 20  AGM

June 17