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 / 2027

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.

November 12     Robert Poole -   Lancashire Witches Trial of 1612 

December 10    Christmas Social

Buffet tea  £8  - prebook via John

2027

14 January   Patricia Phillips  - Local History into Fiction

11 February  Charles Rattan - The Influence of Freemasonry in Ramsbottom

11 March    Nigel Jepson  - The Jacobite Rebellions of the 18th century and the development of local Ordnance Survey Maps

22 April    Paul Crone - Commonwealth War Graves Commission

20  May   AGM  No Speaker

17  June   Michael Astrop -  Match Girls Strike and how it changed British Labour History