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MEETINGS
Meetings are held in Lancaster City Museum (see Location). Unless otherwise stated the meetings are on Mondays commencing 7:30 pm (the room is open from 7:00 pm). All are welcome, there is a £2 entrance fee and a raffle is held to support branch funds. The programme of future meetings into 2010 is:
- December 7th (7.15):
AGM then “The Greater Game – Sportsmen who fell in the Great War”
Clive Harris
- January 4th:
‘British Internees in Holland and Switzerland 1914 – 1918’
Andrew Brooks (N. Lancs W.F.A.)
- February 1st:
‘Badges and Medals from the Western Front’
Bill Myers (Cumbria W.F.A.)
- March 1st:
‘Suvla Bay’
Peter Hart (Oral Historian (Imperial War Museum) and author)
- April 6th (TUESDAY): ‘
Fromelles 1916’
Michael Senior (Author of ‘No Finer Courage’)
- May 4th (TUESDAY):
‘The Lancashire Contemptibles- To France and the retreat from Mons’
Terry Dean (N. Lancs W.F.A.)
- June 7th:
‘Punishment in the Great War’
Bill Martindale (Cumbria and N.Lancs W.F.A.)
- July 5th:
‘The Rebuilding of Ypres’
Denise North ( W.F.A.)
- August 2nd:
‘Aeronauts and Balloonatics’
Geoff. Barker (Bradford Mech. Inst. World War 1 Group.)
- September 6th :
‘German Commerce Raiders’
Dr. Graham Kemp (N. Lancs W.F.A.)
- October 4th :
‘War Graves and things…’
David Shackleton (N. Lancs. W.F.A.)
- November 1st:
‘Chairman’s Night’
Stan Wilkinson.
- December 6th :
‘A.G.M. and Christmas Social.’
An invitation to members to speak for ten minutes on any WW1 topic.
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