The Levens Local History Group - Meetings in 2024

2024 Speaker Programme​ 

LAST ONE THIS YEAR - On Thursday 21 November, Dr. Jean Turnbull will speak about "Rural Life in South Lakeland in the Early Twentieth Century". A chance to hear about how things, not that long ago, were very different from what we know today.

2024 Programme

January 18:   AGM – Ian Hodkinson - The Life of Samuel Holker Haslam (1797-1856) of Heversham
February 15:   Judith Shingler and Alison Peake (Ambleside Oral History) - Emergency - Life before 999
March 21:   Ian Gee, (Chair of the Waterbird Trust) - Waterbird
April 18:   Dr. Suzanne Tiplady - A Mansion Fit for Demolition (Grisedale Hall)
May 16:   Paul Lewis (CEO of Lewis Conservation) - Gaythorne Hall​
June 20:   At Backbarrow Ironworks at 18.00, where the Chair of the site's Trustees, Richard Sanderson will give us a guided tour.
September 19:   From Kentmere to the sea, the 1930's slides of Bill Wane
October 17:  Andy Lowe (former LDNP Buildings Conservation Officer) - A Landscape of Industry
November 21:   Dr. Jean Turnbull - Rural Life in South Lakeland in the early 20th century