​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.

Thursday 20 June is LLHG's last meeting before our summer break. As is our custom this meeting is outdoor and we are looking forward to enjoying a tour of Backbarrow Iron works, to be guided by Richard Sanderson, the Chairman of the Backbarrow Ironworks Heritage Trust.  

​Unlike our ordinary meetings there is a limit to the number of people who can join in and demand for places has exceeded expectations. So although we are pleased to state that the tour list is now fully subscribed it means that no more places on the tour are available and attendance is limited to those who have received our email confirming their places. 

​The April LLHG meeting is closer than you think. On Thursday 18 April we will gather to hear Dr. Suzanne Tiplady speak about "A Mansion Fit for Demolition " - The the third in a succession of houses with the same name, the Grizedale Hall that had it's finest hours as a POW camp for German officers during the Second World War, was built by a wealthy Liverpool merchant in 1905 to replace the previous, insufficiently grand, incarnation.

2024 opens with the LLHG AGM on Thursday 18 January in Levens Village Hall at 19.30.
​The AGM business will be followed by LLHG 's Professor Ian Hodkinson  speaking about one of the naturalists he has researched and is bringing into the daylight they deserve - - The Life of Samuel Holker Haslam (1797-1856) of Heversham

As is usual in June our meeting will be an outdoor visit.
​On Thursday 15 June Richard Sanderson, Chair of the Backbarrow Ironworks Trust will give us a guided tour of the historic Backbarrow Ironworks. Please note that the tour will start at 18.00  not the normal 19.30

As advised in the previous post there are changes to our programme for the March & May meetings. Diane Matthews' talk on Windermere Lake Shore Houses will take place at the May meeting and Rob David will address us about Secrets of Muncaster Castle on MARCH 23 (Not March 16). As Levens Village Hall is not available to us on 23 March that meeting will take place in Levens Methodist Chapel, which is just 30 yards away from Levens Village Hall.