Welcome to Ormskirk and District Historical Society
Mission Statement
Dedicated to encouraging interest in local history and beyond by annual programmes of lectures, discussions and visits to locations of historical significance.PROGRAMME OF LECTURES AND EVENTS 2011-2012
Lectures will recommence on Monday 16 January 2012in room M40 at Edge Hill University at 7.30pm. We look forward to welcoming old and new members.
A short list of titles follows. More details on the Lectures page.
16 January The Dartmoor Prison Mutiny 1932. Dr Alyson Brown
30 January At Home: Liverpool Court Housing. Dr Liz Stewart
13 February Nicholas Blundell, a reluctant Church Warden. Mr John Quirk
27 February Misericords of NW England. Mr John Dickinson
12 March Causes of death in a rural SW Lancashire community in the 18th Century Dr John Virgoe
26 March The unusually Royal History of Toxteth Deer Park. Clemency Fisher
Social Events and Visits
19 October 2011 Visit to Prescot Clock Museum
19 February 2012 Annual Lunch at Briars Hall
16 April 2012 Visit to Lancashire Fusiliers Museum. Bury
May 2012 Visit to Nantwich town
27 June 2012 Visit to Towneley Hall, Burnley
As at today 13th June the following lectures have been arranged for 2011/2012 a precis of each will be added when the programme is complete.
October3rd Professor Kevern Verney: Barack Obama.
October17th Brenda Murray: Ten interesting and influential people living in Seaforth in the nineteenth century.
October 31st John Dickinson: Misericords of North West England (Subject to final agreement).
November14th Alan Davies: The Pretoria Pit Disaster- a centenary account.
November 28th Dr Ron Cowell: Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval excavations at the M62/ Tarbock interchange.
December 12th.Members participative and social evening.
2012
January 16th. Dr Allyson Brown: The Dartmoor Convict Prison Mutiny 1932.
January 30th Elizabeth Stewart: At Home: Liverpool Court Housing.
February 13th. John Quirk: Nicholas Blundell: A reluctant church warden.
February 27th. To be arranged.
March 12th. Dr John Virgoe: Causes of Death in a rural south west Lancashire community in the late 18th century. also AGM.
March 26th. Dr Clemency Fisher: The unusually Royal History of Toxteth Deer Park.
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