2008-09 events calendar
*Talks are held in The Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, Windermere at 2.30pm-4.30pm. Members £2.50 Visitors £3.50 including tea and biscuits.
Here is our forthcoming programme March 2008 - March 2009
| Date
| Type of event
| Subject
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| 16 Mar |
Talk* |
Lord Burleigh’s Map an Elizabethan Mystery - Dr Mike Winstanley, Lancaster University |
| 22 Mar |
Social |
Coffee Morning, Staveley Village Hall - 10.00 am-12.00 noon |
| 15 May |
Visit |
Ripon and Fountains Abbey |
| 21 May |
Guided Walk |
Trust’s Warden Alan Ferguson will take us round Eave’s Wood near Silverdale |
| 24 May |
Social |
Coffee Morning – Gatesbield, Windermere 10.00am-Noon |
| 12 Jun |
Visit |
Chirk Castle |
| 25 Jun |
Guided Walk |
Sail in the National Trust’s steam yacht Gondola across Coniston Water to Monk Coniston Estate where the Trust is in the process of restoring the gardens then walk back to Coniston. |
| 9 Jul |
Visit |
Biddulph Grange Garden and Gawsworth Hall |
| 7 Aug |
Book Sale |
The Institute, Grasmere 11.00am-3.30pm |
| 19 Sep |
Social |
Coffee Morning Parish Hall, Grange over Sands.10.00am-Noon |
| 6 - 11 Oct |
Club Holiday |
Oxford |
| 19 Oct |
Talk* |
Developments and Discoveries at Vindolanda by Justin Blake, Assistant Director of Excavations for the Vindolanda Trust |
| 1 Nov |
AGM |
Ladyholme Centre, Windermere 10.00am-4.00pm |
| 16 Nov |
Talk* |
The Whitehaven Coast, a new venture for the National Trust by Jeremy Barlow, The Trust’s Property Manager for Buttermere and Ennerdale |
| 5 Dec |
Social |
Christmas Lunch, Craig Manor Hotel, Windermere |
| 15 Feb |
Talk* |
Conserving Historic Collections by Caroline Cotgrove, The Trust’s Conservator for the North West Region |
| 15 March |
Talk* |
Andrew Davidson, English Heritage Inspector on the work of English Heritage in the North West |
For more information please contact our membership secretary: Mrs Eileen Gaskell Tel: 01229 581538 or the Chairman Mr Peter Harrington, Tel: 015395 30376
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