| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | On Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm 4th Monday |
| Venue: | Winmarleigh House |
| Cost: | Tea / Coffee (and biscuits) £1.20 |
Group Leaders Ian Lancaster and Stephen Smith
The next meeting of the History Group will be on Monday 28th September 2026 when our guest speaker, Dave Wright, will give a talk on Peter the Great and the Emergence of Modern Russia. More information to follow soon.
Programme for the next year (always subject to change!)
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 28 September 2026 | European History: Peter the Great | Dave Wright |
| 26 October 2026 | Egyptology: Art and Literature in Ancient Egypt | Ian Lancaster |
| 23 November 2026 | Roman History: Caligula | Paul Waring |
| 28 December 2026 | No Meeting | |
| 25 January 2027 | Roman History: Aetius and the Groans of the Britons | Peter Coglan |
| 22 February 2027 | American Frontier History: The Donner Party | Ian Lancaster |
| 22 March 2027 | Egyptology: Mummies and Mummification in Ancient Egypt | Ian Lancaster |
| 26 April 2027 | The Vasa (Sweden's 'Mary Rose') | Alan Osborne |
| 24 May 2027 | TBC | Paul Waring |
| 28 June 2027 | Possible visit to Garstang Museum, Liverpool |
If anyone has any ideas of a talk they would like to offer (on ANY aspect of history) please contact either Stephen or Ian via the links above.