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Preston, it’s a gas

Timeline

Jess Hartley

Report on Liverpool Shops

News from Lancashire Archive

Our First Meeting of the New Year

NEWS – SEPTEMBER 2025 Please note that our Society meetings start on 6TH OCTOBER, all details are on the website. Our first speaker is Sharon Brown (back by special request) her talk is titled -“Liverpool Carters”. REMINDER – YOUR FEES WILL BE DUE AT OUR FIRST MEETING 6TH OCTOBER   when the Committee look forward to seeing you. We are …

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Walking tour of Central Liverpool

We strolled gently along Castle Street admiring grandeur of the historical commer-cial centre which developed around the trade through the Port of Liverpool. Today’s atmosphere was light hearted, celebratory and a far cry from the hustle and stress of yesteryear. Each building resplendent with decorations heading everskyward announcing to the world Liverpool the largest port …

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Winckley Square June Walks

THERE ARE PLACES LEFT ON 5 OF THESE WALKS 1st June Sunday 2- 3.30pm Preston the Jerusalem of Temperance: Steve Harrison Book here https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ENHY 2nd June Monday 2 – 3.15pm The Horrocks’ Family Connection: Susan Douglass Book here https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ENHQ 3rd June Tuesday 7- 8.30 pm Notable Residents of Winckley Square: Steve Harrison Book here https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ELUE …

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The origins of the Met’s Detectives from The National Archives

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-origins-of-the-mets-detectives-tickets-1356162210679

Talk by Lady Milena Grenville-Baines MBE

LLHF May Newsletter

Dates for October – December

Guided Walk

Snowdrops at Bank Hall

Reflections of a civil engineer

Visit to Bank Hall

The History of the Cunard Shipping Line

Meetings Coming Up

The Leeds / Liverpool Canal

Hot Pot and AGM

Remembrance Story

October Newsletter

Federation Study Day

Meetings Coming Up

News from the Archives – July 2024

NEWS FROM LANCASHIRE ARCHIVES – JULY 2024   Here is the link to the latest edition of our monthly newsletter: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/t80G2RPYz4Cx7CP8?ref=Link   I’ve really enjoyed putting this month’s edition together because we have so much to celebrate! You’ll notice I’ve moved up the ‘Highlight of the Month’ section – Lancashire Archives & Local History have …

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News from the Archives – April 2024

March Meetings Update

Lancashire Local History Federation

Dear Members The 2024 AGM for the Lancashire Local History Federation will be held as a Zoom meeting on Wednesday 7 March at 6.30 pm. We will keep the AGM business meeting short and it will be followed at 6.50 by a talk from Jonathan Healey, entitled ‘The birth of the Poor Law in Lancashire’.  Jonathan Healey is …

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News from the Archives Jan / Feb 2024

February and March Meetings 2024