OUR 2019/20 PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. THIS PAGE CURRENTLY DETAILS LAST SEASON’S LECTURES TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF THE TYPE OF TALKS THE SOCIETY HOSTS.

Warrington History Society’s 2018/19 lecture programme (detailed below) is designed to appeal to the widest possible audience. Talks are free to Society members (Membership costs £11.00 per annum, click here for details of how to join) but everyone is welcome to attend. Non-member fees per lecture, payable on the door, are £2.50 for adults and 50p for students or under 18s.

Monday 17th September 2018
Burtonwood Airbase
by Aldon Ferguson

Monday 15th October 2018
The Restoration of a Warrington Tram
by Rob Jones

Monday 19th November 2018
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
by Janice Hayes

Monday 17th December 2018
Christmas Party & Quiz

Monday 21st January 2019
Two Entrepreneurs of Warrington’s Gas Industry
by Margaret Fellows

Monday 18th February 2019
Medicine in The Rylands Archives
by Phillip Jeffs

Monday 18th March 2019
Newton Hollows and the Roman Route from Chester to Wilderspool
by Monty Mercer

Monday 15th April 2019
William Beamont – Life with Ann
by Harry Wells

All of our talks are held at Frairs Green Independent Methodist Chapel, 37 Cairo Street, Warrington, commencing at 7.30pm.

Visit our Past Lectures page to see a list of every talk organised by the Society since 1964.