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Skiddaw

Monthly Meetings

Status:Active, open to new members
Group email: Monthly Meetings group
When: Third Wednesday of the month, 10:00 for 10:30 Start
Cost: £1 for members and £1.50 for visitors

2024 - 25 - Speaker Programme

We are delighted to offer a varied selection of topics in our monthly meeting talks during 2024. We welcome back some popular speakers and introduce others for the first time.

Forthcoming events

20th November 2024
10:00 am
Monthly Meeting

A Famine Revisited - Joe Human

Reflections on the Great Ethiopian Famine of the 1980s The reasons for the famines in Ethiopia are complex, but largely due to political corruption and incompetence combined with the failure […]
Venue: Crosthwaite Parish Room

15th January 2025
10:00 am
Monthly Meeting

Keswick Mining - Mark Hatton

Five years ago Mark Hatton gave us a fascinating talk about the German miners in Keswick. He is visiting again to tell us about all the research he has done […]
Venue: Crosthwaite Parish Room
Cost: £1 for members and £1.50 for visitors

19th February 2025
10:00 am
Monthly Meeting

Cyber Crime - Niall McNicholas

Join us for an insightful session with Niall McNicholas. A cyber dependent crime specialist from Cumbria Police, who will share expert advice on safeguarding your digital world. Learn how to […]
Venue: Crosthwaite Parish Room
Cost: Cost: £1 for members and £1.50 for visitors

19th March 2025
10:00 am
Monthly Meeting

Ten Maps that made Cumbria - Bill Shannon

Bill’s talk will centre around ten maps that highlight different aspects of the county's history, from the first mention of Cumbria in c.1050 through to the much copied 16th century maps […]
Venue: Crosthwaite Parish Room
Cost: £1 for members and £1.50 for visitors