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Programme of talks for 2024-25
All talks are held on the second Monday of the month in the Central Methodist Church, Lune Street, Preston, PR1 2NL. The season is from September to May (excluding January)
The seasonal membership subscription is £20.00 and visitor admission to a single talk or guided walk is £5.00.
Talks start at 7.15pm but doors open at 6.30pm for registration and refreshments.
NEW MEMBERS AND VISITORS ARE VERY WELCOME
Monday 13 October 2025
The Battle of Bamber Bridge
Speaker: Dr. Alan Rice
Monday 10 November 2025
Cornelia Connelly: Blissful Bride to Notorious Nun
Speaker: Judy Beeston
Monday 8 December 2025
Strawberries and Villas: the development of a freehold land society estate in mid-Victorian Ashton-on-Ribble
Speaker: Sue Latimer
Monday 9 February 2026
Plague and Hunger: Mortality in the Preston area 1590-1650
Speaker: Dr Alan Crosby
Monday 9 March 2026
Beatrice Blackhurst’s Scrapbook: leisure, voluntary action and social change in Preston in the early 20thCentury.
Speaker: Helen Howell
Monday 11 May 2026
Preston and its Region in Domesday Book and beyond
Speaker: Prof. Fiona Edmunds
Please join us
For further information please contact the Members' Secretary
e: stewart@prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk
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