A very big thank you to all of you in the community who have joined up for the 2024-2025 season of talks.
We have launched the season with two free talks as taster sessions and the first of our main series, by the Cumbrian Film Archive, back by popular demand, introduced their century of vintage films to us, with fresh material for our audience. The full programme is now available on this website so head over to our 2024-2025 Programme and secure your membership now. Our next two talks are:
Tuesday 29 October 2024 – Neil Hanson – Inn and Out at the Top Neil is a successful author of 70 published books and an award-winning speaker. His talk is a laugh-a-minute tour of his time running Britain’s highest inn back in the 70s and 80s, complete with eccentric characters, curious customs, naturists, police raids, rats in the attic and the shooting of a famous double-glazing commercial.
Tuesday 12 November 2024 – Sue Jeeves – The Life and Work of Stanley Jeeves Conservationist, photographer, and philosopher, Jeeves was photographer for the 1954 Daily Mail expedition to Nepal – the search for the Abominable Snowman! As warden of Brantwood, Coniston, he developed talks with dissolving images and music. We will travel to South America, the Middle East, Lancashire, Cumbria and Scotland.
Please urge your friends to come and join us this season. The price of membership remains the same at £46. A season ticket is still worth buying even if you miss the first couple of talks. As we charge £10 for a single talk, if you plan to attend 5 or more the season ticket becomes best value.
We are always planning ahead, so please email us if you know of a good speaker who you think would fit with our aims: members@grangelecturesociety.org. We are keen to explore your ideas.
Looking forward to welcoming you soon. A big thank you to our committee of trustees who have put so much of their own time into making Grange Lecture Society a great success.
You can read our Annual Report and Accounts for 2024 HERE
Richard Hincliffe, Programme Secretary.