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South Lakes

Hanoverian History

Status:Active, open to new members
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Group email: Hanoverian History group
When: Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
4th Tuesday. No meetings during school holidays
Venue: Castle Street Centre
Cost: £2.00 each meeting
Image shows a statue of King George III against a blue sky line

The group has grown steadily over the last four years and most of the members admit to having initially known nothing about the Hanoverian (or Georgian) period before they joined - and that includes me. 

We've covered so many fascinating topics, thanks to the fabulous speaking team who have been 'persuaded' to help me present talks to this very friendly and welcoming group of people.  Just a few of those topics this year: Smuggling; The Luddites; Theatre; Thomas Telford; Pedestrianism . .  and more.  Very few (or maybe none?) of the 'speakers' are specialists in history - we just do the 'u3a thing' of volunteering to share with others the topics that we've enjoyed finding out about. 

If this sounds like something you might enjoy (you won't have to present a talk, just sit and enjoy what's on offer) we do have a few places available.  Be aware: we don't meet in December, July, or August.

Image credit Nick Fewings 2016. 'Brighton Pavillion'. Flickr CC

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