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The History of Kirkby Group was formed in 2000 and exists to research and publish information,
articles and books about the history of the village of Kirkby in Furness, otherwise Kirkby Ireleth,
which goes back at least to Saxon times.
Previously published items include ‘Kirkby Select Vestry Book’, ‘Kirkby Fragments’ Vol 1-4
and more recently "ASHLACK: The History of a Small Cumbrian Estate" & ‘Kirkby Fragments’ Vol 5-9.The Group meets on the third Tuesday of each month, except August & December, usually at 2.00 pm in Beckside Rooms at which there may be a speaker, but more usually it is to review progress on the various projects that are being undertaken at any one time. During the summer we usually devote one meeting to visit a part of the village for a History Walk and another to visit a place of interest in the South Lakeland area.
There are occasional evening meetings usually with a speaker.
Membership £5 per annum and 50p at each meeting (£1 for visitors)
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PROGRAMME
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May 15th Monthly meeting at 2.00pm in Beckside Rooms. Roger Rushton will be presenting his proposal for
an enhancement of the War Memorial in St Cuthbert's church yard. We will also be reviewing any
items of memorabilia that members may have to put on display during the Queen's Jubilee
Celebrations in June.
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June 19th Monthly Meeting at 2.00pm in Beckside Rooms. A review of the Jubilee Celebrations and Gala and
a look at what is proposed for a 50p Dreadful on Chapels. Possible preview of the next set of
KIRKBY FRAGMENTS.
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July 17th Monthly Meeting at 2.00pm with the Metal Detectors, probably at Ashlack Hall.
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August No Meeting - It's holiday time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
September 18th A Visit to the Armitt Museum in Ambleside to view the Iron Age artefacts on show as well as the
museum in general, followed by Tea at Hayes Garden Centre for the horticulturalists among us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Chairman Alan Benson alanbenson749@btinternet.com
Secretary Penny McPherson mcpherson@combecrescent.freeserve.co.uk
Treasurer Anne Woods george.woods@virgin.net
Editor &
Web Master Charles Rowntree charles@becksidemill.fsnet.co.uk
Updated 20/04/2012