This trip is full , thank you .
recently renovated and looking good.
see you Tuesday.
Astley Hall Chorley . November 3rd ( N.B Full )
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Kent Wine Tour 01 – 05/10/2023
A cancellation has resulted in 2 places being available for the above 5 day / 4 night wine tour
See previous post for details.
Can the following call to the Wine Tasting desk ASAP to collect there Airedale travel pack
Chris Chua Short , Bob Fish , Jean Gore , Brenda Kennedy ,Mike Kirk , Leo Mulholland , Moe Mulholland , Barbara Roberts and Ted Short.
Call or text George Birchall on 07826 048379 if any member is interested in taking up these plavces
Digital cameras resumes
We restart the new season on Monday the 4th September from 2.00pm at St.Andrews room.
04 Sep: Trees
18 Sep: Holiday
A list of topics is here
Book Club First Meeting
Our brand new Book Club group met up at the Cabin to share their thoughts on Sarah Winman’s book ‘Still Life’. The meeting was a great success with the group awarding a score of 8/10 to the book. The discussion was lively with members enjoying coffees and cocktails as they shared their thoughts.
Astley Hall, Chorley – November 3rd
- Recently renovated and reopened
- 400 hundred years of history unfolds
- Entry £3.95
- Tour of hall and artwork – £9.00
- Coach £17.00
- Total £30.. based on 30 booking
- Coach from Maghull Square 9.am
- Lovely café on site
- Payment upon booking at desk Tuesdays with Maureen or Jan
- Their website is Astley Hall, Coach House & Park (astleypark.co.uk)
History 4 fun – speakers in the next 3 months
Our speaker on 18th August will be Kate Hurst and she will be talking about catholic reticence in Maghull and Ormskirk in the 8th century. Our September speaker will be Dot Broady Hawkes and her subject will be Lathom House and in October our speaker will be our very own historian David Ward and he will be talking about Napoleon
Art Appreciation, Tate St Ives, Barbara Hepworth, Cornwall 2024
Sounds a great trip, (For all our lovely art lovers.)
March 22nd / 25th March 2024 4 days, 3 nights
Costs £369 (40 pax), £379 (35 pax), £409 (30 pax) single supplement £60 pp. St Ives Bay Hotel, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast.
Click on link for info (Maureen Birchall Cornwall 2024)
Both art venues –
Tate St. Ives, Barbara Hepworth Museum, joint fee at a concessionary rate .= £13 per person….Booked separately from Airedale
Also we have booked National Trust , Trengwainton Gardens afternoon 24th.
Free if a member, £11 if not ( to pay on the day ) Nice café on site for a snack.
Book at desk Tuesdays with Maureen or Jan
N.B Airedale require deposit by October 31st 2023
Your holiday will be covered against cancellation only (conditions apply). Further information can be found on our website, which you can share with your members. Details will be provided should yourself or one of your members be unable to travel.
John Moores Painting Prize for December 3rd
We may have a half price offer for December 3rd. Which Is a Sunday.
Question :Why not?
Answer: Why not indeed?
Love it or hate it, it’s back again. Twenty five tickets held for our group. At £2.50 each
Wednesday Sunday December 3rd . meet at venue 11.30 am. .self guided visit.
( cash only please) Just a small victory if your happy with it?
Book at desk Tuesdays with Maureen or Jan. Nice café on site. More info at desk Tuesdays.
Tickets available online, with half price tickets for Liverpool City Region residents on the first Sunday of every month. Which is what we are, so, we’ve got it.
Atkinson Gallery Southport, on until September 9th
We are not visiting as a group but this is a brilliant small exhibition ,you wont want to miss. On until September 9th . Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays
A poetic exploration of the relationship between nature, culture, and power in the digital age. Through a series of paintings and sculptures, viewers are invited to contemplate the rise and fall of civilisations in the age of globalisation. The show is constructed around the concept of a Chinese garden with sculptures created from Financial Times newspapers which draw inspiration from traditional Chinese ‘scholar’s rocks’ or ‘spirit stones’. Embodying microcosms of landscapes they are meditative focal points between nature and civilisation.
Stramblers walk near Chorley
A group of sixteen Stramblers met at Yarrow Valley Country Park Visitor Centre on 27th July looking forward to a pleasant walk around the area. The weather forecast indicated that after some initial rain it would brighten up. The walk started from the car park where we noticed an interesting face carved on one of the nearby trees.
Anne outlined a little of the history of the valley, which was a large, industrialised area in the 18th century and beyond. It was a centre for bleaching, dyeing, calico printing and mining. Richard Arkwright developed the water spinning frame later named after him and formed part of the start of the Industrial Revolution. Arkwright’s frame made many of the local workers redundant and he eventually had to move away because of local hostility. Continue reading