Levens Local History Group meets at Levens Village Institute on the third Thursday of each month except for July, August and December. Annual membership is presently £10 and non-members can attend our meetings for £2 payable on the night. Our meetings for 2012 are:
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19 January
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AGM Stephen Read – The Strickland Arms
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16 February
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Dr. Jean Turnbull – From Blacksmiths to Bypasses: the impact of motor transport in Westmorland c. 1900-1970
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15 March
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Dr. Rob David – Remembering Slavery: Cumbria’s connections to the trans-Atlantic slave trade through the surviving evidence
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19 April
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Katharine Pottinger – Sedgwick House
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17 May
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Peter Higginbotham - The Kendal Union Workhouses
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21 June
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Trevor Hughes – Kendal – A guided walk to start at 6.30
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20 Sept.
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Barry Jolly – Commander Walter Strickland R.N.
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18 October
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Members’ evening – Where we are now
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15 November
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Jim Dewhirst – The History of the Westmorland County Agricultural Society
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