Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society

Messages for members:

1. The Villages History Project. We met on 19th April in the Supper Room at Cartmel Village Hall and had an interesting catch up with progress made by members. A few more members joined us and we benefited from their local knowledge. The next meeting is at 7.30pm on 19th July 2010 in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. Please come along and join in the discussion. If you wish more information please ring or e-mail Nigel Mills.

2. Our Field Trip is to Keld Chapel, Shap Abbey and Shap Heritage Centre on Sunday 1st August. We meet at Keld Chapel near Shap at 10.30 am (travelling by own transport) or at Shap Abbey at 11.00 for a guided tour by Harry Hawkins (Fee paid by CPLHS). A visit to the Shap Heritage Centre is optional. The Centre has an admission fee of £1.50. Please book by contacting Stuart Harling 015395 36296.

3. Forthcoming Lectures.

23rd September: Bette Kissack "The life of Thomas Hayton Mawson".
Thomas Mawson started the Lakeland Nursery in Windermere in the 1880's, and later went on to became a landscape architect of high repute including work at Graythwaite Hall and Holker Hall.

21st October: The Dark Ages in Cumbria with Sheena Gemmell

18th November: AGM

4. Newsletter. Our latest Newsletter was issued to all members by e-mail or by hand during the first two weeks of JULY. If you have any articles for our next addition please e-mail them to our Secretary Ruth Hughes as soon as possible. Small snippets of information or longer articles are always welcome. Also if you wish to see anything specific in the Newsletter please let Ruth or any Committee member know.

5. Oral History Project. If there is sufficient interest the society is considering running an oral history group. We already have a number of interviews on tape and some "potential interviewees" in mind so if you are interested please contact a committee member.

6. Requests from the Treasurer.

Subscriptions for 2010. Thank you to all of you who subscribed by post or by handing in a completed form at a lecture. It really helped me. If you have not yet subscribed for 2010 please print off the form from the "Membership & Contacts" page on this web site, complete it and post to the Treasurer with a cheque for £6 pp. Thank you.

Attendance at Lectures. To help our committee match our lectures to your personal local history interests, as given on your application form, I "tick you off" on my register of members as you enter the village hall so please give me your name before you find a seat. It really help the committee to know who attends each lecture and, yes, it also helps the treasurer collect the membership fees !

Thanks. Nigel Mills.