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U3A Meeting and Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, Cornwall* For this month only the U3A meeting will take place on the second Wednesday of the month (13th March) as the Cancer Research Art Exhibition is in the Public Hall on the first week * U3A (University of the third age) is a UK wide movement which brings together people in their third age […]
An Illustrated Talk on Trades and Occupations in 19th Century Liskeard and Area
Eliot Hall St Germans, SaltashAn Illustrated Talk on Trades and Occupations in 19th Century Liskeard and Area by Brian Oldham. This talk will take place at Eliot Hall St Germans at 2.30pm (doors open at 2pm) - All welcome - FREE Hosted by St Germans Thursday Club. Donations welcome. Refreshments available.
Trades and Occupations in 19th Century Liskeard
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardBrian Oldham will be giving a talk on trades and occupations in 19th century Liskeard at Liskeard & District Museum on Saturday 6th April at 11am. Tickets £5. Space is limited so booking is essential via Liskeard TIC: [email protected] 01579 348148
Liskeard Arts Talk – Murder Most Florid — How Plants Help Solve Crime!
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallMurder Most Florid — How Plants Help Solve Crime! A talk by Mark Spencer. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 9th April. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per person (this will […]
An evening with Charlie Walters (MasterChef Finalist)
Menheniot Parish Hall East Road, Menheniot, nr LiskeardAn evening with Charlie Walter (MasterChef The Professionals Finalist 2023), will be held on Tuesday 30th April at 7pm at Menheniot Village Hall. Hear about Charlies passion for food, his culinary career to date and his MasterChef experience. In aid of Relay for Life. Tickets £10pp including a skills test demonstration, tasting and Q and […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – Betrayal — the Story of Samson and Delilah in Music and Art
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallBetrayal — the Story of Samson and Delilah in Music and Art, a talk by Lois Oliver. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 7th May. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per […]
Dying Matters Day – Pentiddy
Pentiddy Natural Burials Pentiddy Woods Attwood Lane, PensilvaFree event - Everyone welcome! Sunday 12th May 2024, 1.30pm - 4.30pm. It gives us great pleasure to invite you to an open day as part of Hospice UK’s Dying Matters Awareness Week. The afternoon will be an opportunity for us to explore together our choices around death and dying with the hope of bringing […]
A History Tour of Boconnoc House with Catherine Lorigan
Boconnoc Estate Nr LostwithielJoin Historian and Author Catherine Lorigan for a tour of Boconnoc House, grounds, Church and Bath House on Wednesday 15th May at 2pm. Catherine will lead this fascinating tour, detailing the stories, people and beautiful paintings that tell the story of Boconnoc Estate and its long eventful history. After the tour guests will be treated […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – The Art of the Hero — Commemorating Scott of the Antarctic
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallThe Art of the Hero — Commemorating Scott of the Antarctic, a talk by Max Jones. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 11th June. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per person […]
A History Tour of Boconnoc House with Catherine Lorigan
Boconnoc Estate Nr LostwithielJoin Historian and Author Catherine Lorigan for a tour of Boconnoc House, grounds, Church and Bath House on Wednesday 3 July at 2pm. Catherine will lead this fascinating tour, detailing the stories, people and beautiful paintings that tell the story of Boconnoc Estate and its long eventful history. After the tour guests will be treated […]
Trevithick Society Talk – Safeguarding of Antiquities in South East Cornwall
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallOn Monday July 8th at 7.30pm in the Emily Hobhouse Room of the Liskeard Public Hall Brian Oldham will be presenting an illustrated talk for the Trevithick Society to which non-members are welcome to attend for a donation of £2.00. The talk is titled 'Safeguarding of Antiquities in South East Cornwall' and tells how Albert […]
The Williams Family and their Liskeard Iron Works – FREE Talk by Brian Oldham
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, Liskeard'The Williams Family and their Liskeard Iron Works' a talk by Brian Oldham, will be at Liskeard and District Museum on Tuesday 9th July at 7pm. In May 2024 an American of Cornish decent contacted Liskeard & District Museum for information on Zacharias Williams, to whom one of her ancestors was apprenticed at the Liskeard […]
Armchair Adventure Festival – Mount Edgcumbe
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park Cremyll, TorpointAAF24 – brought to you by Armchair Adventure Festival Thursday 25th July to Sunday 28th July. The UK’s best celebration of adventure travel is returning to Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall! This years festival will run from 15:00 on 25th July to 15:00 Sunday 28th July. It will be jam packed with more talks, […]
Marvellous Histories – Summer at the Museum
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardThere's lots going on for all the family at Liskeard & District Museum this summer! Children's book corner Celebrating the writing legacy of John Allen and Emily Hobhouse Storytime, Talks and Workshops Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm. FREE entry July 27th-August 31st Special Events: Friday 2nd August,11am - […]
Marvellous Histories – Summer at the Museum
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardThere's lots going on for all the family at Liskeard & District Museum this summer! Children's book corner Celebrating the writing legacy of John Allen and Emily Hobhouse Storytime, Talks and Workshops Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm. FREE entry July 27th-August 31st Special Events: Friday 2nd August,11am - […]
What John Passmore Edwards did for Liskeard – Marvellous Histories – Summer at the Museum
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallMarvellous Histories - Summer at the Museum presents 'What John Passmore Edwards did for Liskeard' at talk by Brian Oldham. This talk will be held on 9th August at 10.30am at the Public Hall in Liskeard. £5 entry. Booking essential via Liskeard Tourist Information Office - either pop in and visit us on Pike Street, […]
Liskeard’s Forgotten Angel. The Controversial life of Emily Hobhouse – A talk by Sally Ronchetti
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAs part of the Marvellous Histories 'Summer at the Museum' events 'Liskeard's forgotten Angel. The controversial life of Emily Hobhouse'. A talk by Sally Ronchetti. This talk will be held at Liskeard Public Hall (in the Emily Hobhouse room) on Friday 23rd August at 10.30am. There will be a second talk - Behind Enemy Lines: […]
Behind Enemy Lines: Emily Hobhouse and WW1 – A talk by Sally Ronchetti
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAs part of the Marvellous Histories ‘Summer at the Museum’ events there will be a talk - 'Behind Enemy Lines: Emily Hobhouse and WW1' – by Sally Ronchetti on Friday 30th August 10.30am at the Public Hall (in the Emily Hobhouse room). There is another talk by Sally on Friday 23rd August ‘Liskeard’s forgotten Angel. […]
Marvellous Histories – Summer at the Museum
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardThere's lots going on for all the family at Liskeard & District Museum this summer! Children's book corner Celebrating the writing history of John Allen and Emily Hobhouse Storytime, Talks and Workshops Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm. FREE entry July 27th-August 31st Special Events: Thursday 1st August,11am - […]
A History Tour of Boconnoc House with Catherine Lorigan
Boconnoc Estate Nr LostwithielJoin Historian and Author Catherine Lorigan for a tour of Boconnoc House, grounds, Church and Bath House on Tuesday 10th September at 2pm. Catherine will lead this fascinating tour, detailing the stories, people and beautiful paintings that tell the story of Boconnoc Estate and its long eventful history. After the tour guests will be treated […]
Liskeard Unlocked – Nicholas and Alexandra – Tyrants and Martyrs of Imperial Russia – An Illustrated Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAs part of Liskeard Unlocked. Nicholas and Alexandra – Tyrants and Martyrs of Imperial Russia. Illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society by Douglas Skeggs. Although it has been told and retold in books and films, no story in the 20th century has caught the imagination more powerfully and poignantly than the tragic life and execution […]
Liskeard Unlocked – The Great Cornish Emigration – True Stories of Liskeard and District Emigrants
Liskeard Library Barras Street, LiskeardAs part of Liskeard Unlocked Brian Oldham will be giving a talk 'The Great Cornish Emigration - True Stories of Liskeard and District Emigrants' on Thursday 12th September 6pm - 7.30pm at Liskeard Library. Brian Oldham, President of Liskeard Old Cornwall Society and author of two social history books of Liskeard, will give a presentation […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – A Potted History of England — the Story of British Pottery over 6,000 Years
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallA Potted History of England — the Story of British Pottery over 6,000 Years, a talk by Julian Richards. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 8th October. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is […]
Cornish Emigration Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard and District Museum present a talk by Brian Oldham ‘Liskeard & District Migrants in the Great Cornish Emigration’ (over 20 true accounts of their background and how they fared in North America, South Africa, and Australasia). Friday, 1st November 2024, 10:30am. Emily Hobhouse room, Liskeard Public Hall Booking highly recommended. Tickets: £3 from Liskeard Tourist […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – British Tailoring — 200 Years at the Top
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallBritish Tailoring — 200 Years at the Top, a talk by Kate Strasdin. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 12th November. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per person (this will be […]
In Conversation with Wyl Menmuir – Liskeard Library
Liskeard Library Barras Street, LiskeardJoin us for an enchanting evening of cheese, and conversation as we welcome acclaimed author Wyl Menmuir. We will delve into his latest book, The Heart of the Wood. Liskeard Library, Thursday 21st November, 7.30pm-9pm.In this intimate gathering, Wyl Menmuir will discuss his new book, The Heart of the Woods. Just as a parent leaves […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – Wilde about Oscar — the Life and Times of Oscar Wilde
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallWilde about Oscar — the Life and Times of Oscar Wilde, a talk by Simon Whitehouse. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 10th December. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per person […]
WI Meeting and Talk – Brian Oldham
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Women's Institute hold meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (except June) at 2pm in the Emily Hobhouse Room at Liskeard Public Hall. Each month there is a guest speaker. Visitors welcome for a small fee, refreshments available. The speaker this month is Brian Oldham who will be giving a talk on 'What […]
U3A Meeting and Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallU3A (University of the third age) is a UK wide movement which brings together people in their third age (after they have stopped working full time) to develop their interests in a friendly & informal environment. Liskeard & District U3A meet on the first Wednesday of each month (excluding August) at Liskeard Public Hall at […]
U3A Meeting and Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallU3A (University of the third age) is a UK wide movement which brings together people in their third age (after they have stopped working full time) to develop their interests in a friendly & informal environment. Liskeard & District U3a meet on the first Wednesday of each month (excluding August) at Liskeard Public Hall at […]