Welcome to the Lancashire (North) branch of The Western Front Association.

The branch continues to meet every month at The Victoria Institute, 2-4 Brookhouse Road, Caton, Lancaster. LA2 9QT.

ATTENTION

The January 2024 has been cancelled. We will not have a meeting in January 2024. We start the year's programme on Monday 2 February 2024.

The Victoria Institute, image capture May 2019  (c) Google Maps

Meetings are usually held on the first Monday in the Month.  The only exception is when the Monday is a Bank Holiday and we then move the meeting to the Tuesday. 

The doors open at 7pm with the talk starting promptly at 7.30pm.

The talks are about one hour long with time for a Q&A session.  The meeting finishes with tea/coffee and biscuits with time to chat to the speaker and other attendees. 

The branch aims to cover many different aspects of the Great War.

Entrance donations of £5.00 are invited and this includes an entry into the raffle.  The prizes are a bottle of wine and several books on the Great War.

New attendees are always given a warm welcome.

Members of the Western Front Association and non-members are invited to join us.

 

Upcoming Branch Events

'CWGC - Gardening the World; Architecture and Conservation by Alistair Baker'
02 Apr

'CWGC - Gardening the World; Architecture and Conservation by Alistair Baker'

Victoria Institute, 2-4 Brookhouse Road, Caton, Lancaster LA2 9QT
02 Apr 2024 19:30
07922539256

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission features large in the story of the Great War today.  Particularly for any that undertake Battlefield trips.   Alistair is a volunteer speaker with the CWGC and tonight will give us two of their half hour talks.  This will complete the picture started by their previous speaker Tony Vart who told us about …

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'Skipton's POW Camp and its German Prisoners' by Anne Buckley
07 May

'Skipton's POW Camp and its German Prisoners' by Anne Buckley

Victoria Institute, 2-4 Brookhouse Road, Caton, Lancaster LA2 9QT
07 May 2024 19:30
07922539256

This month's meeting is moved to Tuesday 7 May as the Monday is a Bank Holiday.   This month's speaker is Anne Buckley and it is her first visit to our branch. Anne is a lecturer in German and Translation Studies in the German Department at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on the Great War training and POW camp in Skipton.  This tal…

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'The Winning and Losing of the Great War at Sea and the Feeding of Nations by Tom Scotland'

Victoria Institute, 2-4 Brookhouse Road, Caton, Lancaster LA2 9QT
07 Oct 2024 19:30
07922539256

'The winning and losing of the Great War at Sea and the Feeding of Nations' by Tom Scotland   Tonight's meeting is going to be the first talk given via Zoom with the speaker at home in Scotland while the members attend as usual.  The timing and format will be the same just the speaker appearing virtually.   The Royal Naval Blockade and U-Boats;…

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