Please note that there is no meeting in January 2025.
The February meeting will be a daytime meeting; details of time and venue to be confirmed.
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.
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
'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War, with examples from Cumbria by Richard Preston'
Please note that there is no evening meeting in November. This meeting is a daytime meeting at at the same venue as November 2023; The Storey in Lancaster. 'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War with examples from Cumbria'. Richard's talk looks at the development of VADs and how they were directly related to the grow...
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'Branch AGM 2024 and Members' Contributions'
This year we are continuing with the traditional format of the AGM followed by members' contributions. All members are invited to contribute and share any experience or bring along memorabilia and artifacts that they would like to share with the branch members. If you have visited any sites or events that you feel are special in any way then p...
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'Revisiting the Ludendorff Offensives, March - July 1918 by Professor David Stevenson'
Please note that there is no evening meeting in February. This meeting is a daytime meeting at at the same venue as November 2024; The Storey in Lancaster. 'Revisiting the Ludendorff Offensives, March - July 1918 by Professor David Stevenson' This talk by Professor Stevenson will re-examine the five offensives launched by the German army on the...
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