Please note that there is no meeting in January 2026.
The February meeting will be a daytime meeting; it will be held on Tuesday 3 February 2026 at the Storey, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster.
The November meeting this year is also a daytime meeting; it will be held on Tuesday 11 November 2025 at the Storey, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster.
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
'Branch AGM 2025 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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'Lloyd George's War by Paul Smith'
Lloyd George's War by Paul Smith Paul is a local historian with a very strong interest and family connection to the Great War. He will be covering a topic much ignored by Western Fronter's and that is Lloyd George's role in the war. I expect the talk to be both surprising and controversial.
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'Great War Symposium'
The first branch Great War symposium. Details TBC
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