Confirmed reopening, Lady Lever. 10th May

Lady Lever May 10th

Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists

A brand new exhibition exploring and celebrating the history of landscapes by women artists   Free Entry,donations welcome.

Your donation makes a real difference and can help us welcome school and community groups, care for our world-class collections and share our great museums and galleries with everyone.

The painting Blackberry Gathering by Elizabeth Adela Forbes. The painting shows a woman and two girls in the countryside picking blackberries Blackberry Gathering, Elizabeth Adela Forbes (née Armstrong), first exhibited 1912

How beautiful is this?

 Friday 10th  May Meet at Gallery @ 1.15pm  or at Maghull Station for 11.am  train ,to have lunch in lovely cafe on site.

Chatsworth House 30th May 2024

Return luxury coach travel from Maghull Square

A full day at this famous location with a splendid house and fabulous gardens

Cost is £43 per member (includes £30 entrance fee) and £5 for a guided tour of the house and a further £5 for a guided tour of the gardens

Refreshments are available at members own cost

ONLY SEVERAL PLACES LEFT , please visit AFF desk to book a place ( a number of members placed there name on the provisional list but have not yet paid) Please visit AFF desk and pay

 

Peaky Blinders Tour 2nd May 2024

The above tour will cover most if not all of the following

Luxury return coach from Maghull Square

Isla Gladstone Conservatory , The Baltic Triangle , Powis Street – Watery Lane , Canal and River Trust – Camden Town tea break , Stockport Plaza Cinema (soup and sandwich lunch included) with tour of the Plaza afterwards , Fairfield Moravian Church and a drive through Manchester to Peaky Blinders locations

Some places available Cost is £40 per member.

Please visit the AFF desk to pay George or Jeff ASAP please

 

Theatre Group

Chorus Line – The Lowry Theatre, Manchester, Saturday 27th July at 2.00 pm. Ticket price £49.00

Because the show is on in Manchester, transport will be provided. This will be approximately an additional £18.50

We will leave Maghull mid morning to allow for some shopping and lunch. (Times to be decided)

NEW DAY TRIP

We will start our day by visiting the lovely village of Ironbridge set on the banks of the River Severn, in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire.  The shops, tearooms etc. parade alongside the River Severn so you can enjoy a coffee with a view. It is also home to the iconic Iron Bridge built originally in l779. This magnificent monument stands as one of the greatest symbols of where the Industrial Revolution began and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Take a walk across the bridge, there are lovely river views either side. Visit the tiny Toll House Museum built on  the bridge which is where, in days gone by, you had to pay a toll to cross the river. For the energetic there are lovely walks along the embankment.  Then we are off to Blists Hill Victorian Town Living Museum, where you can take a step back in time and experience what everyday life was like in the late l800’s/early 1900’s. Here we can visit the shops, cottages, the Pharmacy, Candle Workshop, Blacksmiths etc. visit the Pub and buy fish and chips cooked in the old fashioned way, even use old money and lots more.

When? Wed.19th June 2024.  Dep.8.30am Ret.6pm. Seats will be on sale at our table on Tuesday 16th April. Price: £29 inc.entrance to Blists Hill

Day Trips Membership Renewal

I have a trip on the 18th April 2024 to Heskin Hall and have noticed that two or three members, on that trip, have not renewed their Membership. Our new Financial and Membership year has now started and It is important that your Membership is renewed before that date as it has knock on effects for insurance etc. So if you have not yet renewed please think about doing so. Many thanks

Another muddy ramble! And a bit of sheep herding!

 

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11 members of the Rambling group undertook a very muddy 9 mile circular walk yesterday. Starting at the beautiful village of Abbeystead near Lancaster we tramped on roads, climbed stiles and fences,(some more rickety than others)  slipped and slid on some very muddy paths, crossed waterlogged fields and nearly lost one of our group in a stream thanks to a very precarious wooden bridge! Thankfully we all returned safely if a bit dirty and mud encrusted!

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