Monthly Meetings

Held at Sacred Heart Church Hall at 7:30pm. Last Wednesday of the Month (except December)

Monthly Meetings

All are welcome, members and non-members and its FREE!

They are held on the last Wednesday of the month (except December). Programmes are subject to change
All meetings held at Sacred Heart Church Hall, Liverpool Road, PR8 3BP at 7:30pm

2026 & 2027 Meetings

  • 28th January 2026
    Bernard Nevin – There Are Places I Remember (The men who made the Beatles)
  • 25th February 2026
    Jim Taylor – Early Years In Earlstown
  • 25th March 2026
    Sandie Keene – Pilates
  • 29th April 2026
    John Coventry – In My Liverpool Home
  • 27th May 2026
    Helen Stanbury – Ainsdale Lunch & Leisure
  • 24th June 2026
    Jon Gordon – Me Cycle: Social Enterprise Explained
  • 29th July 2026
    Julie Kershaw – Liverpool Department Stores
  • 26th August 2026
    Jacqueline Webb – Homewatch
  • 30th September 2026
    Elle Marshall – Woodvale & Ainsdale Community Association
  • 28th October 2026
    Liz – Queenscourt Hospice
  • 25th November 2026
    David Eccles – The Village Vet Re-visited
  • 27th January 2027
    Bernard Nevin – Margery Booth (Opera singer & WW2 Spy)
  • 24th February 2027
    Justine Shenton – MacMillan Support
  • 31st March 2027
    Terry Durrance – More rubbish from me

2025 Meetings

  • 29th January 2025
    Eric Woodcock – Forgotten Journey – The first crossing of Antarctica
  • 26th February 2025
    Caroline Derbyshire – Carousal Wellbeing Choir
  • 26th March 2025
    Patrick Evans – D Day to VE Day
  • 30th April 2025
    Alan Foxall – Getting Your Garden Ready
  • 28th May 2025
    Bernard Nevin – The Men Who Made The Beatles 
  • 25th June 2025
    Bill Armstrong – The World’s Greatest Liar
  • 30th July 2025
    Julie Kershaw – William Lever: Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
  • 27th August 2025
    Keith Hicks – Cheshire Line Railway to Southport
  • 24th September 2025
    The NW Air Ambulance
  • 29th October 2025
    Joan Braid – Ainsdale WW2 US Aircraft Crash
  • 26th November 2025
    Frank Hyland – More Women Who Changed The World
  • TBA
    AGM

2024 Meetings

  • 31st January 2024
    Molly Frost – “Red Squirrel Project”
  • 28th February 2024
    Frank Hyland – “Women who Changed the World”
  • 27th March 2024
    Brenda Porter – “In Bloom”
  • 24th April 2024
    TBA –  “Southport Lifeboat”
  • 29th May 2024
    Eric Woodcock – “Lanky Lekkies”
  • 26th June 2024
    Francine Sagar – “Bee Safari to Uganda”
  • 31st July 2024
    Jean Finney – “The Origin of Nursery Rhymes (2)”
  • 28th August 2024
    Julie Kershaw – “History of the Chinese in Liverpool”
  • 25th September 2024
    Bernard Nevin Walker R.N – “The Fighting Captain & U-Boat Killer”
  • 30th October 2024
    Terry Durrance – “The Melodies Linger On“
  • 27th November 2024
    Annual General Meeting TBA

2023 Meetings

  • 25th January 2023
    Eric Woodcock – “Sydney Opera House”
  • 22nd February 2023
    Tom Preston – “Great Lancashire Comedians”
  • 29th March 2023
    Harry Kessler BEM – “Fleeing the Nazis”
  • 26th April 2023
    Carl & Cheryl Craven –  “Update on EDDA”
  • 31st May 2023
    Jim Finn – “The Life of Frankie Vaughan”
  • 28th June 2023
    Stuart Elliott – “English Village History” 
  • 26th July 2023
    Francine Sager – “Bee Safari to Uganda”
  • 30th August 2023
    Terry Durrance – “Reflections on Life in the 50s”
  • 27th September 2023
    Les French – “Frank Hornby”
  • 25th October 2023
    Jean Finley – “The Origin of Nursery Rhymes“
  • 29th November 2023
    AGM

2022 Meetings

  • 26th January 2022
    Eddie Vanner – ‘Introduction to the Night Sky’
  • 23rd February 2022
    Carol Codd – ‘Anicdotes of a Registrar’
  • 30th March 2022
    David Hearn – ‘Cunard’
  • 27th April 2022
    Charles O’Hara – ‘Talking Newspapers’
  • 25th May 2022
    David Roscoe – ‘Albert Dock’
  • 29th June 2022
    Dame Lorna Muirhead
  • 27th July 2022
    Jeff Lyon – ‘Cambodia’
  • 31st August 2022
    Elaine Allen – ‘Lady Docker’
  • 28th September 2022
    Martyn Griffiths – ‘Treasures of The Atkinson’
  • 26th October 2022
    Karen Corbett – ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’
  • 30th November 2022
    A.G.M.

2021 Meetings

  • 29th September 2021
    Business Meeting Only – This will be a ‘catch up’ on what we have done during the past year. There will be no speaker at this meeting.
  • 27th October 2021
    Sue Green – ‘The Woodland Trust’
  • 24th November 2021
    A.G.M. – McMillan Singers

2020 Meetings

  • Wed 29th January 2020
    Elaine Allen – “How to be a Blue Badge Guide”
  • Wed 26th February 2020
    Trevor Davenport – “National Treasures of the Sefton Coast”
  • Wed 25th March 2020
    Carol Codd – “Anecdotes of a Registrar – Customs and Traditions”
  • Wed 29th April 2020
    Martyn Griffiths – “Photos of Old Southport”
  • Wed 27th May 2020
    Sue Green – “Woodland Trust”
  • Wed 24th June 2020
    Charles O’Hara – “Talking Newspapers”
  • Wed 29th July 2020
    David Hearn – “Cunard”
  • Wed 26th August 2020
    Neil McQuade – 50 years before the Mast” (Merchant Navy)
  • Wed 30th September 2020
    Eddie Vanner – “Introduction to the Night Sky”
  • Wed 28th October 2020
    David Roscoe – “Albert Dock”
  • Wed 25th November 2020
    A.G.M. – Dame Lorna Muirhead