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South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre The Old Grammar School Church Road, Leyland Tel: 01772 422041 Tuesday & Friday 10am-4pm, Thursday 1-4pm, Saturday 10am-1pm Children must be accompanied by an adult www.southribblemuseum.org.uk April 9th - May 4th Those Magnificent Men Programme of Events Winter & Spring 2019 www.southribblemuseum.org.uk Saturday 13th April - 11am Official Opening. Saturday 27th April - 10.30am - 12.30pm ‘Family History Workshop’ with members of Preston Family History Society. Saturday 4th May - 10.30am - 12.30pm ‘An Introduction to Metal Detecting’ Bill Rigby. William Chambers, an electrical engineer by profession, served in the Great War as a photographic reconnaissance officer with 49 Squadron in Kent. His work is a remarkable testament to the precarious nature of early flight, and the brave men on both sides who took the war into the air. May 7th - June 8th 2019 South Ribble Primary Schools Art Exhibition See The Story of Leyland . . . now a permanent exhibition upstairs in the museum Thursday 14th March - 7pm - 8.30pm ‘Special evening opening to view the exhibition’. 7.30pm ‘Presentation of certificates’ in the Parish Church. Saturday 16th March - 11am Let There Be Light: The History of the Lancashire Electrical Industry 1890-1940’. Illustrated lecture by Colin Dickinson. Saturday 23rd March - 10am - 1pm Leyland in Focus’ Continuous film show, featuring among others, the Damp Brother’s 1964 film of life in town, and the construction of the Tesco superstore. Saturday 30th March - 10.30am - 12.30pm ‘Painting in Acrylics’ Art Demonstration by David Jaundrell. Saturday 6th April - 10.30am ‘Stewart Whillis’s Clock Workshop’ followed by Illustrated talk at 11am ‘The Story of Big Ben’, with an update on the current work.

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South Ribble Museum& Exhibition Centre

South Ribble Museum & Exhibition CentreThe Old Grammar School

Church Road, LeylandTel: 01772 422041

Tuesday & Friday 10am-4pm, Thursday 1-4pm, Saturday 10am-1pm

Children must be accompanied by an adultwww.southribblemuseum.org.uk

April 9th - May 4thThose Magnificent Men

Programmeof Events

Winter & Spring 2019

www.southribblemuseum.org.uk

Saturday 13th April - 11amOfficial Opening.

Saturday 27th April - 10.30am - 12.30pm‘Family History Workshop’ with members of Preston Family History Society.

Saturday 4th May - 10.30am - 12.30pm‘An Introduction to Metal Detecting’Bill Rigby.

William Chambers, an electrical engineer by profession, served in the Great War as a photographic reconnaissance officer with 49 Squadron in Kent.His work is a remarkable testament to the precarious nature of early flight, and the brave men on both sides who took the war into the air.

May 7th - June 8th2019 South Ribble Primary Schools

Art Exhibition

See The Story of Leyland . . . now a permanent exhibition upstairs in the museum

Thursday 14th March - 7pm - 8.30pm ‘Special evening opening to view the exhibition’. 7.30pm ‘Presentation of certificates’ in the Parish Church.

Saturday 16th March - 11am ‘Let There Be Light: The History of the Lancashire Electrical Industry 1890-1940’. Illustrated lecture by Colin Dickinson.

Saturday 23rd March - 10am - 1pm ‘Leyland in Focus’ Continuous film show, featuring among others, the Damp Brother’s 1964 film of life in town, and the construction of the Tesco superstore.

Saturday 30th March - 10.30am - 12.30pm‘Painting in Acrylics’ Art Demonstration by David Jaundrell.

Saturday 6th April -10.30am ‘Stewart Whillis’s Clock Workshop’ followed by Illustrated talk at 11am ‘The Story of Big Ben’, with an update on the current work.

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Feb 5th – March 2ndLancashire

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Saturday 5th January - 11am ‘Exploring Leyland’s Medieval Church’ Local History walk led by David Hunt.

Saturday 12th January - 10.30am ‘Stewart Whillis’s Clock Workshop’ followed by Illustrated talk at 11am ‘Nineteenth Century French Clocks’.

Saturday 19th January - 10.30am - 12.30pm‘Painting in Acrylics’ Art Demonstration by David Jaundrell.

Saturday 26th January - 11am‘The History and Enjoyment of the Cumberland Coast Railway’ Illustrated talk by David Hindle.

Saturday 2nd February - 11am‘Shoes for the People: Clog Making in Leyland’ Illustrated talk by Michael Jackson.

Jan 3rd – Feb 2ndFocus on Leyland

A chance to see photographs and rarelyseen objects from the Museum Collection

March 5th – April 6th2019 South Ribble High Schools Art Exhibition

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Thursday 7th February - 2pm‘From Stonehenge to the Orkneys: Neolithic Cultures in the British Isles’ Illustrated talk by David Hunt.

Saturday 9th February - 11am ‘Official Opening by the Mayor of South Ribble’.

Saturday 16th February - 11am‘Lancashire - A Journey into the Wild’ Illustrated talk. Local author John Lamb explores the untamed corners of the county including South Ribble and Central Lancashire.

Saturday 23rd February - 10.30am - 12.30pm‘Family History Workshop’ with members of Preston Family History Society.

Saturday 2nd March - 11am‘Air Photographs and Local History’ Illustrated talk by David Hunt. Reading our area’s past from early photographs.

Saturday 9th March - 10.30am - 12.30pm ‘New Techniques: Watercolour on Canvas’ Art Demonstration by Pam Potter.

Sunday 10th March -2 - 4pm ‘Afternoon opening for Crocus Sunday’.2.30pm ‘The Lost Leyland Map of 1740’. Local History Walk with David Hunt exploring the village with a recently rediscovered map.

Courtesy of Lancashire Archives (DDF 2047)