A Monthly Meeting is held on the second Monday of the month (approximately every 4-5 weeks except August) in Lorton Street Methodist Church rooms at 2pm.
Limited parking is available at the venue. We aim for a variety of activities at the meetings, including visiting speakers and 'entertainment' organised by some of our groups. The list below details the current programme.
Free Tea or Coffee and biscuits follow the main part of the meeting.
At present there is no charge for attendance at monthly meetings
| Subject | Barrow to Baghdad and back again |
| Date | 13th April 2026 at 2pm |
| Speaker | Philip Caine |
| Venue | Methodist Hall |
Having worked for many years in the oil industry, Philip is now a writer and public speaker. As well as his time in Iraq, the talk will cover spells in North Africa, Kazakhstan and Russia. He will bring it up-to-date by also telling us about his ongoing career writing detective novels.
| Subject | Uzbekistan |
| Date | 11th May 2026 at 2 pm |
| Speaker | Anthony Hope |
| Venue | Lorton St |
The Golden Road to Samarkand
| Subject | The David Nott Foundation |
| Date | 8th June 2026 at 2pm |
| Speaker | James Gough |
| Venue | Lorton St |
| Subject | Strawberry Tea |
| Date | 13th July 2026 at 2pm |
| Speaker | Drama Group |
| Venue | Lorton St |
| Subject | Tales of a Customs Officer - Part 2 |
| Date | 14th September 2026 at 2pm |
| Speaker | Brian Topping |
| Venue | Lorton St |
| Subject | Cumbria - 1000 years of maps |
| Date | 12th October 2026 at 2pm |
| Speaker | David Felton |
| Venue | Lorton St |
