Tuesday 17 September 2024, 2.30pm
‘Oyez, Oyez’, Rawden Kerr, Great Harwood Town Crier, will give an instructive, but light-hearted talk on the job of Town Criers through the ages, and what their relevance is today.
Rawden won the 2023 British Championship’s ‘Best Content of Cry’ award and took the ‘Real Lancashire Cry’ to Parliament in November 2023 to mark Lancashire Day.
Members £3, Non members £5, Refreshments £1. Higherford Methodist Church, Barrowford BB8 9NY
Tuesday 22 October 2024, 7.30pm
FoPH AGM followed by a talk, book sales, and refreshments. ‘A teacher should stay at the school each dinner hour to prevent it being demolished’.
A look back at Schools in Thornton-in-Craven and Elslack from the mid 19th century to the 1970s by Vera Brearey, author of a 2023 book published by Earby History Society.
No charge. Higherford Methodist Church, Barrowford BB8 9NY