Lecture Programme 2026

All our lectures will now be held on the second Tuesday of the month, October to April. The venue is the Toby Carvery (L39 1NN)  situated at the Five Ways junction on the A59 Ormskirk bypass commencing  at 2.30pm

Parking is available

All members are invited to join us, the lectures are free and you may bring guests.  There is nominal charge of £2.00 for non members of ODANTM

 

6TUESDAY JANUARY 13th 2026

We welcome back Ken Pye who today will give us a talk entitled

Curious and Amazing Tales of Merseyside.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10th 2026

Today our friend Mervyn Saunders will give us another of his

fascinating talks entitled Sox, Drapes and Rock and Roll

TUESDAY MARCH 10th 2026

Today Norman Harris will give us a fascinating talk entitled

‘China. A long way to go for a Chinese’

 TUESDAY 14TH APRIL 2026

Today we will be entertained to a talk by Jean Finney entitled  ‘The origin of nursery rhymes’.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH For our first talk of the Autumn season  Francis Raftery will wow us with her talk entitled “The Royal Personal Jewels.”

TUESDAY OCTOBER 13TH 2026

Today we welcome the return of Keith Hick who will abandon the railways to give us a talk entitled ‘Wings over Sefton’

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10TH 2026

Josephine Gosling will give us a talk entitled ‘Ambles past architecture’

TUESDAY DECEMBER 8TH 2026

Following our AGM we will be given a talk by a member of staff from Rufford Old Hall