Our interests include:
- Illustrated talks, Discovery Days, tours and day visits for our members. Non-members are very welcome to join us, too, but if you become a member you will learn about our events, visits and tours well in advance, giving you the best chance of booking.
- Meeting others socially with similar interests. We also hold occasional lunches, sometimes after an optional walk to or around a place of local interest. These lunches are held at hotels or restaurants in the area.
- Voluntary work in historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe and Port Eliot, giving you an unparalleled insight into these very special places.
- Recording churches and their contents, such as our project at St Wenna Church, Morval, by a small group of Church Recorders; the satisfaction you can derive from this intriguing activity includes the knowledge that should any kind of disaster befall the church, its restoration will be made much easier through your work.
- Working towards developing the arts for the young people and community groups in our area. Many young people are full of enthusiasm for the arts, but find it difficult to establish an outlet, so our help can be invaluable to them. Similarly supporting disadvantaged people through the arts is equally important.
- Travelling together on trips of varying lengths either in this country or abroad in a small group staying in a comfortable hotel, eating and drinking well and visiting places of interest. This is a good opportunity to get to know some of your fellow members really well.
Meetings
Our programme (and annual membership subscription) runs from January to December, with a break in the summer; we meet in the Liskeard Public Hall in West Street, usually on the 2nd Tuesday of the month (check the Talks page). (If you come as a guest we ask you for £12 per person at the door and if you join us that same day, the £12 is deducted from your annual sub.)
There is plenty of car parking nearby (at the time of writing, it's free of charge in the evenings). The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits, wine and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Once a year we hold an AGM, usually lasting 15 minutes, before the talk, so we open for refreshments 15 minutes earlier as well.
Discovery Days
These are held from time to time, usually twice a year. The aim is to look at a subject in greater depth than is possible in an illustrated talk and to give you the opportunity to consider and discuss original material with an expert. Some Discovery Days involve more of a practical element. At a recent focussing on the history of glassmaking, we could bring our own piece of glass to share with the group and learn more about it from our speaker. Other days have involved visits that enhance the speaker's talk, West Country canals being a case in point.
Members and non-members may attend and booking is required; the fee for the day varies, around £30 per person. If you're interested please click on the Discovery Days tab, or click on the Contact Us tab and ask for more information via the contact form, or visit the documents page for a Discovery Days Booking Form - Click Here
Visits and Tours
We revel in our tours, Umbria was back in May 2017. But our own local delights must not be forgotten. Recently it was wonderful to be taken on a tour of Ugbrooke House and Gardens, the house designed by Robert Adams, the gardens by Capability Brown. Our visits also include day trips to museums and art galleries.
There is always more to follow, but meantime please tell us where you would like to go, a trip on the Bodmin steam railway? Castle Drogo? a few days in Brighton? what do you think? Please tell us!
For more information on Visits/Tours, previous and future, please Click Here. Any Booking Forms are available under the Documents tab
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