Castleton Literary and Scientific Society
2026-2027 programme our 132nd Year
The meetings will be held in Castleton Community Centre, Manchester Road, Castleton, Rochdale, at 7pm.
25 September 2026 Presidents Evening Val Craddock A Year of Cystic Fibrosis President
9 October 2026 An Entertainer's Evening Paul Jenkins
23 October 2026 Forgotten Mill, Living Waters Adrian Cornforth
Cheeseden Valley Past and Present Local Historian
30 October 2026 Richard Marsden Pankhurst Joanna Williams
Emmelines loving comrade Historian
13 November 2026 Testimony of the Flodden Window Alende Amisi
Stained glass preserving the memory Rochdale Poet in Residence of men lost at Flodden
27 November 2026 My Early Life and Experiences in TV, Film, Theatre and Radio Allan Shalks
4 December 2026 Christmas Lunch at a local restaurant
11 December 2026 Sex and Scandal in the Victorian Era Lavinia Todd
Edith Nesbit, a life stranger than fiction Historian
8 January 2027 Open Mic Evening Barry Hobson & others
22 January 2027 Public Health and Florence Nightingale Cath Savin
29 January 2027 Unmentionables Frances Raftery Insight into ladies unseen fashions
12 February 2027 Number One Writers Group Val Chapman, Ray Stearn and Poetry Performers
26 February 2027 The Grand Tour David Cornforth An itinery of well heeled travellers in Italy
5 March 2027
Annual Lunch at a local Restaurant
12 March 2027 Annual General Meeting & Quiz Night - All welcome