FRIENDS of MUSEUM LECTURES
Friends of Museum £3, or £4 for others, at the door
Contact Helen Bainbridge 01748 884118 or
museum.swaledale@btinternet.org for more information

17 February: Helen Bainbridge, ‘‘Prehistoric City in Swaledale’: Antiquarian and Archaeological Discoveries’, 2pm Reeth Methodist Chapel Schoolroom

31 March: Duncan Bythell: ‘Swaledale: A Rural Backwater? Change and Decay 1890-1950’, 2pm Reeth Methodist Chapel Schoolroom

14 April:Keith Sweetmore, ‘Mapping Swaledale and Arkengarthdale’, 7.30pm Swaledale Museum

4 May: Visit to Wenham Study Centre Archives in Richmond, contact Museum

26 May: Reuben Frankau, ‘The Rise and Fall of Percivals Part 2’, 7.30pm Swaledale Museum

23 June: Alan Mills, ‘John Hardy Memorial Lecture on Lead Mining’,7.30 pm Swaledale Museum

21 July: Jill Curry Memorial Lecture,‘Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Dale’, 7.30pm Swaledale Museum

11 August: Dave Weedon, ‘Pioneering Photographers of the Yorkshire Dales 1840s-1914’, 7.30pm Swaledale Museum

22 September: Fiona Savine & Pete Roe, ‘Highlights of New Research on Local Lead Mining’,7.30pm Swaledale Museum

20 October: Jane Hatcher, ‘Timothy Hutton of Clifton Castle’, 2pm Reeth Methodist Chapel Schoolroom

17 November: Kate Trusson, ‘Swaledale Quilts and Quiltmaking’, 2pm, Reeth Methodist Chapel

MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS

KNITTING CAFE DATES:

Everyone welcome, meet Mondays 2 pm either in Museum or member’s house, call 01748 88411 for details.
22 February, 22 March, 26 April, 24 May, 21 June, 26 July, 23 August, 27 September, 25 October & 22 November. See us at Woolfest on 26 June.

SPECIAL LECTURE:

Thursday 13 May: Book Launch and Lecture ‘A Walk Through the Dales in 1879 from Skipton to Richmond’ by the author Alan Plowright,
7.30pm in Swaledale Museum. Tickets £3/£4

EXHIBITION:

9 May to 27 June. A Stitch in Time - Samplers from the Dales - Past and Present celebrates the art of the sampler from the 1700s to current work from the Richmond and Leyburn Embroiderers'Guild. Part of the Swaledale Festival, open everyday from 10.30- 5.30

CONVERSATIONS IN CRAFT:

A series of Saturday evening interviews with local craftspeople, this year will include Heather Ritchie (rugmaker), Phillip Bastow (cabinetmaker), Josie Kyme (stained glass artist) and Ray Davies (potter)
22 May, 5 June, 19 June and 3 July, 7.30 pm in Swaledale Museum, contact 01748 884118 to book or for more information.