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Events
ANIMAL RESCUE CUMBRIA OPEN DAY
Animal Rescue Cumbria, the charity long associated with Alfred and Betty Wainwright is to hold an open day on Sunday 3rd August. [more]
 ANNUAL
MEMORIAL LECTURE 2008
The Wainwright Society is pleased to announce that this year’s
memorial lecture will take place on Saturday 11th October at 6pm, when
the speaker will be Derry Brabbs. [more]
KESWICK MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2008
The Wainwright Society and members are pleased to support the 2008 Cumberland
Ale Keswick Mountain Festival. [more]
THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of the Wainwright Society was held on Saturday
19 January 2008 at Staveley Village Hall, Cumbria. [more]
ALFRED WAINWRIGHT CENTENARY EXHIBITION
Great
Harwood Library exhibition of original Alfred Wainwright material.
It includes sketches, letters and photographs and will be displayed
until 29th February 2008.
THE WAINWRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE 2007
 The
fifth Wainwright Memorial Lecture was given by Cameron McNeish at Rheged
on Saturday 20 October 2007. Our sincere thanks to Cameron for entertaining
us so memorably on the night. [more]
THE WAINWRIGHT SOCIETY AUTUMN DINNER
 Arising from popular demand at this year’s AGM, the Society
held a three-course dinner on Saturday 29 September 2007 at the Castle Green
Hotel, Kendal, Cumbria. [more]
KESWICK MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2007
Our Chairman, Eric Robson, presented a lecture at the Theatre by The Lake, as
part of the programme of events organised for the inaugural Keswick Mountain
Festival. [more]
THE WAINWRIGHT COAST TO COAST CHALLENGE
As part of
the Wainwright Society’s initiative to have the Coast
to Coast walk’s status elevated to that of a National Trail the
Society is planning a project which will require significant participation
by members. [more]
THE WAINWRIGHT CENTENARY 2007
In January 2007 we celebrated the centenary
of Wainwright’s birth... [more]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2007
Eighty-seven members gathered in the crypt of Blackburn Cathedral
and Eric Robson chaired the fourth Annual General Meeting of the Wainwright
Society. [more]
EVEREST - THE EASY WAY
The Wainwright Society in participation with the Keswick Mountain
Festival is challenging members to climb Everest – the easy way!
[more]
50 BEST WALKS
The
Wainwright Society proposes to produce a book of the 50 Best Walks in
Lakeland. The submission of these walks is limited to members of the
Society and is free. [more]
THE WAINWRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE 2006
 Stuart
Maconie waved his magic wand and the audience was spellbound by his
tales of fellwalking experiences whilst “bagging” the 214
fells depicted in AW’s pictorial guides. ... [more]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2006
The Third Annual General Meeting of the Wainwright Society
was held on Saturday 25th March 2006 at Kendal Town Hall, followed
by an illustrated lecture by Derry Brabbs. [more]
THE GREAT WESTMORLAND CHALLENGE
Following the success this year of "The Great Lakeland Challenge” we
are now looking at a similar exercise for 2006 for members to participate in...
[more]
THE WAINWRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE 2005
 It
was a game of two halves. Eric Robson treated us to
twenty minutes of anecdotes from the T.V. series that he made with A.W.,
interspersed with snippets from Hunter Davies’ books. Then the
passionate part of the afternoon began... [more]
A Walker'S
PENNINE JOURNEY
Having, after early retirement in 1991, read "A Pennine Journey” it
seemed natural to try to devise a route that would take in as many
as possible of the places mentioned on the route that AW took. [more]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2005
Minutes from the second Annual General Meeting of The Wainwright
Society on Saturday 19th March 2005 within Kendal Town Hall. [more]
THE GREAT LAKELAND CHALLENGE
In May 1955 Alfred Wainwright published the first of his Pictorial
Guides to the Lake District. The Wainwright Society is marking this
event by recording the ascent of all 214 fells in the Pictorial Guides
and those in the Outlying Fells in one week in May. [more]
THE WAINWRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE 2004
The 2004 lecture was given by Richard Wakeford of the Countryside
Agency on the subject of 'Open Access'.. [details]
WAINWRIGHT EXHIBITION
A fascinating exhibition looking at the life and works of Alfred
Wainwright the well known fell walker, author and artist, opened at Kendal
Museum on Saturday 1 May 2004. ..[details]
THE WAINWRIGHT SOCIETY AGM 2004
was held at Kendal Town Hall on Saturday
24th January, followed by a slide illustrated lecture
by Derry Brabbs , renowned photographer, who worked on the majority
of colour books with AW. ..[report]
WAINWRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE 2003
Hunter Davies gave the inaugural Wainwright Society Lecture at the
Rheged Discovery Centre near Penrith on Saturday, September 6th.
..
[report]
THE WAINWRIGHT WALK - 26/04/03
'In Wainwright style we boarded the 'bus for Dunmail Raise and after a briefing
from Mark, at about noon, the party traversed across the foot of Seat Sandal
and ascended Raise Beck. ..[more]
INAUGURAL MEETING
The inaugural meeting of "The Wainwright Society" was held
on November 9th 2002 at Ambleside Youth Hostel. This was followed by
a walk to the summit of Dove Crag, as "A.W." had done 50
years.. [report] |
