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1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Date/Time: 08 October 2024 10:00 am - 11:15 am

Price: Free

Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday and Sunday: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 12 – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm

The 1152 Club is a history and heritage talks series for people aged 55 and over, held at Abbey House Museum.

A free, heritage themed talk series for over 55s. We meet in the Gatehouse at Abbey House Museum one Tuesday a month. Doors open at 10am and talks begin at 10.15am. Tea and coffee is provided on a Pay As You Feel basis. To find out more on individual talks please email Abbey.House@leeds.gov.uk

Drop in, no booking required.

7 July Prem Mistry, volunteer at Thackray Medical Museum – Pharmacy of the past from behind the counter

6 Aug Pat Bourne, Assistant Community Curator at Abbey House Museum – Then and Now: Some Comparative Snapshots of Leeds Past and Present with

10 Sep Jackie Depelle, family historian – A Grand Day Out

8 Oct TBC

5 Nov Malcolm Johnson, historian – The 1980s

3 Dec Belinda May, puppeteer – Workhouse Stories


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