OUR PROGRAM FOR 2026

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Natural History and Geology Section - meet the second Monday of the month, September through to April.

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Local History and Archaeology Section - meet the fourth Monday of the month, September through to April.

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The Natural History and Geology Section and the Local History and Archaeology Section meetings are held in the St Bernadette's Church Hall, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2RS, starting at 7.15pm. ALL ARE WELCOME TO OUR MEETINGS BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A £5 ENTRY CHARGE FOR NON-MEMBERS. 

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Art Group Meetings are held in St Hugh's Church Hall, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2AG. New times are:-
Tuesdays - 7.00pm to 8.30pm
Wednesdays -  10.00am to 12.30pm.

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January   Ongoing    Completion of Spring Entries

 

February  Ongoing    Framing and Presentation.

                        For Spring Exhibition.

March     28/03/26  Spring Exhibition & Awards.

 

April       03-06/04/26 Easter Exhibition at Normanby Hall.

August     28-30/08/26 Summer Exhibition at Normanby Hall.

 

Where dates are shown as "Ongoing", this means no specific events are planned but members will be actively preparing for the forthcoming Spring Adjudication event.

 

Further details will be made available on our WhatsApp group or by contacting Secretary Linda Marshall via the group email sms066@gmail.com or contact​​ Brian Skelton on 07881 314445.​

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 Natural History and Geology Section - 

Monday, 14th September, 2026

"Paul Hildreth, our well-known geologist and Society member, will be giving his talk entitled "Geochronology - How geologists deal with time".​

Paul will enlighten us as to how geologists break down the approximately 4500 million years of the Earth's existence into manageable, universally accepted time-scale "chunks", and the changes with progression.

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      Local History and Archaeology Section -

    Monday, 28th September, 2026

 "The History of Papermaking in Lincolnshire". Hugh Nott will outline the processes involved, examine all the known sites in the county and comment on the families involved in this major industry that lasted from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, until the onset of mechanical papermaking overwhelmed local producers around 1830.​

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 Natural History and Geology Section - 

Monday,12th October, 2026

"The Return of Cranes to Lincolnshire", David Cohen will give us an insight into the cranes of LWT's Willow Tree Fen reserve and further hopes for their future in Lincolnshire.

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Local History and Archaeology Section -

Monday, 26th October, 2026

Michael Credland, BEM Branch Secretary of the Lincoln and North Lincolnshire Western Front Association will give us a talk on "The Lincolnshire Yeomanry" from the Regiment's foundation in 1901 to its disbandenment in 1920.

 

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 Natural History and Geology Section - 

Monday, 9th November, 2026

"Kittiwakes"- an Internet presentation using Zoom technology by Martin Kincaid of Milton Keynes Natural History Society, arranged through our Society member Paul Manchester. This is our first attempt at this type of presentation and should open up a wider field for obtaining speakers and varied presentations with much less cost.

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Local History and Archaeology Section -

Monday, 23rd November, 2026

Dr Kevin Leahy, a life member of our Society and a regular speaker for us, and who is the National Advisor to the British Museum for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, will give a talk on "Some of My Favourite Things". Kevin covers an archaeological ​

​career of more than fifty years including those things that "stick in the memory" that he still enjoys remembering.

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ALL SECTIONS MEETING

Monday, 7th December, 2026

The Society AGM, when reports for the year are given followed by the resignation of the committee officials for the last year and a new committee to be elected for those who do not seek re-election.

This year the AGM also includes three proposals for altering the organisation of the Society by forming a single administrative committee and maximum terms of office for the officials which, if accepted, then results in a new constitution to be accepted.  

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ALL SECTIONS MEETING​​

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Natural History and Geology Section 

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Local History and Archaeology Section

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Art Group - ​​

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Local History and Archaeology Section - 

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Art Group + Natural History & Geology Section + Local History and Archaeology Section 

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