This page holds details of all events, run both face to face and on line

All events arranged so far, both on Zoom and face to face organised by groups, are displayed in date order. The face to face meetings arranged by the groups are also show on the individual group's pages. Unfortuately this list is not best viewed on a mobile phone, so some scrolling will be necessary if that is the only way you can access it.
Date Day Time Place Subject Speaker(s)

10 December 2025

Wednesday

7.00 pm

Zoom Meeting

Curious Christmas Stories and Traditions

Ken Pye

31 December 2025

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4PF

No meeting

None - no meeting this evening

13 January 2026

Tuesday

5:30 PM

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Liverpool Group AGM and Members evening

No speaker

14 January 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

Just a sharp jab! – a brief history of vaccination

Louise Wade

26 January 2026

Monday

7:00 pm

Meeting Lane Community Centre, Meeting Lane, Penketh, Warrington WA5 2QX

AGM and a talk entitled "Four weddings and a funeral"

Philip Forshaw

28 January 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4PF

Members' Research Night with our AGM 

No speaker

03 February 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

Pills, Potions and Poisons

Louise Wade

10 February 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

18 February 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

Williamson Tunnels

Tom Stapledon

23 February 2026

Monday

7:00 pm

Meeting Lane Community Centre, Meeting Lane, Penketh, Warrington WA5 2QX

Warrington's child thieves

Members

25 February 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4PF

Members' Research Night

No speaker

03 March 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

Liverpool Women Transported to Van Diemandsland

Ian Mooney

10 March 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

18 March 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

Funeral Trains

Nicholas Wheatley

23 March 2026

Monday

7:00 pm

Meeting Lane Community Centre, Meeting Lane, Penketh, Warrington WA5 2QX

Member's evening

No speaker

25 March 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4PF

Members' Research Night

No speaker

07 April 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

Help night

No speaker

14 April 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

15 April 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

AI for Family History: What It Can (and Can't) Do for You

Linda Hammond

29 April 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4PF

Members' Research Night

No speaker

05 May 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

Nursery Rhymes part 1

Jean Finney

12 May 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

20 May 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

Family Search (from familysearch.org)

Darris Williams

02 June 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

A Trip to the Zoo (Please note no meetings in July and August)

Louise Wade

10 June 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

15 July 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

These Isles: The Story of England, Scotand, Wales and Ireland

Brian Groom

19 August 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

The Last Drop - Abolition of Public Execution

April Lewis

01 September 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

Welcome back research and help night

No speaker

15 September 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

06 October 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

AGM

No speaker

13 October 2026

Tuesday

5:30 pm

Meeting Room 2, 4th Floor, William Brown Street Library, Liverpool

Details to be announced

To be advised

21 October 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

The Mourning Brooch - Book 3

Jean Renwick

03 November 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

West Lancashire War Heroes

Dot Broady-Hawkes

18 November 2026

Wednesday

7:30 pm

Zoom meeting

Ragged, poor and mischievous or young thieves and Street Arabs

Linda Hammond

01 December 2026

Tuesday

7:30 pm

UpHolland Methodist Church , Alma Hill, UpHolland WN8 ONR

Christmas bring and share tea

No speaker

16 December 2026

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Zoom meeting

Poachers and Gangsters. The Jaques Brothers and the Notorious Long Company

Gareth Winrow