Events Spring Conference

The Bailey Ground Hotel, Seascale

(on the sea front. Post Code CA20 1NP)

PROGRAMME 

Seascale Spring Conference

Saturday 11 April 2026

10.00 Registration and coffee.

10.30 Joseph Ritson, Researching World War II and family history.

Joseph has been researching World War II, through family history, oral history interviews and archives in English and French. He is a volunteer for the County Archives, the BBC ‘People’s War’ Project (2003-06) and the Cleator Moor World Wars Project. He has also researched WWI.

11.30 Morning tea/coffee and biscuits.

11.45 Phil Hazlehurst, The Jefferson Rum Story.

Why the Jeffersons were important to the rum trade and to Whitehaven, and why Whitehaven was important to England. With a little bit of Rum. Story to add some spice!

13.00 A hot two-course lunch served in the restaurant overlooking the Irish Sea.

Please let us know of any special dietary requirements when you book.

14.15 Alan Cleaver, Cumbrian Postal Paths.

The author of The Postal Paths talks about the Cumbrian postal routes walked or cycled by rural postmen and women. Alan will outline the routes (which are all public paths and could be up to 20 miles long) and reveal something of the loyal public servants who walked them six days a week in all weathers until the mid-1970s, when vans took over rural deliveries.

15.15 Afternoon tea/coffee and biscuits

15.30 Patricia Clews, Old Postcards of West Cumbria.

A nostalgic look back through time from Patricia’s postcard collection of the area.

16.30 Closing address and depart.

Should any of the speakers be unable to attend an alternative will be found. To check the final programme before booking, contact  cfhs.seascale@gmail.com 

Please reserve your place(s) using the form to the right.
A printable booking form is also available.