To make things clearer, we've colour coded the type of meeting:
[ ] Blue is for regular Members' Evenings,
[ ] Green is for Evenings where a visiting speaker will make a presentation, and
[ ] Red is for the AGM. Be there, or be on the Committee next year!
- 2nd September 2008 The Season opens with an evening for Members to display their collections of stamps and philatelic material relating to 'Former Countries of Africa.'
- 7th October 2008 This evening we welcome the first of our visiting Speakers for the year. Mr Arthur Roberts, now of the Marple PS but formerly the Secretary of our own Club, will tell us 'The British Postcard Story.'
- 4th November 2008 Our second visiting Speaker for the year is Mr P Williams, from the Crosby PS, who will be excavating a rich seam of material to do with 'Coal Mining.'
- 2nd December 2008 In 2007 the December meeting took the form of a Quiz evening against the Preston PS. This year, the evening will comprise: what? A surprise! Will it be a return match, or Call My Bluff, or Just a Minute? Only Ralph knows!
- 6th January 2009 Appropriately for the post-Christmas season, with its focus on matters spiritual, this evening will concentrate the minds of Members who will be addressing the subjects of 'Saints and Sinners.'
- 3rd February 2009 This evening we return to a theme which is ever the same and always different. Members will tell us and show us many interesting things relating to the letter 'J' and the letter 'P'
- 3rd March 2009 This evening we welcome the third visiting Speaker of our philatelic Season. Mr G Mellor, from the Stockport PS, will offer us a truly extra-terrestrial experience with his presentation on 'Space and the Apollo Project.'
- 7th April 2009 This is Competition Evening, when Members will compete for the John Winter Trophy, which is awarded for the best exhibit of stamps and philatelic material forming a Thematic Collection.
- 5th May 2009 The AGM. Not just the AGM but also the Club Auction, the success of which will decide whether or not we need to change the subscription for next year! Come equipped with things to sell, and cash to buy. (And if you aren't at the meeting you may find yourself on the Committee next year...)
- 2nd June 2009 The final meeting of the season revisits one of the most popular subjects on our calendar: A Slice of Postcard Pie is just right for summer. Now where did I put the cream...?
The 2007-2008 Season was full of interest, education, and fun. This is what hobbies should be about, after all. Just so we remember it all clearly, the details are forever archived - or at least until this page gets too long.
- 4th September 2007 Club Members will give displays on the themes of 'I' and 'Q' Hopefully these will turn out to have been an intelligent choice!
- 2nd October 2007 How much about our past do we know? Mr Arthur Roberts will present his fascinating disply of Southport Postal History.
- 6th November 2007 The theme for the evening is 'Entertainment' which could well include those members displaying pages from their collections.
- 4th December 2007 This evening we welcome our colleagues from the Preston Philatelic Society, whom we shall then attempt to beat at a Stamp Quiz. May the best team win!
- 8th January 2008 A suitable post-New-Year miscellany of Members' displays, on the themes of 'Wine, Women, or Song.'
- 5th February 2008 Mr Peter Rooke will follow in the footsteps of the Vikings, with a presentation on the Stamps and Postal History of Denmark.
- 4th March 2008 Mr Alan Rigby will be giving us a full-steam-ahead presentation about 'Preserving the Legend: Flying Scotsman.'
- 1st April 2008 The Club's three trophies will be competed for once again. Great Britain, Thematic, and Open categories are available.
- 6th May 2008 This meeting is our Annual General Meeting. But it is not just the AGM. There will also be an auction of members' surplus stock for Club Funds.
- 3rd June 2008 What better way to close the Season than with a helping of Postcard Pie? A little bit of this and that, with a cartophilatelic theme. Members' displays of postcardiana!
- 5th September 2006 Club Members will give displays on themes or subjects beginning with the letters 'H' or 'R' Will they be Holland, or Helvetia or even Haberdasher? Rhyme, Reason, or Reality? Who knows!
- 3rd October 2006 Postcard Pie - Slices of Members' favourite postcards. This is where we see the cream of our Members' collections!
- 7th November 2006 Mr M W Everiss from the Burnley and District Philatelic Society will open his files on 'The Russian Civil War 1918-1923' Dos vedanya, Tovarich! Farewell Comrade!
- 5th December 2006 Mr M Carroll from the Garstang Stamp Club will be making a presentation on 'The German Occupation of the Channel Islands.' This display will be newly returned from Preston's Twin Town, Rechlinghausen.
- 9th January 2007 Setting the scene for the New Year, Members will show material with the theme 'Red, White & Blue' with the subject matter limited only by imagination! Well worth taking part, or even just coming along to see...
- 6th February 2007 Mr Graham Booth will present his Gold Medal winning display of the stamps of the Cayman Islands
- 6th March 2007 The theme for the evening is 'Famous for Five Minutes' which could well include all those Members displaying pages from their collections!
- 3rd April 2007 Looking to plan this year's holidays? Philatelic illustrations of 'My Favourite Island' from Members' collections may well help you choose.
- 8th May 2007 This meeting is our Annual General Meeting. But it is not just the Annual General Meeting, there will also be an auction of Members' surplus stock for Club Funds.
- 5th June 2007 The Club's three trophies will be competed for once again as the main event of the last meeting of the 2006-2007 season
- 6th September 2005 Club Members will give displays on themes or subjects beginning with letters 'G' or 'S'
- 4th October 2005 Bill Ross from Birkenhead Philatelic Society will give a presentation on the stamps and postal history of Greenland. 1st November 2005 Club Members will give short presentations on the subject of 'Languages'
- 6th December 2005 Mike Phelan from Wallasey Philatelic Society will give a presentation on the subject of the British Postal Agencies in the Arabian Gulf
- 3rd January 2006 Club Members will give short displays on the theme of 'Royalty'
- 7th February 2006 Club Members will show material associated with 'Sport'
- 7th March 2006 Our own Members Robert Flamman and Colin Bedford will give displays on the Crimean War and VE day. 4th April 2006 The theme of the meeting this month is 'Postcard Pie' which can mean more or less whatever you want it to mean!
- 25th April 2005 John Lindley from Bury Philatelic Society will show his extensive collection of New Zealand commemoratives.
- 9th May 2006 This meeting is our Annual General Meeting. But it is not just the Annual General Meeting, there will also be an auction of Members' surplus stock for Club Funds.
- 6th June 2006 The last meeting of this year is Competition Night, when no fewer than three trophies are up for grabs.