Thursday 20th May at 13.45
This will be part 2 of our walk around Hope St and the University area
following on from our walk on March 18th. Meet outside Blackburne House on Faulkner St.
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Friday 21st May South Liverpool parks. This is a repeat of last year’s popular circular walk from Liverpool South Parkway station round Woolton woods, Calderstones Park, Allerton Towers and Clarkes Gardens. Meet at Maghull station for 10.00 train to Liverpool South Parkway (via Liverpool Central). Bring a sandwich lunch.
Leader - Phil Tyas
Friday 4th June Newburgh / Ashurst - 5 miles Meet at Maghull station for 10.16 train to Ormskirk, connecting with 203 bus to Newburgh at 10.45. Bring a sandwich lunch. Names required as numbers limited by the bus capacity.
Leader Reg Moore 078587 45515
Thursday 24th June Mersey Way Meet at Maghull station for 10.00 train to South Parkway (via central) for 7.5 mile walk via Garston Village and Mersey Way to Hale Village (pub lunch available). Return by bus from Hale to Liverpool city centre.
Leader John Dougherty 526 7700
Friday 21st May at 13.30
Amazing Landscapes at the Chapel gallery, Ormskirk.
Meet at 13.30 at the venue for a tour and talk. Fee £3
Friday 18th June at 09.30
Embellished textile and fashion at the Harris gallery, Preston.
Meet at Maghull station for the 09.30 train.
Talk and tour - fee depends on numbers.
Wed.16th June – Masson Mill Derbyshire – former textile mill now a shopping outlet, museum etc. Then step back in time to a Victorian Village where the Crich Tramway Village is. Set in beautiful Derbyshire countryside. Ride the trams, shop, coffee etc. Dep.9.l5am Ret.6pm Price £l8 inc. admission and unlimited tram rides.
Fri.16th July - Leyburn, Yorkshire, with a visit to the Teapottery where they make quirky teapots, Chocolate Factory next door where we can have guided tours. On to Hawes Creamery where the world famous Wensleydale Cheese is made – Wallace and Gromits favourite. Guided tour and demonstration. Visitor Centre etc. Dep.8.30am Ret.6pm Price £15
Thurs.5th Aug – This is a new trip to Llandudno with all its attractions. Walk the Esplanade, take a tram ride up the Gt.Orme and have a coffee/bite to eat at the top with its spectacular views and maybe visit the Copper Mines. Take a vintage coach ride round the headland or the Land Tram from North Shore to West Shore. There are boat trips round the bay, shopping to please the most discerning perhaps even a paddle on its award winning Blue Standard Beach. Dep.9.l5am Ret. 6pm Price £ll
Fri.3rd Sept. - Visit Bridgnorth the lovely floral historic market town with its funicular railway linking lower and upper town . It is market day and there are plenty of shops, places to eat etc. Onto Half Penny Green Vineyard for a guided tour, cream tea. There are craft shops, a wine shop and we could even help with some harvesting!! Dep.9.l5am Ret.6pm Price £20 inc. tour/cream tea
Fri.8th Oct. – Autumn in the Lakes- see the Lakes at their best and then a sail on the National Trust Gondola on Lake Coniston. Dep.9.l5am Ret. 6pm Price £l6 inc.Gondola trip
Sat.13th Nov. – Wed.17th Nov. Turkey and Tinsel in Torquay
Thurs.25th Nov. – NEW TRIP Manchester Christmas Markets. Bigger than ever, in the top 6 in the country, huge selection of gift stalls, wonderful shopping amenities, art gallery, cafes etc. Chance to make a start on that Xmas shopping. You’re sure to find what you are looking for! Dep.9.30am Ret.5.30pm Price £7
Thurs.9th Dec. – Medievil Christmas at Mollington Bannastre Hotel, Chester. Coffee/mince pies on arrival, 3 course lunch with entertainment, carol singing and if time allows a visit to Cheshire Oaks on the way back. Dep.9.30am Ret.5pm Price £25 inclusive
This trip has been arranged for Thursday 25th November 2010 – Departing at 9.30am and Returning to Central Square at 5.30pm
Christmas Markets are now bigger than ever, set over several sites and listed in the top 6 in the country. Look for that gift with a difference. In the same area there are wonderful shopping amenities, art gallery, big selection of cafes and coffee etc.
Make a start on that all important Christmas Shopping – with such a big selection you are sure to find something for everyone. Price just £7
FUTURE EVENTS 2010-11
OCTOBER 2010
Friday 1st A Decade of Great Music Making
Grieg Piano Concerto/Tchaikovsky Selection of Ballet Music/Britten Young Person’s Guide to Music
Saturday 2nd Liverpool Wondrous Place
Liverpool is the only UK City at the 2010 World Expo
in Shanghai. Be the first to hear this amazing ‘one off’
never to be repeated concert featuring The Phil
Orchestra with hits from The Scaffold/OMD
and the Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra.
Thursday 7th Odyssey
Strauss – RosenkavalierWaltzes/Sprach Zarathustra
Schumann(ed.Mahler) Symphony No. 4.
Mahler – Blumine
Saturday 9th John Lennon Song Book
Celebrating the Anniversary of Lennon’s 70th
birthday Featuring the full Symphony Orchestra
and some of The UK’s top vocalists.
Thursday 21st Camina Burana
Featuring the Philharmonic Orchestra/Choir & Youth Choir with Ian Tracy Conductor
Brahams – Liebeslieder Waltzes
Holst – Choral Fantasia
Orff – Camina Burana
November 2010
Thursday 4th Heaven Sent (The Hottest Tickets of the Year)
Mozart – Overture II Seraglio
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Mahler – Symphony No.4
DECEMBER 2010
Thursday 16th Christmas with Carl
Join Carl Davis/The Phil Orchestra/The Liverpool Welsh Choral and Lance Ellington
Great Classics from Bach to Broadway to The Beatles
Highlights from Handel’s Messiah
McCartneys Liverpool Oratorio & Sleigh Ride
Sunday 19th Rudolph on Hope Street – 2.30 p.m. – Children £8
Join us for this one hour extravaganza for the whole family with audience
participation encouraged. Bring along those red noses and prepare to say hello to Santa
Wednesday 22nd The Spirit of Christmas
Featuring Lesley Garrett as Presenter/Soprano
With The Philharmonic Orchestra/Choir/Youth Choir
The Hall becomes a winter wonderland –
EXPECT A FEW PLEASANT SURPRISES!
Friday 31st New Year’s Eve – Celebrating Sinatra
Be part of the grooviest party in town along with the Phil
JANUARY 2011
Sunday 2nd Peter & The Wolf – Live Music &Film
Children’s tickets £8. See this Oscar winning film accompanied by the
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on the immense screen
Saturday 8th POLAR - Live Music &Film
A cinematic portrait of the Polar Kingdoms with a unique live orchestral soundtrack
arranged by the Conductor John Harle for the Philharmonic Orchestra.
See it on the immense screen. The performance lasts 75 minutes with no interval.
Thursday 27th Petrenko’s Glorious Rachmaninov
Prokofiev – Suite from Le Pas d’Acier
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 4
Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2
APRIL 2011
Saturday 9th The Wedding of Camacho
European Opera Centre at the Phil
Mendelssohn (The Wedding of Camacho)
Vasily Petrenko – Conductor
Ignacio Garcia – Director
Sung in German with English sub-titles
Wednesday 13th Don Quixote
Liste – Mephisto Waltz No.1
Strauss – Don Quixote
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Saturday 30th Chaplin’s ‘The Pilgrim’ Live Music & Film
Until you have experienced the immense screen with live accompaniment of the full Orchestra – you have not lived!
Carl Davis conducts the Orchestra also featuring the World Premier of ‘Ballade for Cello’ composed by Carl Davis for the RLPO’s principal cello Jonathan Aasgaard.
MAY 2011
Wednesday 18th Heroes
Tchaikovsky – Suite No.4 Mozartiana
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart – Overture for Don Giovani
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
JUNE 2011
Friday 10th Petrenko’s Elgar
3 scenes from The Bavarian Highlands
Guilmant Symphony No. 1 for Organ (Ian Tracey)
Elgar Symphony No.2
The RLPO Orchestra & Choir
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