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Anne Lister : events 2010
February 2010
1. Sunday 7 Feb: Hebden Bridge 2.30 pm.
Venue: Hebden Bridge Library, Cheetham St, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EP.
Title: An afternoon with Anne Lister and friends.
Speakers: Jill Liddington, Helena Whitbread, plus GAYLIC presentation.
Admission: tickets £2 (£1.50 concessions).
Organization: Calderdale Libraries for LGBT History Month. Enquiries: 01422 392606.
Nearest bookshop: The Bookcase, 29 Market St, Hebden Bridge, 01422 845353.
Event organizer: Anna Turner, Reader Development Librarian, Central Library, Halifax.May 2010
2. Sunday 16 May: Halifax 11 am.
Title: Anne Lister walk around Halifax and Shibden.
Venue: meet at Halifax Piece Hall, north entrance (near Woolshops car-park).
Walking: a 3½ mile circular route, involving two steep climbs; boots advisable; bring packed lunch, or eat at Shibden Mereside café (reserved meal when you book).
Organization: Julie Swift, Calderdale Countryside Service.
Booking essential: Julie Swift on 01422 393273 or Julie.swift@calderdale.gov.uk
Further details: Calderdale’s brochure Walk on the Wildside (from late March).
Nearest bookshop: Wades, 14-16 Rawson St, Halifax HX1 1NJ, 01422 354400.Description: In 1826 Anne Lister inherited Shibden Hall estate, just over the brow of the steep hill above Halifax. The town was busily industrializing while the countryside around Shibden remained anciently rural. This walk climbs from the Parish Church, up Old Bank then meanders down through Shibden Park to the lake below. It visits some of Anne Lister’s agricultural tenancies and coal mines - exploring the landscape so very familiar to her.
June 2010
3. Sunday 20 June: Mereside Visitor Centre, Shibden 2pm.
Venue: Mereside Visitor Centre, Shibden Park, near Halifax.
Title: ‘In token of our union’: same-sex partnership ceremonies 1834.
Admission: £5 (includes entrance to Shibden Hall on one occasion in the following month).
Please book tickets on 01422 352246/321455.
Organization: Calderdale Museums.
Organizer: Claire Selby, Curator, Social History, Shibden Hall, 01422 352246/321455.
Nearest bookshop: Wades, 14-16 Rawson St, Halifax HX1 1NJ, 01422 354400.Description: In 1832 Anne Lister returned home to Shibden, feeling bitterly betrayed by another woman’s marriage plans. She confided in her diary: ‘Here I am, at forty-one, with a heart to seek’. She found Ann Walker, a neighbouring heiress – and in 1834 their union was celebrated with an exchange of rings. In this talk, Jill Liddington explores same-sex partnership ceremonies – 175 years ago.
For further details, see: Herstoria magazine (available late February), with feature on Anne Lister by Jill Liddington and Alison Oram, plus illustrated guide to the walk: www.herstoria.com