Huntingdon Area Lifelong Learners (HALL)




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Huntingdon Area Lifelong Learners (HALL)


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Huntingdon Area Lifelong Learners (HALL) was launched on the 30th September 2019. We are committed to the idea that learning should be affordable and  for everyone whatever their age or educational background.

We normally meet in Huntingdon Library although do sometimes run courses online.

Whether online or in person most courses will have a short break for coffee and half term will coincide with Cambridgeshire schools.

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Courses


Course Title: Mongolia - a traveller's perspective
Course Description: An illustrated talk on the speaker's travels in Mongolia.
Tutor: Bill Templeton
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 2PA
Day Of Week: Monday
Start Time: 10:30
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 26/02/24
No. of Weeks: 2
Fee: £10.00

Course Title: The Coming of the Railway to Huntingdon: Opportunity or Disaster?
Course Description: The arrival of railways was a boon for most towns. Was this true for Huntingdon and its county? This talk covers the arrival of the railways, what happened as a result and tries to explore why.
Tutor: John Williams
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 2PA
Course Length: One Day
Date: 11/03/24
Start Time: 10:30
End Time: 12:00
Fee: £5.00

Course Title: House of Spies
Course Description: This talk will look at how Farm Hall in Godmanchester became a vital link between SOE/SIS HQ in London St James and RAF Tempsford. We will hear about who ran it, who passed through it on the way to occupied Europe, a canine warrior, the German Nuclear Scientists incarcerated there and one of the most amazing wartime survival stories, worthy of a film any day. Coffee will be available from 10.00 - 10.15
Tutor: Roger Leivers
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 2PA
Course Length: One Day
Date: 18/03/24
Start Time: 10:15
End Time: 11:45
Fee: £5.00

Course Title: Five Revolutions
Course Description: The period from the Restoration of the Monarchy in England in 1660 to the Great Exhibition of 1851 were years of dramatic social and economic change. The population, which was largely static at around 5 million in the first hundred years, took off in the mid-eighteenth century and grew to over 16 million by 1851. The changes brought by the agricultural revolution enabled the rapidly rising population to be fed. The third revolution, the industrial revolution, powered by coal, provided employment for many of those attracted into urban centres. The Great Exhibition demonstrated how Britain now led the world in producing goods and services. Road transport, canals and finally railways facilitated the movement of goods and people. Finally, the consumer revolution demonstrated how ordinary people were able to enjoy a lifestyle far above the expectations of their forebears at the beginning of the period. The highly illustrated course will examine how these five revolutions created the modern world.
Tutor: Ken Sneath
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 2PA
Day Of Week: Monday
Start Time: 10:30
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 23/09/24
No. of Weeks: 5
Fee: £