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August Lecture: Treasures in the Attic

Event at Bishop Lloyds Palace

Friday 22nd August 2025 at 2.00 pm

Treasures in the Attic
Speaker: Karen McKay

Much has been written about the carved reliefs on the lower storeys of Bishop Lloyd’s Palace. We have a fairly sound understanding of these. However, the ones on the attic storey are difficult to see and no in-depth review of them has been available. Skysnapper Aerial Photography took drone photographs of them and the results were very surprising.

Karen McKay will show all these carvings. She will talk on how she has tried to make sense of these reliefs and hopes for your contributions to the discussion.

To show that Chester Civic Trust is on trend, the talk will be followed by a Jaffa Cake Jolly with a hot drink.

The cost is £4.

Please book using the contact form  for members in the post with the last newsletter or request a place from the contact form on this website. You will only be notified if you do not have a place on this event.

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2025 DATES FOR THE DIARY

JANUARY 5th 7pm.*
‘Twelfth Night Quiz’ – Bishop Lloyds Palace – £10 including festive refreshments – booking forms in December mail out

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15th at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm
Lecture Series: DR JAMES WRIGHT will talk about his recent book ‘Historic Building Mythbusting’

THURSDAY JANUARY 30th** at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 2.00pm
MICHAEL TREVOR BARNSTON, a Life Member of Chester Civic Trust, will give a talk about his family’s illustrious history followed by afternoon tea. Booking forms in the December Newsletter

FEBRUARY 12th at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm
Lecture Series: Create Streets – a Think Tank currently supporting Cheshire West and Chester.

FEBRUARY 28th** at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 7.30pm.
Chester Witches Peter Elliott and Clare Dudman

MARCH 19th at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm
Lecture Series: Colin Potts, Programme Leader International Tourism Management, University of Chester.

MARCH 31 – APRIL 4*
Residential visit to the Surrey Hills including the Watts Gallery and Artists Village (details in the December Newsletter). Following from the lecture in November, a visit to the Watts Gallery and Village will be one of the highlights of the 5 day visit for members of the Trust. Other places of interest during the visit will include Hughenden Manor, the home of Benjamin Disraeli, the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham and a private viewing of the National Trust’s Polesden Lacey.

APRIL 10th** 
Day visit to Llangollen including a tour of Plas Newydd. lunch and talk on the Pontcysllte World Heritage Site.

APRIL 16th. at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm
Lecture Series: Peter Cocker will give a talk on Thomas Brassey: The World’s Greatest Railway Builder, celebrated at Chester Railway Station.

MAY 16th 2pm. at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 2.00pm.
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester.

MAY 21st
Special guided tour of Wrexham.

JUNE 10th at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 7.30pm.
Keep up to date with local archaeology

June 12th
Day visit to The World of Glass, St Helens and Astley Hall, Chorley.

JUNE 26th, Tuesday 7pm.
Celebration Sapphire Jubilee (65th year) Dinner – more details tba.

AUGUST 22nd at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 2.00pm.
Treasure in the Attic.

OCTOBER 2nd
AGM

More dates and details to come!!

Please note Civic Trust members have FREE admission to the lectures at the Grosvenor Museum. Guests are welcome £5 on the door.

(Booking forms for events marked * were included in the September mail out. **were included in the December mail out. )

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