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: In Sickness and in Health: the story of the Charles Hicks Practice
Course Description: Jonah Wilson, an apothecary, set up his surgery in Huntingdon market square in 1821. This illustrated talk is a collection of stories and memories gathered by the Patients' Forum of the Charles Hicks practice. We have traced the lives of the doctors, nurses, midwives and patients as local medical and health provision has developed over the past 200 years. Join this session and help add to the story!
Tutor: Roger Merritt
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA
Course Length: One Day
Date: 03/03/25
Start Time: 10:30
End Time: 12:00
Fee: £5.00
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Course Title: I hereby bequeath
Course Description: Two major charitable endowments gave opportunities to disadvantaged youngsters in Huntingdon in the years before welfare state provision - that of Richard Fishbourne in 1625 and Lionel Walden in 1719. These two sessions look at what they provided and how effective they were. The surviving administration records are incomplete but provide fascinating, surprising and sometimes amusing snapshots of life in the town. They illustrate how attitudes, opinions and practices have changed - although some seem strangely modern and familiar today.
Tutor: Vera Williams
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA
Day Of Week: Monday
Start Time: 10:30
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 10/03/25
No. of Weeks: 2
Fee: £10.00
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Course Title: Fairtrade: What Lies Behind the Label
Course Description: Fairtrade has been with us a long while now, but how does it work? With the help of two giant bananas Mary will take us on a journey through the story of Fairtrade since it began, nearly 40 years ago, with a bar of chocolate in a supermarket. This session will be followed by HALL's short AGM.
Tutor: Mary Cox
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA
Course Length: One Day
Date: 24/03/25
Start Time: 10:30
End Time: 12:00
Fee: £5.00
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Course Title: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Course Description: From his iconic design work to delicate flower studies and graphic landscapes we will take an overview of this Scottish artist and designer. Note: this will be 'live' session with the tutor on zoom and the class members in the library.
Tutor: Rachel Hargreaves
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA
Course Length: One Day
Date: 31/03/25
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 12:00
Fee: £6.00
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Course Title: Twelfth Night
Course Description: Full Title: 'What is strange about Twelfth Night and Why Did Shakespeare Write It?' We will explore the focus upon twins, same-sex attraction and why it is a problem comedy.
Exact times and fee to be confirmed
Tutor: Lindsay Fursland
Venue: Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA
Day Of Week: Monday
Start Time: 10:00
Duration: 2.00 hrs
Date: 02/06/25
No. of Weeks: 2
Fee: £
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