Peter Wade's Guided Walks Around Morecambe

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Puttin’ on the Ritz guided walk
April 6, 2pm
Meet: Broadway Hotel, Marine Road East, Morecambe
An Art Deco walk taking in Mrs Maud Bourne’s Broadway Hotel and Morecambe’s former Odeon Cinema.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Echoes of Art Deco guided walk
April 7, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
An evocation of Morecambe’s 1930s heyday reflected in its Art Deco buildings, beginning and ending with the Midland Hotel.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

The train now standing … guided walk
April 8, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
A trackside walk in search of Morecambe’s many past railway stations.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Hidden Heysham guided walk
April 9, 2pm
Meet: Bus turnaround, Main Street, Heysham Village
Stories of Heysham and its ancient headland.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Puttin’ on the Ritz guided walk
May 26, 2pm
Meet: Broadway Hotel, Marine Road East, Morecambe
An Art Deco walk taking in Mrs Maud Bourne’s Broadway Hotel and Morecambe’s former Odeon Cinema.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Poulton and Old Morecambe guided walk
June 5, 7.30pm
Meet: Police Station, Poulton Square, Morecambe
Stories of the old fishing village that grew to become a seaside resort.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Eric’s Morecambe guided walk
June 9, 2pm
Meet: Eric Morecambe statue, Morecambe Promenade
A walk back in time to Eric Bartholomew’s backstreet birthplace
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

A Date with Dame Thora guided walk
Jun 10, 2pm
Meet: Eric Morecambe statue, Morecambe Promenade
A stroll past places familiar to Morecambe’s favourite daughter, Dame Thora Hird.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

In Search of Turner’s View guided walk
June 12, 7.30pm
Meet: Bus turnaround, Main Street, Heysham Village
The circumstances of JMW Turner’s 1816 visit to Heysham and his painting “Heysham and Cumberland mountains”.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Hest Bank – Mawson’s Garden Village guided walk
June 19, 7.30pm
Meet: Level crossing, Hest Bank shore
How Thomas Mawson’s arts-and-crafts buildings came to define the character of Hest Bank.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Puttin’ on the Ritz guided walk
June 26, 7.30pm
Meet: Broadway Hotel, Marine Road East, Morecambe
An Art Deco walk taking in Mrs Maud Bourne’s Broadway Hotel and Morecambe’s former Odeon Cinema.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Echoes of Art Deco guided walk
June 30, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
An evocation of Morecambe’s 1930s heyday reflected in its Art Deco buildings, beginning and ending with the Midland Hotel.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Sunderland Point and Sambo’s Grave guided walk
July 3, 7.30pm
Meet: Information Board, Causeway End, Sunderland Point
The tale of how a thriving port came to be known as Cape Famine.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Hidden Heysham guided walk
July 7, 2pm
Meet: Bus turnaround, Main Street, Heysham Village
Stories of Heysham and its ancient headland.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Eric’s Morecambe guided walk
July 10, 7.30pm
Meet: Eric Morecambe statue, Morecambe Promenade
A walk back in time to Eric Bartholomew’s backstreet birthplace
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Poulton and Old Morecambe guided walk
July 14, 2pm
Meet: Police Station, Poulton Square, Morecambe
Stories of the old fishing village that grew to become a seaside resort.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Sons of the Sands guided walk
July 15, 2pm
Meet: Corner Lord Street and Marine Road, Morecambe (opposite Gala Bingo)
The parallel lives of two famous Morecambe men, both born in 1857.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

The train now standing … guided walk
July 17, 7.30pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
A trackside walk in search of Morecambe’s many past railway stations.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Lancaster’s Lost Observatory guided walk
July 21, 2pm
Meet: Ashton Memorial entrance, Williamson Park, Lancaster
How a lost Victorian astronomical observatory linked Lancaster to a north western cotton empire.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Hidden Heysham guided walk
July 24, 7.30pm
Meet: Bus turnaround, Main Street, Heysham Village
Stories of Heysham and its ancient headland.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Puttin’ on the Ritz guided walk
July 28, 2pm
Meet: Broadway Hotel, Marine Road East, Morecambe
An Art Deco walk taking in Mrs Maud Bourne’s Broadway Hotel and Morecambe’s former Odeon Cinema.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Hest Bank – Mawson’s Garden Village guided walk
August 4, 2pm
Meet: Level crossing, Hest Bank shore
How Thomas Mawson’s arts-and-crafts buildings came to define the character of Hest Bank.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

In Search of Turner’s View guided walk
August 11, 2pm
Meet: Bus turnaround, Main Street, Heysham Village
The circumstances of JMW Turner’s 1816 visit to Heysham and his painting “Heysham and Cumberland mountains”.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

The train now standing … guided walk
August 18, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
A trackside walk in search of Morecambe’s many past railway stations.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Echoes of Art Deco guided walk
August 25, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
An evocation of Morecambe’s 1930s heyday reflected in its Art Deco buildings, beginning and ending with the Midland Hotel.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Lancaster Time Tour guided walk
September 1, 2pm
Meet: Priory Church entrance, Castle Hill, Lancaster
An exploration of Lancaster’s public clocks and timepieces.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Hest Bank – Mawson’s Garden Village guided walk
September 15, 2pm
Meet: Level crossing, Hest Bank shore
How Thomas Mawson’s arts-and-crafts buildings came to define the character of Hest Bank.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Lancaster’s Victorian Men of Science guided walk
September 22, 2pm
Meet: Queen Victoria’s statue, Dalton Square, Lancaster
The early lives of Lancaster’s renowned men of science including Sir Richard Owen, founder of the Natural History Museum and inventor of the word ‘dinosaur’.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Puttin’ on the Ritz guided walk
September 29, 2pm
Meet: Broadway Hotel, Marine Road East, Morecambe
An Art Deco walk taking in Mrs Maud Bourne’s Broadway Hotel and Morecambe’s former Odeon Cinema.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Eric’s Morecambe guided walk
October 6, 2pm
Meet: Eric Morecambe statue, Morecambe Promenade
A walk back in time to Eric Bartholomew’s backstreet birthplace
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

The train now standing … guided walk
October 13, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
A trackside walk in search of Morecambe’s many past railway stations.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Poulton and Old Morecambe guided walk
October 20, 2pm
Meet: Police Station, Poulton Square, Morecambe
Stories of the old fishing village that grew to become a seaside resort.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905

Echoes of Art Deco guided walk
October 27, 2pm
Meet: The Platform, Morecambe Promenade
An evocation of Morecambe’s 1930s heyday reflected in its Art Deco buildings, beginning and ending with the Midland Hotel.
£2.50 per person
Contact: Peter Wade, Tel 01524 420905