Northern Region

Welcome to the Northern Region Pages!

The Arthur Ransome Society's Northern Region includes Cumbria, Northumbria, Tyneside, County Durham, Teeside, Yorkshire, Humberside, Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man & Northern Ireland. 

Getting in Touch with Us

Our Committee members are:

Helen Lewis (Chairman)
Nick Brewster (Secretary & Regional Representative Trustee)
Bill Johnson (Treasurer)
Krysia Clack
Elizabeth Haworth
Sue Sheard
Robert Thompson.

Members: please refer to your 2012 Events Calendar for full contact details.

Non-members: please use the Society's Contact details, making it clear you wish to speak to TARS Northern Region.

Forthcoming events

Our forthcoming events are advertised on the Upcoming Events page of the TARS Website.

For convenience, here are our next few events with links for more information

• July 14th Come to Holly Howe
• August 11th Kanchenjunga Climb 
• September 8th North Yorkshire Moors Railway
• October 6th  Cyril Ransome and the Leeds Library
• November 10th  Literary and Book Day
• December 27th Inn-formal at the Red Lion, Lowick 

Reports of past events

Here is a list of our past Regional events since January 2011. Where available, click on the links for more information.

• April 2012 York Walls and Museum
• Mar 2012 Inspection of the Dog's Home and Igloo
• Jan 2012 AGM and Birthday party. "Peter Duck".
• Dec 2011 Inn-Formal at Gargrave
• Nov 2011 Addingham Book day
• Oct 2011 "Dick's Ledge" Walk
• Aug 2011 Kanchenjunga Climb
• Sept 2011 'Another Swallowdale' near Bolton Abbey
• Jun 2011 Rusland Ramble
• Apr 2011 'Bitterns and Buzzards' at Leighton Moss
• March 2011 'Bluebird and Ruskin' at Coniston
• Jan 2011 Birthday Party. "Swallows and Amazons"
• April 2011 Movie 'Swallow' Launch at Coniston