History of Lancashire Secular Humanists
Or… “how we evolved”!
In 1967, following a meeting of the British Humanist Association in Preston, this leaflet was circulated to households in Blackburn, Blackpool, Chorley, Fleetwood, Lancaster, Leyland, Lytham, Preston, Southport, and St. Anne’s:
British Humanist Association: President A.J.Ayer. F.B.A. There will be an informal meeting at the Fernlea Hotel, South Promenade, St Annes-on-Sea. Thursday March 9th at 7:30 for 8 o’clock, of people interested in the above association and its aims with a view to forming a local group. We hope you will come and bring any friends who may be interested. Tea and biscuits 2 / -.* A reply to Mrs. Fogg, 153 Inner Promenade, St Annes; would be appreciated |
(* 2 / - is ‘Two Shillings’; i.e. 10p … Eeeee; those were the days!)
And so ‘The British Humanist Association St. Anne’s Group’ was formed. A year later, the group expanded its identity and the name morphed to ‘Fylde Humanists’. Later still, ‘Fylde Humanists’ became ‘Blackpool & Fylde Humanists’.
By 2007, the significant developments in transport and communications over the interim years meant that the desire to be more inclusive to a wider geographic community was able to be a reality. So, ‘Blackpool & Fylde Humanists’ changed their name to ‘Lancashire Secular Humanists’.
Our aims may be more ambitious, but some things don’t change … see the Humanism section.
