The Daresbury Lewis Carroll Society

Welcome to the Daresbury Lewis Carroll Society Website.

We are a friendly informal society with a passion for Lewis Carroll and his works. We meet twice a year in Daresbury Village Hall, or at least we did before 'lockdown', at meetings with guest speakers and take part in various Lewis Carroll related events across the area. 

The header shows a collage of scenes which can all be found in Daresbury  with the exception of the picture of a strangely dressed group of people which was taken at the opening of a Lewis Carroll related exhibition. On the left is a picture of part of a stained glass window which you will finf in Daresbury Church.  Next are a Cheshire cat which you'll find in a barn up the road from the church and and a weather vane which is just across the road from the cat. Finally you see the start of the Lewis Carroll Walk.

The Spring 23 Meeting of the Society

You can see all the articles from the Newsletter at Newsletter Spring 23.  Note that Selwyn Goodacre's tribute to Kenn Oultram, which we received too late to go into the paper version of the Newsletter, has been included.

The meeting took place on the 10^th June in the usual Parish Rooms in Daresbury, next to the Ring O'Bells pub where members usually meet for lunch and a chat prior to attending the meeting.  Alas, because of the unseasonal heat the kitchen was closed and no food was available, so we had to make do with the biscuits and tea supplied in the meeting room.  Suffering from the early onset of malnutrition Stephen Martin gave us a fascinating talk on 'The Royal Connection with Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell' 

Sad News

Sadly since the Autumn meeting last year (2022) two long standing members of our society have passed away - Kenn Oultram and Margaret Tye

Kenn Outram was the founder of our society back in 1970 and passed away in March this Year. He was our  chairman for a  while and then, up until not so long ago, our active secretary.  He had been ill for some time and was a resident at a nursing home in Northwich where he passed away.  You can read more about Kenn and sone thoughts about him at Kenn Oultram.

Margaret Tye passed away in November last year.   She had been a member of the society almost fron the start an for many years had been the minutes secretary. She  had a wonderful collection of Lewis Carroll memorabila and artefacts.

You can read more about Margaret by following Margaret Tye.

New Articles

Keith Wright's Autumn 2011 Daresbury Chronicle is now completed as is the latest Newsletter. We will soon be starting on the Spring 2011 Daresbury Chronicle.  If you haven't already done so do take a look at  Keith Wright's article about Harry Furniss which is well worth a read.

You can also see other articles at New Articles.

The Daresbury Chronicles were edited and produced by our  chairman at that time, Keith Wright, from  2004  until his death in 2016.  They contain a wealth of information about Lewis Carroll and about our organisation. 

The Newsletter, in its current form, has been produced each Spring and Autumn since 2015.

If you click on either of the covers shown here you will be taken to the articles published in the corresponding magazine.

New articles are added when they become available and then included in the appropriate magazine when it is published.