The Maryport Advertiser November 3rd 1882 George MOORE Memorial Hall

George MOORE Memorial Hall

GEORGE MOORE MEMORIAL  HALL, MEALSGATE. ____ On Tuesday  evening last, the first of the third series of  lectures for the winter season was delivered in the George Moore Memorial Hall,  Mealsgate, by Mr. Thomas THOMPSON, of Maryport. Mr. T. P. MARTIN presided, and  there was a fair attendance. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said it needed no words of his to   introduce the lecturer. They all knew Mr. THOMPSON, not only as a public   speaker, but also as a writer of several works which had obtained a wide   circulation, and as the Editor of the Maryport Advertiser. He expressed a hope  that the lectures in that hall would prove as successful this season as they had   done in previous ones. Mr. THOMPSON then proceeded with the delivery of his lecture, which was   attentively listened to and frequently applauded. At the close the Chairman   proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer. The motion was seconded by Mr. J.  PENN and carried unanimously. Mr. THOMPSON, in replying, said the gentleman to   whose memory that hall was dedicated was a personal friend of his own, and he   felt sure that if the wishes of Mr. MOORE had been consulted he would have   desired no better monument than a building in which efforts were made to improve   the social and moral condition of the people of Mealsgate. The motion was seconded by a gentleman in the body of the hall, and carried   unanimously. The meeting was then concluded. ___________________

 

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