Yorkshire Philosophical Society
A Voyage of Discovery
Thursday 12 November 2015
£17 / person
This tour by coach will visit a number of places in Leeds where a wide range of artefacts from the
past are stored. Some of these are not accessible to individual visitors.
The Stephensons coach will leave the Vue Cinema, Clifton Moor, York at 8.45 a.m.
and also pick up at Memorial Gardens, Leeman Road at 9.00 a.m, before proceeding to Leeds,
where the first stop will be to Leeds University West Campus to the recently built Sir Michael
Marks building which houses the Marks & Spencers Archive. The visit will include light
complimentary refreshments, a talk by one of the Archivists, and an opportunity to take a trip down
memory lane by browsing the small exhibition there. If you have time to spare, you might also
consider visiting the University of Leeds International Textile Archive in the redundant church
opposite (free).
We then board our coach to travel to the area of the Royal Armouries Collection and also Leeds
Museums Discovery Centre. The latter houses the treasure house of the vast reserve collections
of Leeds Museums and is normally only open to groups. There will be an opportunity to purchase
lunch before the visit. If a suitable place for a group lunch can be found, this will be offered at an
additional cost and details will be sent to those booking the tour. After visiting the Discovery
Centre, there will be time to visit the Royal Armouries collections before setting off back to York in
the coach, where we expect to arrive between 5.00 and 5.30 p.m.
If you would like to join this visit, please complete and return the form below before the end of
June. Numbers on the tour are likely to be restricted.
Alan Owen
(Organiser)
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A Voyage of Discovery - Leeds Museums
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Please see overleaf for YPS Booking Terms & Conditions
YPS Booking Terms & Conditions
Booking
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deposit (for tours), as appropriate. A receipt will be issued. This is not a guarantee that the tour is viable and will run.
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be sent a confirmation of your booking and that the event will run, subject to booking numbers remaining above the
viability point. This will confirm the date by which any balance payment must be made. Balance payments should
reach the Lodge at or before the stated due date.
In the case of day or part-day visits, no refunds will be made in the event of cancellation after a visit has been
declared viable.
Cancellations
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is not possible all moneys paid against the cancelled event by the member booking will be repaid in full.
By the person booking Cancellation charges will be made as follows –
 All cancellations will incur an administration charge of £3/person/day of event or tour. Liability for this charge
will occur from the date of booking. No administration charges will be made in the case of an event failing to
attract the numbers of people needed to become viable, and all moneys sent with a booking form will be
returned in full.
 A cancellation made after the notified viability date will lead to the loss of deposit.
 A cancellation after the date set for balance payments, or any set refund cut-off date, as appropriate, will lead
to the loss of all moneys paid out by the person booking.
Insurance
The YPS accepts no responsibility for any loss or injury suffered while taking part in one of its visits. Participants are
advised to consider taking out appropriate travel insurance, which should include cancellation cover.