Information from SAVE: Sheffield’s historic buildings—once symbols of its global industrial power—are facing a new kind of threat: vacancy, neglect, and demolition. But a new wave of local action is gathering pace. To celebrate the…
In the last ten years our Society has received a number of enquiries about the Lofthouse Park Internment Camp and we have referred the enquirers to Professor Claudia Sternberg at the University of Leeds who…
Wakefield Historical Society was one of the partners with Wakefield Civic Society and Wakefield Council when the Gissing Trust was set up in 1978 and the Gissing Centre in Thompson’s Yard Westgate, was established in…
There is a series of evening talks at Middleton Railway. The talk on Saturday 21st June, includes a train ride (diesel-hauled), a buffet and a talk by Anthony Dawson: ‘Blenkinsop, Murray and Leeds Loco Building’…
Exhibition opens Monday 30 June at Wakefield Museum Free – no booking required Information from Wakefield Museum: Celebrate the life and work of local artist Cynthia Kenny (1929-2021) and explore our changing city through her…