Talk “Bucklers’ Yorkshire Buildings” on 17 September Wakefield Civic Society meeting There is an opportunity to hear Michael Rochford and Peter Brears, both members of our Society, talk about the background to their newly published…
A SCHOOLBOY IN WARTIME WAKEFIELD Days at the Methodist Day School in Thornhill Street, and Thornes House, and the impact of the 39/45 War Talk by Gerry Southworth The number of people who have personal…
In October 2025 our Society had a talk by Dr Andrew Hobbs about the Hewitsons and the Wakefield Herald 1894 to 1932. Dr Hobbs has been researching the diaries written by Anthony Hewitson who bought…
Information from York Festival of Ideas: If you didn’t get a chance to join any of York Festival of Ideas‘ online history events this year, or were unable to attend as they took place in-person in York…
Information from the YAHS: YAHS Online Summer Lectures 2026 Lecture 1 – Thursday 20th August 2026 The Built Heritage of the Temperance Movement in Yorkshire by Andrew Davison Alongside the anti-slavery and political reform movements,…