A visit to Spen Valley Historical Society. Two members of Wakefield Historical Society, Lesley Taylor and Shirley Levon, gave a talk on ‘Smeaton and the Calder Navigation’ to the Spen Valley Historical Society on 11th…
Yorkshire Society Launches ‘2023/24 Harry Gration History Prize’ The Yorkshire Society have announced the launch of the Harry Gration History Prize 2023/24, a celebration of Yorkshire’s vibrant history and a tribute to the much-loved broadcaster,…
Treason! The Battle of Newland – a rollercoaster tale of riots, conspiracies, kings and knights. Wakefield Historical Society collaborated with West Yorkshire Archives and Wakefield Libraries to discover the truth about ‘The Battle of Newland’…
Read the latest news from the Friends of Waterton’s Wall: September newsletter
Wednesday 11 October, 2.30pm – 3.30pm, Wakefield Museum Free – booking required A free talk looking back on 100 years of exhibitions, collecting and stories! On 10 October 1923 Wakefield Museum first opened its doors…
Posters with information about two talks at Calderdale Industrial Museum have been added: ‘Some Calderdale Scientists, Engineers and Inventors‘ on 18th October, and ‘Through the Eye of the Shuttle’ on 29th November..
South Leeds Archaeology are holding meetings again, the first will be on 21st September 7pm at the Rothwell Hub, Marsh Street Rothwell. Future meetings are also on this poster:
“Scenes of Wakefield’s Past” at the Arthouse (Drury Lane) during Wakefield Live on the 23rd of September. The showing will begin at 13:00 but we will have refreshments, an introduction and chance to chat before…
Meetings are held at Swarthmore Education Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds LS3 1AD, on Saturdays at 11:00 am unless otherwise indicated and visitors are always welcome. Wherever possible talks will be hybrid In-Person/Online and…
We have received an enquiry from a Dutch ww2 airwar research foundation called Stichting Luchtoorlog Onderzoek Drenthe. They are researching the crash of Wellington BJ600 GT-C and are searching for info/relatives/pictures of one of the…