‘By Royal Command: Barnum in Europe‘ by Dr Steve Ward In October 2019 Steve Ward talked to our Society about the history of the circus with particular reference to Pablo Fanque. In our research for…
Information from South Leeds Archaeology: On Sunday 12th Jan. at 2pm there will be a Memorial Service for the Gosforth Pit Disaster at Middleton Colliery at St. Mary’s Church, Town Street, Middleton. Twenty Five men…
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. 51 years ago our then President Eric Raper wished members a Merry Christmas. On our 100th year we repeat this greeting for all members, all others and absent friends…
We were delighted to have a talk from the Friends of Waterton’s Wall at our Centenary celebration on the 14th December. Unfortunately we were unable to show their video about the lime mortar workshop. It…
Centenary celebration at the Town Hall on 14th December The final meeting of our Centenary year was held at the Town Hall on Saturday which was where the founding meeting of our Society was held…
The very first Minute of the Society records the founding on the 19th December 1924, at a meeting in the Town Hall. Hear all about it, same venue this 14th December.. https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/whs-events/lecture-programme/
From the February 1974 Minute book a record of our concerns for the Elizabethan Grammar School building. Is it once more under threat 50 years on!
Information from Wakefield Socialist History Group: REMEMBERING THE MINERS’ STRIKE 1pm to 4pm, Satruday 7 December at the Red Shed, 18 Vicarage St S, Wakefield WF1 1QX Forty years on, we have three speakers who…
Former Vice President, John Goodchild displays the 1519 Charter from the Newland papers in his great Collection, bearing the seal of Henry VIII. Shades of #WolfHall
The Society’s Archives and Library are now both deposited on long-term loan at the University of Leeds Brotherton library. For several years a process has been on-going to catalogue the YAHS library books and journals. …