Wakefield Historical Society member Paul Dawson is giving a talk about his newly published book ‘Celebrating Wakefield’ at Wakefield Library on Monday 14th August at 2pm. Books will be available to buy.
Dr Steve Ward has published a new article about black performers of the nineteenth century Circus. This includes information about Pablo Fanque who we know performed in Wakefield on more than one occasion. It would…
West Yorkshire History Centre will be opening 2 days a week from 14th September for access to original documents. Registry of Deeds indexes will not be available though. The Leeds Archives will also open on…
An interesting showcase of films about Wakefield heritage, compiled by Wakefield Civic Society. It includes a film about George Gissing and the Gissing Centre describing his life there and his future renown as a novelist:…
Wakefield Civic Society plan to host a series of short films exploring parts of Wakefield’s heritage in a Heritage Open Days Showcase which is available now – but most of the films that they are…
Sadly the wait to access the wonderful John Goodchild collection has got even longer, so it is good to see samples of the index cards posted by WYAS. Namess mentioned include Marmaduke Abbey, Charles Adams,…
See www.yorkshirediplomat.com to read the memoirs of Oliver Kemp, Wakefield born son of a miner, who rose to become a senior diplomat in the Cold War. Born in Stanley in 1916 he served from the…
Wakefield Museum and Libraries have posted memories on their blog of Wakefield on VE Day, and a film from the Yorkshire Film Archive that includes the crowds in Wood Street. https://wakefieldmuseumsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2020/05/veday75-8th-may-2020.html?m=1