Reports on Lectures 2020-2021
Charles Waterton and the Practice of Slavery Talk by John Whitaker, curator at Wakefield Museum. 8 December 2021 by Zoom.
If you are a member of Wakefield Historical Society, and were unable to attend the talk, a recording is available, (you may need to have a Google account). Please send us a request for the link to the talk: info@WakefieldHistoricalSociety.org.uk
‘The Portable Antiquities Scheme, an update on their work’. Talk by Amy Downes, Finds Liaison Officer, South and West Yorkshire. Zoom talk, 10 November 2021
Talk on Aerial Archaeology by Tony Hunt 13th October 2021 by Zoom
If you were unable to attend, the talk is online, but you may need to have a GoogleDrive account: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vXQEof17dzsSwBTuJLcoeCktFcTDOC3D/view
The Norcroft Pit Disaster 1821 Zoom talk by David Hinchliffe, 8th September 2021
‘The Flame Safety Lamp’, Zoom talk by Mark Carlyle, 18 November 20
Reports on Lectures 2019-2020
‘Three Worthy Women of Wakefield’ by Gaynor Haliday, author of ‘Struggle and Suffrage in Wakefield
11th September 2019
‘Barrows, Bunkers and Blue Streak Missiles: Archaeology on the MOD Estate’, by Phil Abramson, MOD Archaeologist for the North of England, Scotland and Cyprus
9th October 2019
‘The Civilian and Military Prisoners of Lofthouse Park Camp, near Wakefield, 1914-1919‘ by Dr Claudia Sternberg.
13 November 2019
The Borough Waits and Their Music, by Leeds Waits
11th December 2019
The Timber Framed Buildings of Wakefield by Peter Brears
8 January 2020