Category Archives: Talks & Tours

Provisional events programme for 2022

This provisional events programme for 2022 has been created to incorporate our monthly talks alongside [...]

26
Dec
Women working in the Barnbow factory.
The Barnbow Lasses

We were educated and entertained through this in person illustrated talk by Carole Smithies MBE, [...]

09
Nov
The Pontefract Tram System

We we’re pleased to announce that our in person monthly talks programme recommenced for October [...]

12
Oct
Heritage Open Days 2021

This week, Pontefract Civic Society launches this year’s Heritage Open Days festival, which takes place [...]

30
Aug
Talk: The American Civil War – Five Years in 50 Minutes talk by David Skillen

This was an informative online presentation on The American Civil War viewed as the most [...]

13
Jul
Talk: Medieval Leeds

In this presentation from Profressor Joyce Hill, we saw Leeds through the centuries on this [...]

08
Jun
Talk: The Many behind the Few

The talk reverted to on an online Zoom evening. Churchill’s famous quote about “The Few” [...]

11
May
Talk: Votes for Women

Eric A Jackson JP, a local historian and genealogist wrote his talk ‘Votes for Women’ [...]

13
Apr
Talk: The History of Rowntrees

The History of Rowntrees – an online talk by Karen Adams. From Joseph Rowntree Sr, [...]

21
Feb
Talk: The Pontefract Murder by Eric Jackson

Online Talk – The story of the robbery and brutal murder, in 1918, of the [...]

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29
Jan