Category Archives: Talks & Tours

Women working in the Barnbow factory.
Talk: Barnbow: National Shell-filling Factory no. 1 and the 1916 Explosion

Our next talk will be held on Monday, 29th June, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom. The talk, entitled “Distinguished [...]

22
Jun
Talk: Distinguished Guests of the Civic Society

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 10 March 2020 at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

02
Mar
Talk: Battle of Towton
3rd February 2020

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 11 February 2020 at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

Talk: Tyke Talk – Yorkshire Dialect Talk

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 21 January 2020 at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

13
Jan
Talk: Liquorice Tales From Tom Dixon

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 12 November 2019 at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

04
Nov
Talk: Infrared Colour Aerial Photography in War, Local History, and Archaeology

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

01
Oct
Yorkshire Day – Town Hall Heritage

This is our Yorkshire Day tour of Pontefract Town Hall (including the Nelson Room) on Thursday, 1st [...]

30
Jul
Yorkshire Day – Heritage Walk

This tour will be on Thursday, 1 August, 2019 at 1pm. A free 45 minute [...]

29
Jul
Talk: Merran McCrae & Ian Harvey – Keynote Speakers: Civic Perspectives…

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 9 July 2019 at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

23
Jun
Talk: “The History of Methodism in Pontefract” by Mollie Garbett

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday 11th June at 7pm in Pontefract Town Hall (Nelson Room). The talk, [...]

03
Jun