Pop -Up Concert – Liquorice Singers
We pleased to have the Liquorice Singers provide a little popular light music popping up near St Giles Church & the Buttercross Market Place, Place, WF8 1AT
We pleased to have the Liquorice Singers provide a little popular light music popping up near St Giles Church & the Buttercross Market Place, Place, WF8 1AT
Ever wondered what happens in a Masonic Lodge? You are cordially invited to discover the history of the Pontefract Lodge through a guided tour and learn about the symbolism and traditions of ancient Freemasonry.
Learn About Pontefract’s Liquorice Past
This talk was first delivered for Liquorice Shoots and the Liquorice Festival, and is being reprised for Heritage Open Days in Pontefract Library.
The giant pin-hole camera will be operational in the former summer house/aviary, giving the chance to see live images of the gardens, projected through the pin-hole. A brief outline will be given of liquorice growing in the Valley Gardens.
A walking tour giving the history of liquorice growing in Friarwood Valley Gardens by Dr Colin White.
Pontefract has been synonymous with liquorice, a flowering plant of the bean family, for centuries.
Art for the Community. A new exhibition for Heritage Open Days by Pontefract Art Club members.
The event will take place on Harropwell Lane, Pontefract, and will look at a project which aimed to help boys who were reluctant to go to school, and another project working with people on probation.
Start the festive season in style at the Pontefract Light Switch-On!
Look out for details of Liquorice shoots 2027
Look out for more details for the Pontefract Liquorice Festival 2027