Events

  • Pontefract Civic Society Monthly Talk – Friends of Waterton Wall

    Pontefract Town Hall 3 Bridge Street, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Friends of Waterton Wall Barbara Phipps lives in Walton, near Wakefield and has studied the life and work of Charles Waterton for many years. Her book, Charles Waterton, Creator of the First Nature Reserve, was published in 2019. She gives talks and leads walks around Walton Hall parkland. Starting with a short history of the…

  • Pontefract Civic Society Monthly Talk – The Mobile Police Museum

    Pontefract Town Hall 3 Bridge Street, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    David Hardcastle, is a retired West Yorkshire Police constable of 20 years and is a volunteer at a local police museum. He will be giving an interactive presentation on the history of the police service over the last 120+ years. The presentation will feature historical artefacts that will be available to handle during the talk for proper immersion in the history of policing, artefacts ranging from 1880, covering the Victorian period, both World Wars and into the 21st Century. A big assortment of various police uniforms, helmets, hats and even a working radio from the 1980s for the audience to try!

  • A Performance of ” A Christmas Carol”

    Pontefract Town Hall 3 Bridge Street, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    A one man performance of A Christmas Carol by Actor Chris Cade

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