Our speaker for the evening Eric Jackson details the transformation of England from a rural, agricultural society to an urban, industrial one with the concomitant population growth of towns and cities, picking apart the advantages, disadvantages and the history of the project, including the infrastructure required for the logistics of such an undertaking and the…
What’s That to do with the Price of Fish? will have stories (including a life or death situation) about Ray Roberts life in magic
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…
In this talk Peter Cookson describes the growth of the Wakefield Pontefract & Goole Railway from its beginning to its completion
The Spy from Fryston – The Life and Times of Tommy Drew-Brook
Join Pontefract Civic Society for a fascinating talk by David Smith exploring the extraordinary life of Tommy Drew-Brook, a man from our own local area who went on to become involved in the secret world of wartime intelligence.
