Events

  • Heritage Open Days

    An opportunity to visit heritage venues and events for FREE . Find out what is open to visit near you. 

  • Pontefract Civic Society Monthly Talk – World War II Spy from Fryston

    Pontefract Masonic Hall 1, Ackworth Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Pontefract Civic Society Monthly Talk – The Mobile Police Museum

    Pontefract Masonic Hall 1, Ackworth Road, 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!

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