Events

  • Talk – Pontefract Racecourse

    Pontefract Racecourse - Paddock room Park, Park Road, ,, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Approx 1 hour talk in the Paddock Dining Room, and then approx 1 hour walk round. The talk does deal with how the sport of horse racing has evolved and working lives

  • Tour- Archbishop Holgate Hospital – legacy almshouses

    Archbishop Holgate Hospital Robin Lane, Hemsworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Tour of Holgate Hospital and Almshouses includes an opening talk in Ebor Hall about the history of Robert Holgate and his legacy.

  • Walk – Picturing Pontefract – People, Places, Professions

    Pontefract Museum 5 Salter Row, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Based on the Pontefract Museum’s exhibition ‘Picturing Pontefract’, join Paul Cartwright on a meander around the town centre to view just a few of the locations selected by artists to showcase Pontefract’s heritage buildings and their uses over the centuries.

  • Tour – Ackworth School

    Ackworth School Pontefract Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire

    An external tour of school buildings/grounds with the school archivist, with an additional Q&A session and a chance to view items from the archives.

  • Pontefract Park Walk through the Ages

    Pontefract Park Park Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Pontefract Park Walk - a guided walk, by Pontefract Civic Society, with information about its WWI & WWII connections, the history of the park and reference to nature in the park.

  • Darrington Farming Walk

    The Spread at Darrington Estcourt Road, Darrington, West Yorkshire,, United Kingdom

    The theme of the walk is to describe how Darrington has changed over the last 70 years, especially with regard to farming.

  • The Hidden Lives of Elizabeth & Joe Love: A special exhibition

    The Elizabeth Love Museum 6 Castle Chain, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    This new exhibition will be available for the first time on Wednesday 16th September in as part of a tour with commentary. This will focus on our benefactors and what they were like.

  • Tour: Pontefract Town Hall & Assembly Rooms

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

    A Grade II listed 18th century town hall built in 1785 by Bernard Hartley with the added Victorian Assembly Rooms from 1882. Join Pontefract Civic Society for a guided tour of the Town Hall including the Assembly Rooms, Nelson Room, and perhaps a few more nooks & crannies.

  • WYAS Rosse Telescope and Observatory

    The Rosse Observatory Carleton Road, Carleton, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    West Yorkshire Astronomical Society will give a short talk about the Rosse Telescope, followed by a look around the observatory.

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