This page lists all the events that we will plan to undertake. You can select any particular type of event by using the “Categories” pull-down list immediately below.
Malcolm Brooke, who has visited us before, will be talking about the WW2 German missile (think V2) development site on the Baltic coast
David Banks will talk about the Yorkshire coastal secrets of the National Trust. It’s incredible, but true, that the coastline of Yorkshire was the birthplace of England’s first chemical industry using natural materials and human urine, changing the fashion trade in England for ever!
No, not that Secret Service: Jim Brettell will be talking about the Probation Service, an important organisation whose function and activities are not understood as well as they might be
The 2025 AGM – details will be publicised early in the New Year
Joanne Aston will will talk about Ernest Shackleton’s aborted Antarctic crossing expedition of 1914, which is an inspiring story of leadership, courage and endurance in the face of adversity
Tony Burkitt will talk to us about Robert Adam, the great Georgian architect and designer, whose work and inspiration is still with us today
Karen Adams will return to talk about Clifford’s Tower in York – don’t say you’ve never climbed it!
Stuart Lines will talk about the rise and fall of the Bradford canal – how the canal system reached the city of Bradford and why it died.
The author Rosemary Cook will tell us about Dr Gramshaw, who was a successful family doctor in Yorkshire for thirty-five years, until his final desperate actions brought his professional and personal life crashing down around him
Steve Ward has has a PhD in the social and cultural history of the circus and has several books on the subject. He is bound to open our eyes to many little facts about circus life