David Banks is a member of the National Trust volunteer speakers group and specialises in talks about different aspects of Fountains Abbey, Studley Royal and the immediately surrounding area. His talks are always professionally-presented and interesting
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Rod Dimbleby, who is President of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, will talk to us about the many Yorkshire dialects and accents. Can you tell a Bingley accent from a Baildon one?
A visit, for a maximum of 11 members, to the British Library storage site at Boston Spa, followed by lunch at a suitable pub More details will be published in due course.
Gillian Knox will be talking to us about the British experiment with republicanism, and how it ended up. Please note the change in date from the originally-planned 1st April
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The 2026 AGM, with the traditional pre-meeting buffet. Further details will be published as they are known Please note that circumstances have forced a change in the AGM's date from 18th March
Richard Cooper will return to give us an update on the Harrogate Homeless Project and also to tell us about his experiences an Leader of the now defunct Harrogate Borough Council
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David Glover is President of the Halifax Antiquarian Society and will be talking to us about the last Tsar Of Russia. In 1917, tumultuous events gripped Russia. The House of Romanov which had ruled the country for 300 years, was overthrown, and Tsar Nicholas II imprisoned, to be executed in 1918. He will look at […]