Our future meetings and social events are listed in the table below. In the case of outings, members are asked to note the guidance in the attached document, which will open in a new window. Organisers will aim to comply with the guidance, but members should, in any case, be aware of it.
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 Maybe not quite you expect. Malcolm Walker will visit us to take a satirical swipe at the second most senior prelate in the Church of England Eric Jackson will return, this time to talk about the history of the English canals and their place at the centre of the Industrial Revolution