November 2018
Family History Training Course (November)
Runs weekly on Thursday mornings 1st November to 13 December. Except for Thursday 8th November.
Find out more »Rededication of 5 DWR War Memorial
At the outbreak of war in 1914, the 5th Battalion was ordered to duplicate itself and raise a second battalion, these were named the 1/5th and 2/5th Battalions. The 1/5th, in 49th (West Riding) Division, set off for war in April, 1915, the 2/5th following as part of 62nd (Pelican) Division in January, 1917. The victorious troops returned home in 1918, but had left many of their comrades lying in the fields of France and Flanders, Gallipoli and other theatres…
Find out more »Endings and Aftermath
BROCKHOLES VILLAGE HALL Wednesday 7 November 2018 at 7.30pm. Tom Ashworth, a military and social historian, will be giving an illustrated talk based on his latest book ‘Endings and Aftermath’. Tom’s talk deals with the final year of the conflict and the aftermath of the horror when the boys and men came home expecting a better life. Indeed, they came home feeling that they were entitled to a better life – after all, promises had been made – they were…
Find out more »February 2019
Packhorse Days and Packhorse Ways
Packhorse Days and Packhorse Ways by Janet Niepokojczycka Saddles, loads, routes, bells and shoes are some of the aspects discussed from this forgotten way of life and transport by four hooves.
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