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Horbury & District Historical Society
07 September 2011 Transported to Australia, 1824 The story of William Shires of Thornhill Ruth Nettleton. 05 October 2011 Maunday The queens visit to Wakefield Very Rev George Nairn-Briggs 02 November 2011 Sabine Baring-Gould The early years Keith Lister 07 December 2011 Horbury Depredations A broadsheet discovered Followed by "Horbury Photo Quiz" 04 January 2012 Common Clay Potteries in the district Pam Judkins 01 February 2012 Charles Roberts & Co The company and some of its Products Peter Seaword 01 March 2012 An extraordinary Tale Alfred Kitson, Gawthorpe and the spiritualist Movement John Goodchild M.Univ 04 April 2012 Chocolate A History of our Favourite Confectionary Helen Cox 02 May 2012 AGM Sandal Castle, Old Halls & Houses around the Wakefield District Edwin and Kathleen Hirst Annual Subscription: £7.50 OR £2.00 per visit Indoor meetings are also occasionally supplemented by visits to venues of interest including the ever-popular "Beating of The Bounds" which follows the 5 mile boundary around the township. A number of projects are also ongoing including a record of memorial inscriptions from various sites within the Township. The first two booklets in this series were published in November 2009, and are available from Rickaro Books priced £2.50 each. A record of listed buildings and the collection of artefacts and images of interest are also maintained. Committee Chairman: John Walsh 01924 271710 jrw@john-walsh.co.uk Secretary: Linda Maynard 01924 280852 Email: linda@bentonhill.com Treasurer: Neil Thomas 01924 276075 Executive Committee: Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer. Jenny Barton, Gerry Byrne, Norman Finch, Charlotte Snaith. Contact Horbury Library for more information. Telephone Number: 01924 303060 By HorburyVillageEditor |
