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2025 / 26 Programme Published

2025 / 26 Programme Published

Only eight weeks till the new season of talks begins, and you can now see what we have in store for you…. To see more, visit the programme page, which also has some related photographs – Programme In the meantime – have a lovely...
The Changing Face of Shipley

The Changing Face of Shipley

Our latest book, the third part of a series of “Then and Now” volumes on our area, is now available to buy. The book, which contains a mix of past and present photographs of the Shipley area along with historical information, has been written by Alyson...
Yesterday Once More

Yesterday Once More

Saturday 28 June 2025 the Society holding a large exhibition, “Yesterday Once More”, at the Wilmot Street Centre; over 250 people attended on a really hot day, and the feedback has been excellent. As well as more than 40 panels of photographs and...
Trip to Wingfield Station

Trip to Wingfield Station

This evening the Local History Society had a trip to Wingfield Station. The station, situated between South Wingfield and Oakerthorpe, is the oldest unaltered rural railway station in the world, and has been lovingly restored over the last few years. Around 30 members...
Remembering V.E. Day

Remembering V.E. Day

2025 sees the 80th Anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8th 1945. The war had a momentous effect on all communities, so the end of the war (at least in Europe) was a time for major celebrations, despite the enduring austerity of the time. In 2020 the...