Past Events
The Walmsleys of Robin Hoods Bay, Father and Son
Monday 16th June 2025 7:00pm
Jane Ellis will introduce an artist & a writer, with ties to Shipley and Bradford
The Manningham Mills Strike of 1890-91
Thursday 5th June 2025 10:00am
Derek Barker will join us this morning from 10:00am.
A ‘Shelf’ of old Photos
Monday 19th May 2025 7:00pm
Ben Stables, one of our members will introduce us to Shelf.
AGM followed by Researching History from Newspapers
Monday 28th April 2025 7:00pm
This evening Denise Bates will help us understand the importance of newspapers in our research.
Ripleyville
Thursday 3rd April 2025 10:00am
Janet Senior will be joining us this morning for her talk on Ripleyville – an estate of model houses for the working classes in West Bowling, Bradford
Domestic Sanitation with links with Bradford
Monday 17th March 2025 7:00pm
Chris Herd and Linden Milner will join us this evening to speak about Domestic Sanitation.
Reminiscences of Bradford in the 1920s and 1930s
Thursday 6th March 2025 10:00am
Malcolm Cowburn will share his father's reminiscences of Bradford in the 1920s and 1930s
Heroes and Ghosts
Monday 17th February 2025 7:00pm
Michael Hallett will tell us the story of Wing Commander Harold Blackburn MC AFC. How scandal and shame affect genealogical research
Commonwealth War Grave Commission Archives
Thursday 6th February 2025 10:00am
Commonwealth War Grave Commission Archives - who the CWGC commemorates, the information we record and how to research casualties
Scandal! - Local cases before the bawdy courts 1516-1848
Monday 20th January 2025 7:00pm
Anne Mealia will be talking this evening on the Bawdy Courts.
Ripleyville – CANCELLED
Thursday 9th January 2025 10:00am
Due to adverse weather conditions this meeting has been cancelled.
Central Bradford Chapels and What They Have Taught Me
Thursday 5th December 2024 10:00am
A talk by Derek Barker
Old Poor Law Records at the Borthwick Institute
Monday 18th November 2024 7:00pm
Laura Yeoman from the Borthwick Institute will join us this evening
Leeds Library Event - 7th November
Thursday 7th November 2024 4:00pm
Secret Leeds: Bringing the past to life through archive and archaeology
They Came From Far and Near, A True Bradford Family
Thursday 7th November 2024 10:00am
A talk by John Kennedy
Life and Death on Yorkshire's Waterways
Thursday 3rd October 2024 10:00am
A talk by David Scrimgeour
Researching Yorkshire Ancestry
Monday 16th September 2024 7:00pm
Jackie Depelle will join this evening to present her talk on 'Researching Yorkshire Ancestry'
Heritage Open Days event at St. George's Hall
Sunday 15th September 2024 2:00pm
Sunday 15 September 2024 at 2.00pm The Magic and Mystery of St George's Hall
