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Canal Boat Stories – Live! with Robbie Cumming

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Yorkshire Heritage Summit Exhibition: Barnsley

The Yorkshire Society is running the 2026 Yorkshire Heritage Summit Symposium and Exhibition on 25 March 2026 at Barnsley. The morning session, the Symposium from 10am to 12 noon, includes multiple speakers on topics related to Barnsley and Yorkshire heritage … Read More

Goole 200 – History of Goole in 200 Objects

A collection of objects relating to Goole over its 200 year history. 

Reuben Chappell – Master of the Masts

An exhibition of the works of Goole pierhead painter, Reuben Chappell. The extensive collection held at Goole Museum and Gallery is supplemented by loaned works from other collectors in the UK and Europe. 

Goole Built: The Story of Goole Shipyard

An exhibition of photographs and memorabilia from Goole’s largest shipyard, Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company Ltd. 

Goole On Film

Celebrate 200 years of heritage and history, with this showcase of Goole on film. Goole Civic Society is showing historic films of Goole at Junction, Goole as its launch event for the town’s bicentenary celebrations. Sourced from several collections, including the Yorkshire Film … Read More

Guild of One-Name Studies: From Waterways to Railways 2026

From Waterways to Railways: a Journey Through Britain’s Working Past. David Scrimgeour will be delivering his presentation: Yorkshire’s Watermen: Illuminating their lives through genealogy.  

Pontefract and District Family History Society

Presentation: Life and Death on Yorkshire’s Waterways Drawing on his extensive research into 19th and early 20th century Yorkshire watermen families, David Scrimgeour will share what he has learned about the BMD facts so important to family historians. Illustrated with … Read More

Goole in 1926 – Celebrating the first 100 years 

Presentation: Goole in 1926 – Celebrating the first 100 years  David Scrimgeour explores what was happening in and around Goole in 1926, the year of the centenary of the opening of the town and docks in 1826. Despite the economic … Read More

The Railway and Canal Historical Society (North West Group)

Presentation: Yorkshire’s Watermen. The transportation of goods across pre motorway Yorkshire relied heavily on the watermen, often accompanied by their families, who piloted their well laden keels along the numerous canals and rivers of the county. David Scrimgeour shares his … Read More