Past Events from May 1 – August 6 Past Events from May 1 – August 6

Snaith and District Men’s Association

Eadon Place Community Lounge Eadon Place, Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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. Having recently completed a … Read More

2024 Yorkshire Heritage Summit

Hull Minster South Church Side, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Society is attending the annual Yorkshire Heritage Summit which is now established as the region’s most important event for organisations concerned with any and every aspect of Yorkshire heritage, history and culture. It offers organisations, large and … Read More

Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Workshop 4: Historic Photographs

Goole Museum and Gallery Carlisle Street, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

If you are interested in history, here’s your opportunity to stimulate those “grey cells” over the summer months and perhaps even meet some like minded folk over a cuppa and a biscuit. Thanks to the award of a Hull Maritime Community … Read More

Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Workshop 5: Booklets and Documents

Goole Museum and Gallery Carlisle Street, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

If you are interested in history, here’s your opportunity to stimulate those “grey cells” over the summer months and perhaps even meet some like minded folk over a cuppa and a biscuit. Thanks to the award of a Hull Maritime Community … Read More

Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Workshop 6: Oral History Recordings

Goole Museum and Gallery Carlisle Street, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

If you are interested in history, here’s your opportunity to stimulate those “grey cells” over the summer months and perhaps even meet some like minded folk over a cuppa and a biscuit. Thanks to the award of a Hull Maritime Community … Read More

Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Workshop 8: Watermen Family Trees

Goole Museum and Gallery Carlisle Street, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

If you are interested in history, here’s your opportunity to stimulate those “grey cells” over the summer months and perhaps even meet some like minded folk over a cuppa and a biscuit. Thanks to the award of a Hull Maritime Community … Read More

Haxey and Westwoodside Heritage Society

Westwoodside Village Hall Nethergate, Westwoodside, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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

Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Workshop 9: First person narratives

Goole Museum and Gallery Carlisle Street, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

If you are interested in history, here’s your opportunity to stimulate those “grey cells” over the summer months and perhaps even meet some like minded folk over a cuppa and a biscuit. Thanks to the award of a Hull Maritime Community … Read More

Calderdale Family History Society

The Maurice Jagger Centre Lister Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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