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  • Owston Ferry Heritage Society

    Coronation Hall High Street, Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire

    Illustrated talk Yorkshire's Watermen: Illuminating their lives through genealogy.

  • The Railway and Canal Historical Society (North West Group)

    Friends Meeting House, Manchester 6 Mount Street, Manchester, 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

  • Goole Built: The Story of Goole Shipyard

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

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

  • Goole On Film

    Junction Paradise Place, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    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

    Colonel Dane Memorial Hall Church Street, Alwalton, Peterborough

    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.  

  • Boothferry Family and Local History Group

    The Courtyard Boothferry Road, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    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

  • Yorkshire Heritage Summit Exhibition: Barnsley

    Barnsley Civic 46 Eldon Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    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

  • Waterways Heritage Festival and Flotilla of Vessels

    Goole Marina Dutch Riverside, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

      Save this weekend for a gathering of canal boats with entertainment, food and drink, to mark the 200th anniversary of the official opening of the Goole to Knottingley canal and the port and town of Goole. Boat owners are … Read More

  • Pontefract and District Family History Society

    Central Methodist Church Hall Tanshelf Drive, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    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