Howden U3A Family History Group meeting at Village Hall, Newport, East Yorkshire. Society trustee David Scrimgeour will be presenting “Yorkshire’s Watermen”.
Friends of West Park Vintage in the Park event West Park, Goole, East Yorkshire - YWHS will host an information stand.
Boothferry Local and Family History Society meeting at The Courtyard, Boothferry Road, Goole, East Yorkshire. Society trustee David Scrimgeour will be presenting “Births, Marriages and Deaths on Yorkshire’s Waterways”.
COME AND TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH GOOLE’S RICH PAST. Join us in our workshop at the Junction as we transform the space for an exhibition of photos and memorabilia taking us back in time through Goole’s history. The exhibition includes … Read More
Olicana Historical Society meeting at The Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road ,Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Society trustee David Scrimgeour will be presenting “Yorkshire’s Watermen”.
Wakefield and District Family History Society, The Outwood Memorial Hall, Leeds Road, Outwood, Wakefield. Also available by Zoom. Yorkshire’s Watermen Society trustee David Scrimgeour will be presenting “Yorkshire’s Watermen”. The transportation of goods across pre motorway Yorkshire relied heavily on … Read More
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
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
This exhibition of photographs, videos and music, documents the artists' two-day journey from Hull to York, via Goole on the working barge, George Dyson. It is the latest chapter in Rich and Lou’s Open Bridges project (www.openbridgeshull.com). Goole by Barge documents … Read More
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
