Welcome to the Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Society
Following the success of last year's event, when over 50 clubs and societies were visited by over 400 attendees, Goole Civic Society are organising a repeat event, which is hoped to be an even bigger success. Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Society … Read More
Online 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 … 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
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