You Are What You Ate - talks at Pontefract LibraryYou Are What You Ate offers a series of free public talks by specialists in food science, history and archaeology. There is plenty of time for discussion afterwards. In 2012 , we start our series of talks based on this year's project theme of 'the dark side of eating'. The venue for this season's talks is Pontefract Library, starting at 6.30pm. All talks will be followed with refreshments and a chance to see this year's 'Dark Side of Eating' exhibition at Pontefract Museum. Entry is free and there is no need to book.
Wednesday 14 March 2012 'The vices and virtue of drink (17th-18th centuries)' Speakers: Prof John Chartres and Rachael Johnson, School of History, University of Leeds Wednesday 21 March 2012 'The dark side of diet: what skeletons can tell us about food in the past' Speaker: Dr Alan Ogden, Research Fellow in Biological Anthropology, University of Bradford
Wednesday 28 March 2012 'It's grim up north: getting enough to eat in medieval Yorkshire' Speaker: Prof Terry O'Connor, Archaeological Sciences at the University of York Wednesday 25 April 2012 'Eating yourself to death: food and lifestyle in Renaissance Italy' Speaker: Dr Alex Bamji, School of History, University of Leeds
website: You are what you ate
Some Wakefield writers – a project to celebrate the jubilee of H M Queen Elizabeth, 2012
Volunteers needed! A group of trustees at the Gissing Centre in Thompson's Yard plan to mark the Queen's Jubilee by creating a PowerPoint presentation celebrating aspects of Wakefield's literary history. This will embrace writers with a strong connection with Wakefield, from the early 15 century Wakefield Master of the Mystery Plays to contemporary authors such as Helen Fielding, John Godber, and Joanne Harris. It is hoped to include dramatists, historians, novelists, and poets, and possibly also those who wrote about dialect and about ancient Greek or Rome, hymn writers, and lyricists. Volunteers are sought to gather together material on individual figures. Up for grabs are: the Wakefield Master, historian J W Walker, lyricist Noel Gay, playwright David Mercer, topographer and collector of dialect W S Banks, dialect author and poet Walter Hampson and lyricist Noel Gay. We shall need notes on the nature of the subject's work –what particularly characterises it, key facts about the subject's life, and suggestions for visual images (portraits, photographs, important places/ buildings). The target date for completion is 1 May 2012. Anyone willing to take on one of the suggested people (or to propose another) is asked to contact the Society: info@wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Guided City Walks in Leeds, February and March 2012 All walks start from outside the Leeds Tourist Information Centre @ Leeds City Station (unless otherwise stated). Adults £4.00 accompanied, children free (unless otherwise stated)
Saturday 25th Feb 10.00am: Churches of Leeds. 3 hours. Saturday 10th March 10.00am: Bradford (meet entrance to Bradford Interchange) £5; 4.5 hours.
Tuesday 20th March 7.30pm: West Side Story (includes Leeds Infirmary) 2 hours.
Sunday 25th March 10.00am: Ramble round Howley (meet Shoulder of Mutton Pub, Bruntcliffe, Morley) 2 hours 45 mins. Stout footwear / boots / wellies required.
All walks require booking by phone: Ken Goor 0113 252 6807; mobile 07742223926; goorsguiding@btinternet.com.
"The Hammer and Shears Company" and the 200th Anniversary of the Luddite uprising
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the main Luddite activities in the West Riding of Yorkshire. A group of around twenty folk enthusiasts who play, perform and write all sorts of music, songs and poems are creating a show that depicts the main events of the time using period costume, backdrops and a Power Point Presentation. They have several performances planned so far and tickets for the shows at Aldersgate Methodist Church, Low Moor, Bradford and Roberttown Community Centre, near Dewsbury are already on sale.
Further information: www.darksatanicmills.com
Yorkshire Society: Yorkshire History Prize 2012
This competition for essays on the history of Yorkshire is held annually. The Beresford Award for longer essays of up to 10,000 words is worth £300, and the judges may make a second award of £150. For shorter essays, with a limit of 5,000 words, there is one prize, the Bramley Award, of £150. Entries should be original and based on research, and should not have been published already nor offered for publication. Any subject drawn from the history of places and people in traditional Yorkshire is usually acceptable. Successful essays have often been adapted subsequently for publication in learned journals. Persons thinking of entering should first inform the Secretary (see below) who will give guidance on the format in which essays should be submitted. Those wanting to discuss academic matters, the wording of their title or the eligibility of their subject may, if they wish, consult Professor Edward Royle, Chairman of the Judges. (Tel. 01904 423009; email: er1@york.ac.uk). The closing date is 1 May 2012 and essays should be sent to:
J M Bradford, Secretary for the Yorkshire History Prize,
14B Wood Lane, Leeds LS6 2AE Tel: 0113 274 3804;
Email: thebradfords@btinternet.co.uk
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Local and Family History Networks
Local and family historians, whether beginners or the more experienced, are invited to the networks, which aim to act as a forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge. The Wakefield network meets in Balne Lane Library on the fourth Monday of the month at 1.30pm, while the Ossett group meets in Ossett Library on the second Friday of the month at 10am.
The topic for the February 27th meeting of the Wakefield network will be Irish family history records. This will be the last meeting to be held at Balne Lane Library, as the Library closes to the public at the end of January to prepare for the move to the new Wakefield One building. From March 26th the network group will meet temporarily in Drury Lane Library and continue to meet on the fourth Monday of the month at 1.30pm, until the new library opens. Future meetings will highlight problem-solving and the Wakefield Manor Court Rolls. The Ossett network continues to meet in Ossett Library on the second Friday of the month at 10am. The February meeting will look at the Ossett Community Archive and Jubilee celebrations, while in March we will concentrate on Wakefield and Ossett enclosure records.
For further information please contact Deborah Scriven through the Society: info@wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Views of York Exhibition A splendid exhibition of images of the City of York from the 17th century to the present day which will be staged at Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, from 1 April to 31 August as part of the York 800 celebrations. There will be over 100 images on display, many from private collections and, therefore, not generally seen in public.
West Yorkshire Community Heritage Forum: Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Claremont, 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NZ, Saturday 18 February 2012 10.30am onwards. The programme will include 'You Are What You Ate: Food Lessons from the Past' – Iona McCleery, University of Leeds, Project Coordinator; 'Beckett Park, Leeds' – Ian Crossland, Leeds Metropolitan University; 'The Luddite Link partnership' – Janette Martin, University of Huddersfield, Project Administrator; Huddersfield Archaeological Society/ Kirklees Young Archaeologists – Jo Heron, President, HAS; Heritage walk around Little Woodhouse – Freda Matthews, Little Woodhouse Community Association and/or a chance to look at the YAS Library and Archives – Sylvia Thomas.
Latest Acquisitions at West Yorkshire Archives
The reconfiguration of local Methodist circuits has brought in several good deposits relating to our area. 40% of the records transferred to us since June have been from the Methodist circuits we cover. Items of interest include further accumulations for the Ossett and Horbury Methodist Circuit 1898-2011 (WWMC32), including Minutes of the Gunson Mission and Sunday School Bible Fund Committee 1898-1997 and the Women's Committee 1965-2011; Ossett Wesley Street Methodists (C8/26; and further accumulations of circuit meeting minutes, plans and accounts from the Pontefract and Normanton Circuit 1983-2011 (WYW1563). Archival deposits don't have to be old, of course and this is proved by WWMC45 for records of the new North Kirklees and Morley Circuit, which were deposited on the 23rd August – over a week before the circuit actually came into existence! A basement clearout at WMDC's Newton Bar site (ref WMD5) has produced some items of interest – outline portfolios for Trinity Walk, strategy documents for the Waterfront development; artists impressions for Kirkgate and the outline plans the Ridings Centre (then known as the Fountains Centre!). Added to this are 291 licensing files from Wakefield Magistrates' court (P31) – a file for every pub and hotel in the Wakefield Petty Sessional area, from the late 19th century up to 2005.
website: West Yorkshire Archive Service
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