
SKIPTON & CRAVEN HISTORY SOCIETY
(Affiliated to the Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society)
2022-2023 Programme of Talks
All talks this season will be on the basis of open attendance, including non-members. The annual membership subscription fee is held at £10 and £3 per talk for non-members. All talks are held at the Swadford Street Centre, Skipton, on Thursday evenings at 7.30 p.m.
2022
13th October – Melinda Elder
Subject: The Slave Trade and its Impact on Northern England
27th October – Robin Longbottom
Subject: Mill Trips – rail and charabanc excursions from the end of the Crimean War until WW2
10th November – Ian Adams
Subject: The Death and Re-birth of the English Country House
24th November – Tony Burkitt
Subject: The Rise of the English Medieval Cathedrals (*change to original published talk)
8th December – Syd Matthews
Subject: The American Constitution
2023
12th January – Graham Nolan
Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Chartist Movement ** now to be held at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church Meeting Room, Castle View Terrace, Skipton, BD23 1NY
26th January – Dr Alison Harrop
Subject: Who was Lady Mortimer and why did she become a prisoner in Skipton Castle? *** Now to be held at the Soroptimists Rooms, Otley Street, Skipton, restricted to Members only
9th February – Peter Bewes
Subject: The Changing Scene at Skipton’s Railway Station ****To be held at the Swadford Street Centre, as originally published
23rd February – Eric Jackson JP
Subject: Model Villages and the Rise of the Philanthropic Movement
9th March – David Turner
Subject: A Navvy’s life for me: The Barden Reservoirs and the people who built them
23rd March – Dr David Johnson
Subject: Lime kilns: the where, when and what for.
13th April – Dr Kenneth Jackson
Subject: Beautiful Zion: Chapel Life in Skipton before the Second World War
27th April – AGM and Social Evening
Look out for SCHS announcements on Twitter [@HistorySkipton] and in the weekly local newspaper, the Craven Herald.