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Report on meeting of Friday 8th March 2024.

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On the evening of Friday 8th March 2024 at 7:30pm there was the seventh of the Winter programme of lectures for 2023 – 24. About 30 people were in attendance on a very cold night.
The Speaker was Barry Noble who spoke on the topic “ Churchill Remembered ”. Barry who now lives in East Anglia but lived in the Upper Calder Valley for many years often does
impersonations of Churchill all over the world now he is retired and will be at the Normandy and Arnham re-union of old comrades this year.
His condensed talk spoke about Churchill from his birth to his retirement from politics in 1974 and revealed his charismatic character, his exploits, his determination, independent thinking and a man who eventually became a dominant political figure. Controversial and divisive he may have been but destined to be a man born to be an ultimate leader.

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Report on Meeting of 12th January 2024.

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On Friday evening 12th January 2024, at 7.30pm there was the fifth of the Winter programme of lectures for 2023 – 24. Sadly, the speaker  should have been David Cant whose illustrated talk would have been titled “The Magic of Castle Carr “  but due to illness this at very short notice had to be postponed but Anne Kirker thankfully was able to step in and gave an illustrated talk on a trip she had done on the Manchester Ship Canal . Her illustrated talk was titled “From Quays to Pier”, which included a little bit of History about building the canal. The details of some of her talk are too numerous to summarise in this report but she gave us what she described as a visual catalogue. However, some of us are old enough to remember the hulls of some of the various Manchester liners or cargo ships rising above the walls of Dock Road, Salford and of the ships that passed through the various swing bridge locks as we watched. Furthermore, some of its historic features like much of Trafford Park’s Industrial heritage; Irlam Steel works; the Co-op margarine works and sadly the famous Runcorn – Widnes Transporter Bridge which closed and was demolished in 1960.

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Report on Meeting of Friday 8th December 2023

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Mytholmroyd Historical Society met on Friday evening the 8th December 2023 at St Michael’ s Church, New Road, Mytholmroyd. As usual the Christmas meeting consisted of a short AGM followed by coffee and refreshments including of course, a traditional mince pie and then members Tony Wilson and Pam Jordan gave short talks about their Christmas memories as young people.

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Report on Meeting of 13th October 2023

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Friday 13th October was the second talk of the Society’s Winter programme of 2023 – 24 which ends and includes April 2024. Mr David Glover a regular speaker gave the illustrated talk and as usual was precise, articulate and fluent. His subject was Ann Walker but the title of his talk was “After Ann Lister’s death – the long journey home, Shibden Hall 1840 – 1854”

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Report of meeting on Friday 8th September 2023

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Our latest talk on Friday 8th September was given by Glenda Shaw, the great niece of Percy Shaw, the cat’s eyes inventor. Her talk is appropriately named Great Uncle Percy and his Reflective Road Studs. We were shown examples of his invention and given a very informative and entertaining account of his life and work.

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Mike Darke’s Goodbye

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Mike Darke has now retired as the Society’s Annual Day Excursion Organiser. The Society needs a new Trip Organiser, please volunteer. Mike has asked for the following guidance to be…

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