| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly The preferred date will be the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Some venues may require us to choose an alternative date. Short visits will be in the afternoons; Longer/further visits may start earlier. |
| Venue: | Various |
This new group is developing a programme of visits to historical sites interspersed with group sessions which review past visits and anticipate future ones. More detail in the post (below) about our inaugural meeting..
Forthcoming events
19th September 2025
13:10 - 15:30
Outing
Outing to Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
This visit will take place on one of the museum's steam weekends, when the engine powering the looms will be in action. We willl rendezvous at the museum at 1:10 […]
Venue: Queen Street Mill
Cost: £5 admission
Group News
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Alfresco History visit to Bankfield Museum
Barbara Wigley has compiled a report on this visit, with illustrations.
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Alfresco History visit to Sunny Bank Mill
On 1st May, 11 members of the group, travelling in three cars, arrived at 11 AM in brilliant sunshine and found their way to the Museum and Archive, situated in […]
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Alfresco History visit to Bankfield Museum
This visit will take place at 11 AM on Wednesday 28th May. Details (pdf) prepared by Sue Hayter follow.
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Alfresco History and Archaeology Visit Programme 2025
The Group met in Roomfield Baptist Church on Tuesday 18th February to plan a sequence of visits for the 2025 season up to November. The programme we have come up […]
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Alfresco History trip to East Riddlesden Hall
Getting There By car. This will get you there quickest. Information about sharing lifts will be addressed in the RSVP form about this event. By Public Transport. For Live information […]
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Alfresco History Inaugural Meeting
Tuesday 4th June 2024 at Todmorden College 17 members took part in the meeting, and shared thoughts about its scope, meetings and organisation. There was general agreement that the focus […]