Talks and presentations are given regularly between September and May at Church House on Old Main Street (just by the Parish Church) in Bingley. The postcode for SatNav users is BD16 2RH. Click here to see a photo of Church House. In the three summer months of June, July and August we usually arrange a local history walk nearby.

There is a charge of £3.00 for each event, but no membership or joining fee. All welcome!

Date

Speaker or
Walk Leader

Title

Details

Programme for 2025/2026

12 Jun 2025

Susan Hart

St Ives
(walk – 7pm start)

7pm start
Meet at the lower St Ives car park off the road from Bingley to Harden [B6429],

10 Jul 2025

Allan Mirfield

Eldwick’s Eras
(walk - 7pm start)

7pm start
Meet at Eldwick Memorial Hall off Otley Rd, Eldwick

14 Aug 2025

Hugh Figgess

Myrtle Park: Now and Then
(walk – 7pm start)

7pm start
Meet outside new Bingley Town Council offices, Myrtle Place (next to Arts Centre Car Park)

11 Sep 2025

Richard Smith

Patterns From the Past – Jacquard Weaving Archive

Church House, 7:30pm

9 Oct 2025

David Johnson

Millstone Production in the Pennines and North West England

Church House, 7:30pm

13 Nov 2025

Glyn Watkins

John Nicholson – The Airedale Poet

Church House, 7:30pm

11 Dec 2025

Hugh Figgess

Some of the Key People in Bingley in the 19th and early 20th Century

Church House, 7:30pm

8 Jan 2026

Brian Groom

These Isles: A History of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

Church House, 7:30pm

12 Feb 2026

Allan Vanston

Clips from the Past (Local Videos)

Church House, 7:30pm

12 Mar 2026

Janet Senior

Do You Remember?

Church House, 7:30pm

9 Apr 2026

NO MEETING

14 May 2026

AGM – 7pm, then Denise Adlard

The Workhouse

Church House, 7:30pm

 

Please note: All events are subject to change without notice, due to circumstances beyond our control.
 

 

 

 

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