Did you know where Alex Rider got his surname from?
#Didyouknow #books #libraries #AlexRider #AnthonyHorowitz #fact #wakefield

🎥Here's a picture of pit ponies at Upton Colliery.
Check out this picture and more like it at twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

#upton #wakefield #miners #history

@wfmuseums @mywakefield @wkfdhistsoc @ncmme

Don’t forget to join us on Tuesday at #NormantonLibrary for the marvellous Melody Mates & refreshments #singing #music #goldenoldies Wakefield Council #KnowYourNeighbourhood OurYear2024

🎈Join us for an uplifting performance from @tmeseistheatre!

📅4 May-1 June
📍Airedale, Featherstone, Hemsworth, Horbury, Normanton, Pontefract, South Elmsall and Stanley and libraries

To book visit: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=up%…

Wakefield mumbler @ouryear2024 @expwakefield

🎥Here's a picture of the day Glasshoughton Colliery closed!
Check out this picture and more like it at twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

#glasshoughton #minersstrike #wakefield

@mywakefield @wkfdhistsoc @wfmuseums @ncmme

Pop into #castlefordlibrary on Fri 26 April from 10am for a coffee and a chat about our local nature reserves

Celebrating Wordfest #castlefordlibrary we have crime author Catherine Yaffe and award winning poet Michael Wilkinson. Tel 01977722085 to book your place or call into Castleford Library Carlton Street Castleford. Experience Wakefield Wakefield Museums & Castles

Join us for a fun local history event from @storytrailsuk

📅4-29 May
⏰timings vary, check when booking
📍Airedale, Hemsworth, Horbury, Featherstone, Normanton and Sandal libraries

To book visit: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=let…

@ouryear2024 @mywakefield @sparkwakefield @expwakefield

Join us for ‘Telling Tales and Talking Tunes’, a musical workshop from Charlie Wells.
📅⏰dates and time vary, check when booking
📍Castleford, Hemsworth, Pontefract, Stanley and Wakefield libraries

Book at ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=tel…

@ouryear2024 @sparkwakefield Wakefield mumbler

🎥Here's a picture of miners cleaning Sharlston Dam during the 1926 general strike.
Check out this picture and more like it at twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

#history #minersstrike #wakefield

@ncmme @wkfdhistsoc @mywakefield @wfmuseums

🏹Here are some great books of ours if you love the stories of Robin Hood!
Visit our libraries to borrow or reserve at wakefield.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/d…

#RobinHood #Wakefield #Libraries #bookstagram #history #BookRecs

A debut novel #TheBorrowedHills by @Scott_Preston has amazing reviews📚🤗
You can borrow or request at #Wakefieldlibrary this 'cinematic reimagining of the American Western for the fella of northern England.' John Murray Press The Reading Agency

EVERYONE HAS A HILL THEY'LL DIE ON 🔥
Don't miss The Borrowed Hills from Scott Preston, a gripping reimagining of the American Western for the fells of northern England. Arriving 11th April brnw.ch/21wI5h9

🛡️✏️Design a coat of arms for your family with Buttercrumble!

📅⏰dates and times vary, check when booking
📍Normanton, Pontefract, Sandal, South Elmsall and Wakefield libraries

To book visit: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=des…

@mywakefield @ouryear2024 @sparkwakefield Wakefield mumbler

🎥Here's a picture of a young roller skaters at Fryston Miner's Club in c.1955-6.
Check out this picture and more like it at twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

#history #miner #fryston

@wfmuseums @mywakefield @wkfdhistsoc @ncmme

Join us for a fun interactive session from ‘What’s the Story’.
📅2-29 May
⏰timings vary, check when booking

For ages 0-5

Booking required, visit: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=tal…

@mywakefield @ouryear2024 @wfmuseums @expwakefield @sparkwakefield Wakefield mumbler

🎥Here's a picture of a fish shop giving away free fish to striking miners during the 1905 Kinsley Evictions.
Check out this picture and more like it at twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

#minersstrike #hemsworth #history

@mywakefield @wfmuseums @wkfdhistsoc @ncmme

Join us for ‘Chronicles of Culture’, a writing workshop from @wakeylitfest!
📍Airedale, Hemsworth, Pontefract, Stanley and Wakefield Libraries
📅⏰dates and times vary, check when booking

Booking required, visit ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=chr…

@mywakefield @ouryear2024 @ncmme

In the run up to Earth Day we're calling on junior botanists in our District to join Thomas Gissing & get flower spotting so we can create a catalogue of flowers and plants for a Wakefield District Gissing Gallery! (p1/2)

🎥⛑️Our 'Twixt, Aire & Calder' website has over 11,000 photographs of Wakefield district in times gone by.
Here's a picture of local MPs and Coal Board officials visiting Kellingley Colliery.
Check out this picture and more like it at: twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

#history #wakefield