Society News & Meetings
Meetings take place on the third Thursday of the month, in Hessle Town Hall at 7.15 pm.
Admission to meetings is £1 for members and £2 for non members.
AGM
The AGM took place on November 15th. The Committee remains unchanged. New volunteers are always welcome to join the Committee.
Hessle Local History Society Archive
Your Society is now developing an archive facility in conjunction with Hessle Town Council.
The archive will be open for viewing and research on an appointment only basis, hopefully within a few months. Items are currently being catalogued. The archive will be based at the Town Hall.
2020 Programme
19 March Margaret Farrow Philip Larkin in Hessle
16 April Keith Hare Hessle’s very own Comical Fire Brigade
21 May Michele Beadle The R38 disaster
18 June Paul Schofield The Town Trail and mediaeval guilds of Beverley
16 July Jill Crowther Charles Staniland Wake: A Victorian mystery solved
20 August Eve Johansson Joseph Walker Pease
17 September Ian Wilkinson Hessle, an historic place
15 October Michael Free Memorials and Stained Glass of All Saints’ Church
19 November AGM followed by Peter Richardson, Rowley Church, the 40s at Grosmont, Walkington Hayride and the Beamish Museum
Newsletter
Editorial Team: Eve Johansson (01482 641242 or eve.johansson@edqvist.karoo.co.uk), Marie Nicoll and Anne Reaveley.
If you have any items of interest for the Newsletter please send them to Eve.
Material for the next issue is welcome - send to the Editorial team.