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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Don't forget to cast your votes for your favourite things about Wakefield. Voting closes at midnight tonight! wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/wakefield-in...

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Wakefield in 50 Objects – Wakefield Civic Society

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Earlier this year, we asked people to tell us their favourite things about Wakefield. We've now sifted and sorted the nominations to create a shortlist and would now like to invite you to cast your votes to help our panel decide the final 50. wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/wakefield-in...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Coming soon - our new project for 2026! Nominations open on Monday, 1st June. More soon!

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that our Restaurant of the Year 2025, as voted for by members of our Dining Club, is TẾT Restaurant, Cross Square, Wakefield. This is the second year running that Tet has won the award. Do pay them a visit! tetrestaurant.co.uk

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

An excellent evening at the @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social AGM tonight with the Restaurant of the Year Award voted for by the Dining Club revealed and the Civic Society Design Awards.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Restoration of the Victorian police station & superintendent's house in Wood Street & refurbishment of Phoenix Mill, Tileyard North, Wakefield have both been honoured at the @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social design awards held recently. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Old police station and mill in Wakefield win design awards

Developers win praise for refurbishments of historic buildings that brought them back into use.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

NEWS: C20 has helped to safeguard a frieze of fifteen exquisite terracotta mural panels by artists Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings from the 1980s Broad Quay House office building in Bristol, featuring Concorde, the Co-op movement and SS Great Britain. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/frieze-...

Terracotta mural of the jet intake from the engine of Concorde, Broad Quay House, Bristol – Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings, 1982
Image credit: Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society

Terracotta mural of the Co-operative movement corn shef, Broad Quay House, Bristol – Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings, 1982
Image credit: Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society

Terracotta mural of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s famed SS Great Britain ship, Broad Quay House, Bristol – Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings, 1982
Image credit: Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society

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Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Our Twixt, Aire and Calder website is home to more than 13,000 photographs of Wakefield District in time gone by! Here are a couple of pictures of people clearing snow for a tram in Horbury in 1906. You can view these pictures and more like them here: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

A black and white photograph of two West Riding trams in a snowdrift on Horbury Road, Ossett at Christmas 1906.

A black and white postcard showing men clearing snow drifts from Wakefield Road in Horbury during Christmas 1906. Men, boys and a dog can be seen at the end of the clearing. The landscape appears to be rural at this time. The tram lines are being cleared.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Yesterday, we caught up on some unfinished business when our President, @mrtrickett.bsky.social, presented Tileyard North with one of our Design Awards for their Gradient Mill. (See photo) This modern office building is part of the revitalised mills complex at Wakefield's waterfront.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A great presentation from @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social last night at Wakefield Exchange when the latest blue plaque to industrial locomotive builder, Thomas Peckett was unveiled. I was pleased to be able to make a small contribution to the research for this project. Peckett was baptised in /1

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Kevin Trickett MBE @mrtrickett.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social blue plaque to Thomas Peckett will be on display this weekend at the Wakefield Railway Modellers' Society annual exhibition at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School www.wakefieldrms.org/exhibition/

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2025 Exhibition – Wakefield RMS

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

And that's it. We've reached the deadline for entries to our Architectural Photography Competition. A huge 'thank you' to everyone who has submitted entries. We'll be exhibiting the entries as part of a Heritage Open Days exhibition at Wakefield Exchange from 12th to 21st September.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Just one day left! Yes, 24 little hours (and probably less than that by the time you see this) to send your entries in for our Architectural Photography Competition. Don't delay, enter today! wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

We're really closing in now on the deadline for entries to our Architectural Photography Competition. Just 2 days left to enter! wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

You know the drill! Only three days left to submit your entry for our Architectural Photography Competition: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Just 4 days left to enter our Architectural Photography Competition! Time is really running out! Details here: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Just five days left! That's 120 hours or 7,200 minutes. If you want to submit your entries for our Architectural Photography Competition, you have until 5pm on Friday, 29th August. See: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

If you want to enter our Architectural Photography Competition, there are just 6 days left! Deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday, 29th August. You don't have to be a member of the Society to enter and you could win a cash prize! Details here: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

A good day today at the Wakefield BID Merrie City Festival. We enjoyed meeting new people - potentially new members! We shall see!

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Just 2 weeks left to send your entries in for our Architectural Photography Competition! Yes, the deadline of 5pm on Friday, 29th August is just two weeks away so don't delay! We want to see your photographs of Wakefield's buildings. See: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Full information about the competition and details of how to enter on our website: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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2025 Architectural Photography Competition – Wakefield Civic Society

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Just three weeks to go if you want to meet the deadline for entering our Architectural Photography Competition! Entries close at 5pm on Friday, 29th August. Send us your photographs (by email, not in print) of your favourite buildings and views in and around Wakefield.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

One month to go - yes, just 28 days - to send us your photographs of Wakefield's architecture if you want to enter our photo competition. The deadline is 5pm on Friday, 29th August - but don't leave it until the last moment! Send us your entries now: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...

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2025 Architectural Photography Competition – Wakefield Civic Society

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who likes taking photos of buildings. You don't have to be a professional to enter. And there are cash prizes to be won! See our website for more information.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Like taking photographs of buildings? Enter our Architectural Photography Competition and submit your best photographs of Wakefield's buildings now! Your photo(s) will be featured in an exhibition to be held at Wakefield Exchange from 12th to 21st September, and you could win a cash prize!

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Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Roll Up! Roll Up! Wakefield Libraries is in possession of a collection of historic circus posters! Local bookseller John Cryer collected and stored dozens of circus posters from c.1810-65. You can see our full collection here: bit.ly/WFCircus #History #Circus #Wakefield #Libraries

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Join us for our free talk on Thursday evening, 15th May, when guest speaker Christopher Beanland will be talking about railway architecture. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/station-wi...

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Station - With Christopher Beanland

Join us for this talk by journalist, comedy writer and author Christopher Beanland as he considers the architecture of railway stations.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Join us on Thursday evening, 20th March, for our next event - 'Our Heritage, Our Stories' with Tegwen Roberts. It's free and open to all with a live-stream option available. More details and booking information here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-storie...

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Our Stories, Our Heritage with Tegwen Roberts

Join us for this presentation by Tegwen Roberts, Heritage Development Manager at Wakefield Council

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grimsbycleecivic.bsky.social @grimsbycleecivic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

BBC: Hundreds sign petition to save hidden Queen's Silver Jubilee Mosaic in Grimsby www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Petition to save mosaic in Grimsby threatened by Freshney Place

Campaigners say it is under threat because of the new shopping centre development

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Still time to book your tickets for our talk on Thursday evening, 20th February. Mapping History with Martin Wills of the Historic Towns Trust. A free event, open to all - and we even offer a live stream for anyone unable to get to there in person. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-hi...

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Mapping History: How we produce historical maps. With Martin Wills

Join us for this talk by Martin Wills, Development Manager at the Historic Towns Trust, who will talk about their latest project in Bradford

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Wakefield Historical Society UK @wfdhistsoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

An intriguing talk to our Society by David Hinchliffe on Wed 12th Feb, 'A Most Gross and Groundless Prosecution: the Denby witchcraft case of 1674′. @expwakefield.bsky.social @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social Find out more: www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/whs-events/p...

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Previous Events - Wakefield Historical Society

Promoting knowledge of the area's past

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Civic Voice @civicvoice.org.uk · 06/02/2025

We've created a starter pack of accounts of relevance to the #BuiltEnvironment in #England (with a few from partners elsewhere!). We'll be adding more shortly - do DM us any suggestions for us to consider. Our members pack is separate and will be coming along shortly. bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Leeds Civic Trust @leedscivictrust.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🎉 We are pleased to announce our 2025 series of guided walks. This year is our 60th anniversary. We're celebrating with the most extensive series of guided walks the Trust has ever held in a single season. 👉Booking opens tomorrow🔗zurl.co/t0b0u

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

It only takes 1 inspirational #maths teacher to turn a generation of girls into mathematicians. Wakefield High School for Girls got 3 of 5 maths scholarships at oyal Holloway College 1933. Marjorie Hartley worked at RAE Farnborough onfatigue failure of aircraft. @wes1919.bsky.social

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 31 March 1933 In the scholarship examinations entrance Royal Holloway College, University London, three out of the five scholarships Mathematics have been gained pupils of Wakefield High School, including the Senior Mathematical Scholarship of a year for three years, and the Second Mathematical Scholarship of £40 a year for three years. The scholarships have been award Marjorie Hartley and Mollis Kirk, and an exhibition of £25 a year for three years Blanche Murten.

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Civic Voice @civicvoice.org.uk · 07/02/2025

The Civic Voice trustees are pleased to announce that following a competitive selection process, @robhattersley.bsky.social has been appointed as the organisation's new Chief Executive Officer.

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grimsbycleecivic.bsky.social @grimsbycleecivic.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Petition to prevent demolition of Queen's Silver Jubilee mosaic behind market entrance from Freshney Place, Grimsby www.change.org/p/prevent-th...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

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Wakefield Historical Society UK @wfdhistsoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I imagine there are other 'gems' in this collection that relate to Wakefield. mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/WYM

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West Yorkshire Miners' Association

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A really good turnout tonight for our second Dining Club meeting of 2025. Tonight, we were at Delphi Restaurant, just off the Bull Ring when 28 of us sat down to eat Greek-style food. (No plates were broken!)

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Wakefield Historical Society UK @wfdhistsoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You can find out about our Centenary in 2024 on our website. It includes the talk about the history of the Society, a summary of the many events that took place and much more. @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/about-us/the...

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The Society's History - Wakefield Historical Society

Promoting knowledge of the area's past

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Mapping History - our 20th February presentation by Martin Wills of the Historic Towns Trust. Tickets available to book now. It's a free event and open to all. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-hi...

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Mapping History: How we produce historical maps. With Martin Wills

Join us for this talk by Martin Wills, Development Manager at the Historic Towns Trust, who will talk about their latest project in Bradford

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

No fewer than eight members of Wakefield Civic Society present for today's regional event.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We're making our annual call for nominations for our Design and Environment Awards. If you've seen a recently completed building or environmental project - completed in 2024, and it's in our area, do get in touch. Find out more here: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/design-and-e...

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Design and Environment Awards – Wakefield Civic Society

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Our first Dining Club outing of 2025 took us to Prego, an Italian restaurant off Westgate. Well worth braving the freezing weather for a very enjoyable evening.

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Coming up later this month, our first event of 2025. Join us on 16th January for a fascinating talk about Theatre Royal Wakefield. Book now - it's free to attend and you don't have to be a member of the Society to come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theatre-ro...

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Theatre Royal Wakefield – History, Heritage and Future with Katie Town

Join us for this presentation by Theatre Royal Wakefield's Executive Director Katie Town

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Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A happy New Year to all. If you're looking for new year resolutions, why not resolve to take out membership of the Society this year? Find out more here: wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/membership-j...

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Membership – Join Us Now! – Wakefield Civic Society

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Alnwick Civic Society @alnwickcivicsoc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year to all our members, friends and followers. As we start 2025 we have 31 Civic Societies on Bluesky. There's a starter pack here - go.bsky.app/RsX51ES. This is not a competition, but if it was, the Cockburn Association would top the list. Please let us know of any mistakes.

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