| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: | |
| When: | Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am 1st Thursday in month |
| Venue: | Denby Dale Parish Council Building (Skelmanthorpe Library) |
| Cost: | £3 per session |
A sociable discussion group where topics range from medieval battles to shops in Skelmanthorpe in the 1960’s. There are opportunities to do your own research or reminisce about your granny working in the local mill.
The Group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 10:30am -12:30 in the council offices (Skelmanthorpe Library building) (upstairs computer room). Please bring your own refreshments.
The Group was previously lead by John Ryden and during that time the Group researched a lot of local history. Their research is now in the Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale libraries.
Copies are Listed opposite
Skelmanthorpe has a rich history. We have The Textile Heritage Centre in Queen Street. The centre is located in a weavers cottage, one up, one down as it was in 1900. For more information click https://www.facebook.com/SkelmanthorpeTexileHeritageCentre/
Skelmanthorpe is also the place in which the Chartist Movements Flag of Freedom was made following the Peterloo Massacre.
THE FREEDOM FLAG
This flag was made as a reaction to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester. It was often hidden from the authorities.
For more information click on https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/0YMOwNq0TouwZ9JHk5PXNw