Meetings Programme 2025-2026
The 2025 meetings will be held at the Mechanics Institute Library (2nd floor), 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ.
Tel: 01274 722857.
An Announcement will be made in the autumn regarding the venue for the 2026 meetings.
In order to avoid a rise in the annual membership fees there will be an entry charge at each lecture of £2 for members and £5 for non-members.
All meetings commence at 10.30am
| August 13th 2025 | The planned visit to Undercliffe Cemetery has been cancelled. |
| September 10th 2025 | Henry Birkby & Sons - Wyke - Janice Haley |
| October 8th 2025 | AGM followed by Joseph Wright - Donkey Boy to Professor - Sue Steel |
| November 12th 2025 | "Bradford's Socialist Prophet" The Life of Frederick William Jowett - Dr Simon Ross Valentine |
| December 10th 2025 | Men and Women of Baildon in the First World War - Tish Lawson |
| 2026 | |
| January 14th 2026 |
Bradford Dyers Association - Stuart Wilkinson |
| February 11th 2026 | The Great Rising of 1381 - The Peasants Revolt - Peter Palmer |
| March 11th 2026 | Politics and Power: The Founding of Ripon's Anglo-Saxon Monastery - Prof Joyce Hill |
| April 8th 2026 | Looking Up in Bradford - Geoff Twentyman |
| May 13th 2026 | A History of English Stained Glass - Derek Barker |
| June 10th 2026 | Guided visits to Bradford Playhouse, Chapel Street (meet |
| July 8th 2026 | Visit to Baildon Hall, Hallfield Drive. Meet there for 10.30am. £10. Places need to be booked in advance. Janet Senior will be issuing the booking forms. |
| August 12th 2026 | A walk round Wibsey with Mary and Geoff Twentyman. No booking required. No charge. Meet in the Salvation Army car park, Holroyd Hill, at 10.30am. |