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7.30pm Gladrags optional...  Gladness vital. "BARRIE RUTTER IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING THEATRE COMPANIES IN THE GREATER NORTH NOWADAYS - HE IS A GENUINE

6.30pm The Allan Fold – King Cross Police Station - St Paul’s Railway Station Baldwin & Walker’s Mill - vanished Pubs - three lost Chapels - new Aachen Way FUNDRAISER:

7.30pm Recommended age:16+ Join expert forensics lecturer Jennifer Rees to explore one of Forensic Psychology’s most troubling topics. During this talk, you will discover how serial killers are classified. What

7.30pm A talk by Dr Stephen Caunce on the story of the Pennine Clothiers and the Domestic System of Cloth Making, 1500-1750. All are welcome. Tea/coffee/biscuits will be available for

8.15pm Strange tales of Deaths and Funerals in Calderdale, from early times down to about 1900.  Includes stories which are spooky, quirky, and even amusing. Learn who was buried alive

The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival marks the 90th birthday of this legendary poet, and coincides with the publication of 'After Sylvia', an inspiring anthology of new poems and essays in

2.15pm Square Chapel Arts Centre David tells the story of Halifax’s mother church in pictures.  Now a Grade I building, the oldest surviving in the town, many are the alterations

7.30pm A talk by Chris Bateman on Leeds Fireclay, their precursors and associates. All are welcome. Tea/coffee/biscuits will be available for a small donation. Free entry to members of Calderdale

8.15pm Come and see a fascinating series of local Criminal ‘Mugshots,’ dating from the 1890s!  The story commences with an account of Law and Order in Halifax prior to the

8.15pm David has been familiar with this remarkable Waxworks Exhibition from a young age, and tells macabre stories of some of those commemorated.    From the sufferings of the French Royal

2.15pm Square Chapel Arts Centre A look at some houses just to the south of Halifax town centre, some now gone for ever.  David tells the stories of Holly Hall,