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  • The image shows the Mechanics Institute Library with a large table in the middle with seating.

    Know Your City!

    Bradford Mechanics Institute 76 Kirkgate, Bradford

    The Mechanics’ Institute is celebrating 200 years at the centre of life in Bradford. Pupils, teachers, managers and Presidents of the Institute helped turn Bradford into the Wool Capital of […]

    Free
  • The image shows a bird on twig with a QR code saying Scan Me.

    Bingley Heritage Trail

    Download your trail here https://bingleyheritagetrail.co.uk/ Download the map and enjoy the wonderful Bingley Heritage Trail at your leisure. With 5 locations to explore plus bonus historic sites there is lots […]

    Free
  • The image shows a to scale model of Bradford Cathedral

    Modelling the Catherdral

    Bradford Cathedral 1 Stott Hill, Bradford

    Visitors are invited to discover a beautifully detailed N Scale model of Bradford Cathedral. Explore the building’s architecture – from tower to transept – at a scale that reveals details […]

    Free
  • This image shows Penistone Hill pond which is surrounded by green hills and a pathway leading down to the pond

    Penistone Hill Guided Walk

    Bronte Parsonage Bronte Parsonage Museum, Church Street, Haworth

    Parsonage visitors are invited to join us for a guided, moorland walk upon nearby Penistone Hill. We’ll discover the landscape that inspired the Brontes and explore some remnants of its […]

    Free
  • Collection of family history items displayed on a table, including old photographs, birth and death certificates, handwritten documents, newspaper clippings and a family tree book.

    Stories Across Generations : a creative family history workshop

    Keighley Local Studies Library Keighley Library, North Street, Keighley

    Do you want to record your family memories but don’t know where to begin? Do you have a box of old photographs, keepsakes or documents you’d love to make sense […]

    Free
  • The image shows a selection of photos of people from the past in black and white and sepia laid over hand written letters

    Stories Across Generations : A Creative Family History Workshop

    Keighley Local Studies Library Keighley Library, North Street, Keighley

    Explore your family history through scrapbooking and creative journaling. Discover how to begin tracing your ancestry using the library’s archives and resources, then use your own photographs and memorabilia to […]

    Free
  • Photograph of a museum or archive display about mauve dye. In the foreground, a framed portrait of a bearded Victorian man stands beside a small glass bottle labelled “Mauveine,” with strands of deep purple yarn draped around the frame. Soft bundles of wool roving in shades of lilac and purple are arranged on a table. Bookshelves and archival storage materials are visible in the background. The display highlights the history of the synthetic purple dye mauveine and its impact on the textile industry.

    From Archive to Aniline: 170 Years of Mauvine

    The SDC Textile Collection at the Society of Dyers and Colourists Perkin House Bradford BD1 2LU

    Join us at the SDC Textile Collection celebrating 170 years since William Henry Perkin’s discovery of mauvine. Explore historic textiles, chemical innovation, and the birth of synthetic colour, with opportunities […]

    Free