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Halifax, Twinned With...Elberfeld?
The history of Halifax is the history of “women who do” in many ways, and a brief rummage through one of our pamphlet boxes brought a...
Sep 27, 2025


Black Abolitionists in Calderdale
This Black History Month we have been looking into some of the black abolitionists that visited Calderdale in the mid 19th Century. They...
Oct 31, 2023


“The Abstainer’s Companion” – some Temperance movements in Calderdale
What with pub culture being so prevalent in Britain, it’s easy to forget that the Temperance movement – think teetotallers, abstention,...
Oct 15, 2022
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