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  15th Jan 2026 - Ag Revolution

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  19th Feb 2026 - Photo Detective

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Gallery
Market Place Market Place
Note the new building in the photo on the corner.
Regent Street Regent Street
Note the 'Old Red Lion Hotel'
Chapmangate Chapmangate
Note the independent chapel built in 1807 to the left.
Publications
Bills Book Bill's Book

* Peter Halkon
* NEW 2nd Ed.
* 83 pages
* Illustrated
* Only £10.00
Pocklington at war Pocklington at War

* NEW 2nd Ed.
* 62 pages
* Illustrated
* Only £8.00
Woldgate History Woldgate History

"A History of Woldgate School"

* 60 pages
* Fully illustrated
* Only £5.00
epp Exploring Pocklington's Past

* Peter Halkon
* Summary of
Pocklington Archaeology
* Only £5.00
Heritage Trail Heritage Trail

"A Pock History & Heritage Trail"

* 2nd edition
* 27 pages
* Old photos
* Only £4.99

People and Places Thumb Old Pock

"People and Places of Old Pocklington"

* 40 pages
* Old photos
* Only £5.99
Adieu WW1 Book

"Adieu to dear old Pock"

  * ww1 diary
  * 53 profiles
  * Local News
  * 299 soldiers
  * 246 pages
llp Ladies book

"Ladies Predominating"

  * Biographies
  * Old photos
  * Only £2
Newsletter

PDLHG Newsletters
#1 Oct 2020
#2 Dec 2020
#3 May 2021

Church Choir
Pocklington Church Choir Boys photos

Choir 1924-28

Choir Boys 1924-28
(courtesy John Eastwood)

Back row, left to right: Charlie Burton, Fred Trimmer, Stan Massey, Leslie Kirby.

Middle row, left to right:
John Buckton, Ronald Eastwood, Leslie Eastwood, Eddie Barker, Douglas Stowe, Richard Thorpe, Harry Eastwood.

Front row, left to right: Joseph Eastwood, Richard Todd, Ken Simpson, RegWarters.

The vicar at the time was Rev Ian MacNaughton-Smith, curate Rev E L Dawe
and the organist Miss F Otley.


Ascension Day Pocklington


Ascension Day approximately 1934
on the roof of Pocklington Church

(Courtesy Ian Vickers)

Left to right: No. 4 George Tinson, No. 10 Bill Gelder ( part head showing ), No. 11 Peter Gelder. Possibles are No.8 Roland Hunter ?.

visit to beverley minster

Choir boys singing at Beverley Minster 31st August 1934. They were 4 sets of brothers, Bill Barker (back middle) and his brother is on the front right (the Barker dairy family). Please update me if you know any names. (Photo courtesy Ian Vickers)