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> Pocklington District Heritage Trust
  14-16th Nov - **HERITAGE FESTIVAL**
  The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings'

> Pocklington District Heritage Trust
  14th Nov - 'Archaeology conference
  The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings'

> Pocklington District Heritage Trust
  15th Nov - 'Heritage Beanfeast
  A Viking evening with SHIFTIPIG'

> Pocklington Local History Group
  20th Mar 2025 - Early Cinema

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
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
Newsletter

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

Airfield and wartime memories
These are the memories of those people who visited and knew the old airfield at Pocklington whilst it was in operation.
  1. The recollections of Peter Smith who was raised in Warter and whose father was assistant Estate Manager of the Warter Estate for over 40 years.

  2. The recollections of Dick Cains, whose family were millers at Devonshire mill.

  3. David J. Cottrell writes of his family memories of escaping the blitz in London to live in Pocklington and witnessing the aircraft taking off and landing at Pocklington airfield during the war.

  4. Airfield Memories of Ron Houghton. Ron Houghton, who lives in Sydney, was back in Pocklington in May 2017 for a week to take in the 102 Association reunion, based at the gliding club on the ex-WWII airfield, and visit some of his old haunts of over 70 years ago.

  5. John Jellicoe Blair was one of a number of Jamaican airman who joined 102 Squadron and flew from Pocklington airfield during WW2 as a Halifax Navigator.

  6. Sergeant Lincoln Orville Lynch DFM was another Jamaican airman who joined 102 Squadron and flew from Pocklington airfield during WW2 as a Halifax Rear Gunner.

  7. Jim Hall was brought up on Garths End and has clear memories of the Airfield and the Free French

  8. Les Kitchen was brought up in Garths End, Pocklington and attended Pocklington School


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