Castleford Civic Society

18/09/2025

It seems there is so much to share at the moment, but this is another fascinating series of books with an event covering the people of Fryston, Airedale and Castleford. Further details are below ⬇️

ALL WELCOME

18/09/2025

One of the finest displays of Castleford pottery collected by Elizabeth Love and her brother Joe is available to see at the The Elizabeth Love Museum. Further details can be found below ⬇️ in the article.

It includes one of the finest collections of Castleford pottery to be found in the UK, a display of longcase clocks, antique furniture and other items.

16/09/2025

Once again thank you to all the lads from Reflections House Recovery for their litter picking efforts described below ⬇️ and we will call in with some Council rubbish bags on Thursday morning.

15/09/2025

Many of you will know that Castleford Tigers are 100 years old in 2026. They’re launching their centenary 💯 year from September 20th with more details provided below ⬇️

Centenary Launch Event & Family Fun Day 🐯

This Saturday will be a date to remember. Come and celebrate at our family fun day.

Save The Date: 20.09.2025 👀

We cant wait to see you all there, Cas Fans!

15/09/2025

Did anyone attend Story Trails as part of our ? Beccy led us from the Library around Castleford to hear her stories from our past. We started off hearing about coach trips to the seaside from Working Men’s Clubs, we then went to look at where the Roman Fort was overseen by the Roman soldier at the bottom of Bank Street. We imagined the scale of the settlement and what Castleford folk must have felt about the Roman’s coming to our town Crossing the river footbridge, we heard about myths and legends related to our river. Finally we returned along Sagar Street, but nobody saw any ghostly goings on, well not in our group at least!

14/09/2025

Our final event yesterday took us to Queen's Mill Castleford for the launch of ‘Roman Castleford Uncovered’. This has been a collaboration between partners tagged in this post. Read all about it in the post by One to One Development Trust below ⬇️ . You can view it all week in Castleford Museum too. After that it will be available online. We had a great and this event was a fitting celebration of a successful collaboration.

Castleford Civic Society
Castleford Heritage Trust

14/09/2025

A very warm welcome awaited us at our second event at Castleford Parish Church. We heard all about the John Skeaping RA statues and how they came to Castleford from John Ladley, the Churchwarden. Thank you to everyone who made us most welcome with refreshments and cakes.

Castleford Team Parish

13/09/2025

Read all about below ⬇️ , our first event of the week. We will be posting much more about our events this week, so watch this space.

13/09/2025

Our first event for saw us looking at the Jon Skeaping RN tiles at the beautifully restored Grange School, formerly Whitwood Mere School. We were provided with a talk on the history of the tiles and the school by David Pickersgill, a local historian and member of Castleford Civic Society. We were grateful to the school for their welcome and for allowing us to see inside for ourselves the wonderful restoration of this building as well.

13/09/2025

And we're off 🥳 😊Come and see us today for Heritage Open Days.

9.30 -11.30 - The Grange School at Three Lane Ends - Talk at 11.
All Saints Parish Church 10 - 12 - Talk at 12.

Hear all about Castleford's Skeaping Sculptures.

12/09/2025

It’s from tomorrow in our town and listed here are all the events in Castleford for the next week. We hope to see you at some or all of events!

21 September 2025 A Window into Hong Kong: Songs, Stories and Community Discover the lives, culture and creativity of Hong Kong migrants in Castleford. Enjoy a moving theatre performance, join a creative workshop, and experience music from traditional opera to modern favourites — all free and open...

12/09/2025

'A window into Hong Kong' These will be really interesting events as part of the Heritage Open Days Festival events in Castleford over the next few weekends.

https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/from-old-bean-grows-bak-choy-stories-of-family-migration-and-hope.html

https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/a-window-into-hong-kong-songs-stories-and-community.html

Discover the lives, culture and creativity of Hong Kong migrants in Castleford. Enjoy a moving theatre performance, join a creative workshop, and experience music from traditional opera to modern favourites — all free and open to all.