Kevin Trickett MBE
@mrtrickett.bsky.social
Writer, Speaker, President of Wakefield Civic Society
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🥀 Our Twixt, Aire and Calder website has over 13000 pictures of Wakefield in time gone by.
This is a picture from 1923 of the Dedication Service for the War Memorial at Town End in Pontefract.
To see this picture and more like, visit: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
#WeWillRememberThem
This is a picture from 1923 of the Dedication Service for the War Memorial at Town End in Pontefract.
To see this picture and more like, visit: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
#WeWillRememberThem
Twixt Aire and Calder - Home
www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🥀 Our Twixt, Aire and Calder website has over 13000 pictures of Wakefield in time gone by.
This is a picture from 1923 of the Dedication Service for the War Memorial at Town End in Pontefract.
To see this picture and more like, visit: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
#WeWillRememberThem
This is a picture from 1923 of the Dedication Service for the War Memorial at Town End in Pontefract.
To see this picture and more like, visit: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
#WeWillRememberThem
Today, I'm on the @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social stand at the Mid-Yorkshire Chamber #MyExpo event at @wxwakefield.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today, I'm on the @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social stand at the Mid-Yorkshire Chamber #MyExpo event at @wxwakefield.bsky.social
Mesmerising, spellbinding, powerful, moving, compelling: words can't really do justice to this performance tonight by Florence Odumosu at Theatre Royal Wakefield.
October 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mesmerising, spellbinding, powerful, moving, compelling: words can't really do justice to this performance tonight by Florence Odumosu at Theatre Royal Wakefield.
The @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social blue plaque to Thomas Peckett will be on display this weekend at the Wakefield Railway Modellers' Society annual exhibition at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School www.wakefieldrms.org/exhibition/
2025 Exhibition – Wakefield RMS
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October 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social blue plaque to Thomas Peckett will be on display this weekend at the Wakefield Railway Modellers' Society annual exhibition at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School www.wakefieldrms.org/exhibition/
Just returned home from presenting this. Thank you for coming Tony. It was nice to see so many people there.
Excellent evening with @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social at their Architectural Photography Competition prize night at Wakefield Exchange. There were 143 entries showcasing the wonderful variety of architecture in Wakefield city centre, the suburbs & rural areas.
September 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just returned home from presenting this. Thank you for coming Tony. It was nice to see so many people there.
When a rainbow touches down.
September 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When a rainbow touches down.
Still time to enter!
Just one day left! Yes, 24 little hours (and probably less than that by the time you see this) to send your entries in for our Architectural Photography Competition. Don't delay, enter today! wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/2025-archite...
August 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Still time to enter!
Nice to see a hedgehog down the bottom of the garden the other evening. Haven't seen one for ages.
August 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Nice to see a hedgehog down the bottom of the garden the other evening. Haven't seen one for ages.
Zoom in for a close-up of Wakefield's iconic '99 arches'!
After last night's post quoting Bill Nelson's music there were a couple of references to the classic views of Wakefield from Sandal Castle etc. So here it is courtesy of Tim Green. CC BY-SA 2.0
August 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Zoom in for a close-up of Wakefield's iconic '99 arches'!
Fascinating account of silent film star William Haines who, as an actor, survived the transition to talkies but not the shift in attitudes against openly gay men in Hollywood in the 1930s. Wisecraker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star, by William J Mann, 1998.
August 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Fascinating account of silent film star William Haines who, as an actor, survived the transition to talkies but not the shift in attitudes against openly gay men in Hollywood in the 1930s. Wisecraker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star, by William J Mann, 1998.
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@wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social launches Architectural Photography Exhibition civicvoice.org.uk/2025/07/16/w...
July 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social launches Architectural Photography Exhibition civicvoice.org.uk/2025/07/16/w...
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80% #trustees recommend the role says Charity Commission research. Civic Voice is continuing to recruit new trustees. civicvoice.org.uk/2025/07/15/8...
July 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
80% #trustees recommend the role says Charity Commission research. Civic Voice is continuing to recruit new trustees. civicvoice.org.uk/2025/07/15/8...
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Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:
July 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:
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Like taking photographs of buildings? Enter our Architectural Photography Competition and submit your best photographs of Wakefield's buildings now! Your photo(s) will be featured in an exhibition to be held at Wakefield Exchange from 12th to 21st September, and you could win a cash prize!
July 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Like taking photographs of buildings? Enter our Architectural Photography Competition and submit your best photographs of Wakefield's buildings now! Your photo(s) will be featured in an exhibition to be held at Wakefield Exchange from 12th to 21st September, and you could win a cash prize!
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It's been an absolutely spiffing day. A bit of Agatha Christie this morning, a touch of Art Deco in the afternoon, and a wonderful dinner this evening. But now to bed - with a good detective story ('Murder on the Links' featuring Hercule Poirot, of course).
June 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's been an absolutely spiffing day. A bit of Agatha Christie this morning, a touch of Art Deco in the afternoon, and a wonderful dinner this evening. But now to bed - with a good detective story ('Murder on the Links' featuring Hercule Poirot, of course).
Acquired an original 'Official Guide' to the British Empire Exhibition 1924 as part of my research for a new talk. Pleased to see that Sirdar, a Wakefield-based company still operating today, was one of the exhibitors.
May 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Acquired an original 'Official Guide' to the British Empire Exhibition 1924 as part of my research for a new talk. Pleased to see that Sirdar, a Wakefield-based company still operating today, was one of the exhibitors.
Dr Who Wish World was excellent this evening. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Doctor Who, Season 2, Wish World
The Doctor and Belinda's return home becomes a terrible trap as old enemies unite.
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May 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Dr Who Wish World was excellent this evening. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Terrific play this evening at Theatre Royal Wakefield - funny, poignant and cutting. A trip down memory lane. Handbagged - on until Saturday. Recommended.
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Terrific play this evening at Theatre Royal Wakefield - funny, poignant and cutting. A trip down memory lane. Handbagged - on until Saturday. Recommended.
Fascinating visit to Birdsall House (Malton) this afternoon via the 'Invitation to View' programme organised by @historic-houses.bsky.social. Shown round by members of the Willoughby family whose home it is, we saw art, furniture and antiques. Finished off with tea and biscuits - and a guide book!
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Fascinating visit to Birdsall House (Malton) this afternoon via the 'Invitation to View' programme organised by @historic-houses.bsky.social. Shown round by members of the Willoughby family whose home it is, we saw art, furniture and antiques. Finished off with tea and biscuits - and a guide book!
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We're looking for a volunteer board minutes secretary. Full details here on the excellent @reachvolunteering.org.uk website reachvolunteering.org.uk/opp/board-mi...
Board minutes secretary
This Ongoing role vacancy is based in Dorchester, Dorset. Skills required: Office and Administration Management. Volunteer for a small but forward looking charity passionate about a better built envir...
reachvolunteering.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We're looking for a volunteer board minutes secretary. Full details here on the excellent @reachvolunteering.org.uk website reachvolunteering.org.uk/opp/board-mi...
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Thursday 20th March at Grimsby Town Hall from 7:15 pm. The story of Marshall’s Flour Mills on Victoria Street Grimsby. Some still stand as apartments, they dominate the landscape as they have done since their building between 1889 and 1906. Free for members £3 for non-members.
March 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thursday 20th March at Grimsby Town Hall from 7:15 pm. The story of Marshall’s Flour Mills on Victoria Street Grimsby. Some still stand as apartments, they dominate the landscape as they have done since their building between 1889 and 1906. Free for members £3 for non-members.
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Join us on Thursday evening, 20th March, for our next event - 'Our Heritage, Our Stories' with Tegwen Roberts. It's free and open to all with a live-stream option available. More details and booking information here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-storie...
Our Stories, Our Heritage with Tegwen Roberts
Join us for this presentation by Tegwen Roberts, Heritage Development Manager at Wakefield Council
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March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Join us on Thursday evening, 20th March, for our next event - 'Our Heritage, Our Stories' with Tegwen Roberts. It's free and open to all with a live-stream option available. More details and booking information here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-storie...
The benefits of video conferencing: regional committee meeting for @yhacs.bsky.social - with no travel required.
March 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The benefits of video conferencing: regional committee meeting for @yhacs.bsky.social - with no travel required.