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"Fascinating" New Book
“Fascinating” Heritage Book from Selby Civic Society
Want to know how a Selby-born botanist helped name a Gowthorpe pub? Or which Micklegate resident pioneered a game now played by millions world-wide? Where do you go to find a link to the star-spangled banner? When did a bomber demolish a Selby church spire… and who offered for sale most of the town-centre buildings in an auction?
The answers to all the above are revealed in a new book published by Selby Civic Society that is on sale now ..in time for Christmas – an ideal stocking filler.
“50 fascinating Facts About Selby” is a compilation of fifty articles that were published weekly in the Selby Times through 2019.
Read MoreSuspension of planned meetings in Sept and October
Government restrictions on public gatherings because of the COVID-19 emergency continue, so the Civic Society Committee have decided to extend the suspension of all of their public and committee meetings that were scheduled to take place in September and October.
Read MoreSuspension of planned meetings in July and August
As Government restrictions on public gatherings and travel because of the COVID-19 emergency continue, the Civic Society Committee have decided to extend the suspension of all of their public and committee meetings that were scheduled to take place in June, July and August.
Read MoreSuspension of planned meetings
Because of the COVID-19 emergency, Selby Civic Society announces the suspension all of their public and committee meetings that were scheduled to take place up to the end of June 2020.
This includes:
The Chris Cade "Signalman" meeting on 26th March in Portholme Church
The trip to the Tutankhamun Exhibition in London on 23rd April
The Cawood Dig meeting on 21st May in Portholme Church, and
The coach trip to Whitby Museum on 21st June.
Read MoreNext meeting on 20th February
John Shaw, Chair of York Architectural and York Archaeological Society (YAYAS) will give a presentation of rare, archive photographs of York taken by Dr Evelyn in the early1900s.
Read MoreNext meeting
“The Evelyn Collection” by John Shaw, Chair of York Architectural and York Archaeological Society (YAYAS)
Read MoreNext Meeting on 21st November
The next meeting for members is the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 21st November.
It will be held in Selby Town Hall starting at 7.00pm.
Following the AGM at about 7.45pm the meeting - which is now open to the public - continues with a talk and film show about "1969 - That Was The Year That Was!"
Read MoreStreets of York meeting
Selby Civic Society's next meeting for members and guests will be in Portholme Church, Portholme Road, Selby YO8 4QH at 7.30pm on THURSDAY 20th JUNE when Chris Shepherd will present an illustrated talk about
"The Streets of York....Four Centuries of Change"
Selby Civic Society 50th Anniversary Film Festival
Selby Civic Society has previously indicated its intention, as part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations, to hold a "1969 Film Festival & 'Then & Now' Exhibition." It's a pleasure to report that this two-day event, featuring four films released in 1969, has now been arranged by your Committee and will be held in Selby Town Hall over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday 29th - 30th June 2019 in collaboration with the Selby Globe Cinema.
Weekly Articles in Selby Times
Selby Civic Society is publishing 50 weekly articles in the Selby Times through 2019, its 50th Anniversary Year.
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