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Showing posts with label industry. Show all posts

Showing posts with label industry. Show all posts

Friday, March 1, 2024

Pontefract's Victorian businesswomen

Women are often overlooked in economic history. We tend to think of women in the 19th century as working in factories or domestic service...

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Knottingley: Fire & Water - Interview with David Appleyard

On 23 November 2022, we celebrated the industrial heritage of Knottingley through a commissioned artwork by David Appleyard. The project...

Monday, November 21, 2022

Knottingley: Fire & Water - 23rd November 2022

On 23 November 2022, Wakefield Museums & Castles are celebrating the industrial heritage of Knottingley through a commissioned artwor...

Monday, October 3, 2022

#CleverClogs - New Display at Wakefield Museum

Sarah Verreault, a student at the University of Leicester’s School of Museum Studies, has completed an audit of the museum’s shoe collec...

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Ossett's Shoddy and Mungo Trade

In this special post, our Research Volunteer, Sarah Hulme tells us about her experience looking into the mungo and shoddy industry in O...

Friday, July 3, 2020

Pontefract Allsorts: How liquorice got its roots in Pontefract

Liquorice - whether you love or hate the taste, there's no denying the plant has long been synonymous with Pontefract. But h...

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