It can be difficult now to imagine just how absolute and desperate the war effort became for every local community in the British Isles during…
"The Past is a foreign country; they do things differently there" L.P.Hartley
It can be difficult now to imagine just how absolute and desperate the war effort became for every local community in the British Isles during the traumatic years of 1914-18. The British collective memory of the Twenty First Century looks back on the Great War and sees nothing but an absurd act of futile self destruction, but if you turn the pages of the local newspapers of the time you will witness a totally different world. Here you will find an amazing display of communal solidarity buoyed up by an unshakable belief in the justice of their cause and a resolute determination to see the war through to nothing but complete victory.
The Halifax Great Heritage Society will take you round this largely forgotten and frequently misunderstood period of Britain’s History and view it through the eyes of the local communities of the old Parish of Halifax.
The second volume of Mr Stott’s Diary 1917-19 is now available HERE to accompany vol 1 which covered 1914-16. It is now possible to read…
This year we have gone virtual! Follow THIS LINK to our special FESTIVAL HUB PAGE where we are showcasing several Great War Heritage projects and…
You will not be surprised to know that The Halifax Great War Heritage Society has had to suspend its Thursday Talk Meetings for the foreseeable…
The Film Weekend starts with a screening of The Wipers Times on Friday at 4.30 in Calderdale Industrial Museum. Doors open at 4.00 for tea/coffee.…
PURCHASE A COPY HERE This volume covers the first years of the Great War (1914-1916) and is an extract from a series of diaries which…
We are proud to announce our very own weekend film festival. We are grateful to Halifax Square Chapel Arts Centre for hosting, funding and…
Accompanied by her husband, Jean gave a well researched account of the development of airships from the use of balloons at the end of…
View their video by clicking on the image to the left. On 1st April IWM said goodbye temporarily to the First World…
Continuing the series on the illustrated diaries of William Henry Stott, Rob Hamilton took us through the entries for 1918. William and his wife (MJ)…
January’s meeting was was a welcome return for Tim Lynch, an author, veteran of the Falkands and well respected military historian, who had previously visited…