Our Heritage, Our Stories

Our heritage connects us to our past, preserving traditions, stories, and cultural legacies that shape our identities. Understanding our heritage helps us create a bridge between the past and the future, allowing us to pass down invaluable knowledge, traditions, and a deeper sense of belonging to future generations, ensuring that our collective history endures.

Our Stories will work with communities to collect and share their stories, capturing and re-imagining the heritage of our district as told by local people, creating a unique portrait of our district for future generations that will help inform the development of a new Wakefield Library and Museum, celebrating the rich history of the district.

Throughout 2024 we will also be celebrating and shouting about all of the fantastic heritage sites, events and trails in our district!

 

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Mining

During March we are celebrating our mining heritage with a series of events and activities. As 2024 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Miners’ Strike, it’s an interesting and important time to reflect upon the impact of our coal mining heritage in Wakefield.

The National Coal Mining Museum for England’s latest exhibition 84/85 – The Longest Year showcases a powerful first-hand account of the impact of the period on the men, their families and communities across England. Elsewhere across the district there are events and activities including everything from theatre performances and author talks focusing on this important time period, to mining themed family fun sessions!

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