Now has a Facebook page. (Updated 29 April 2023)
- Holds meetings, normally with speakers, on Wednesdays throughout the year at 2pm, normally at Thornton Community Centre, Market Street. All are welcome. The list of speakers up to July 2025 is on the Diary of Events, and is shown here:
Meetings for January to end of June 2025
The Speakers for the rest of 2025 are:
- 2 July The Stained Glass of Bradford City Hall by Janet Senior
- 9 July Turgut Reis; Scourge of the Mediterranean, by Chris Freeman
- 12 July (Saturday) Open Day, 10am to 4pm Thornton Community Centre
- 16 July How Patrick met Maria, by Denise Adlard
- 23 July Royal Mistresses through the Ages, by Michael Alstrop
- 30 July Life in the Fast Lane (M62), by Neil Walker
- 6 August The Story of Holdsworth House, by David Glover
- 13 August Remember the 1950s, part 1, by Stuart Hartley
- 20 August Confessions of a Pirate, by Keith Wevill
- 27 August No meeting, Bank Holiday week
- 3 September Stay safe on-line, by Eric Jackson
- 10 September Saltaire Tunnels, by Tish Lawson
- 17 September My Life in Papua New Guinea, by Jo Bird
- 24 September The history of Markets in Bradford, by Janet Senior
- 1 October Funny Old Lives – Comedians of Yesteryear, by Geoff Twentyman
- 8 October Grand Duchess Anastasia, by David Glover
- 15 October Annual Lunch at the Tyke.
- 22 October Halifax Street Angels, by Paul Blakey
- 29 October The Monumental Connections of Bradford Cathedral, by Maggie Myers
- 5 November The run up to the Great War, by John Chuter
- 12 November Templars, The Knights who made Britain, by Michael Alstrop
- 19 November “Why do we say that? part 3, by John Lyte
- 26 November Life in the workhouse, by Denise Adlard
- 3 December A Village in Stitches, by Dianne Excell
- 10 December The History of English Canals, by Eric Jackson
- 17 December Christmas Party with Trish Atkinson and her Elf
- 24 December No meeting Bank Holiday week
These talks are also listed in the Diary of All events in Thornton. (Updated 17 June 2025)
Some individual members do research into different aspects of local history in Thornton and some present their findings at meetings of the Society.
- Hold a Local History Exhibition, this year its on July 12th 2025 at Thornton Community Centre -see poster:
- Has an archive of photographs, drawings, maps, and research findings on the local history of Thornton The archive is viewable at South Square by arrangement, contact antiquarians@southsquarecentre.co.uk (Updated15 August 2022)
- A large model of the former Thornton Railway Station was on display at the 2019 exhibition. The photo shows part of the model. The footbridge over the railway ran from the roadside and not as shown on the model.
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