Bring back the town square

#blueplaque at New College Pontefract which we created in Feb 2025 from #ukspf #levellingup

The monthly NHS Wellbeing Café is taking place tomorrow afternoon at St Giles' from 12:30pm-2:30pm #Pontefract Ponte Civic Society Diocese of Leeds The Church of England

Today we raise awareness of mental health issues and promote support and understanding. 💚 Fo find out more and get support, visit mentalhealth.org.uk #WorldMentalHealthDay

💙 Extraordinary work by our team behind the scenes, we will be back home next weekend! We’ve got a long list of thank you messages to send and we will do this, but for now just look at how amazing it looks - with works going on right up to the game! #UTC #TogetherStronger

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eventbrite.co.uk/e/176088342271… All welcome, Tues 21 Oct 7pm prompt start

It was great to take you back in time.

Imagine if rail stakeholders, local authorities, & mayoral authorities created more services that crossed boundaries instead the Leeds hub and spoke fixation! Let's cross borders, break down barriers and make rail work for customers. Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard & Luke Campbell

Yesterday was a busy but pleasurable morning for our volunteers, who showed around 80 pupils and staff from St Giles Academy Pontefract around Pontefract Town Hall giving an insight to to its history, uses and connections to Lord Nelson. #trafalgarday #justice #government and much more.

Some prospective civic society members have experienced difficulty with our Paypal account, now resolved. If you've tried to join during and since Heritage Open Days, please join us (individual, family, community group, business). Making Pontefract. pontefractcivicsociety.org.uk/product-catego…

Why did our ancestors build civic buildings that lifted the spirit, while we build ones that look like they were designed to make people forget they have one?

Spot on!

How post-war UK should have been built.