Meetings
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE?
Zoom In!!!
....... to a live online talk on the third Wednesday of each month
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see details about our next talk
Please let Geoff King (members@ryedalefamilyhistory.org) know if you wish to attend one of these meetings, and he will send you an email with a link and instructions.
Forthcoming Wednesday meetings: Live and via Zoom
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2025 Talks |
Monthly Meeting |
7.30pm unless stated |
Hybrid meetings are live and relayed by Zoom |
| 15th January Zoom | Heros & Ghosts | Michael Hallett | ZOOM |
| 19th February Zoom | York's Baedecker Raids | Malcolm Brook | ZOOM |
| 19th March Zoom | Quaker Family History sources and resources |
Ben Beck | ZOOM |
| 16th April Zoom | Hidden Secrets of the 1939 Register | Linda Hammond | ZOOM |
| 21st May 2.00pm | Pickering Past | Gordon Clitheroe |
Hybrid ZOOM & Live |
| 18th June | History of Kirkbymoorside in Pictures | Steve Peet | Hybrid ZOOM & Live Hovingham Village Hall |
| 16th July | The Last Englishman | Rob Thompson | Hybrid ZOOM & Live Hovingham Village Hall |
Our next monthly Zoom meeting
Wednesday 21st April 2025, at 2.00pm
"PICKERING'S PAST"
This will be a live meeting at the Methodist Church Community Rooms,
Potters Hill, Pickering, YO18 8AA.
An illustrated presentation by Gordon Clitheroe and John Kinghorn. Drawing on the Sydney Smith photographic collection, the talk focuses on life in Pickering in the first half of the 20th century.
The Photographer Sydney Smith (1884-1958) was the youngest son of a Pickering builder. He became interested in photography at a young age, opening a photographic business in Pickering around 1910 before moving it to 13 Market Place in 1914. Sydney married Maud Thompson, they lived above the shop for nearly 40 years, bringing up two children.
From 1914 to 1947, he produced many portraits and postcards. These were to become a unique record of this rural community, from carnivals through to visits of important people to the town to the occasional disastrous floods! Sydney had an artistic eye for a good photograph. He had infinite patience and could wait hours for the sunlight and shadows to be just right. He often entered national photography competitions with good results.
In the late 1960s Maud donated about 2000 images and glass plate negatives to the museum. They had been stored in a garage since the shop closed in 1956. Since then, the museum has actively collected postcards and photographs by Sydney Smith and researched the people and places on them. A wonderful collection has now been built up, offering a unique glimpse in to life in this market town many decades ago.
The talk will also be relayed by Zoom to all our members across the country and the world. This talk will start as 2.00pm, if joining us on Zoom, make sure you have put all your gardening tools away by 1.45pm made yourself a cup of tea and join us to enjoy this talk. You can join us, FREE, for this informative talk from the comfort of your own home on Zoom!
To pre book for any event and to receive the Zoom link prior to the meeting please email Geoff at members@ryedalefamilyhistory.org
A full report on this talk will be in the next issue of Ryedale Roots