A TALK ON THE SPANISH LOYALISTS IN POCKLINGTON JUNE-JULY 1944

Pocklington Town Council and Pocklington & District Local History Group

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

A TALK ON THE SPANISH LOYALISTS IN POCKLINGTON JUNE-JULY 1944

HISTORY AND AUTOGRAPHS OF LA NUEVE

THURSDAY,6th JUNE 2024, 7pm. Free Admission-all welcome

Professor Robert S Coale stood in front of the Garden of Rememberance for Le Nueve, created in central Paris 2015. Professor Robert Coale is an American expatriate from Maryland USA. He has worked and studied in various French Universities.

His area of study is the Spanish Civil War, The International Brigades, and Spanish Loyalists in exile 1939. Over a number of years Robert has gathered extensive information about a number of Spanish loyalists billeted in the Drill Hall, Pocklington in 1944.

Robert, will narrate this fascanating, and little known story which includes the liberation of Paris, the Lorraine Campaign, frigid fighting in Alsace and ends in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria in May 1945.
contact richardbryon@pocklington.gov.uk rolycronshaw@pocklington.gov.uk .

A guided historical walk around Allerthorpe

'Pocklington's connection with the sea' - An evening of three short talks

Although located 24 miles from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Pocklington has many known historical connections with the sea. Pocklington and District Local History Group are to investigate this topic and present results of the research on this evening.

There are three presentations:-

1. The ‘Pocklington Steamship Company’ set up by Victorian grocer Charles Steels - Andrew Sefton
2. The connection of the town to H.M.S. Volage which was adopted by the town in WW2 and was sent parcels by the residents during the war - Chris Bond
3. Historical nautical people from Pocklington and district - Phil Gilbank

Pictured here is Andrew Sefton, Archivist with the history group and who will lead a team of history group members to research Pocklington's nautical past. He is stood outside a building with two shops in Market Place, which was built by Pocklington entrepreneur Charles Steels. If you look above the upper window arches is his initials C & S and the date 1887 in the middle. Charles went on to found the Pocklington Steamship Company and the group wish to find out more about the town's connection with the sea. This project is being kindly sponsored by Hull Maritime.

Their website is https://maritimehull.co.uk/