This year’s Bramah Lecture is ‘The Rise and Fall of the Linen Industry in Barnsley’, given by Bill Gaunt. It draws on research carried out by the late Harold Taylor, the author of the SYIHS occasional paper ‘Wilson’s Piece.’
The 2024 Bramah Lecture is held on Monday 8th April in Barnsley Town Hall at 6.30pm. Use Barnsley Town Hall’s ‘Experience Barnsley’ entrance from Barnsley Pals Centenary Square. All welcome.
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The Bramah Lecture is an annual lecture commemorating the inventor, Joseph Bramah; it has taken place in Barnsley since 1999, sponsored by Barnsley Council. Barnsley Archives and Local Studies, Barnsley Civic Trust and South Yorkshire Industrial History Society are jointly organising this year’s lecture.