Event List

Framing the Past ~ Yorkshire Philosophical Society Film Show

Tempest Anderson Hall, Museum Gardens, York YO1 7DR

7:30 pm

Entrance is free for YPS members; £3 non-members.

Sport in Bradford - Open Day

Sport in Bradford has a long and diverse history and culture. The West Yorkshire Archive Service’s Sporting Heroes and Bradford Bulls’ Past Times projects will be celebrating Bradford’s sporting heritage with displays, exhibitions, films and much more to get involved with.

Involvement from Bradford City’s Past Memories project, Bradford Park Avenue and the Yorkshire Film Archive.

Saturday 12th March 10am-3pm
Coral Windows Stand, Odsal Stadium
FREE OF CHARGE

Filmed in Yorkshire

A day studying feature films that were made in Yorkshire, with Stephen Brown - author, journalist, broadcaster
 
10.00am – 4.00pm
Saturday 14 May 2011
Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall, Harrogate
 
MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE
 
Ever since Louis le Prince filmed Leeds Bridge carriages in 1888 every part of Yorkshire has been a film set - Elizabeth; Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves; Room At The Top, Yanks; The Full Monty; Billy Elliot; All Creatures Great and Small; Chariots of Fire, Harry Potter, Calendar Girls.
 
Dustin Hoffman, Richard Attenborough, Michael Caine, Bette Davis, Kevin Costner, Anthony Hopkins, Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Mills, John Schlesinger, Ken Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Tara Fitzgerald, John Cleese, Ewan McGregor, Judi Dench, etc. have all filmed here in Yorkshire.

Fee: £29.50, includes lunch (means-tested benefit concessions: £15.00)
 
For further information, contact Stephen Brown, 88 Prince Rupert Drive, Tockwith, York
YO26 7QS (01423 359142 or 07521 705350)
stephenbrown83@hotmail.co.uk