Last April I gave a talk to the Boroughbridge and District Historical Society and when they mentioned they were planning an organised society trip to Pontefract, my home town, I offered to be their guide for the day.

Consequentially, I am now in the process of putting together a morning's tour of what I  hope will be the most interesting parts of the town.

This will be similar to the tour I had planned around the town's almshouses, before the Covid restrictions made such things impossible, but which I may now resurrect.

Both these are new ventures for me. although I have done the Almshouse tour once, for the Pontefract Family History Society, and  I have offered to repeat it for the Pontefract Civic Society's annual Heritage Programme.

In other news, the talk programme is progressing satisfactorily, with some old friends such as Harrogate Probus and Thornton Antiquarian Society, and new ones like Hemsworth Probus and West Wolds U3A, all booking talks for this year, and Aireborough Civic Society and York Probus getting in early with bookings for 2023.

I am constantly revising and fine-tuning my talks, both to meet groups expectations or to impart some new aspect, such as a recent revision to Votes for Women to describe the difficulties, especially for women, in obtaining a divorce prior to 1857.