Check out
our NATURAL HERITAGE webpages
in partnership with the ENVIRONMENT AGENCY...Click
on the NATURAL HERITAGE link above or just CLICK
HERE
FRYSTON
WHELDALE DEVELOPMENT
Keep in touch with all the latest developments in Fryston.
Click HERE for the latest news and pictures.
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On the 25th of September staff of Castleford
Heritage Trust are planning a sponsored Cycle ride from Castleford
to Filey in hope to raise money for disabled access at Bridge Arts
and to mark the 10 year anniversary of CHT Trustee Eric Crosslands
bike ride for the Market Clock. I would like to point out we are not
fit young men but unfit wheezing asthmatics with bad joints so your
support will be appreciated.
Spectacular
Bridge Opening
Castleford
celebrated the opening of the new bridge in style....click HERE
to see a handful of images.
This
year’s 1940’s Day
Lasy
year it rained, it rained and it rained...but everybody
had a great time in the centre of Castleford....this year we're hoping
for much improved weather and can promise you a host of fabulous events,
happenings and community fun. To find out what's happening during
the CASTLEFORD FESTIVAL 2009 click HERE
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SAGAR STREET
Click HERE to find out what Emma
our Arts Development Worker has planned for the town centre exhibition
centre.
Keep
in touch with what's happening at Bridge Arts
**** MEMBER'S NEWS.....
A TRIBUTE TO AUDREY LIMBERT
also.....READ ABOUT ALISON'S M.A.
Click HERE to go to our member's news
page where you can have your say and also share your latest news and
views.
OUR HERITAGE
We have a rich and varied heritage that we want to pass on to our
children and future generations. We want local people to be proud
of their roots and enjoy learning about life in our town over previous
generations and civilisations. We want community esteem so that local
children can grow in self-esteem and value their town and community
and in their turn grow up to take responsibility. We want them to
learn from the past to value education and the acquisition of skills
and knowledge.
OUR
VISION
Our heritage is more than our Roman archaeology and artefacts, and
the industrial collections of pottery, glass, pit banners and social
memorabilia. It is our stories, songs, dances, skills, values and
traditions; it is a part of who we are and gives us our roots and
our sense of identity and belonging.
We
feel that in order to be successful, strong and united, communities
need a sense of pride in, and an understanding of, their heritage. We
use and celebrate the rich and varied heritage of our town to teach
people today about where they have come from, and to give them pride
in the skills that were once used and the important role the town
has played through time.
The
events and celebrations are not just about the past, they create new
memories and shared experiences, and give townsfolk the opportunity
to create and share common interests and achievements.
CASTLEFORD
FORUM
To us the Castleford Forum is about creating a place in which the
community can do all these things in a quality and purpose-built environment.
It will provide us with an arena in which the community can come together
to teach and to learn about our heritage, and where we can properly
celebrate the town and its people, as well as leaving a legacy for
future generations, not just in the form of a unique building, but
also in a more united and vibrant community.
