Folklore Centre Todmorden
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
Arts, Film, Talks, Crafts, Library, Archive, Museum, Research, Education, Workshops, Exhibitions, Storytelling, Conferences, Local Folk History.
Generally warm, welcoming and inclusive space to hang out in. With tea room too.
Open Wed-Sat. Events Sat.
Generally warm, welcoming and inclusive space to hang out in. With tea room too.
Open Wed-Sat. Events Sat.
Don’t miss this wonderful talk with Roy Vickery looking at queer plant lore, can’t wait as this is such a new and unique topic! 🌸
Plus support the Centre while in hibernation. 💚
Ticket holders will be sent a replay link to watch at your leisure.
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Plus support the Centre while in hibernation. 💚
Ticket holders will be sent a replay link to watch at your leisure.
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Don’t miss this wonderful talk with Roy Vickery looking at queer plant lore, can’t wait as this is such a new and unique topic! 🌸
Plus support the Centre while in hibernation. 💚
Ticket holders will be sent a replay link to watch at your leisure.
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Plus support the Centre while in hibernation. 💚
Ticket holders will be sent a replay link to watch at your leisure.
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
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Love-locks, coin trees and an attraction to the Green Power Ranger - meet the one and only Dr Ceri Houlbrook: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/introdu...
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Love-locks, coin trees and an attraction to the Green Power Ranger - meet the one and only Dr Ceri Houlbrook: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/introdu...
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This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for more #FolkloreThursday! Bring us your #folklore of Games and Pastimes!
Anyone remember skipping rhymes they used to recite? I’m only remember the slightly rude ones!
Wishing you a day of fun and games!
Anyone remember skipping rhymes they used to recite? I’m only remember the slightly rude ones!
Wishing you a day of fun and games!
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for more #FolkloreThursday! Bring us your #folklore of Games and Pastimes!
Anyone remember skipping rhymes they used to recite? I’m only remember the slightly rude ones!
Wishing you a day of fun and games!
Anyone remember skipping rhymes they used to recite? I’m only remember the slightly rude ones!
Wishing you a day of fun and games!
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Good morning! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social kicking off today’s #FolkloreThursday with the theme of #folklore of Games and Pastimes.
Who played conkers as a child? Who still does? There were so many this year!
Who played conkers as a child? Who still does? There were so many this year!
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Good morning! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social kicking off today’s #FolkloreThursday with the theme of #folklore of Games and Pastimes.
Who played conkers as a child? Who still does? There were so many this year!
Who played conkers as a child? Who still does? There were so many this year!
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Fancy some folklore on 5 November treat? Dr Jack Hunter is going to be telling us all about Folklore of the Tanat Valley at our next Folklore Centre online talk. 7 pm GMT, replay available. Grab your ticket: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
Jack Hunter- Tanat Valley Folklore | Centre for Folklore
Chwedlau Gwerin Dyffryn Tanat
www.folkloremythmagic.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fancy some folklore on 5 November treat? Dr Jack Hunter is going to be telling us all about Folklore of the Tanat Valley at our next Folklore Centre online talk. 7 pm GMT, replay available. Grab your ticket: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
This evening! Really looking forward to hearing Jack Hunter, a fascinating speaker!
Still time to grab a ticket, and if you can’t make this evening, a replay link will be sent to all ticket holders to watch at your leisure.
💚
Still time to grab a ticket, and if you can’t make this evening, a replay link will be sent to all ticket holders to watch at your leisure.
💚
Our online talks are running throughout hibernation, helping to support for relaunch in the Spring.
A November treat!- Dr Jack Hunter- Folklore of the Tanat Valley.
Jack is a fascinating speaker- looking forward to this!
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
A November treat!- Dr Jack Hunter- Folklore of the Tanat Valley.
Jack is a fascinating speaker- looking forward to this!
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This evening! Really looking forward to hearing Jack Hunter, a fascinating speaker!
Still time to grab a ticket, and if you can’t make this evening, a replay link will be sent to all ticket holders to watch at your leisure.
💚
Still time to grab a ticket, and if you can’t make this evening, a replay link will be sent to all ticket holders to watch at your leisure.
💚
Our online talks are running throughout hibernation, helping to support for relaunch in the Spring.
A November treat!- Dr Jack Hunter- Folklore of the Tanat Valley.
Jack is a fascinating speaker- looking forward to this!
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
A November treat!- Dr Jack Hunter- Folklore of the Tanat Valley.
Jack is a fascinating speaker- looking forward to this!
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Our online talks are running throughout hibernation, helping to support for relaunch in the Spring.
A November treat!- Dr Jack Hunter- Folklore of the Tanat Valley.
Jack is a fascinating speaker- looking forward to this!
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
A November treat!- Dr Jack Hunter- Folklore of the Tanat Valley.
Jack is a fascinating speaker- looking forward to this!
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
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Bring us your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky for today's #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social and wishing everyone a suitably ghoulish Spooky Season, see you on the other side, next month, after Bonfire Night!
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Bring us your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky for today's #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social and wishing everyone a suitably ghoulish Spooky Season, see you on the other side, next month, after Bonfire Night!
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Huge thanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of our Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky themed #FolkloreThursday!
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Huge thanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of our Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky themed #FolkloreThursday!
Meet Bob. That’s what we call him here- our resident ‘cursed stone head’. When the couple who found him bought him into the house, their children started seeing ghostly apparitions… #FolkloreThursday
October 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Meet Bob. That’s what we call him here- our resident ‘cursed stone head’. When the couple who found him bought him into the house, their children started seeing ghostly apparitions… #FolkloreThursday
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So let's get Spooky Season started on this autumnal #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social your host for the next hour with today's theme of Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky!
Perk of carving swedes- shrivelled scary heads years later... who else is Team Swede at Halloween??
Perk of carving swedes- shrivelled scary heads years later... who else is Team Swede at Halloween??
October 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So let's get Spooky Season started on this autumnal #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social your host for the next hour with today's theme of Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky!
Perk of carving swedes- shrivelled scary heads years later... who else is Team Swede at Halloween??
Perk of carving swedes- shrivelled scary heads years later... who else is Team Swede at Halloween??
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What a wonderful day for the #CFRC 'crew' at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! We had a brilliant time networking and workshopping with the next generation of #folklore researchers! Thrilled to have supported this event with @folkloresociety.bsky.social and @herts.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What a wonderful day for the #CFRC 'crew' at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! We had a brilliant time networking and workshopping with the next generation of #folklore researchers! Thrilled to have supported this event with @folkloresociety.bsky.social and @herts.ac.uk
Wednesday!
Join Sophie Hollinshead for a journey through the folk tales of this richly evocative landscape.
Online. Wednesday 1st October 7pm www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
Join Sophie Hollinshead for a journey through the folk tales of this richly evocative landscape.
Online. Wednesday 1st October 7pm www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wednesday!
Join Sophie Hollinshead for a journey through the folk tales of this richly evocative landscape.
Online. Wednesday 1st October 7pm www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
Join Sophie Hollinshead for a journey through the folk tales of this richly evocative landscape.
Online. Wednesday 1st October 7pm www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
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So many interesting conversations with up-and-coming folklore researchers! Thanks to the @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social for excellent hospitality and @folkloresociety.bsky.social for hosting!
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
So many interesting conversations with up-and-coming folklore researchers! Thanks to the @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social for excellent hospitality and @folkloresociety.bsky.social for hosting!
Last day to visit us in our current premises on Saturday!
With the wonderful wild plant folklorist Roy Vickery giving a talk at 11.30am (this is ticketed and the cafe will be closed for an hour for the talk, but exhibits accessible) followed by Roy a walk to find local plants and their lore…
With the wonderful wild plant folklorist Roy Vickery giving a talk at 11.30am (this is ticketed and the cafe will be closed for an hour for the talk, but exhibits accessible) followed by Roy a walk to find local plants and their lore…
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Last day to visit us in our current premises on Saturday!
With the wonderful wild plant folklorist Roy Vickery giving a talk at 11.30am (this is ticketed and the cafe will be closed for an hour for the talk, but exhibits accessible) followed by Roy a walk to find local plants and their lore…
With the wonderful wild plant folklorist Roy Vickery giving a talk at 11.30am (this is ticketed and the cafe will be closed for an hour for the talk, but exhibits accessible) followed by Roy a walk to find local plants and their lore…
Next Saturday! Join regular guest speaker Ceri Houlbrook for the launch of this amazing new Folklore book!
FREE but booking essential at www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
FREE but booking essential at www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
September 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Next Saturday! Join regular guest speaker Ceri Houlbrook for the launch of this amazing new Folklore book!
FREE but booking essential at www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
FREE but booking essential at www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Looking forward to this next weekend- great line-up and interesting talks!
I’ll be waffling on about, I mean speaking authoritatively about, Satanic Freemasonry, or lack of …
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
folklore-society.com/event/2693/
I’ll be waffling on about, I mean speaking authoritatively about, Satanic Freemasonry, or lack of …
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
folklore-society.com/event/2693/
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Looking forward to this next weekend- great line-up and interesting talks!
I’ll be waffling on about, I mean speaking authoritatively about, Satanic Freemasonry, or lack of …
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
folklore-society.com/event/2693/
I’ll be waffling on about, I mean speaking authoritatively about, Satanic Freemasonry, or lack of …
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
folklore-society.com/event/2693/
7pm Weds 3rd Sept Online
Jacqueline Harris- How and Why We Share Stories: A Reflection on the Influences, Processes and Development of a Storytelling Practice
Jacqueline; a regular speaker at the Centre and is always truly inspiring / thought provoking!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Jacqueline Harris- How and Why We Share Stories: A Reflection on the Influences, Processes and Development of a Storytelling Practice
Jacqueline; a regular speaker at the Centre and is always truly inspiring / thought provoking!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
August 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
7pm Weds 3rd Sept Online
Jacqueline Harris- How and Why We Share Stories: A Reflection on the Influences, Processes and Development of a Storytelling Practice
Jacqueline; a regular speaker at the Centre and is always truly inspiring / thought provoking!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Jacqueline Harris- How and Why We Share Stories: A Reflection on the Influences, Processes and Development of a Storytelling Practice
Jacqueline; a regular speaker at the Centre and is always truly inspiring / thought provoking!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
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We need your help!
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We need your help!
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Interested in heritage, folklore, ethnography and sacred sites??
Then this is the talk for you!
Tonight on Zoom with @mossgoblingrrl.bsky.social
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
#heritage #conservation #ethnography #folklore #sacred #sacredsites #research #ethics #talk #online
Then this is the talk for you!
Tonight on Zoom with @mossgoblingrrl.bsky.social
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
#heritage #conservation #ethnography #folklore #sacred #sacredsites #research #ethics #talk #online
August 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Interested in heritage, folklore, ethnography and sacred sites??
Then this is the talk for you!
Tonight on Zoom with @mossgoblingrrl.bsky.social
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
#heritage #conservation #ethnography #folklore #sacred #sacredsites #research #ethics #talk #online
Then this is the talk for you!
Tonight on Zoom with @mossgoblingrrl.bsky.social
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
#heritage #conservation #ethnography #folklore #sacred #sacredsites #research #ethics #talk #online
This is sure to be a great day- the last one here in 2023 was excellent!
This year's Newer Researchers in Folklore Day is on 26 Sept 2025, 10:00–16:00 @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social. Experts will run informative & interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork, ethics, & more. More info & booking a free place: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is sure to be a great day- the last one here in 2023 was excellent!
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This year's Newer Researchers in Folklore Day is on 26 Sept 2025, 10:00–16:00 @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social. Experts will run informative & interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork, ethics, & more. More info & booking a free place: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
July 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This year's Newer Researchers in Folklore Day is on 26 Sept 2025, 10:00–16:00 @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social. Experts will run informative & interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork, ethics, & more. More info & booking a free place: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Jeremy Harte will be here in Todmorden on Saturday!
Anyone who has read his books or seen Jeremy speak will tell you that he is an absolute well of wondrous folklore knowledge and a delight to listen to!
There are some tickets left- grab yours now!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Anyone who has read his books or seen Jeremy speak will tell you that he is an absolute well of wondrous folklore knowledge and a delight to listen to!
There are some tickets left- grab yours now!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Jeremy Harte will be here in Todmorden on Saturday!
Anyone who has read his books or seen Jeremy speak will tell you that he is an absolute well of wondrous folklore knowledge and a delight to listen to!
There are some tickets left- grab yours now!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Anyone who has read his books or seen Jeremy speak will tell you that he is an absolute well of wondrous folklore knowledge and a delight to listen to!
There are some tickets left- grab yours now!
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...