Welcome to the Friends of the Rydings.
The Friends of the Rydings was founded in 2001 to help support the development and continued operation of the Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse Library, the War Memorial, and Rydings Park.
The Friends of the Rydings was founded in 2001 to help support the development and continued operation of the Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse Library, the War Memorial, and Rydings Park.
The Friends of the Rydings members are a small voluntary group.
We hold speaker events on the last Saturday of each month. Our speakers present on a wide range of interesting topics. Talks usually last for about an hour. We serve refreshments from 1.30 in the first floor committee room. There is no charge for these events and you do not have to be a member to join us. You can find out about our speaker events on the events tab.
We hold a craft fair each year in the Smith Gallery. This is an opportunity to see the work of local crafts people and purchase gifts from a wide range of stalls. Anyone wishing to rent a table for our next craft fair should use the email link on our Contact Us page.
We support the library by providing funds for different projects. You can find out more, about the support we have given, in our newsletters.
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Local Halifax historian, David Glover, will present his talk on Bess of Hardwick Hall.
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Friends of the Rydings and the Yorkshire Dialect Society present a Christmas Crack on Saturday 14th December – 1.30 to 3.30.
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The Community Cafe will be welcoming St Andrew’s Junior School choir to sing at the coffee event at 2.30pm.
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The Friends of the Rydings are pleased to support the Community Cafe held in the gallery on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 3pm.
Parking outside the library is limited with spaces for only 12 cars. More parking can be found at the Albion Street car park and the Church Lane car parks.
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The Friends of the Rydings were pleased to present A Trip to Halifax Zoo, a talk by Christine Leveridge.
Statue cleaning and renovation.
Act of remembrance led by Fr Stephen Hanam.
The Friends of the Rydings was founded to ensure the continued development and preservation of the Rydings building and its surroundings. The Friends of the Rydings was founded to ensure the continued development and preservation of the Rydings building and its surroundings. The Friends of the Rydings was founded to ensure the continued development and preservation of the Rydings building and its surroundings.
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