ANYONE on their own over the Christmas period is being given the chance to learn about Yorkshire in a series of free Zoom events.

A Horsforth-based business is offering Zoom talks on Yorkshire for people who are on their own or self-isolating - or who simply have an interest in the area.

The talks, which are open to anyone around the world, are taking place across the festive period, except for Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

They are being staged by Mark Saville, who has been filming in Yorkshire since 2000 and has over 180 talks on the county.

“I’ve moved my talks on Yorkshire to Zoom this year and they’ve been immensely popular with people from all over joining in,” he said.

“There’s lots of films of events that usually take place before Christmas and at New Year, that obviously haven’t happened this year. I’ll also be giving an introduction to Yorkshire by looking from its Pre-history up to today.”

The talks are taking place from Wednesday, December 23 to Friday, December 31 except for Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Anyone with a Zoom account can ‘tune-in’ at 10am and hear about Yorkshire for around an hour.

The Schedule, with all talks starting at 10am, is -

Thursday, December 24, Yorkshire at Christmas.

Monday, December 28, Yorkshire History.

Tuesday, December 29, Yorkshire History II.

Wednesday, December 30, Yorkshire History III.

Thursday, December 31, A Yorkshire New Year.

To join send Mark an e-mail at yorkshireways@btinternet.com he will reply with a list of links.

For anyone who misses one, the talks will be uploaded to a private area on YouTube (links provided).

In September Mark uploaded hours of film of Horsforth, stretching back as far as Victorian time, onto YouTube.

Around five hours of film were uploaded to the Around & About Yorkshire channel.The footage included a tour of Town Street in 1883 using old photographs and postcards, as well as original 16mm film from the 1930s, with the official opening of Hall Park in 1932. It also included parades and a Whitsun Sing.

Another film centred on the Newlay area between the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and Calverley Bridge.