The month started with a major Migraine Conference at Wakefield Town Hall where leading medics came together with Migraine Action to celebrate Migraine Awareness Week (which ran from Sunday, September 4).
Professor Amir Al-Din, who has been leading the headache service at the Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for the past 17 years, gave a presentation on Understanding and Managing Migraine. Meanwhile, Dr Andrew Dowson, chairman of Migraine Action's Medical Advisory Board and director of headache services at King's College Hospital, London, discussed preventative treatments and gave updates on the latest migraine research.
There where also a number of workshops including sessions on managing chronic daily headache and Botox® as a treatment for chronic migraine. On Saturday 10, September there was also an open session for the public when people suffering from migraines could get advice on managing the condition which was held at Wakefield Town Hall.
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| Celebrating National Heritage Day at Ossett Town Hall |
This grand tour took visitors to places within this grade I listed Town Hall, where the public never go including the prison cells, underground passages, closed off stairwells as well as the magnificent state rooms.
If you have never explored the delights of this Victorian building with its neo classical architecture then we are happy to arrange an organised tour or an informal visit. The newly refurbished Chimes café bar and restaurant is a hidden gem in the City of Wakefield. Sensitively restored on the third floor of the Town Hall, it provides not only a perfect place to have lunch with panoramic view over the city, it also offers the ideal location to have a wedding ceremony or discrete dinner party for up to 30 guests. For further information email us at: eventsandfinctions@wakefield.gov.uk
Also celebrating National Heritage Day the Ossett Civic Society held heritage tours of Ossett Town Hall in association. The Tour included the Old Council Chamber, the Mayor’s Parlour, Old Court House and the magnificent Assembly Hall. Visitors where also able to explore the Town Hall at their leisure and admire the theatre organ, grand portraits and the recently restored furniture.
The Town Hall also participated in the Ossett Scarecrow Festival, organised by Ossett Town Centre Partnership, to promote the Town Hall as a wedding venue with a bride and groom scarecrow. Nearly 50 scarecrows were positioned in and around Ossett town centre with fabulous prizes and great activity for all the family throughout the day!
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| Horbury Victoria Brass Band in action at Ossett Town Hall |
Meanwhile, on Friday the town hall played host to the Horbury Victoria Brass Band when guests enjoyed an evening of musical entertainment in association with Horbury and Ossett Phoenix Rotary Club.
Performances and the audience applause filled the magnificent Assembly Hall showcasing the venue as a hot spot for live entertainment and enjoyment.
Finally, it’s been a very busy month for Woolley Hall. On the evening of Wednesday, September 7 we hosted an open house when we opened our doors to the public to promote its autumn season of events.
These include Halloween Ghost tour, an autumn wedding fair and Christmas lunches. Visitors were able to explore the house and ornate gardens whilst enjoying a complimentary glass of wine and canapés or enjoy a taster at laser clay pigeon shooting on the lawn.
Close to heritage week, the event was a great success particularly with local historians and former residents of Woolley Hall in its days as a residential college. Visitors also included people the Wentworth Castle Trust from Stanborough, Barnsley where the male line of the same family - The Wentworth’s - is still associated with Stainborough and Wentworth-Woodhouse in Rotherham. If you’ve never head of Wentworth-Woodhouse, it just happens to be famous for having the largest façade of any county house in England.
A presentation is being held at Wenthorth Castle on November 24 to talk about the family connections between the three houses in Yorkshire, visit their website here.
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| Business networking at Woolley Hall |
On the same day Woolley Hall hosted the Business Network, which brings together a wide range of local businesses who meet monthly to network and promote their services within the Wakefield district. Woolley Hall is hoping to continue is relationship with the group into 2012 hosting more lunch events.
The County Manor is an ideal location to get away from the office environment and relax in 20 acres of idyllic surroundings, enjoy the decadence of fine dining and traditional Yorkshire food, then work it all off with an enjoyable round of play golf at Woolley Golf Course adjacent. If you would like to host your business network event at Woolley Hall please contact us at eventsandfunctions@wakefield.gov.uk.
Finally, we were proud to open up Woolley Hall and its grounds to the Wakefield Hospice Annual Sponsored Walk. With more than 200 walkers enjoying routes of between five, ten, 15 or, for the really hardy, 20 miles. An exhausting but enjoyable way to visit the many bridle paths and official walks in the area surrounding Woolley Hall, one of the many benefits of a venue in the heart of the countryside. Take a chance on a fine day, put on your walking boots and explore what this area has to offer, then pop into Woolley Hall for lunch or a cream tea. It is advisable to pre-book lunch to avoid disappointment.
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