October’s Civic Society lecture will focus on poet and writer, Henry Treece, and his time living in Barton upon Humber.
Henry’s best-known works are his juvenile historical novels, particularly those set in the Viking Age. He published five volumes of poetry in the 1940s and his poetry was included in the anthology The New British Poets (1949). Treece was Senior English Master at the Grammar School, and he sometimes used this locality as a background for his stories.
Many people will have come across Treece through his writing, poetry or broadcasting. Others will remember him as a teacher at the Barton Grammar School. Whatever your connection with him, or if you have yet to discover this world-famous author, David Newman begins this two-part session looking firstly at the life story of the man and his association with Barton before moving on to consider his immense cultural legacy to the nation as a writer and poet.
Admission to this lecture is free for members of the Barton Civic Society, or £4 for non-members. This will take place on October 18 at 2pm in the Joseph Wright Hall.

Joseph Wright Hall at Wilderspin School Museum on Queen Street (DN18 5QP).

Admission for non-members is £4.