Dear Members & Friends, The History of Harrogate as a Spa – THURSDAY 26th June, 7.30pm at Rawdon Community Library

This month our special guest speaker is Paul Jennings giving an illustrated talk about the Spa History of Harrogate. I heard Paul give this talk earlier in the year and found it thoroughly enlightening and entertaining. Over the years we have visited Harrogate many times but had never realised how important the Spa waters were in the growth and development of the town we see today.
NB This talk is on a Thursday (not our normal day) 26th June.
The spa was a popular destination for the wealthy and elite of Victorian England. Notable figures included Charles Dicken who visited in 1858 Tsarina Alexandra of Russia, wife of Nicholas II, visited the Royal Pump Room in 1911. The spa town also attracted royalty like Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.
