DERWENT Valley Bridge Community Library is hosting a talk Families in the First World War by Trevor Boag on Thursday, September 18, at 6.30pm.

The talk will take place at Derwent Valley BRIDGE Community Library, Pickering Road, West Ayton, and will focus on the experiences of local families who lived through the Scarborough Bombardment and worked on the land and those of lost family members during the conflict. Trevor Boag is a well-known historian, a retired deputy headteacher at Lady Lumley’s School, in Pickering, and a First World War battlefield tour guide.

The talk is free but seating is limited so book a place by calling into the Community Library or phone 01723 86352.