The Mayoress of Halifax, Mrs Sharp, discussing the value of orange juice with one of the bonny youngsters after the Welfare Foods meeting held in the Gas Showrooms, Halifax. PH21.
The gathering at the Welfare Food meeting held at the Gas Showrooms, Halifax. Seated L to R. Mr Ingham and Mr Atkinson, Assistant Food Executive Officers, Mrs Sharp the Mayoress, De. G.C.F. Roe the M.O.H., Mrs M. Pilkington of the Regional Food…
Gertrude Attwood's Auntie Edith hand Uncle Jack after their wedding at Cragg Vale Methodist Chapel in 1904. Used as an illustration in Gertrude's book "A Village Childhood"
Derek Pollard identified the chimney as that of Crossley Mill, which is beside the canal in Hebden Bridge. Have these people a ringside view of something happening on what is now Calder Holmes Park, a football match perhaps?
The Co-op weaving shed is on the right. In 1919 the fustian weavers co-operative at Nutclough Mill was acquired by the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) but in 1967 the mill closed and the business transferred to Hebden Works seen here.
Previously based at Millwood, the congregation moved to Roomfield in 1877, nearer to Todmorden Centre. The Chapel was demolished in 1953 due to dry rot and similarly the schoolroom in 1959. A new small Chapel opened at Roomfield in 1962.