Cragg Hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria Hall in Halifax. Henry Ainley the actor stayed there more than once. Melbourne Inman the billiard…
Merry Weather fire engine, named 'Alderman Pickles', of Todmorden Fire Service, heads a parade of engines. Photo taken in Cragg Vale, probably in the 1920s.
On 13 April 1923 the Todmorden & District News reported: