Mr Hope was the Head Master. Derek was naturally left handed but was made to write with his right hand, so school days were not particularly happy. He can be seen here on the back row 2nd from left. Middle row from left: Mabel Pollard, Sheila…
Miss Livermore's class, c1930.
Back row, left to right: Reginald Whittingham; Tommy Whitehead; Keith Sutcliffe; Albert Nutter? ; Edward Meadowcroft; Jimmy Haslam; Earnest Anderson.
Middle row, Connie Greenwood; Alice Ogden; Marjorie Harris; Doris…
Back row L to R: George Whitaker; Harold Smith; Alec Sharp; Irvin Feather; Alec Smith; Leslie Sanderson; Ronnie Beaumont; Raymond Crabtree; Donald & Harold Earnshaw; Eric Kershaw; Jack Ingham; Charlie Dawson.
Middle row: Joan Holloway; Dorothy Haigh;…
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"
The timber framed and stone-clad Cliffe Hill barn probably dates to the early 17th century with late 18th century alterations. The archway is circa 1700, and the farmhouse has a date stone “INMN 1601”.
Ted is second row, dark jacket, 5th from right. Donald is 7th from right, wearing spectacles. Ted's sister Olwyn is in the third row down, sixth from the left.
An afternoon to celebrate the unveiling of the new head for the soldier on the war memorial at Mytholmroyd. Rev James Allison and local school children.