Prof David Baker gave a final organ recital in February 2014 at St John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale, before the organ was dismantled and shipped to France. The organ was removed as the first phase of the work prior to the church being…
Pennine horizons volunteers Frank Woolrych and Ann Kilbey carried out numerous Scan-2-Save events as part of the Pennine Horizons project. They took laptops and scanners out into the community and invited people to bring along their photographs to be…
The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup. The nut dance is most unusual and is performed either in a straight line or two lines of four with each of the dancers wearing wooden discs or nuts on their hands, and knees with a belly nut around the waist. …
The Demonstration of the Band of Hope Union c.1908. Most of the chapels took part in this annual parade in July. The photograph shows the procession leaving Hazlewood Street.
Taken outside the former Council Offices in Hebden Bridge. The large doorway was the Fire Station. The top of the banner reads ' Cross Lanes' which was the United Methodist Chapel at the top of Buttress and in the middle is 'Band of Hope'.
About to board a light aircraft at Yeadon Airport for a flight over the Calder Valley. The flight was organised by Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society and Bernard went as a reporter for the Hebden Bridge Times.
Scenes from the Bible, organised by Mothers of Salem, the ladies of the church. Information provided by Helen Ranton, nee Waterworth, who is the little girl in the centre of the front row. Also included are Doris Horner, Philip and Gwen Shackleton,…
Rev James Allison assisted by Victoria Macdonald, blesses the Spa, watched by Hebden Royd Mayor. The lady on the right in the red coat is Sylvia Maudsley.
Rev James Allison and Victoria Macdonald. Nick Wilding is filming. Cllr Beacroft Mitchell, Mayor of Hebden Royd is in attendance, as are Sylvia Maudsley and Hugh Morgan
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Hebden Bridge’s packhorse bridge a weekend of events took place in Hebden Bridge on 10th and 11th July 2010. This included music and parades, but the major event was the re-enactment of the Battle of Heptonstall,…
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Hebden Bridge’s packhorse bridge a weekend of events took place in Hebden Bridge on 10th and 11th July 2010. This included music and parades, but the major event was the re-enactment of the Battle of Heptonstall,…