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Title: Oxenhope Charabanc Disaster - ALC00622
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Title
Oxenhope Charabanc Disaster - ALC00622
Description
30th October 1920. An outing of 37 people from the Robin Hood Inn at Pecket Well to Keighley ended in disaster when their charabanc overturned on a bend coming down from Cock Hill to Oxenhope. Five people were killed and four seriously injured. The vehicle was completely destroyed and the driver cleared of blame.
Roger Hellowell's grandfather John Sager of Wadsworth was a passenger on the Charabanc, the son of Sutcliffe Sager who was the Landlord of the Robin Hood Pecket Well in the late 1800s. He survived the disaster but died when thrown from his horse travelling over Cockhill moor from a Pidgon shoot at Cullingworth.
Roger Hellowell's grandfather John Sager of Wadsworth was a passenger on the Charabanc, the son of Sutcliffe Sager who was the Landlord of the Robin Hood Pecket Well in the late 1800s. He survived the disaster but died when thrown from his horse travelling over Cockhill moor from a Pidgon shoot at Cullingworth.
Creator
AT704
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
1920, 1920s
Rights
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
ALC00622.tif
Collection
Citation
AT704, “Oxenhope Charabanc Disaster - ALC00622,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed October 2, 2026, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/13359.
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