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View from t’ tops in Norland
Foreboding sky, but the rain stay away
These Gledhills are everywhere! This is Norland cemetery
Sheep above Halifax – they are the very reason for its existence
The magnificent railway viaduct in Copley – again!
Canal walk from Colpey into Sowerby Bridge
Now a cafe, I had lunch here with Sarah last week. We didn’t know of its history at the time.
A well deserved drink in the Hogs Head Brewery in Sowerby Bridge after our 10.9 mile hike.
Hmmmm . . . .long hike!
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I began the day with coffee morning at St Paul’s, King Cross Halifax. My gt gt grandmother is buried there> couldn’t locate her grave but Father Kevin is going to help me.
A ‘real’ pancake in the Borough Market in Halifax
In the reference library I saw a flier for a walking tour of the King Cross area at 2pm. It was 1:45. I jumped on a bus and just managed to join the group as it was just setting forth from the Old St. Paul’s church – now just the spire remains. I was staggered to see how many many had shown up! It was 2 1/2 hours long and for some of the time it rained heavily.
A ‘one up, one down’ house
The tour visited the church I had been to earlier in the day! What I hadn’t noticed in the morning was the war memorial book that was actually on the page commemorating two members of the Gledhill family. Father Kevin turns the page each day, and it had just happened to be turned to the Gledhills yesterday!
The original Macintosh’s toffee factory
McVitie’s biscuits
On the spur of the moment I decided to see if there were any seats still available for Twelfth Night at the Town Hall courtyard in Hebden Bridge. It was a wonderful production by 5 performers who were also skilled musicians on multiple instruments. It was sad to see such a sparse audience but a whole troop of boy scouts came for the first half.
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This is Mary at St. Paul’s King Cross describing the area of one up, one down houses where the Gledhills lived in the mid to late 1800s.
Buildings on New Road. The Wrigley family lived here . . .
. . . or here!
One of the Wrigley brothers worked on the restoration of Hope Chapel on New Road.
Late afternoon at The Railway
The Straw Race at Oxenhope is a charity fundraising event in which teams race a two-and-a-half mile course from the Wagon and Horses carrying a bale of straw. Teams are set off at regular intervals and are timed, with the fastest team being the winners; however it’s not a straighforward run to the finish as competitors must stop at set points on the way to drink a pint of beer. Much of the route is uphill; the entrants must also expect to be doused with buckets or water-pistols, which may be welcome if it’s a hot day! Record breakers take around fifteen minutes to finish while laggards can take hours.All who complete the course are presented with a medal at the finishing line. Many competitors choose to race in fancy dress and while it’s a serious money-raiser the atmosphere is lighthearted and fun. The views of the surrounding countryside are spectacular!
When I got back to Hebden Bridge THIS was happening!
A big difference in the way an American audience would be held at bay, the band cordoned off behind a barrier. Here, the audience get can up close to the performers.
The band were joined by the Calderdale Youth brass band
They start them young here!
When I got back to my mill I heard music. I thought it was coming from the park, so I went out onto my balcony and saw this in next door’s garden
A choir rehearsing Georgian music!
Chicken curry and a pint of Wainwright’s
In the evening I attended this: Enjoy the varied poetic styles and voices of Simon Armitage, Patience Agbabi, Jacob Polley, Kei Miller, Zaffar Kunial and Clare Shaw in Haworth’s Old School Room. This not-to-be-missed experience is open to all! I even got to hang out with three of the poets and the Bronte Parsonage outreach staff in the White Lion afterwards.
The Old school room built by Patrick Bronte for Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell to teach the village children.
Simon Armitage sat directly in front of me.
Kei Miller in action
Simon Armitage reading his poetry.
Oh, my dream came true!
With poets Kei Miller, Zaffar Kunial and Patience Agbabi and the outreach staff after the readings
A caption I helped to write last year!
The ‘new’ church, Heptonstall
The English countryside . . .
. . . .in all its glory
How sweet
Sarah’s magic trick
Tribute to the 22 bombing victims last month, Manchester Victoria station
My new living room has a verandah overlooking the weir
Pretty bedroom
Just before dinner I walked from my mill to Mytholmroyd.
Fishermen on the Rochdale canal in Mytholmroyd
These geese have obviously been told to ‘keep their ducks in a row!’
Sarah flew back to the US this morning and I moved into my new home:
https://www.mangohomes.co.uk/mayroyd-mill.
I have a place on the top floor in the centre of the building, overlooking the weir.
Sarah on Blackstone Edge, a last view of T’tops before she flies home
A last glimpse fittingly rainy and misty
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Hollinworth Lake, one of my mom’s favourite day’s out.
One of my ancestors lived in this White House in Manchester. He was a schoolmaster. In 1905 he walked out of his house and drowned in the Rochdale canal a few yards from his house.
The Rochdale canal adjacent to Sydney Herbert Cooper’s house
The note I put through the letterbox
‘Heather’ court in . . .
Denton ( my maiden name)
Our hotel in Stockport so that we are close to Manchester airport.
Chicken korma and chips in the hotel
A day of heavy, non-stop rain so we went for our first train ride on this trip.
Children walking home from school in the rain. Very few umbrellas about.
Yorkshire soap shop was good for a place to stay dry and for Sarah to do some souvenir shopping
Beneath the railway viaduct in Todmorden, a small market town on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border
A full English breakfast – for lunch
I bought some artwork from this guy last year and I went to chat to him about the new mascot for Todmorden: Stanley Pike (see our Stoodley Pike hike)
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