Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout
Halifax Evening Courier
Calendar of Events
1912
Kathy Witheridge has kindly transcribed
the Calendar of Events from the Millennium
Souvenir published by the Evening Courier
- Monday, 1st January 1912:
New clock placed in the tower of Hanson Lane Mills,
Halifax
- Wednesday, 3rd January 1912:
Halifax Town Council votes against allowing postmen in
uniform to travel on tramcars at half fares
- Tuesday, 30th January 1912:
Ratepayers' Association formed in Brighouse
- Monday, 5th February 1912:
River Calder frozen between Sowerby Bridge and
Mytholmroyd
- Monday, 12th February 1912:
New drill hall for Sowerby Bridge territorials
opened
- Saturday, 30th March 1912:
New park at Centre Vale, Todmorden, and the new
secondary school at Stile, Todmorden, officially
opened
- Saturday, 6th April 1912:
Boothtown United Methodist Church jubilee
- Saturday, 20th April 1912:
Sod cutting ceremony at the new Pellon Baptist Church
- Saturday, 27th April 1912:
Sod cutting of the new church of St Mark's, Siddal
- Tuesday, 30th April 1912:
Consecration of All Saints' Church, Elland
- Saturday, 4th May 1912:
Extensions to the course at West End Golf Club opened
- Sunday, 19th May 1912:
Unveiling of the new west window at Pellon Church,
Halifax
- Monday, 27th May 1912:
Halifax Madrigal Society wins a half-third prize in the
Paris International Music Festival
- Saturday, 8th June 1912:
Stone laying ceremony at the new Pellon Baptist Church
- Saturday, 8th June 1912:
Halifax Town AFC admitted to the Midland League
- Saturday, 29th June 1912:
Ambulance carriage bought by the people of Stainland
presented to the district council
- Saturday, 29th June 1912:
Stone laying at Stafford Square Wesleyan Church,
Salterhebble, Halifax
- Thursday, 11th July 1912:
Fire at the toffee works of Turner & Wainwright,
Brighouse
- Saturday, 13th July 1912:
Memorial stones laid at the new West End Wesleyan
Mission Church, Halifax
- Saturday, 13th July 1912:
Municipal bowling green opened at Shroggs Park, Halifax
- Friday, 26th July 1912:
Disastrous fire at George Lumb Limited, cotton
spinners, Elland. The workers had narrow escapes and adjoining
cottages were destroyed
- Saturday, 27th July 1912:
Memorial shelter to the late Councillor Hyde Sharratt
opened in the recreation ground, Elland
- Saturday, 27th July 1912:
Dedication of new choir stalls at Hebden Bridge Parish
Church
- Wednesday, 7th August 1912:
Halifax Town Council agreed to reduce the rent of gas
cookers and fit them free
- Saturday, 17th August 1912:
German peace delegation in Halifax
- Tuesday, 20th August 1912:
Death of General Booth, founder of the
Salvation Army As a minister of the Methodist New Connection he was
based at Salem Church, Halifax, and had oversight of the cause at
Brighouse
- Saturday, 14th September 1912:
Re-opening of St Thomas's Church, Claremount,
Halifax, after the removal of the old gallery, enlargement of the
church and installation of a new altar
- Saturday, 5th October 1912:
Arcade Royale, between Commercial Street and
Southgate, Halifax, opened
- Saturday, 5th October 1912:
Siddal Wesleyan Sunday School jubilee
- Saturday, 5th October 1912:
Cliffe House, Brighouse, opened as the town's new
Conservative Club
- Wednesday, 9th October 1912:
Wainhouse Tower, Halifax, offered for sale, but there
were no takers
- Saturday, 26th October 1912:
Consecration of the new St Paul's Church, King
Cross, Halifax
- Tuesday, 29th October 1912:
Death of Mr John Whitley MP, of West House,
Halifax, a Freeman of the Borough, aged 85
- Tuesday, 29th October 1912:
Agreement reached to extend Halifax tramways to
Rastrick
- Saturday, 2nd November 1912:
Stone laying ceremony at St Mark's Church, Siddal
- Monday, 11th November 1912:
An elaborate tramways extension scheme agreed by
Halifax Town Council
- Friday, 22nd November 1912:
Rastrick Library opened
- Thursday, 5th December 1912:
Madame Melba in Halifax
This Page of the Evening Courier Millennium Souvenir
contains the following photographs
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Terrible rail crash at Hebden Bridge – The
wrecked Liverpool to Leeds express on the Charlestown curve
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Royal Visit – first for area – the Royal motorcade passes through
Brighouse
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The Daimler single deck omnibus which started service in 1912
These Pages are intended to provide an on-line index to the
Millennium Souvenir
Further details, full stories and photographs can be seen in the
original Millennium Souvenir
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