Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout
Halifax Evening Courier
Calendar of Events
1932
Kathy Witheridge has kindly transcribed
the Calendar of Events from the Millennium
Souvenir published by the Evening Courier
- Wednesday, 13th January 1932:
Inquest on treasure trove found in
Woolshops house
- Saturday, 23rd January 1932:
Harold Savage Memorial Hall, Elland, opened
- Tuesday, 23rd February 1932:
Halifax head teachers protested against the decision
of the Town Council to lower the retiring age of teachers to 60
- Wednesday, 16th March 1932:
Hearing of charges against Todmorden Communists ended
after 26 hours
- Wednesday, 16th March 1932:
Borough Market tenants' protest against rent
increases
- Thursday, 17th March 1932:
Nearly 100 adults baptised at Lee Mount Baptist Church
- Thursday, 31st March 1932:
Two men killed in train accident at Summit Tunnel
- Wednesday, 6th April 1932:
County Council scheme to amalgamate areas in the Calder
Valley; public meeting at Hipperholme to protest at any such moves
- Thursday, 21st April 1932:
Rowdy demonstrations herald trial at Leeds Assizes of
Todmorden Communists
- Tuesday, 26th April 1932:
Bus smash at the corner of Parkinson Lane and King Cross
Street; one woman killed and five injured
- Thursday, 28th April 1932:
Halifax Greyhound Patrons; Social Club struck off the
register
- Thursday, 5th May 1932:
Mr Gilbert Gledhill MP for Halifax made his maiden speech
- Friday, 6th May 1932:
Todmorden Communists trial ends; guilty verdicts against
three men
- Wednesday, 25th May 1932:
Robbery at Blake Dean Baptist Church
- Friday, 27th May 1932:
Old bridge over Hebden Water at Hebden Bridge
scheduled as an ancient monument
- Friday, 27th May 1932:
JX – the new motor identification letters for
Halifax – introduced
- Friday, 10th June 1932:
Maiden speech in the Commons by Mr M. S. McCorquodale,
MP for Sowerby
- Monday, 20th June 1932:
Managers of Holy Trinity Day School decided to transfer
the senior department to Savile Hall
- Tuesday, 28th June 1932:
Opening of Bull Green House, Halifax
- Wednesday, 6th July 1932:
Tenders accepted by Mytholmroyd UDC for flood prevention
works
- Saturday, 9th July 1932:
Mackintosh's take over the business of A. J. Caley &
Son, Norwich
- Saturday, 16th July 1932:
Start of local cotton workers strike against a reduction
in wages; some Ripponden mills closed
- Friday, 22nd July 1932:
Pye Nest estate offered for auction
- Sunday, 7th August 1932:
Sir Harold Mackintosh re-elected president of the
World Sunday School Union
- Saturday, 20th August 1932:
Restored Roman bridge on Blackstone Edge opened
- Monday, 22nd August 1932:
Prescott Fountain, situated at King Cross,
removed to Spring Edge, Savile Park
- Wednesday, 24th August 1932:
Cotton dispute settled
- Thursday, 1st September 1932:
Elland Cricket Club ground bought by the club for
£1,000
- Wednesday, 7th September 1932:
Savile Estates sale in Halifax, including seven out
of ten lots in Lee Mount
- Tuesday, 27th September 1932:
Public meeting in Hebden Bridge voted in favour of
Sunday cinemas by 197 votes to 139
- Thursday, 29th September 1932:
Coun J. H. Turner to be Mayor of Brighouse
for the fifth time
- Thursday, 6th October 1932:
Norland Parish Council decided to buy Norland Moor
by public subscription. More than £400 was raised
- Monday, 10th October 1932:
Halifax Musical Festival abandoned
- Tuesday, 25th October 1932:
Halifax Mechanics' Institute to close
- Wednesday, 9th November 1932:
Oak panelling in Stainland Church dedicated by the
Bishop of Wakefield
- Saturday, 19th November 1932:
Luddenden Foot Methodist Church centenary
- Tuesday, 22nd November 1932:
Silver coins found in an Elland garden declared
treasure trove
- Monday, 28th November 1932:
Sir Thomas Beecham at the Theatre Royal
- Friday, 2nd December 1932:
Triplets – two boys and a girl born to a Halifax
woman, Mrs Clement Beverley, of Middle Street, Claremount. She was
later awarded the King's Bounty. Family already had six children
- Saturday, 10th December 1932:
Halifax death rate figures of 14·9 per 1,000
the highest of the larger Yorkshire towns
- Friday, 30th December 1932:
Amalgamation announced of two Halifax
brewers – Samuel Webster's and Joseph Stocks
This Page of the Evening Courier Millennium Souvenir
contains the following photographs
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New Halifax Landmark – 1932 brought a new look to Bull Green, Halifax
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Fancy that ... entrants in the 1932 Empire Carnival at
Ripponden They are (left to right) Geoffrey Priestley, Dorothy
Holroyd, Hazel Broadley, Robin Hill and Herbert Helliwell
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First Man to Split the Atom – Todmorden born scientist makes
history – picture of John Cockroft, taken some 22 years later
when he had become Sir John Cockroft
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End of the Line for Tram Service – The 1930s saw the gradual
contraction of the tramways network in the Halifax area. On August
16, 1933, the Northowram route via Stump Cross was one of those
abandoned
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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