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2nd January 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.TOMBS, new Liberal registration agent
SWIMMING CLUB
Messrs. Thomas COPLEY, R.W.EVANS J.P., W.H.GIBSON, H.CROSSLEY, A.HAIGH, H.WOODHEAD,
J.HOLROYD, T.COPLEY, F.KERSHAW, J.H.THOMAS, E.HALL, F.NOBLE, J.W.CARTER, F.M.SUGDEN,
T.HOLROYDE, M.WADE, C.E.LODGE, W.HOLROYDE, M.WILCOCK
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. Aquilla PRIESTLEY, J.S.HOLLAND, J.E.RATLEDGE, Sykes STOREY, J.C.BATES, W.L.HARTLEY,
J.W.CHAMBERS, Samuel HARTLEY
WEST END (Congregational)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. S.WADSWORTH, J.B.BLAKELEY, A.SUTCLIFFE, J.FIRTH, W.H.WHITAKER, B.WADSWORTH
Misses F.RICHARDSON, E.RICHARDSON, M.BOTTOMLEY, M.J.RILEY
Masters J.CORDINGLEY, J.BOTTOMLEY
A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER (Halifax West Riding Court)
Elijah LLOYD, Saddleworth cattle drover
Police Constable FORDHAM
Mr.STEAD, auctioneer
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
TREE PLANTING (at the Cemetery)
Councillors F.CLAY J.P., A.HOWE, J.W.WHITELEY, LONGBOTTOM, George WHITELEY, A.MAUDE,
J.HOLDSWORTH, Ely WHITELEY
Mr.and Mrs.SANDERSON
Mr.D.I.CLAY
Masters Stanley CLAY, James Reginald CLAY: sons of Frank CLAY
Mr.NICHOLL, the Registrar
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THREATENING LANGUAGE (Halifax West Riding Court)
James HANSBOROUGH, chimney sweep
Mary Jane GREENWOOD, Old Causeway
Police Sergeant TATTERSALL
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Misses SUTCLIFFE, WOLFENDEN
Messrs. N.NICHOLL, H.CROWTHER, W.H.THOMAS, D.BROOKS, F.STOCKTON, E.GREENWOOD, C.HOWARD,
J.E.COCKROFT, J.GREENWOOD
CURIOUS BURNING CASE
Florence DIXON, young woman, servant at Mrs.COWGILL's, Wharf Street
"AT HOME" (Bolton Brow Wesleyan)
Mr.and Mrs.MACKRELL of Halifax
Mr.and Mrs.W.A.SUTCLIFFE
Mr.and Mrs.R.H.WHITWORTH
Mr.H.MCGEE
Professor LYNK, ventriloquist
Miss GREENWOOD and Miss M.GREENWOOD
TUEL LANE BAZAAR
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., Edwin WHITELEY
Messrs. Joseph BRIGGS of Cleckheaton, W.H.GIBSON, E.E.POLLIT, W.H.HELLEWELL, BURT
ST.GEORGE'S PAROCHIAL ASSOCIATION
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
Masters Fred SYKES, Edgar SIDDALL, Willie SMITH (William SMITH), Willie FORD (William FORD),
Frank CRABTREE
Mr.and Mrs.E.WRIGLEY
Mr.and Mrs.Rowland SIDDALL
Miss Doris SUTCLIFFE
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Sowerby Bridge
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.and Mrs.William GREENWOOD of Hebden Bridge
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT
Ripponden
Mrs.Mary Emma BERRY, aged 32, wife of Fred BERRY, tea dealer
Joe BARRETT
Sowerby
SMALLPOX AT FINKLE STREET
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mr.and Mrs.James LEACH, Red Brink Farm
Mr.and Mrs.S.SPEAK, Sowerby New Road
Mr.and Mrs.Walter WHITWORTH, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.and Mrs.EARNSHAW, Halifax
Mr.J.SMITH of Hubberton, worked the gramaphone
Mr.James LEAH, lanternist
Madame CRAGG, Halifax
Misses L.HITCHEN and M.WOLFENDEN (Triangle), A.WOOD (Sowerby), E.SHARP (Sowerby New Road)
Messrs. F.GARTSIDE (Halifax), T.LAW (Sowerby Bridge), L.EVERETT (Leah), MIDGLEY (Sowerby),
William FARRAR (Halifax), C.H.WALLER (West Vale), J.LEAH (Elland),
F.SLADEN (New Zealand), Verney PICKLES, Clement LEACH, W.LEACH (Red Brick Farm)
Revs. W.C.EVANS (pastor), F.W.NICHOLSON (Liverpool)
Messrs.CLAYTON of Brighouse, did furnishing and decoration
DEATHS
Sara Lee WALTON, aged 56, widow of Major Foulds WALTON, chemist of Sowerby Bridge.
Died at Harrogate
Clara KELLEY, 18, carpet weaver, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
Rhoda Hannah MARSHALL, 33, Hoyle Bank Head, Luddenden Foot
9th January 1903
Sowerby Bridge
THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
George ELLIS, aged 15
Dr.PATON
EXCHANGE OF PULPITS
Revs. J.P.BURT, F.E.HEAPE, J.FOX, G.S.SMITH, T.H.KIDD
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
LANDLORDS AND DART PLAYING (West Riding Court)
Charles HOLLAS, landlord of the Queen Inn
Adam STANSFIELD, Joseph ALLEN, Robert ORR
Police Constable JONES
ANNUAL DINNER (Sowerby Bridge Licensed Victuallers' and Wine and Beer Retailers' Association)
Mr.and Mrs.SMITH, Royal Hotel
Messrs. ROGERS (Boardman's Breweries), E.F.SMITH, WESTON, J.CROSSLEY, F.JOWETT, J.BERRY,
PARKER, C.HOLLAS, ROBINSON (Halifax Licenced Victuallers' Association),
E.W.HORSFALL, WHITTAKER
Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs. James LEAH, S.S.SPEAK, James LUMB, W.H.LEAH, Joseph HOYLE, W.LEACH
Misses Leah KERRIDGE, Lena HOYLE
Triangle
KNUR AND SPELL
F.CARTER of Triangle
G.WARD of Barkisland
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THE LIBERAL CLUB
Messrs. Emanuel MITCHELL, J.W.HOEY, John PRIESTLEY, HAIGH, T.HOEY,
TOMBS (registration agent)
Miss Clara GREENWOOD, Women's Liberal Association
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., G.WHITELEY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, A.MAUDE,
J.HOLDSWORTH, J.TURNER, Edwin WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY
Mr.EMMOTT, electric lighting report
Dr.WELLBURN
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Mr.Kelsall BROADLEY, tenant of Milner Royd farm
Mr.George BINNS, Norland Parish Council
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Norland
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. William SHAW, JAKEWAY(?), Philip E.JONES, Thomas HOWARTH
Alice HEAP, Fred AYNES, Arthur KERSHAW, Violetta MORTON, Edith KERSHAW, Elsie SHEPLEY,
Herbert KITCHEN, E.A.WEBSTER, Ethel MITCHELL, Hilda MITCHELL, Janet MORTON
Mrs.W.HEAP
Miss Martha LUM (Martha LUMB?)
PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Misses A.GEE, N.BUTTERWORTH, BINNS, ELLIS, SOUTHWELL, M.H.SUTCLIFFE, F.M.SOUTHWELL,
E.RAMSDEN, Ruth E.MITCHELL
Masters A.DEWHIRST, J.PARKER
Messrs. J.H.PARKINSON, T.BINNS (accompanist), BARKER (conductor), S.HOWARD (Sowerby Bridge),
J.DEWHIRST
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, J.WADDINGTON, J.BATES, W.H.GIBSON, E.E.POLLIT, D.I.CLAY, R.SIDDALL
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.F.J.ROCKLIFF (teacher, Tuel Lane Boys' school)
Mr.George T.JACKSON (teacher, Bolton Brow Boys' school)
Miss Lucy WALKER (teacher, Tuel Lane Girls' school)
Miss B.A.WHITEHEAD (teacher, Sowerby New Road Mixed school)
Mr.BURNLEY, Halifax Stock Bank
Mr.HANSON, former treasurer, moved to Bradford
BIRTH
Master CLAY, son of Abraham CLAY, Willow House
DEATHS
Horace MIDGLEY, 2 months, son of Harry Midgley, Osbourne Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Samuel Hebblethwaite STEPHENSON, 76, Knowsley, Mill Bank
Charles SUTCLIFFE, 57, cotton operative, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Mary TIDSWELL, 73, widow of Thomas TIDSWELL, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
16th January 1903
Sowerby Bridge
William Henry SMITH, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Frank CLAY, J.P., Prosecution Society
NEW CONSERVATIVE REGISTRATION AGENT
Mr.Michael SYKES of Huddersfield
SMALLPOX
CHILDREN'S DANCE (Women's Liberal Association)
Messrs. TOMBS (Liberal agent), George F.HARKER, NICHOLL and THOMAS (music)
M.I.S. (West End Congregational Mutual Improvement Society)
Messrs. A.SUTCLIFFE, J.BARRACLOUGH
INQUEST
Messrs. E.H.HILL (coroner?), W.WHITWORTH
Emily WHITWORTH, aged 78, widow, 8 Crompton Street, Allan Wood
William STANSFIELD, neighbour of above
Dr.ADAMS
CENTENARY OF BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. John SHAW, J.E.SUTCLIFFE, C.HECKINGBOTTOM, T.WILKINSON, T.WILSON
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.and Mrs.WILLETT, silver wedding
Rev.J.P.BURT
Messrs. John WADDINGTON, W.H.OLDFIELD, A.S.FIRTH
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WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs.Thomas HOEY, J.HOLT
Master Reggie HOEY (Reginald HOEY?), accompanist
Messrs. J.SMITH and NEWELL, gramaphone
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. W.NICHOLSON, B.CULPAN, John GRUNDY, William PARKER, F.GREENWOOD, E.CRABTREE,
T.GIBSON, L.RILEY, A.GOODALL
LOITERING (Halifax West Riding Court)
George Frederick NOBLE and Edward SANDFORD, both of Leeds
Police Constable WILSON
Mr.James Clay HORSFALL
THE PROSECUTION SOCIETY'S DINNER (society founded 74 years previously)
Mr.Arthur SCHOLEFIELD, Wharf House Hotel
Messrs. H.P.KENDALL, Edward E.POLLIT, N.WOOD, N.BATES, G.WRAY, J.C.BELL (solicitor),
BAXENDALE, W.H.GIBSON, Albert WOOD, John Ward BANCROFT, William HAIGH,
James EASTWOOD, PLATT, MARSHALL, Arthur W.HORSFALL
Dr.WELLBURN
Councillors J.H.STEAD, Frank CLAY J.P., TURNER, J.W.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY
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SERMON TO MEN (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
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DEATHS
Eliza ACKROYD, 73, widow of Thomas ACKROYD, Spring View, Luddenden Foot
Esther BARRETT, 17, daughter of Greenwood BARRETT, Royd, Sowerby
Emily BUTTERWORTH, 78, widow of Henry BUTTERWORTH, Crompton Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth Ann FOX, 62, wife of William Henry FOX, Park Crescent, Sowerby Bridge
Jane LEES, 77, widow of Robert LEES, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah MARSHALL, 66, widow of John MARSHALL, Exeter Street, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah SIDDALL, 73, widow of Samuel SIDDALL, Church Stile, Sowerby
Joseph GODDARDS, Sowerby New Road
23rd January 1903
Sowerby Bridge
P.T.E. (West End Congregational)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mrs.J.A.WHITELEY
Misses BANCROFT, Dora PARKER
Messrs. A.SUTCLIFFE, E.HORSFALL (accompanist)
BULL'S HEAD SMOKE CLUB
Mr.and Mrs.DUNKERLEY, Bull's Head Hotel
Messrs. WADE, T.COPLEY, B.JONES, W.HOLROYD, J.WALSHAW, E.T.WASHINGTON, FARRAR, J.A.BOOTH,
FLIGHT, PARKINS, WILSON
FIRE IN A GROCER'S SHOP
Mr.Vallance, grocer, Wharf Street
Mr.J.W.HOEY
Mr.SCHOFIELD, tailor, Wharf Street
Mr.J.L.WRIGLEY, owner of the building
Mr.HOPKINSON, fire brigade
NEW ENGINE
Messrs. Joseph MORTON Ltd, Cinderhills, Siddall
Messrs. POLLIT and WIGZELL Ltd.
Mrs.J.MORTON
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SMALLPOX
BAND OF HOPE MEETING (Primitive Methodist)
Messrs. Joseph BINNS, W.ROBERTSHAW
UNITED COMMUNION SERVICE (Free Church)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS, J.P.BURT, J.FOX, G.S.SMITH, F.E.HEAPE
ANOTHER FIRE (St.Mark's School Room)
Mr.BATES, owner of the building
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
Charles AINSCOUGH, worked at Mr.EGLIN's works, Allan Park
Dr.BROWN
FARNELL, elderly woman
Mr.STAFFORD, plumber
RYBURN ANGLING CLUB
Messrs. Fergus O'Connor SMITH, Louis W.BARRY, Robert K.ABBOTT, D.S.MALLINSON, THORPE,
HOLMES, W.NICHOLL, R.KING, S.SUTCLIFFE, J.PENNY, R.WILSON, W.HOLROYD
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Messrs. Squire JUDSON, Henry WATTERSON, William NICHOLL, John WHITWORTH, Benson CROWTHER,
Samuel HANSON, Thomas PINDER, Arthur GREENWOOD, W.H.BAXENDALE
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BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev. John FOX
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AT ELLISON MEMORIAL SCHOOLS
Rev.H.A.KENNEDY, diocesan school inspector
RATE SUMMONSES (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mr.WORMALD, assistant overseer
Sowerby
CONFERENCE OF YOUTH
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR J.P., James PARKER
Messrs. John B.BLAKELEY, John BATES
ACCIDENT
Mr.DEWHIRST
BOULDERCLOUGH M.N.C. CHURCH
Messrs. Robert BENTON, J.A.WHITWORTH, William HANSON (deceased), John HAIGH junior,
J.PICKLES, Walter PICKLES, H.N.BLAMIRES, D.GREENWOOD
Councillor J.WADSWORTH
Miss E.HOLLAS
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A YOUNG COUPLE MISSING
Fred HOYLE, aged 18, iron turner, lives with his widowed mother in Sowerby New Road
Emily LUMB, aged 18, daughter of Charles LUMB, Wakefield New Road
Rev.J.P.BURT
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MARRIAGE
William HARRIS, painter, Pellon, to Mary Emma SMITH of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Joseph GODDARD, 54, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mary PICKLES, 72, widow of Joseph PICKLES, Castle Hill, Sowerby
Harry WHITEHEAD, 10, son of Wallace WHITEHEAD, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
Grace WILDSMITH, 55, Pleasant Street, Sowerby Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Eliza GODDARD, 11 Camden Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
30th January 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SPECIAL SERVICES (Bolton Brow Chapel)
Rev.H.HOWARD
SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS
Mr.Norman SIDDALL, son of Mr.R.SIDDALL
Dr.MARSHALL, tutor at Lancaster College, Morecambe
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.T.Herbert KIDD
Messrs. J.R.BERRY, C.E.HELLIWELL, J.L.CROWTHER, G.SHEARD
Misses SHEARD, E.JESSOP, B.WOOD, F.BERRY, L.WILSON
Master A.FARRAR, C.A.CROWTHER
OLD FRIENDS' TEA (Primitive Methodist School)
Revs. F.E.HEAPE, W.WHITHAM (Elland), F.E.YEOMANS (Halifax)
Misses HEAPE, B.HEAPE, THOMAS, ROBERTSHAW, HOYLE, LEAVER, VINE, BARRATT, GARSIDE, STOCKTON,
ECCLES, FOSTER (Bridlington), GAUKROGER, SUTCLIFFE
Mesdames HOWE, THOMAS, ROBERTSHAW, HOWARD, HOYLE, LEAVER, HOLROYD, BOTTOMLEY, VINE, BARRATT,
GARSIDE, THORP, PINDER, STOCKTON, ROBINS
Messrs. ROBERTSHAW, HOYLE, HOWARD, J.CROSSLAND, THOMAS, VINE, BARRETT, STOCKTON,
J.R.BARKER (accompanist), PLATT, A.SMITH, MARSHALL, MARSDEN, JESSOP (phonograph),
J.WHITAKER
Councillors HOWE, Joe BREARLEY (Halifax)
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LIBERAL CLUB
Messrs. E.MITCHELL, James HAIGH, F.RILEY, EATOUGH, Thomas HORSFALL, J.W.HOEY, W.ASHWORTH,
C.W.RUSHWORTH, G.E.WHITELEY, A.J.BUTTERWORTH, L.WHITELEY, T.HOEY, F.ARMITAGE,
J.W.MANSFIELD, Parker HAIGH, J.A.WHITELEY, F.RILEY, BARRACLOUGH, G.F.HARKER,
John MITCHELL
Councillor J.HOLDSWORTH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
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THE MISSING YOUNG FOLKS
Emily LUMB, Fred HOYLE
Sergeant TATTERSALL
ACCIDENT
GREENWOOD, elderly lady of Friendly
Dr.BROWN
SMALLPOX
SOCIAL (West End Sunday School)
Mr.S.WADSWORTH, senior teacher
Misses SEED, LUMB, CROSSLEY
Messrs. R.H.LUMB, HORSFALL and NEWHALL (music)
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL
Revs. J.FOX, G.S.SMITH, J.P.BURT
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, T.HOEY, O.EATOUGH, G.ASHWORTH, B.MORWOOD, J.THOMAS, J.W.BANCROFT
CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB
Mr.T.H.MORRIS, J.P.
Messrs. Alfred GREENWOOD, W.H.GIBSON, A.HOPKINSON, J.W.BUTTERWORTH, W.HOLROYD,
D.I.MALLINSON, T.MARCHANT, W.RILEY, J.STAFFORD, G.WILCOCK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, W.HAIGH, H.STORR, W.NICHOLL
Councillor Frank CLAY J.P., A.HOWE, G.WHITELEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
CHRISTADELPHIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.James BRIGGS
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames BARRACLOUGH, William GREENWOOD, MARSLAND
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HOIST ACCIDENT
Mr.GREENWOOD of King Cross
Messrs.SIDDALL, West Mill
DINNER AND SMOKING CONCERT
Messrs. William SHAW, Henry HOLLAS, LUM, TATE, GREENWOOD, BALL, JOWETT, YEWDALL, THOMAS,
SYKES, BROADBENT, BANCROFT, Ben MELLOR, G.T.BANCROFT (piano)
Mr.and Mrs.HELLOWELL, Brown Cow Inn
Norland
THE OUTRAGE ON NORLAND MOOR (Halifax West Riding Court)
Joseph HARLING, Barkisland
Police Constable DENNISON of Barkisland
ALLEGED ASSAULT (Halifax County Court)
James Eli ROBINSON of Norland
Samuel JACKSON, farmer of Greetland
Mr.Edgar BOOTH, defence
Sowerby
ANNUAL TEA AND MEETING (Congregational)
Revs. W.C.EVANS (pastor), W.JOHNSTONE (Holywell Green)
Misses Leah KERRIDGE, PRIESTLEY (Halifax), E.GREENWOOD, H.WILKINSON, M.CLAYTON,
S.A.KERRIDGE, E.NICHOLL
Messrs. J.S.HOYLE, A.PRIESTLEY
Master W.Everatt EVANS (W.Everett EVANS?, accompanist)
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HALIFAX JOINT STOCK BANK
Messrs. J.Whitely WARD J.P. (Halifax), Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE, F.W.BENTLEY (Huddersfield),
Joseph CROWTHER (Huddersfield), J.F.HIRST, John WHITLEY J.P.
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Messrs. HOWARTH (general manager), R.MOORE, F.Whitley THOMPSON M.P.
Triangle
SUICIDE OF HERBERT SMITH
Herbert SMITH, aged 28, of Triangle. Former silk mill overlooker
Julia SMITH, sister of above, servant at Fern Hill
Mark THOMPSON, coachman at Fern Hill
Police Constable BROADBENT
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MARRIAGES
James BERRY to Martha SMITH, both of Sowerby Bridge
Shaw MACKRELL, insurance agent, to Elizabeth Ann WADDINGTON, both of Sowerby Bridge
Wallace MAUDE to Mary Alice BERRY, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
David GREIVE (David GRIEVE?), 50, engine tenter, Dalton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann MITCHELL, 47, wife of John MITCHELL, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann WILSON, 70, widow of Robert WILSON, Spring View, Luddenden Foot
6th February 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. F.SUTCLIFFE, F.WADDINGTON: Bolton Brow Band of Hope
SOWERBY BRIDGE MYSTERY (missing couple)
DIED AT THE HOSPITAL
Betty GREENWOOD, aged 71, of Friendly. Died at the Workhouse Hospital, Salterhebble
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
RATE SUMMONSES (West Riding Magistrates)
Major MORRIS
LIBERAL CLUB BALL
Messrs. HORSFALL and THOMAS, musicians
Messrs. TOMBS, HARKER, J.WHITELEY, W.WRAY
CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR
Messrs. J.SCHOFIELD, H.GAUKROGER
Rev.Canon IVENS
P.T.E. (West End Congregational)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, T.Herbert KIDD (Triangle)
Misses BRADLEY and HARWOOD of Luddenden Foot
Messrs. Oates CLEGG, H.H.CLEGG (accompanist)
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Messrs. M.MCHUGH of Halifax, Thomas HOEY
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., G.WHITELEY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, A.MAUDE,
J.HOLDSWORTH, J.TURNER, Ely WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL, A.CLAY
Mr.VALLANCE, shopkeeper in Wharf Street, shop burnt
Mr.CHARLESWORTH, tailor
Mr.W.G.GRAY, sewage engineer
Messrs. UTLEY and GRAY (UTTLEY and GRAY?)
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'S MEETING (84th half yearly meeting)
Messrs. D.LUMB, John WHITWORTH, W.NICHOLL, Samuel HANSON, Arthur GREENWOOD, W.H.BAXENDALE,
W.A.HEIGHINGTON, WHITAKER, Squire JUDSON, WATTERSON
DEATHS
Charles SMITH, aged 71, at Ryburn Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Alice FARRAR, widow of Robert Mansley FARRAR, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
BREWSTER SESSIONS. PROSPEROUS TIMES AND INJUDICIOUS EXPENDITURE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Major MORRIS
Mr.F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
Councillor Frank CLAY
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
George William GLEDHILL, landlord of the Whitehall Hotel, Hipperholme
Mr.W.BAILEY, attorney?
Charles HOLLAS of the Queen Inn, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.G.PARKER (Messrs. LONGBOTHAM and Sons), attorney?
Friend Sugden ROBERTSHAW, grocer, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.George PARKER, attorney?
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PRIMITIVE METHODIST SALE OF WORK
Mrs Frank CLAY
Mr.Frank CLAY, J.P.
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Councillor HOWE
Messrs. W.ROBERTSHAW, S.HOWARD
Mrs.John THOMAS
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Mr.J.BARRACLOUGH
Mesdames BOTTOMLEY, HEAPE, THOMAS, ROBERTSHAW, GARSIDE, HOLROYD, ASQUITH, HOYLE, SIDDALL,
EDMONDSON, STOCKTON, HOWARD, THORPE, VINE, ROBINS
Misses INGHAM, COLLINSON, THOMAS, ROBERTSHAW, BARRETT, Amy SIDDALL, Laura ROBERTSHAW,
ECCLES, GAUKROGER, E.THOMAS, HEAPE
Mr.H.HOYLE
THE SOWERBY BRIDGE BAND
A.E.CROSSLEY
Messrs. YOUNG & BURRELL, dentists, North Parade, Halifax
Miss AINLEY's, 34 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
13th February 1903
Sowerby Bridge
(Smallpox)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST SALE OF WORK
Miss Bertha HEAPE
PRESENT DAY HUMOUR (Church Institute)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Councillor Frank CLAY, J.P.
CHRIST CHURCH PAROCHIAL FUND
Mr.Edward E.POLLIT
THE RATES
Mr.BARRACLOUGH
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Rev.W.A.LIVINGSTONE of Brearley
Misses E.BROWN, SCHOFIELD
Messrs. J.SCHOFIELD, Walker WHITEHEAD (organist and choirmaster), John SCHOFIELD (Sowerby)
LECTURE ON THE BIBLE
Revs. J.LONGDEN of Todmorden, J.Patchett BURT
THE MANCHESTER MISSION
Miss CLAY
Mr.William HAIGH
Rev.S.F.COLLIER
Gipsy SMITH
LECTURE OF GEOLOGY (West End Congregational)
Mr.W.H.UTTLEY, Technical Committee teacher
Messrs. Thomas HOEY, J.BARRACLOUGH, A.SUTCLIFFE, B.HOLROYD, T.W.RICHARDSON, G.E.HOEY,
W.GREENWOOD
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S CLASS
Mr.F.TOMBS, Liberal agent for the Sowerby Division, Grantham Board of Guardians
Rev.J.P.BURT
[Column 2]
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST
Mrs.LUM, member of the church
Councillor P.E.JONES of Greetland
Misses SUTCLIFFE, HEAP, E.WHITELEY, CARTER, S.ROBERTSHAW, L.SUTCLIFFE (accompanist)
Messrs. T.GIBSON, B.ROBINSON, A.MILLS, C.ASPINALL (accompanist)
Masters J.A.NORMANTON, L.B.HEAP
Mrs.John BALMFORTH
(Halifax Rural District Council, fever hospital at Milner Royd Farm)
Councillor WHITTAKER, Norland representative on the Council
Councillor JACKSON
Lord SAVILE, Lord of the Manor
Mr.LIPSCOMB (worked for above?)
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WESLEYAN
Mr.and Mrs.S.HOYLE of Mayfield, Ripponden
Messrs. J.A.WOLFENDEN, L.HELLIWELL, A.WHITELEY, B.HOWARTH (choirmaster)
Councillors Edwin WHITELEY (Sowerby Bridge), D.TURNER
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY (96th half yearly meeting)
Messrs. James BROADBENT (Huddersfield), Kenyon BROWN, COCKROFT, WATTERSON, SUTCLIFFE,
WADSWORTH, WADDINGTON, William LEACH (Sowerby Bridge), Edment THORN (Keighley),
Albert Percy FOX (Cleckheaton), James HAIGH (Halifax), Henry ALLOTT (Heckmondwike),
Benjamin STOCKS (Brighouse), Shackleton HELLIWELL, William COCKROFT, SHILLITO
[Column 4]
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR J.P., HAIGH, WADSWORTH, COCKROFT, TURNER, NICHOLL, BRADLEY
Mr.John NAYLOR, owner of Mirey Wall Farm
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.A.BINNS, overseer
Mr.John SCHOFIELD, collector
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
DEATHS
Mary CHAPMAN, 63, widow of Hanson CHAPMAN, High Lea Green, Sowerby
Ellen HOWARTH, 69, widow of Robert HOWARTH, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Emma HOYLE, 48(?), wife of Elkanah HOYLE, Upper Old House, Sowerby
James TURNER, 39, mason, Warley Town Lane, Warley
Nellie WHITEHEAD, 5, daughter of Elizabeth WHITEHEAD, Old Causeway, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 5]
FINANCIAL PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Local Board formed 1856
Cemetery opened 1861
Public slaughterhouse built 1868
Gas works bought 1861
Water supply 1864 (still owe on it)
Public library (in Town Hall) 1893
[Column 6]
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, W.TOLLEY
Drs. W.Perrin BROWN, J.DUNN
Mr.DILWORTH, caretaker of Public Baths
Misses A.GEE, L.TAYLOR and A.HOOTON (sopranos); Mr.J.CARTER, elocutionist and
Mr.Teddy WASHINGTON, humorist: Sowerby Glee Union
Miss C.NUSSEY
Mr.LEAROYD
Councillor Frank CLAY, J.P.
Master A.V.WASHINGTON, son of Teddy WASHINGTON
Mr.Herbert NICHOLL, accompanist
Messrs. T.HOEY, T.W.RICHARDSON
20th February 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.H.WOODHEAD of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire Amateur Swimming Association committee
Councillor Frank CLAY, J.P.
HEALTH OF MR.MELLOR, M.P.
P.T.E. (West End School)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mrs.BILCOCK
Misses RICHARDSON, BOTTOMLEY, BANCROFT (accompanist)
DEATH OF MR.J.H.THOMAS
Mr.James H.THOMAS, aged 49, grocer, Town Hall Street
Mr.Edwin WILSON, former grocer at West Street
HAWKING WITHOUT A LICENCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Michael DYER of Halifax
Police Constable FAWCETT
BEGGING (Halifax Police Court)
Peter STAFFORD, an elderly man
Police Constable NICHOLLS
ENTERTAINMENT (St.Mark's Young Men's Bible Class)
Messrs. E.GREENWOOD, R.C.GIBSON, A.E.HELLIWELL, H.HOPKINSON, C.HOWLEY,
Willie WHITELEY (William WHITELEY), C.BARRACLOUGH, John WHITELEY, John HALSTEAD,
Arthur WASHINGTON, Ernest GREENWOOD (accompanist), A.FENTON, Wallace ALLEN,
Herbert SUTCLIFFE (gramophone)
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
HEBDEN BRIDGE COUPLE'S ADVENTURE (Halifax Police Court)
John JONES and his wife, Alice JONES, millhands, Hebden Bridge
Police Constable CRABTREE
Sergeant TATTERSALL
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 2]
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Mrs.EVANS of Sowerby
Miss BARRON
LANTERN LECTURE (West End)
Mr.Thomas HOEY
Messrs. T.A.SMITH and J.K.FALCONER, lanternists
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SOWERBY BRIDGE CANINE SOCIETY (formation)
Messrs. H.BENTLEY, W.H.MORTON, G.F.HOWARTH, J.WIGGLESWORTH
A PITIABLE CASE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Elizabeth WADDINGTON, West End
Police Constable FORDHAM
Sergeant TATTERSALL
SALE OF WORK (Bolton Brow Wesleyan)
Mrs.Frank CLAY
Miss WOOD
Messrs. R.H.WHITWORTH, S.HOYLE, T.EDWARDS, MORWOOD
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Mrs.ADAMS
Mrs.Samuel HOYLE
Mesdames MARSLAND, William WILSON, F.SUTCLIFFE, THOMAS, Richard WILSON, R.H.WHITWORTH,
CLAY (Halifax), KIRKNESS, BRIGGS, COUSINS, Arthur THOMAS, WOOD, MORWOOD, LEE,
F.WADDINGTON, T.H.WOOD, BROADBENT, HOOTON
Misses BARRON, Elsie SCHOLEFIELD, Ethel CLAY, Edith WADDINGTON, Elsie BROADBENT, GREENWOOD,
MARKHAM, Ethel KIRKNESS, Olive HORSFALL, CLAY, MARSLAND, Lilian WILSON
Mr.William BRIGGS, trained minstrels
Edith WADDINGTON, Laura UTTLEY, Emily TAYLOR, Florence EASTWOOD, Olive HORSFALL, Irene HOYLE,
Gertrude UTTLEY, Mary Elizabeth LUMB, Raymond FLETCHER, Trevor HAIGH, Alice MORWOOD,
Stewart HORSFALL, Arthur MORWOOD, Teddie HOYLE (Edward HOYLE), Herbert BROADBENT,
Cyril HAIGH, Albert WADDINGTON, Maud CLEGG, Eric KIRKNESS, Reggie CLAY (Reginald CLAY),
Thomas L.ATKINSON, James R.ATKINSON, Edith MITCHELL, Irvin HAIGH, Vernon HORSFALL,
Lily PRIESTLEY, Ethel KIRKNESS :children
[Column 3]
MEN'S SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH (sermon text)
Bishop of Wakefield
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE BRASS BAND ANNUAL MEETING
Messrs. J.W.LODGE, Mr.W.HEAP (conductor), H.BRIGGS, George BREARLEY, J.H.SHAW, J.BOTTOMLEY,
J.W.FLETCHER, Bertram HARGREAVES, William HOLLAS, Sam WILCOCK, William LUMMAS,
Joseph CORNEY, Thomas WRIGLEY
MARRIAGE
Thomas William ELVIN, labourer, to Mary Jane HANGLING, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
James Hinmers THOMAS, 49, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah BOOTH, 76, widow of George BOOTH, Sandy Dyke, Triangle
Rebecca WILLEY, 71, widow of George WILLEY, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
27th February 1903
Sowerby Bridge
RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY, F.CLAY J.P., A.CLAY, A.MAUDE
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Messrs. Albert SMITH, J.A.WHITELEY, T.HOEY, S.WADSWORTH, A.SUTCLIFFE, J.CROWTHER, M.SUGDEN,
J.SMITH (gramaphone)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Misses G.LUMB, N.RUSHWORTH
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.ELLISON, former vicar, recently visited
Rev.Canon IVENS, been vicar 15 1/2 years
Mr.J.SCHOFIELD, member of choir for 38 years
Misses WATERHOUSE, BAILDON: Sunday School teachers
Mr.H.GAUKROGER, organist
[Column 2]
"AN ALPINE VILLAGE" (lecture at Tuel Lane)
Mr.S.G.FOSTER of Halifax
Mr.Charles BESWICK, lanternist
BULL'S HEAD FRIENDLY SOCIETY
Messrs. J.WILCOCK, F.KERSHAW
Mr.and Mrs.DUNKERLEY, Bull's Head
THE LATE MR.J.H.THOMAS (funeral)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.M.SUGDEN, funeral director
Mr.and Mrs.Josiah THOMAS
Mr.and Mrs.MACHEN, Grimsby
Mr.and Mrs.E.BARRETT, Huddersfield
Mr.and Mrs.MARJERSON
Mrs.J.C.NEWSOME, Elland
Mrs.ELVYN
Mr.JACKSON
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Michael HELLIWELL, worked on Canal Wharf
Dr.BROWN
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, H.STORR, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON, R.ROTHWELL, W.HAIGH, T.HOEY, BALL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors F.CLAY J.P., A.MAUDE, A.HOWE
ST.GEORGE'S AMATEUR MINSTRELS
Messrs. T.GIBSON, J.SMITH, G.MARSHALL, M.SCHOFIELD
Mill Bank
Mr.Percy STOTT of Sowerby Bridge, new organist and choirmaster at St.Mary's, Cotton Stones
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER, organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge. Tutor of above
ST.MARY'S CHURCH
Rev.W.PURVIS
Norland
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, NORLAND
Mrs.F.E.HEAPE of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Messrs. T.BARRACLOUGH, B.SOUTHWELL, BARKER
Misses GEE, SOUTHWELL
[Column 3]
Sowerby
Thomas A.HOPKINSON, lost a hand some time ago
PAROCHIAL TEA AND MEETING (St.Peter's Church)
Rev.J.W.F.WALKER, vicar
Mr.Booth SHARP, A.R.C.O., accompanist
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr.PICKLES, choirmaster
Miss COCKROFT
Messrs. James LEAH, H.SMITH, B.WILDE, A.LEACH, V.PICKLES, B.LEACH, J.B.SPEAK
BOULDERCLOUGH "AT HOME"
Mr.and Mrs.Thomas SPEKE of Leeds, former scholars
Mr.and Mrs.R.S.NAYLOR of Lane Side
Councillor BIRTWHISTLE of Luddenden Foot
Mr.Harry WHITELEY and Miss Janet WHITELEY
Mr.and Mrs.Albert MITCHELL of Liversedge
Messrs. W.WADSWORTH and S.MITCHELL, accompanists
[Column 4]
LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
Messrs. Ely WHITELEY, J.HOLDSWORTH, J.MARSLAND, R.LUMB, J.WADDINGTON,
A.S.FIRTH, T.M.FLETCHER, W.ASHWORTH, F.WADDINGTON, T.E.WHITEHEAD
Messrs. T.HOEY, D.BARRETT, J.W.BANCROFT, S.SUTCLIFFE, R.ROBERTS, D.I.CLAY, J.W.HOEY,
S.WADSWORTH, H.CORDINGLEY, A.WHITELEY
Messrs. E.MITCHELL, Edwin WHITELEY, A.SMITH, J.HAIGH, Aaron HOWE, R.RILEY, J.BINNS,
W.WHITELEY, B.CHADWICK
Messrs. F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, Abraham CLAY, Albert HOWE, J.C.HORSFALL, L.ATKINSON, H.MOLLOY,
J.F.WHITEHEAD, George F.HARKER, J.E.MAUDE, S.MACKRELL, F.ASTIN
Messrs. W.SHAW, J.W.SYKES, J.BARRACLOUGH, J.HOLT, C.MITCHELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.Thomas HOEY
Mr.F.TOMBS
[Column 5]
DROWNING OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
Revs. J.P.BURT, W.C.EVANS
Emily LUMB, drowned
Fred LUMB, brother of above
Fred HOYLE, drowned
Messrs.WOOD Bros
Daniel CLAY & Sons
(Memorial service at Tuel Lane)
[Column 6]
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES ("Morning Star" Tent, No.189)
Mr.COCKER's Assembly Rooms
Brothers Charles KAYE, J.L.CROWTHER, J.WADDINGTON, J.BARNES, T.H.WRIGHT, T.W.RICHARDSON,
J.W.SYKES, Charles A.CROWTHER, Mitchell GREENWOOD
Sisters Annie SIMPSON, Edith JESSOP, M.A.HAIGH, Florrie BERRY (Florence BERRY?)
DEATHS
Emma SHARP, 76, widow of William SHARP, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mrs.HOYLE and Family, Mr.and Mrs.LUMB and Family
Mrs.J.H.THOMAS and family, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
6th March 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.Canon IVENS, to preach at Westminster Abbey
C.H.GILL, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge, scholar
Councillor MAUDE
Rev.J.P.BURT, to become pastor at Ilford
Rev.G.A.WILSON
WESLEYAN HOME MISSIONS
Rev.A.MARTIN of Halifax
Mr.John MARSLAND
BOLTON BROW (Band of Hope)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Messrs. G.WRIGHT, F.FLETCHER (piano)
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Henry SAVAGE
THE CHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT
Madame WALMSLEY
Miss LIGHTOWLER
Messrs. Bright JONES, BROWNING, Roland HOYLE, Booth SHARP (conductor)
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.P.BURT
Messrs. TOWNSEND (Halifax), J.WADDINGTON, J.WHITELEY (organist), B.ROBINSON
Miss A.WHITWORTH
THE POSITION OF TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION IN SOWERBY BRIDGE
Mr.J.H.HOYLE, Technical Instruction Committee
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Mesdames FOX, WHITEHEAD, G.E.WHITELEY, SHAW, BROADBENT, TURNER, JONES
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Excelsior Minstrel Troupe
Messrs. Thomas H.WRIGHT, F.BARRACLOUGH, E.HOWARTH, A.ROWSON, W.ROBINSON, A.SUTCLIFFE,
G.HOWARTH, F.BARRACLOUGH, W.WILSON
[Column 2]
P.T.E. (West End)
Messrs. Albert SMITH, E.HORSFALL (accompanist)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses M.BARKER, L.BRIGGS, BESWICK
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., A.F.LONGBOTTOM, George WHITELEY, J.W.WHITELEY, A.MAUDE, A.HOWE,
J.HOLDSWORTH, J.TURNER, W.GLEDHILL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, Edwin WHITELEY
Mr.CROWTHER, his lodging house closed by smallpox
Messrs. HUMPHREYS, HIRST and WHITLEY, represented above
Mr.H.CHARLESWORTH, claiming for clothes removed for disinfection from smallpox
Mr.J.E.Rice JONES, representing above?
[Column 3]
Mr.Joseph ROBERTSHAW, overseer?
Mr.LODGE, ex councillor
Mr.BARRACLOUGH
[Column 4]
SERMON TO MEN
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 5]
(mention of the two young people who drowned in January)
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, D.I.CLAY, J.WADDINGTON, J.BATES, R.SIDDALL, E.E.POLLIT, W.H.GIBSON,
J.W.BANCROFT
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.J.H.HOYLE, headmaster of Tuel Lane School
Misses Ethel M.HOYLE, Emeline LORD, ex-p.t. assistants
Miss JONES, headmistress of Tuel Lane Girls' School
Miss HIRST, headmistress of Tuel Lane infants' school
Mr.W.Vibart DIXON, clerk to the West Riding County Council
Norland
MOUNT ZION (Band of Hope)
Misses MITCHELL, BARRACLOUGH
Mr.J.H.PARKINSON
Messrs. Ernest BEAUMONT, Shaw BROADBENT, George RAMSDEN, John BEAUMONT: Norland Band Quartet
Mr.Christopher SMITH of Manchester, competition judge
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APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., George WHITELEY, A.CLAY
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE
DEATHS
Alice Ellen ACKROYD, 23, Mill Bank
John BROWN, 70, Friendly, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Alice HAGREEN, 29, wife of Albert Henry HAGREEN, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Alice HOYLE, 20, Upper Old House, Sowerby
Elizabeth NICHOLL, 66, Hill Top, Sowerby Bridge
James NORMANTON, 77, Edge Holme Lane, Warley
Elizabeth Ann WADE, 53, wife of Mitellus WADE, tailor, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Henrietta WOOD, died March 1892. Parents Robert and Mary Ann WOOD, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
13th March 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Samuel TURNER and John TURNER, Calder Dale Grease Works, Sowerby Bridge
Revs. J.P.BURT, G.S.SMITH (Free Church Council)
CIRCUIT MEETING (Primitive Methodist)
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Messrs. T.MORGAN, J.A.PINDER
Councillor A.HOWE
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, W.TOLLEY, H.TAYLOR, T.HOEY, BURNLEY (Halifax Stock Bank), J.HANSON
Revs. J.P.BURT, F.E.HEAPE, J.FOX
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
Mrs.HOLLOWS
Misses C.NUSSEY, A.WHITEHEAD, L.BARRACLOUGH, L.BENTLEY, A.ELLIS, L.TAYLOR, M.A.MITCHELL,
E.ROBERTSHAW, A.GALLIMORE, S.HEATON, E.FARRAR
Messrs. W.LEAROYD, F.WILCOCK, T.SEED, A.Tait HOPE, J.SHAW, G.WILSON, A.WHITAKER, A.LAWRENCE,
H.MITCHELL, H.CORDINGLEY, W.E.HOLROYD, A.SUTCLIFFE
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.F.TOMBS (gave speech)
Mrs.MARSLAND
[Column 2]
Messrs. CORDINGLEY, BARRACLOUGH
[Column 3]
THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.J.MEADOWS
HOME MISSIONS (West End Congregational)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.JOHNSTONE of Holywell Green
SOCIAL (Liberal Club)
Messrs.W.FIRTH and H.NICHOLL: musicians
Misses SEED, A.ASTIN
WILTON brothers
Messrs. F.TOMBS, T.HOEY, E.SEED, J.WHITELEY
DEATH OF MRS.SCHOLEFIELD, ROSE VILLA (and funeral)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Messrs. SCHOLEFIELD, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.H.MORLEY, E.C.MORLEY, A.SCHOLEFIELD,
WORSNOP, J.SCHOLEFIELD, W.SCHOLEFIELD
Dr.SCHOLEFIELD
Eliza SCHOLEFIELD, died aged 53
Mrs.GRUBB, Blackpool
Miss SCHOLEFIELD, Ashleigh
Misses FIRTH, Myrtle Grove
Mr.Morris SUGDEN, undertaker
Mill Bank
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Messrs. G.H.MARSHALL of Lerwick, Binns HOWARTH (organist), H.GREENWOOD (Hebden Bridge),
G.HARDY (Triangle), A.WHITELEY (Sowerby Bridge)
[Column 4]
Sowerby
MISSIONARY SERVICES (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion)
Messrs. H.SHACKLETON of Midgley, G.A.SHARP of Sowerby Bridge, Samuel MARSDEN of Elland
Revs. J.OGDEN (deputation), W.DEWDNEY of King Cross
TEA AND DEMONSTRATION (Providence Band of Hope)
Messrs. R.CLARK, George TOMLINSON of Leeds, MUSK of Manchester, J.W.TURNER
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR J.P., J.WADSWORTH, A.STOTT, R.BRADLEY, D.TURNER, J.COCKROFT,
J.L.WHITELEY
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, sanitary inspector
Messrs. J.H.CARTER and Joseph RILEY, overseers
Messrs. Arthur FISHWICK, Arthur BINNS: overseers?
Mr.Joseph ROBERTSHAW, overseer
Mr.Watson GREENWOOD, retired councillor
Mr.PROPERT, district auditor
Mr.Albert CROSSLEY, tender for leading setts
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Edward HELLIWELL, twiner piecer, to Hannah EARNSHAW, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Eliza SCHOLEFIELD, wife of Charles William SCHOLEFIELD, Rose Villa, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas BROOKE, 63, farmer, Lower Plain Farm, Sowerby
Caroline LIDDLE, 42, wife of David LIDDLE, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah STANDEVEN, 73, Clough Buildings, Boulderclough, Sowerby
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
EDWARDS & RAWSON
M.SYKES & Co.
CLAY & HORSFALL
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY Brothers
CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
A.BREARLEY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
WOOD Brothers
W.P.EGLIN
HELLIWELL & Co.
EDLESTON Ltd.
BLACKBURN Brothers
George FOX & Sons
John ATKINSON & Sons
William MORRIS & Sons
Mark WILCOCK
James GREENWOOD & Son
C.W.MATTOCK
Henry BROADBENT Ltd.
John WALLIS & Co.
Francis BERRY & Sons
MITCHELL Brothers
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
20th March 1903
Sowerby Bridge
P.T.E.(West End Congregational)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses WOOD, TIDSWELL, SHAW, N.RUSHWORTH (accompanist)
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
CIRCUIT MEETING (Methodist Free Church)
Rev.J.P.BURT
Messrs. A.S.FIRTH, Simonce TURNER, Henry MITCHELL, C.BESWICK, W.H.HELLIWELL,
J.H.BUTTERWORTH (Sowerby), G.BARRETT
BIBLE SOCIETY'S MEETING
Messrs. William HAIGH, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, O.EATOUGH
Revs. C.W.HOWARD, G.S.SMITH, W.A.ELLIOT (South African missionary),
E.W.EASTON (vicar of Warley), Canon IVENS, F.E.HEAPE, J.P.BURT, S.F.LAYCOCK, J.FOX
Mrs.IVENS
NOMINATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS
John William WHITELEY, 22 Myrtle Terrace, foreman millwright
John LAWRENCE, Ernest Stocks ASHWORTH, Priestley Haigh NORRIS, William Trevor BALDWIN,
William WISEMAN, George INGHAM, William Thomas WALTON, John WRIGHT
John MARSLAND, Concrete Villa, gentleman
John WADDINGTON, John Ward BANCROFT
Joseph Lee WRIGLEY, Ryburn Terrace, commission agent
Anthony PICKLES, George William LUMB
Emmanuel MITCHELL, Old House, cotton spinner
John SMITH, Charles Robert DIXON
Joseph Lee WRIGLEY, Ryburn Terrace
Henry LONGBOTTOM, Fred MITCHELL
Frank CLAY, Wood View, worsted spinner
William Henry GIBSON, John LILLEY, Edward Ernest POLLIT, Alfred COCKER, Edgar D.WELLBURN,
William Jessop STORER
James WOOD, 11 Hollins Lane, wool and waste dealer
John Arthur PICKLES, Tom BENTLEY (Thomas BENTLEY)
Mark WILCOCK, 11 Hollings Mill Lane, tanner
William GLEDHILL, John GLEDHILL
John William LODGE, 14 Wharf Street, horse clothing manufacturer
William Henry CRABTREE, John DYSON
Abraham CLAY, Willow House, cotton spinner
William Henry Thompson, John William ELLIS, William WILSON, Fred ASTIN
John William LODGE, oil sheet manufacturer
Daniel LUTY, 9 Willow Street
Daniel LUTY, 3 Clough Terrace
[Column 2]
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. John ROGERS of Halifax, H.GREENWOOD (accompanist)
Mill Bank
SOYLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Ellis WHITELEY, Upper Smithy Clough, gentleman
Whiteley BOOTH, Gough, farmer
John SUTCLIFFE, Moorshaw Head, farmer
Joseph STOTT, Claypits Farm, farmer
John NICHOLL, Hey House, Soyland
Walter Collinge MOORES, Bridge Terrace, Ripponden, painter
James BALLANTYRE, Royd Hall, Ripponden, schoolmaster
John PICKLES, Small Lees, Ripponden, gentleman
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev.J.FOX
Councillor F.CLAY, J.P.
Messrs. A.SMITH, J.L.CROWTHER, A.A.FRANKLAND(accompanist, supplied new piano), T.GIBSON,
L.MITTON (accompanist), E.BEAUMONT, T.HOWARTH, William SHAW
Misses JONES, MOORE, H.BROADBENT
Sowerby
DISTRICT COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
John WADSWORTH, Glen View, cloth fuller
David TURNER, Upper Oak, gardener
John James ROWDEN, Mill Bank, schoolmaster
Charles Henry MITCHELL, Ivy House, baker
Jonathan Turner NAYLOR, Sowerby, schoolmaster
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL
Revs. W.HAIGH, W.C.EVANS
Messrs. J.PICKLES, W.H.HALL, Eli WILSON, James LEAH, Joseph WHITAKER, G.BARRETT,
Sam MITCHELL (Samuel MITCHELL), Henry HANSON, Smith EMMOTT, Fred WOLFENDEN, W.H.HALL,
G.A.SHARP, Abraham KERRIDGE
[Column 3]
[Column 4]
THREE INQUESTS
Elizabeth MARCHANT, aged 69, widow, Wharf Street
Tom MARCHANT (Thomas MARCHANT), butcher, Wharf Street, son of above
Mr.A.S.FIRTH
Dr.DUNN
Annie Elizabeth WOOD, aged 42, of Terrace Street, West End
Dan WOOD (Daniel WOOD), husband of above, living in Stocksbridge, in the navy
Mary Jane SYKES
Watson SUTCLIFFE, lodged with Annie Elizabeth WOOD
Inspector ARUNDEL
Mr.J.H.WHITELEY
Herbert FIRTH, infant
Walter FIRTH, blanket finisher, Wakefield Road. Father of above
Dr.ADAMS
[Column 5]
THE HALIFAX JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANY (balance sheet) (Established 1829)
J.Whiteley WARD, South Royde, Halifax
Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE, Stonesheygate, Hebden Bridge
Joseph CROWTHER, Woodley, Huddersfield
John HOYLE, Beech Grove, Halifax
Alfred SYKES, Woodville, Thongsbridge
Richard MOORE, Colston House, Burley-in-Wharfedale
James H.HOWARTH, Robert POTTER
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Edward Alfred BELLINGER, 22, cloth fuller, Union Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah FARRAR, 84, widow of Francis FARRAR, St.Peter's Square, Sowerby
Mary Rebecca LAYFIELD, 31, wife of Arthur LAYFIELD, Fern Glen, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge
Ann MADDEN, 16, daughter of Dominick MADDEN, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Harold OGDEN, 4 months, son of Sam OGDEN (Samuel OGDEN), Providence, Sowerby
Grace PULLAN, 70, wife of James PULLAN, Asquith Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
27th March 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.W.C.HOWARD
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.R.H.KNIGHT, dog breeder?
(Centenary of Bolton Brow Wesleyan Sunday School)
Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD, Lord Street
Mr.B.MORWOOD, Ryburn Villa
Mr.William HAIGH, Raven Lodge
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, Ripponden
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., Abraham CLAY, John William WHITELEY, Emmanuel MITCHELL
Mr.J.W.LODGE
"AFTER MANY DAYS" (Halifax West Riding Court)
James W.BARBER, a youth of Sowerby Bridge, stole watch in 1899 then in Militia in South Africa for 4 years
George HART, signalman, Elland
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
CIRCUIT MEETING (Wesleyan)
Revs. T.H.KIRKNESS, T.H.KIDD, G.H.BARKER of Lincoln
Mr.EDWARDS, treasurer
Messrs. Joseph BARRON, J.C.BATES, S.HOYLE, G.RUSHWORTH
THE CASUAL VACANCY ON THE COUNCIL (Liberal meeting)
John H.STEAD, John Ward BANCROFT
[Column 2]
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LECTURE (at the Church Institute)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.J.WOOD
(Baptist Sunday School do)
Messrs. R.MIDGLEY (Todmorden), H.MITCHELL, W.DOBSON
Misses HOLLAS
Mrs.WHITEHEAD
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.HAIGH, T.M.FLETCHER, R.ROTHWELL, A.HOBSON, W.NICHOLL,
H.STORR, O.EATOUGH, T.HOEY
Councillor HOWE
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SOIREE (Free Church Council)
Councillor F.CLAY, J.P.
Revs. G.S.SMITH, J.P.BURT, F.E.HEAPE
Mr.WADDINGTON, painter and decorator, Tuel Lane
Mr.A.BOOTH, plumber, Wharf Street
SOWERBY NEW ROAD CHAPEL (Primitive Methodist)
Mrs.COATES, famous Scotch preacher
Revs. F.E.HEAPE, J.FOX, W.LAWRENCE, W.WHITHAM
Sister Florence (Wesleyan)
Mr.J.CROSSLAND of Mytholmroyd
Mr.J.BARRACLOUGH of Norland
Mr.J.R.BARKER, choirmaster?
Mr.W.ROBERTSHAW
[Column 3]
(Possible Labour candidate at next Parliamentary election)
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. Levi HAIGH, Milton WADSWORTH, John HANSON (conductor), Robert BENTON,
Eli BROADBENT (Pike Law, Turvin), H.N.BLAMIRES, J.PICKLES, J.BROADBENT (Higgin),
Harry WHITELEY (accompanist)
Rev.B.C.BARNARD, Luddenden Foot
Misses Evinda MITCHELL, H.WHITELEY, E.HANSON, Dorothy BENTON, E.THORPE, S.A.MARSDEN
Willie BLAMIRES (William BLAMIRES), Selwyn NICHOLL
Master W.BENTON
HALIFAX PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. A RECORD YEAR'S WORK
Alderman KILBURN of Huddersfield
Mr.Enoch HILL, formerly of Leek, Staffordshire
Messrs. J.D.TAYLOR and James BAIRSTOW: deceased
Messrs. Alexander SCOTT, WADDINGTON (Cleckheaton), LONGSDON (ex-Mayor of Keighley),
Alfred SYKES
Colonel FREEMAN
Rev.Bryan DALE
Mr.MOORE, portrait painter?, Sheffield
[Column 4]
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.Thomas HOEY, gave speech
Mrs.MARSLAND
[Column 5]
Mesdames SWAINE, EDWARDS
(Correspondence: All British colony for Canada)
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE BRASS BAND (Correspondence)
John William LODGE
DEATHS
Emma BRIGGS, 65, wife of James BRIGGS, Canal View, Sowerby Bridge
Doris May FOSTER, 23 months, daughter of Frank Upton FOSTER, Albion Grove, Sowerby Bridge
Ann TURNER, 78, widow of John TURNER, Syke Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Edgar WILD, 12 months, son of Herbert WILD, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
3rd April 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
The Venerable Archdeacon of Halifax
Rev.Canon THOMPSON
Sowerby Bridge
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TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Rev.J.P.BURT
Mr.CROSSLEY
THE ENGLISH REFORMATION (Lecture)
Rev.Canon IVENS
BEGGING AND ASSAULT (Halifax Police Court)
James RASBURN, young fellow
Police Constable WILSON
CAKE AND APRON SALE (Women's Liberal Association)
Mesdames G.E.WHITELEY, B.WOOD
Misses GREENWOOD, MOORES, M.BARKER, B.WHITEHEAD
Mr.G.H.THOMAS
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL (Band of Hope)
Messrs. J.SUNDERLAND of Cotton Stones, H.WOOD, V.SHEARD, W.JOWETT
Councillor Arthur WHITAKER of Halifax
Misses E.JESSOP, H.J.ROBERTSHAW, C.WILSON, F.BERRY, E.SHEARD, B.WOOD, E.RAYNOR
CHARGED WITH THEFT (Halifax West Riding Court)
William GOVIER (William GEVIER?), Halifax labourer
David DENTON, sold old iron
HALIFAX PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. WEST END BRANCH
W.WORSNUP
[Column 2]
DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING
Councillors F.CLAY J.P., John William WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, George WHITELEY,
Ely WHITELEY
Mr.R.CROWTHER, lodging house keeper, closed due to smallpox
Mr.John ROBERTSHAW, former assistant overseer for Sowerby Bridge South
Mr.WORMALD, overseer?
EDLESTON, arbitration case
[Column 3]
Councillors HOWE, LONGBOTTOM, A.CLAY
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Sarah Ann GREENWOOD, 59, wife of Thomas GREENWOOD, Booth House Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Betty HAIGH (Elizabeth HAIGH), 87, widow of George HAIGH, Wood Lane, Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
EDWARDS & RAWSON
M.SYKES & Co.
CLAY & HORSFALL
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY Brothers
CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
A.BREARLEY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
WOOD Brothers
W.P.EGLIN
HELLIWELL & Co.
EDLESTON Ltd.
BLACKBURN Brothers
George FOX & Sons
John ATKINSON & Sons
William MORRIS & Sons
Mark WILCOCK
James GREENWOOD & Son
C.W.MATTOCK
Henry BROADBENT Ltd.
John WALLIS & Co.
Francis BERRY & Sons
MITCHELL Brothers
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
10th April 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.William HAIGH, possible County Council candidate
ELECTION (District Council)
Councillors Frank CLAY J.P., J.W.WHITELEY, Abraham CLAY, MAUDE
Messrs. J.W.LODGE, Emmanuel MITCHELL
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Archdeacon BROOKE of Halifax
Revs. Canon IVENS, THOMPSON (Chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield)
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. B.LEES, H.BOOTH, E.E.LAW, T.H.WRIGHT, A.E.SUTCLIFFE, J.K.LAW, W.WILSON,
F.BARRACLOUGH
Mesdames GREENWOOD, FARRAR, CAUNT, BOOTHWICK
Miss THORPE
SUNDAY GAMBLERS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Albert OLIVER, Harry GAUKROGER, Harry WOMERSLEY: youths
Police Sergeant DAY
Police Constables FAWCETT, HOLBROOK
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, J.W.BANCROFT, J.WADDINGTON, J.BATES, W.H.GIBSON, R.SIDDALL, E.E.POLLIT
Frank MELLOR, Edwin R.SHEPHERD, William E.EVANS, Roger T.HOLROYD, Edith BROOKE,
Florence BREARLEY :teachers
[Column 2]
Rev.H.Howard MAY, popular Wesleyan Minister
BENEFIT CONCERT
Mr.E.C.WASHINGTON, popular humorist, unwell
CONCERT
Messrs. Booth SHARPE and G.THOMPSON, accompanists
Sowerby
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W.H.HOLT of Town Farm
Dr.WELLBURN
Norland
MOUNT ZION BAND OF HOPE
Mr.L.FIELDING, Hawksclough, Hebden Bridge
Revs. J.FOX of Sowerby Bridge, F.E.HEAPE
[Column 3]
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Thomas HELLOWELL, 81, Stocks Lane, Sowerby
John MAUDE, 77, Cavendish Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
William WILSON, 60, Quarry Hill, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Ellen WORSNUP, died April 1900. Wife of William WORSNUP, Sowerby Bridge
17th April 1903
Sowerby Bridge
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ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY
Dr.WELLBURN
("AT HOME")
Rev.Canon IVENS and Mrs.IVENS
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.William HAIGH, Vicar's warden
Messrs. E.E.POLLIT, George SWINDELLS, William WOOD: wardens
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Messrs. A.BATLEY, J.ELLIS: wardens
Messrs. EASTON, BUTTERWORTH, TAYLOR, SENIOR, E.WHITELEY, GAUKROGER: sidesmen
GAMBLING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Edleston TOWNEND, Thomas Henry NOWELL, Wallace WHITEHEAD, Samuel FRANKLAND, all of Sowerby Bridge
NORLAND BAND CONCERT
Misses E.MAUDE, Annie GEE (Ann GEE): singers
Messrs T.GIBSON, J.MARSHALL, PLATT: singers
Mr.Arthur BINGLEY, humorist of Halifax
Mr.A.A.FRANKLAND, accompanist
Mr.E.BEAUMONT, conductor
"BEGGING TO A STOCK" (Halifax West Riding Court)
William CROSSLEY, an elderly grocer of Halifax
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 2]
Mrs.ARUNDEL, sang at Christ Church
WITHOUT LIGHT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Waller PICKLES (Walter PICKLES?), of Sowerby Bridge
Police Constable FORDHAM
A RASH ACT (Halifax Borough Police Court)
Harry SOMERS of Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby
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Mrs.HOLT of Town Farm
Dr.WELLBURN
CANCER
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer of health
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR J.P., J.WADSWORTH, H.HAIGH, A.STOTT, D.TURNER, J.NICHOLL, R.BRADLEY,
J.H.CARTER, J.COCKROFT, J.Learoyd WHITELEY
Levi HANSON, brought smallpox to Sowerby Bridge?
[Column 3]
Dr.WELLBURN and Mr.Eli Hartley: sanitary officials
Mr.John SCHOFIELD, collector, assistant overseer
Mr.HOLT, had smallpox?
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.F.LONGBOTTOM, A.HOWE, J.TURNER, J.HOLDSWORTH, Ely WHITELEY,
W.GLEDHILL, Frank CLAY, J.W.WHITELEY, A.CLAY, E.MITCHELL
Mr.EVANS, returning officer
Rev.G.S.SMITH, Messrs. William WOOD, T.HOEY, T.M.FLETCHER, O.EATOUGH, R.ROTHWELL, A.HOBSON,
William HAIGH, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, William NICHOLL, J.BATES, H.STORR: Public library committee
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, J.C.HORSFALL, Albert SMITH, Joseph VARLEY, W.T.WALTON, G.W.SUTTON,
J.H.HOYLE and Dr.WELLBURN : Technical committee
Mr.WORMALD, assistant overseer for Sowerby
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
William Henry EAKIN to Martha Frances KING, both of Sowerby Bridge
James BRIGGS to Melinda DEWHIRST, both of Sowerby Bridge
Harry LISTER, railway labourer of Halifax, to Alice NOBLE of Sowerby Bridge
Arthur UTTLEY, pattern maker, to Rose Hannah WILCOCK, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ann CROSSLEY, 79, widow of John CROSSLEY, Dean Lane, Sowerby
Willie FOSTER (William FOSTER), 49, died at Ovenden, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Alice HIPWOOD, 1 month, daughter of Joe HIPWOOD, Dearnley's Yard, Sowerby Bridge
John RADCLIFFE, 82, High Lee, Luddenden Foot
John WILKINSON, 67, Pin Fold, Sowerby
IN MEMORIAM
Fred A.CROSSLEY, died April 1889. 74 Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Hollas FURNESS, died April 1902
24th April 1903
Sowerby Bridge
(Church Institute "At Home")
Mr.and Mrs.E.E.POLLIT
Mr.J.H.BARRACLOUGH, assistant accountant of West Hartlepool, formerly of Sowerby bridge
THE BEGGING NUISANCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas BEESTON and William TAYLOR, tramps
Police Constable CRABTREE
Inspector ARUNDEL
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev. John WILSON of Bradford, F.E.HEAPE
Mr.W.WHITEHEAD, organist and choirmaster
PRIMITIVE METHODISM
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Messrs. S.HOWARD, J.BARRACLOUGH
Councillor A.HOWE
WEDDING AT BOLTON BROW
Miss Eleanor THOMAS, daughter of George THOMAS, Sowerby New Road. Bride
Mr.John HAIGH, son of the late Abraham HAIGH of Triangle. Groom
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Mr.Willie THOMAS (William THOMAS), bride's brother
Misses THOMAS, HAIGH
Mr.A.HELLIWELL, music
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.John William WHITELEY, Ripponden, former councillor
Mr.John Ward BANCROFT, Nicholl's Terrace, Tuel Lane
Mr.William HAIGH, Raven Lodge. Currently in Germany
Mr.TOMBS, Liberal agent
Crossley SUTCLIFFE
[Column 2]
Rev.Canon IVENS, to preach in Westminster Abbey
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Messrs. S.WADSWORTH, J.HANSON
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
DESERTION OF FAMILY (Halifax West Riding Court)
David BROADBENT, labourer of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.BRIGGS, relieving officer
WEDDING AT CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.Albert S.G.FOX to Miss M.H.STOCKTON
Rev.Canon IVENS
Misses Ruth STOCKTON, Eleanor STOCKTON: sisters of the bride
Mr.Wilfred A.FOX of Rugby, cousin of the groom
Mr.and Mrs.G.STOCKTON
Mr.and.Mrs.A.G.FOX (Atherstone)
Mr.and Mrs.S.KNIGHT (Atherstone)
Mr.and Mrs.J.STOCKTON
Mr.and Mrs.W.STOCKTON
Mr.and Mrs.S.BROADBENT
Mr.and Mrs.G.B.HOYLE (Halifax)
Mr.and Mrs.CROWDSON (Lytham)
Mr.R.W.MALLINSON and Miss M.MALLINSON
Mr.J.THOMAS and Miss M.THOMAS
Mr.H.STOCKTON and Miss FOX
Miss E.STOCKTON and Mr.E.HELLIWELL
Mrs.W.BOTTOMLEY and Miss BOTTOMLEY
Miss S.DRAKE
Miss BROADBENT
Mr.Willie STOCKTON (William STOCKTON)
Miss H.BOTTOMLEY
Miss M.MITCHELL
Mr.G.PLATT
FIRE
Messrs. SIDDALL & HILTON, Asquith Bottom
Messrs. EDLESTON
Superintendent HOPKINSON, fire brigade
Messrs. HELLIWELL and Co.
Joseph SHAW, fireman
Dr.ADAMS
[Column 3]
THE BIRCH (Halifax Borough Court)
Harold STAVES, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas HOLGATE, Savile Park
WOOD, lad
SMALLPOX
Councillor G.WHITELEY, J.P.
Mr.CROWTHER, lodging house keeper
Mr.KING, died last night
MATRONS' TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (at Bolton Brow Wesleyan School)
Mesdames Frank CLAY, HARTLEY, THOMPSON, FENTON, B.WOOD, HANSON, BROADBENT, MITCHELL,
WILCOCK, GLEDHILL, KIRKNESS, ADAMS, HORSFALL
Misses BRIGGS, WOOD (accompanist), CLAY, HOLMES
Master Willie HARTLEY (William HARTLEY)
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AT CHURCH (West End Congregational)
Mr.WADSWORTH, organist
Rev.G.S.SMITH, pastor, (sermon text)
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
Mr.Emsley CROSSLEY of Sowerby Bridge to Miss Susie Ann CARTER (Susan Ann CARTER?) of Sowerby
Revs. J.W.F.WALKER (vicar of St.Peter's, Sowerby), S.F.LAYCOCK (Vicar of St.George's)
Albert S.G.FOX, son of the late Albert FOX and Mrs.RILEY, Central Buildings,
to Mary Hannah STOCKTON, daughter of George STOCKTON, Egremont Street.
Rev.Canon IVENS
John HAIGH, son of the late Abraham HAIGH, Triangle,
to Eleanor THOMAS, daughter of George THOMAS, Egremont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
DEATHS
Mary Ann COOKE, 77, widow of James COOKE, Sparkhouse Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah WOOD, 67, wife of William WOOD, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
1st May 1903
Sowerby Bridge
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Rev.C.Ensor WALTERS
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, W.NICHOLL, H.STORR, A.HOBSON, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER
J.BATES, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, William HAIGH, Thomas HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.HOWE, Ely WHITELEY
PRESENTATION
Mr.Louis J.FOX of Thorncliffe Dewsbury
Messrs.George FOX and Sons, West End Mills, Valley Mills and Staincliffe Mills
Miss HIRST, daughter of Mr.J.W.HIRST of Dewsbury
Mr.J.H.HELLIWELL
Mr.WHITELEY, manager
Mary GRUNDY, youngest female employee
[Column 2]
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH of Bristol to replace Rev.J.P.BURT (Methodist)
SMALLPOX
EXAMINATIONS IN BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL
LECTURE ON CAMBRIDGE (at Ellison Memorial School)
Revs. Canon IVENS, S.F.LAYCOCK
Messrs. W.H.BAXENDALE, John LAWRENCE
BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL (Centenary)
Mr.Albert WOOD, warehouse owner
BURGLARY
Messrs.WOOD Brothers, engineers, Valley Iron Works
LABOUR REPRESENTATION (Trade Unions and Labour organisations)
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES (Todmorden District, No.123)
Brothers James ROBINSON of Padiham, TRENHOLME, MARSHALL, Thomas RAWLINSON, Henry RAWLINSON
[Column 3]
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN LTD. (Company meeting)
Messrs. John SMITH, BRIGGS, J.W.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, Alfred WHITELEY
HALIFAX BOARD OF GUARDIANS
Mr.J.W.HODGSON of The Hollins, Triangle
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT, councillor
[Column 4]
Sowerby
GAMBLING AT SOWERBY (Halifax West Riding Court)
George WHITTAKER, labourer; Howarth MITCHELL, labourer; Shadrach WALTON, mason;
Newton RILEY, millhand: all of Luddenden Foot
Alma NICHOLLS, labourer; William MARSHALL, labourer; Matthew MITCHELL, labourer;
James CROWTHER, labourer; Wilfred THOMAS, labourer; Fred HANSON, millhand;
David GREENWOOD, millhand : all of Sowerby
Inspector ARUNDEL
Mr.STOREY, defence
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH, J.T.NAYLOR, H.HAIGH, J.INGHAM, W.COCKROFT, A.STOTT, J.NICHOLL,
D.TURNER, R.BRADLEY, O.H.MITCHELL, James J.ROWDEN
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, surveyor
Mr.John SCHOFIELD, collector
Dr.WELLBURN
Councillors George WHITELEY, F.CLAY, HOLDSWORTH: Sowerby Bridge Council
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY. INTERESTING CEREMONY
Messrs.ROBINSON & Sons of Rochdale
Messrs.POLLIT and WIGZELL Ltd.
Messrs. DAVENPORT, BESWICK, HODGSON, BANCROFT C.C., J.SHILITO, D.LUMB, T.GILL
Mr.WHITWORTH (Messrs.ROBINSON & Sons)
Messrs.E.E.POLLIT, W.S.MILLIGAN, W.H.GIBSON : POLLIT & WIGZELL
Mr.James BROADBENT
MARRIAGES
Ernest BARRACLOUGH, plumber, to Mary Hannah BOTTOMLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
George Herbert METCALFE of Richmond, to Lilian FIRTH, daughter of the late James FIRTH
of Myrtle Grove, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John BROADBENT, 74, Higgin CHAMBER, Sowerby
Harry CARPENTER, 6 , son of John CARPENTER, Cote Hill, Warley
IN MEMORIAM
John DOVENER, died May 1902. Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
8th May 1903
Sowerby Bridge
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PROPOSED DEMONSTRATION (Free Church Council)
Messrs. T.A.SMITH, A.ASTIN
SUSPICIOUS (Halifax West Riding Court)
John D.WHITELEY, aged 17, of Hebden Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
PRESENTATION (Sunday School Union)
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH of Sowerby Bridge, Sunday School teacher for 57 years
TRAMWAYS
Mr.Samuel FREEMAN, solicitor, Sowerby Bridge
HALIFAX AND DISTRICT BAND OF HOPE UNION (Tuel Lane, West End)
Rev.J.P.BURT
Mr.Sam PILLING of Leeds
Mr.William CONWAY of Halifax
Councillor J.R.SWAINE
Mr.George TOMLINSON, and Mr.William PEARSON of Leeds
Miss MOORE
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, J.WADDINGTON, J.BATES, R.SIDDALL, W.H.GIBSON, E.E.POLLIT
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Miss TOMLINSON,headmistress of Sowerby New Road infants' school
Miss STOTT, assistant at Bolton Brow girls' school
Miss Amy BLACKBURN, assistant at Sowerby New Road infants' school
Mr.Isaac PRIESTLEY, headmaster of Sowerby New Road mixed school
Misses Annie TIDSWELL (Ann TIDSWELL) and Gertrude LUMB: ex-p.t.assistants
Mr.ACKROYD, printer, Town Hall Street
[Column 2]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., Frank CLAY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, J.TURNER,
J.HOLDSWORTH, E.MITCHELL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, W.GLEDHILL, Edwin WHITELEY
Messrs.CLAYTON, gas works contractors
[Column 3]
Messrs.WALLIS, owned recreation ground?
Mr.H.LONGBOTTOM, Clay Street
MR.MELLOR AND HIS CONSTITUENTS
Mr.MELLOR, M.P.
[Column 4]
A HOLIDAY IN NEW ZEALAND (letter)
Mr.F.SLADEN, formerly of Sowerby Bridge, now in New Zealand
Mr.S.SPEAK, Sowerby New Road
[Column 5]
THE MEMBER FOR THE SOWERBY DIVISION (Correspondence)
Mr.MELLOR
J.H.WHITELEY, M.P.
C.P.TREVELYAN, M.P.
John BATES, Sowerby Bridge Cotton Operatives' Association
Ripponden
THE NEW POSTMASTER
Mr.E.HODGSON, bookkeeper of Halifax
Mr.Walter ELLIOTT
Norland
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.Samuel COOPER of Mirfield
Mr.B.HOLROYD, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
EDWARDS & RAWSON
M.SYKES & Co.
CLAY & HORSFALL
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY Brothers
CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
A.BREARLEY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
WOOD Brothers
W.P.EGLIN
HELLIWELL & Co.
EDLESTON Ltd.
BLACKBURN Brothers
George FOX & Sons
John ATKINSON & Sons
William MORRIS & Sons
Mark WILCOCK
James GREENWOOD & Son
C.W.MATTOCK
Henry BROADBENT Ltd.
John WALLIS & Co.
MITCHELL Brothers
Francis BERRY & Sons
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
T.GRIME, inspector
DEATHS
Eliza Jane ATKINSON, 60, widow of James Henry ATKINSON, Vale House, Sowerby Bridge
Eliza CROSSLEY, 57, widow of Richard CROSSLEY, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph Whiteley WHITWORTH, 24, gardener, Rose Grove, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph WHITWORTH, boot maker, Moorland House, Norland
15th May 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
SPIRITUALISM
Miss THORPE, Mrs.W.GREENWOOD, Mr.A.E.SUTCLIFFE: Sowerby Bridge Spiritualist Lyceum
WINDFALL FOR A LATE SMALLPOX PATIENT
John SMITH, inherited money from aunt who lived in Stockport, worked at Sowerby Bridge Gas Works
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, BURNLEY, W.T.WALTON, J.H.HOYLE, W.H.UTTLEY (teacher)
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY, LONGBOTTOM
MAN AND WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary Hannah RAYNER
Abraham RAYNER, husband of above
Mr.L.STOREY, defence
[Column 2]
HENRY BROADBENT LIMITED
Messrs. Henry BROADBENT, E.BROADBENT
Messrs.J.BARRON & Sons, auditors
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. J.P.BURT, F.E.HEAPE (Sowerby New Road Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mr.WHITELEY, organist and choirmaster
THE MEMBER FOR THE SOWERBY DIVISION (Correspondence)
Mr.MELLOR
Mr.TOMBS, Liberal agent for the Sowerby Division
John BATES, Sowerby Bridge Cotton Operatives' Association
THE RIGHT HON. J.W.MELLOR, M.P., AND THE TRADES DISPUTES BILL
John BATES, Sowerby Bridge Cotton Operatives' Association
John William MELLOR
Frederick TOMBS, Sowerby Division Liberal Association
[Column 3]
Norland
BURNING FATALITY
Mr.HILL, coroner
Beatrice Gwendoline HOLLAS, aged 2, daughter of William HOLLAS, Village, Barkisland
Mill Bank
WORKING A HORSE WHILE LAME
George GRIFFITH, labourer and Jonathan STOTT, farmer, both of Soyland
Inspector RIGG, R.S.P.C.A.
Sowerby
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AT DIVINE WORSHIP (at Boulderclough Chapel)
Councillor J.WADSWORTH
Rev.E.COLLEY of Brighouse
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., STOTT, ROWDEN, NICHOLL, CARTER, BRADLEY, COCKROFT, MITCHELL,
TURNER, HAIGH, NAYLOR, INGHAM
ROAD VIEWING
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., D.TURNER, A.STOTT, J.J.ROWDEN, C.MITCHELL, R.BRADLEY, H.HAIGH,
J.NICHOLL, J.INGHAM, J.COCKROFT, J.NAYLOR, J.H.CARTER
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, surveyor
Mr.E.WILDE, Friendly Inn
Mr.Dennis BOTTOMLEY, King's Head Inn
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Eva SWIFT, 2 months, daughter of Harry SWIFT, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Eliza TRAVIS, 68, widow of Richard TRAVIS, Mitchell Street, Sowerby Bridge
Abraham Mason WOLFENDEN, 62, Stile, Triangle
22nd May 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
ACCIDENT
NELSON, a boy
OPENING OF THE NEW TRAMWAY
Major DRUITT, Board of Trade
THE SMALLPOX HOSPITAL
Norland
Warley
WARLEY CONGREGATIONAL
Rev.G.A.WILSON of London
Miss M.N.SUTCLIFFE
[Column 2]
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. CENTENARY GATHERINGS
Revs. T.H.KIRKNESS, T.H.KIDD, G.S.SMITH (West End Congregational)
Messrs. William UTLEY (William UTTLEY?), Joseph BARRON, B.MORWOOD, T.E.WHITEHEAD,
J.Clay HORSFALL (organist)
Councillors J.R.SWAINE (Halifax), T.HEY (Skircoat Green)
John WALKER, came to Sterne Mill from Dewsbury, introduced Wesleyanism to the area in the late c18th
John HACKING, Blakey SPENCER, Jeremiah BASTOW : early Wesleyan preachers
Rev.Peter MACKENZIE
[Column 3]
Mr.Thomas E.WHITEHEAD
Mr.F.SLADEN of New Zealand
Mr.Joseph HEIGHINGTON (Toronto),Mr.Joseph NEALE (New York), Misses UTLEY(UTTLEY?) of Halifax
Mr.F.J.TIDSWELL (Sunderland), John MARSHALL (Manchester) Mrs.Emma WIGHTMAN (Newcastle),
Mr.G.W.HOLMES (London) : old scholars
Mrs.TAIT (nee COOPER) of Royton, niece of Mrs.Moses MORLEY
George RUDD, George LUMB, William SMITH, Samuel TAYLOR, George HOLMES, John WHITEHEAD,
BARRON, Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Andrew CHARTERS, James SUTCLIFFE
: Sunday School teachers in the 1840s
William FARNELL, school teacher then Superintendent, died in Florida
George BUTTERWORTH, connected with the school for fifty years
William BEATSON, Sunday School teacher, died of consumption
David BOOCOCK, teacher in the 1850s
Mr.James SUTCLIFFE
Richard CRAVEN, former teacher, now working at King Cross
Mr.Joseph BARRON
Mr.R.H.WHITWORTH
George OATES, Samuel HOY (Samuel HEY?), Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Robert W.PARKIN, James SUTCLIFFE,
William RUSHWORTH : former school Superintendents
William GREENWOOD, Levi WOODHEAD, George LUMB, Pat SMITH (Patrick SMITH?), William Henry AKED
Samuel TAYLOR, William Henry WHITEHEAD, George BUTTERWORTH, Isaiah JENKINSON,
George HOLMES, Mrs.R.W.PARKIN, Betty GREENWOOD, Mary MAGSON, Sarah SMITH,
Hannah GREENWOOD, Hannah SUTCLIFFE, Ellen MACKRELL, Elizabeth HEIGHINGTON,
Catherine MCCLEOD, Sarah Jane GREENWOOD : former teachers
[Column 4]
William FARNELL, Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Mr.MURRAY : teachers in the 1840s
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, Hartley GREENWOOD
Rev.Marshall HARTLEY
Messrs. WRIGHT, EDWARDS
Sister Dora STEPHENSON of Ilkley
Mr.William BARRON of Huddersfield
Ripponden
RYBURN MILL COMPANY LIMITED
Messrs. Peter COLE, Peter FIELDING, Johnson WADSWORTH, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH),
Ely CRAWSHAW, John LUMB, Mile WADSWORTH, Henry WHITELEY, Whiteley MITCHELL,
Fred BERRY (Frederick BERRY), Sam SHAW (Samuel SHAW), John BRIGGS, Holmes HEY
Messrs.BARRON, auditors
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
Sarah Ellen ACKROYD, 63, wife of William ACKROYD, printer, Town Hall Street
Eliza HABERGHAM, 65, Knowsley, Mill Bank
29th May 1903
Sowerby Bridge
(Free Church Council procession)
Mr.A.SMITH
REV.C.W.HOWARD
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Councillor Frank CLAY
Mr.Thomas HOEY
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, E.E.POLLIT, R.SIDDALL, W.H.GIBSON, J.WADDINGTON, J.W.BANCROFT, J.BATES,
D.I.CLAY
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.HOYLE, headmaster of Tuel Lane boys' school
Miss Isabel SMITH, ex-p.t. assistant at Tuel Lane infants' school
Miss Annie BLOOMER (Ann BLOOMER) of Luddenden, teacher
[Column 2]
Rev.Canon IVENS and Mrs.IVENS, going to Italy
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.Joseph POLLIT, deceased
Mr.L.LUMB, fitting new light to church
SMALLPOX
SPIRITUALIST GUILD
Messrs. T.H.WRIGHT, George HOWARTH, A.ROWSON, F.BARRACLOUGH, E.HOWARTH, H.BOOTH, W.STARK
Misses THORPE, A.M.HOWARTH, C.HOWARTH
Mrs.FARRAR
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (St.George's Church)
Revs. C.S.QUAINTON (vicar of Pellon), Canon IVENS, Norman KING (vicar of Luddenden)
Mr.MARSDEN, organist
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. W.WOOD, O.EATOUGH, H.STORR, A.HOBSON, R.ROTHWELL, W.HAIGH, T.M.FLETCHER, J.BATES,
T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors George WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY
Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.Hugh C.WALLACE of Bristol
Mr.S.PICKLES, organist
Premium Stamp Trading Co., 44 Northgate, Halifax
Milton CLAY, hatter and outfitter
[Column 3]
Norland
CONVERSAZIONE (Norland Church Schools)
Mrs.LIVERMORE, vicar's wife?
Mrs.Richard BINNS
Master L.DEWHIRST, T.WHITTAKER
Mrs.GARSIDE and Miss SAUNDERS, in charge of the children, teachers?
Messrs. BARRATT, Willie COCKROFT (William COCKROFT), James HELLIWELL, Wallace ALLEN,
Jabez WHITAKER
Mrs.SAVILE
Misses A.TIDSWELL, Lottie CRABTREE (Charlotte CRABTREE?) of Norland, N.BERRY, E.FIRTH
Luddenden Foot
CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED BURGLARY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Nicholl SHAW, Midgley
Police Constable JONES
Inspector ARUNDEL
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Samuel GREENWOOD, 90?, Pleasant Street, Sowerby Bridge. Former Wharfinger for Rochdale Canal Co.
Florence IBBITSON, 5, daughter of John IBBITSON, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
William ACKROYD, Town Hall Street
5th June 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.D.THOMAS
Sowerby Bridge
PIGEON RACING
HARDY and MILNES, GELDER brothers, J.R.BERRY, W.SPENCER and F.SPENCER, J.E.SPENCER, W.SHOESMITH
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas William CASEY, a stranger
WHITSUNTIDE TREAT (Sowerby Bridge Sunday Schools)
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, Haugh End
Messrs. T.A.SMITH, T.HOEY, W.H.TURNER, C.E.HELLIWELL, J.THOMAS, J.BINNS, OLDFIELD, C.BROWN,
A.ASTIN, J.DODGSON, F.WADDINGTON, T.E.WHITEHEAD, B.MORWOOD, Albert SMITH (conductor)
: Free church Sunday schools
Inspector ARUNDEL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs.ROSS Brothers and Mr.Fred LIVSEY : allowed use of their grounds
[Column 2]
SMALLPOX
SOWERBY BRIDGE NURSING ASSOCIATION
Councillor George WHITELEY J.P.
Mesdames BROWN, BELL, WELLBURN, F.CLAY, IVENS, DUNN, ADAMS
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
Misses BARRON, CLAY, RILEY
Mr.William BURNLEY
Drs. BROWN, DUNN, ADAMS, WELLBURN, PATON
Triangle
PIGEON FLYING
J.BARWICK, G.BOOTH, H.WHITELEY, J.WILKINSON, O.FAIRBANK, R.FAIRBANK, J.MARSHALL : Ryburn Valley Club
Luddenden Foot
FOUND DEAD
Mrs.Sarah HULTON, aged 54, millhand, widow, residing with Mrs.FINNIGAN at 12 Thompson's Buildings
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, J.TURNER,
J.HOLDSWORTH, E.MITCHELL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, W.GLEDHILL, Frank CLAY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.EVANS, clerk
Mr.T.GRIME, sanitary inspector
Mr.CARNEGIE
Mr.S.WILKINSON, architect
[Column 4]
Norland
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A YOUNG WOMAN (Halifax West Riding Court)
John EMMETT, a Sowerby Bridge young man
Ruth Evelyn NASH who lives with her parents at Lower Watt Ing, Norland
Mr.RAWSON, neighbour of above
Thomas Henry NASH, brother of Ruth Evelyn NASH
Simeon FIRTH, overlooker
Police Constable MARSHALL
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
EDWARDS & RAWSON
M.SYKES & Co.
CLAY & HORSFALL
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY Brothers
CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
A.BREARLEY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
WOOD Brothers
W.P.EGLIN
HELLIWELL & Co.
EDLESTON Ltd.
BLACKBURN Brothers
George FOX & Sons
John ATKINSON & Sons
William MORRIS & Sons
Mark WILCOCK
James GREENWOOD & Son
C.W.MATTOCK
Henry BROADBENT Ltd.
John WALLIS & Co.
MITCHELL Brothers
Francis BERRY & Sons
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
T.GRIME, inspector
DEATHS
Margerhita Winifred BALL, 9, daughter of Percy Fielding BALL, Green Bank, Trimmingham, Halifax
Mary BLACKBURN, 75, widow of James BLACKBURN, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Mary GREENWOOD, 52, widow of John GREENWOOD, Holroyd's Place, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Annie MITCHELL (Ann MITCHELL), 23, wife of William MITCHELL, Allan Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
12th June 1903
Sowerby Bridge
PIGEON FLYING
W.SPENCER and F.SPENCER, A.DRINKWATER, BARRACLOUGH and EARNSHAW, GELDER brothers, J.R.BERRY,
COCKROFT Brothers
PIC-NIC (Sowerby Bridge Free Church Council, to Hardcastle Crags)
Mrs.SHACKLETON's, provided teas
THEFT OF A RAZOR (Halifax West Riding Court)
Durrans LISTER, a Bradford man
Police Constable HOLBROOK
Mr.HARTLEY, hairdresser, Sowerby Bridge
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Revs. John Page HOPPS of Leicester, F.E.HEAPE
Messrs. B.LEES, Will PHILLIPS of Manchester, R.H.YATES of Bradford, William GREENWOOD,
H.BOOTH, T.H.WRIGHT, A.ROWSON, H.THORPE (conductor), J.K.LAW (piano)
Mrs.William GREENWOOD
Miss BOTTOMLEY
WEDDING AT WEST END CHAPEL
Miss Edith RUSHWORTH, daughter of Councillor Charles RUSHWORTH. Bride
Mr.Harry CHADWICK, son of Mr.T.CHADWICK, Willow Hall
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist
Miss Nellie RUSHWORTH (Ellen RUSHWORTH?), sister of the bride
Miss Maggie WOOD (Margaret WOOD?), cousin of the bride
Mr.Willie CHADWICK (William CHADWICK), brother of the groom
[Column 2]
Rev.Daniel THOMAS, former curate of this parish
(Primitive Methodist Conference)
Rev.T.H.HUNT, formerly stationed at Halifax
SMALLPOX
BAD LANGUAGE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Hannah MITCHELL
PRIMITIVE METHODISM
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Mr.H.PARKINSON
DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary WOOD, a married woman of Sowerby Bridge
William WIDDOP, labourer of Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.J.H.STEAD, auctioneer
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN Co. Ltd.
Mr.Samuel HOYLE, solicitor
Mr.J.MCKENZIE, represented above
HOW SMALLPOX IS SPREAD (Todmorden Petty Sessions)
John KIGHLEY (John KEIGHLEY?) of Market Street, Hebden Bridge
Dr.LAWSON
[Column 3]
Rev.F.E.HEAPE and Mrs.HEAPE, in Switzerland
Mill Bank
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A LOCAL LAW CASE. HOYLE v. STANSFELD AND HOYLE (Chancery Division)
Mr.Justice FARWELL
Arthur HOYLE, farmer, Mill Bank. Former tenant of Lower Deerplay Farm. Also slater and plasterer
Captain John STANSFELD, owner of Lower Deerplay Farm, Triangle
Joseph HOYLE, new tenant of Lower Deerplay Farm
Messrs. S.HOYLE and WAGGETT: prosecution
Mr.G.PARKER (Messrs. LONGBOTHAM & Sons), JENKINS, George LAWRENCE, G.R.STANSFELD: defence
Mr.George SCARBOROUGH, Messrs.John ROBERTSHAW (Bradford), Mr.J.H.STEAD (Sowerby Bridge): valuers
[Column 4]
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors WADSWORTH J.P., TURNER, NAYLOR, COCKCROFT, STOTT, HAIGH, BRADLEY, ROWDEN,
MITCHELL
Mr.RAWSON, Sowerby
Rev.W.PURVIS, Cotton Stones
[Column 5]
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN GROCER FINED (Halifax West Riding Court)
John Schofield HOLDEN, grocer, Ripponden
Mr.BELL, inspector of foods and drugs, Sowerby Bridge
Miss HOLDEN
Mr.AMBLER, defence
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Tom Andrew TYSON (Thomas Andrew TYSON), 44, Upper Harper Royd, Norland
Wallace WHITEHEAD, 42, railway labourer, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
19th June 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
Ven.Archdeacon DONNE, vicar of Wakefield
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.S.WILKINSON, architect for the new library and technical institute, Hollings Mill Lane
(Tuel Lane Band of Hope)
Rev.J.P.BURT
(Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
Rev.G.Heathcote BARKER, new minister
THE NEW LIBERAL CLUB
Mr.S.WILKINSON, architect
QUARTERLY MEETING (United Free Methodist)
Rev.J.P.BURT
Messrs. Simonce TURNER, A.S.FIRTH, W.H.OLDFIELD and J.WILCOCK (Tuel Lane), BARRETT (Sowerby),
SYKES (Norland)
PLAYING CRICKET IN THE STREET (Halifax Police Court)
Arnold WADSWORTH, James BURBURY, John FIRTH, William FIRTH, John CLAYTON : Sowerby Bridge lads, millhands
Ernest WADSWORTH, planer, Sowerby Bridge lad
Police Constable CRABTREE
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
WESLEYAN METHODISM
Revs. T.H.KIRKNESS, T.H.KIDD
Mr.J.C.BATES
Mrs.KIRKNESS
Mr.A.BALFOUR, M.P.
Mr.J.W.MELLOR, M.P. for Sowerby Division
[Column 2]
Mr.John BAUME, Sowerby Bridge Town Hall caretaker for 15 years, died on Monday aged 51
Mr.F.SLADEN, visiting Sowerby Bridge, lives in New Zealand
Mr.William ROBINSON, preached at Tuel Lane Chapel
MORE BEGGARS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Isaac BOWER, middle aged
MAINTENANCE OF A WIFE (Halifax Borough Court)
David DEAN, spinner and Fred DEAN, joiner, father and son of Sowerby Bridge
Charles DEAN, aged 19, brother of Fred DEAN
Mr.BATLEY, collector for the Guardians
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (Wesleyan Mission Chapel)
Rev.C.Ensor WALTERS of London
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organist, Bolton Brow Wesleyan Church
Mr.J.S.CLAYTON of Halifax, organist at Sowerby Wesleyan Chapel
Misses WOMERSLEY (Halifax), LECKENBY (King Cross)
Mr.DAWSON, Halifax
MR.S.MACKERILL (S.MACKRELL?),Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Fred WOOD, trained the scholars
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
C.W.BAYLEY, chief traffic manager
[Column 3]
THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN SOWERBY DIVISION
Mr.T.IRVING of Hebden Bridge
Mr.D.J.SHACKLETON, M.P. for Clitheroe
Councillor James PARKER, Halifax
Councillor Thomas GREENWOOD, Cornholme
Mr.J.WILKINSON, Trades Council and Weavers' Association
Norland
FUNERAL SERVICE
Tom A.TYSON (Thomas A.TYSON), deceased, Norland Band
MOUNT PLEASANT ANNIVERSARY
Councillor C.CROWTHER of Greetland
[Column 4]
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. SOME WORDS BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
Sowerby
STEEP LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. T.R.LEWIS of Elland Edge, E.R.LEWIS of Milnsbridge
Triangle
SUDDEN DEATH
Mrs.LEACH, wife of Alfred LEACH, Crown Buildings, Triangle
Dr.DOYLE of Ripponden
Warley
WARLEY CLOUGH ANNIVERSARY (Primitive Methodist)
Mr.T.N.HELLIWELL of Luddenden
Councillor CHAPMAN of Ovenden
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
John Wesley BAUME, 51, Town Hall, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Mellor, 69, widow of John MELLOR, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
26th June 1903
Sowerby Bridge
ASSAULTING A WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Samuel WILD, labourer of Bolton Brow
Mary Ann WILD, wife of above
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Annie SCARF, domestic servant
Police Constable CRABTREE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, T.HOEY, W.HAIGH, J.BATES, A.HOBSON, H.STORR, BALL (librarian)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor George WHITELEY J.P., Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE
LOITERING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Albert KERSHAW, aged 66
Police Sergeant TATTERSALL
Police Constable WILSON
Mr.STEAD, auctioneer
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames MARSLAND, BANCROFT, J.E.NORMANTON and BROADBENT (representing Sowerby),
MACKENZIE (Warley), SHAW (Norland)
Misses GREENWOOD, BANCROFT, A.SUMMERSKILL (Warley)
Messrs. T.HOEY, W.ASHWORTH, TOMBS (Liberal agent)
Mesdames HANSON, C.A.FIRTH, WOOD, G.E.WHITELEY, NEWSOME, W.HAIGH, BARRACLOUGH, BLACKBURN,
J.HAIGH, F.RADCLIFFE, S.WADSWORTH, MORWOOD, R.H.LUMB : Sowerby Bridge
[Column 2]
SIR ALFRED ARNOLD
Mr.Alfred ARNOLD of Halifax, barrister, J.P.
WEST END SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.A.Guinness ROGERS of Scarborough
Mr.William WILSON of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist
Miss MOORE
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT HOMING SOCIETY (pigeons?)
HARDY and MILNES, J.FOSTER, COCKROFT Brothers, J.R.BERRY, W.SPENCER and F.SPENCER,
GELDER Brothers, J.T.ATKINSON
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH ANNIVERSARY
Mr.W.REDMAN of Halifax
Rev.E.COLLEY of Brighouse
Mr.John HANSON, conductor
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, organist
Mr.David HAIGH of Halifax, donated �1
[Column 3]
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Nancy BERRY, 73, widow of Robinson BERRY, Milner Gate, Luddenden Foot
Shaw CROWTHER, 47, iron planer, Hope Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen ELLIOTT, 64 (54?), widow of Thomas ELLIOTT, Lily Street, Sowerby Bridge
Doris May ROWNTREE, 4, daughter of Thomas Moody ROWNTREE, Booth House, Luddenden Foot
Mary STOTT, 73, widow of William STOTT, Back Grove Street, Sowerby Bridge
3rd July 1903
Sowerby Bridge
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
Messrs.W.MELLOR, A.ASTIN
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS, due home
Mr.Joseph POLLIT, deceased
SUCCESS OF A SOWERBY BRIDGE STUDENT
Mr.Arnold H.GIBSON of Sowerby Bridge
PRIMITIVE METHODIST ANNIVERSARY (Sunday School)
Rev.Dr.FERGUSON, ex President of the Conference
A ROUGH CUSTOMER (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas Henry KNOWLES of West End
Police Constable WALKER
Police Sergeants TATTERSALL, WOOD
THEFT BY A LAD (Halifax West Riding Court)
Arthur MITCHELL, aged 16, of Pye Nest
Wright FARNELL, woolsorter
CARELESS DRIVING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Charles Henry LEE of Halifax, salt hawker
CHARGED WITH SLEEPING OUT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Arthur FRAWLEY of Manchester
Police Constable CRABTREE
[Column 2]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, J.TURNER,
J.HOLDSWORTH, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, W.GLEDHILL, Frank CLAY
Mr.R.C.HORSFALL, agent for the trustees of Eli JONES, deceased
Mr.CROWTHER, lodging house keeper
Joseph SUTCLIFFE, fireman for 25 years
T.A.SUTCLIFFE, fireman for 4 years
[Column 3]
Messrs. J.HOLT, W.BATES: granted game licences
Mr.Joseph JACKSON, granted pawnbroker's licence
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Revs. W.BEAMISH, Canon THOMPSON
Ripponden
A BEGGAR'S MISTAKE (Halifax West Riding Police Court)
William HAXBY, no fixed abode
Police Constable HOLBROOK
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Benjamin HORSFALL, 78, Pleasant Street, Sowerby Bridge
Amelia WADDINGTON, 2, daughter of Joe WADDINGTON, Pleasant Street, Sowerby Bridge
Irvin WILSON, 3 months, son of Thomas WILSON, Bradley Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
10th July 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Mabel DOVE of Sowerby Bridge, won a scholarship
(Technical Instruction Committee)
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, HOYLE
SMALLPOX
THE BEGGING NUISANCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
George SCHOLEY, labourer, no fixed abode
Thomas SLATER, an elderly man
Arthur Fred BADDELEY, a youth
SWIMMING GALA
H.HARTLEY, Sowerby New Road Board School
A.SUTCLIFFE, W.FRENCH, A.BARRACLOUGH : Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax Police Court)
George LAW, tramping shoemaker
HOLINESS CONVENTION (at Scarborough)
Revs. J.FLANAGAN, J.JOHNSON, R.CREWDSON, J.STEPHENSON, F.E.HEAPE
FLOWER SERVICE (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.J.P.BURT
Mr.WHITELEY, organist
Miss E.A.MAUDE
Mr.Charles BESWICK
A FIRST OFFENCE AND A WARNING (Halifax Borough Court)
Shaw WALSH, apprentice of Sowerby Bridge
John Edgar AMBLER
[Column 2]
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.Clay HORSFALL, BANCROFT, WADDINGTON, BATES, GIBSON, SIDDALL, POLLIT
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.ACKROYD, assistant at Bolton Brow boys' school
Miss CRABTREE, deceased, former head of Bolton Brow girls' school
[Column 3]
THE EXTENDED TRAMWAY (Correspondence)
William HAIGH, Argyll Music Rooms, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
WEST RIDING RIVERS BOARD v. RAWSON. APPEAL DISMISSED (King's Bench Division)
Messrs. F.G.S.RAWSON and J.S.RAWSON, woollen manufacturers
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH (Methodist)
Mr.Robert BENTON
ANNIVERSARY (St.Peter's Church)
Revs. J.H.MARSHALL (vicar of West Vale), Canon THOMPSON (Wakefield), G.E.ASPINALL (rural dean of Halifax)
Mr.Booth SHARP, organist and choirmaster
Messrs. SHEPHERD, KERSHAW, J.LUMB, H.K.LUMB
[Column 5]
THE NEW REREDOS AT CHRIST CHURCH (sermon text)
Mr.Joseph POLLIT, deceased
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.and Mrs.Edward E.POLLIT
Triangle
Hannah Milnes ROBERTS and Maurice HOWARTH of Triangle, won scholarships
[Column 6]
FORMER SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKETER IN AUSTRALIA
Austin DIAMOND, aged about 29, born in Yorkshire
DEATHS
Ann CHAPMAN, 25, cotton winder, Osborne Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Thomas HASEY, 47, wool dyer, Friendly, Sowerby Bridge
Mary RAMSDEN, 75, widow of John RAMSDEN, Pickwood Scar, Norland
Walter WOOD, 48, labourer, Sparkhouse Lane, Sowerby Bridge
17th July 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.COCKER's Assembly Room
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS, moving to Doncaster
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. NICHOLSON, Hartley NAYLOR, Samuel FLEMING, Ernest MILLS, Wilks WADDINGTON (Wilkes WADDINGTON?),
Benjamin CULPAN, Fred GREENWOOD
TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE (Christ Church)
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'S DIVIDEND
Messrs. David BARRETT, David LUMB, Henry WHITTAKER, Benson CROWTHER, Squire JUDSON
[Column 2]
SWIMMING
CROWTHER, WHITTAKER, CROSSLEY : Sowerby Bridge swimming club
ACCIDENT TO A PLATE GLASS WINDOW
Mr.T.MARCHANT, butcher, Wharf Street
PRIMITIVE METHODISM
Mr.J.H.ROBERTSHAW, son of William ROBERTSHAW
Rev.J.E.THORPE, now at Devonport
ASSAULTING THE POLICE (Halifax West Riding Court)
James BOTTOMLEY, labourer, Stainland
Police Constable CRABTREE
Mill Bank
LAMENTABLE SUICIDE
John LAWTON, aged 26, married, of Hill Top, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.HILL, district coroner
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Mill Bank Wesleyan)
Rev.C.WILDBLOOD of Halifax
Mr.Binns HOWARTH, organist
THE WALKING CRAZE
HOLBROOKE (Soyland), HOLROYD (Ripponden), BROOK (Rishworth)
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB
[Column 3]
Messrs. J.L.WHITELEY, C.BINGHAM, BROADBENT, W.H.HAIGH, A.LUMB, H.HALSTEAD, F.HALSTEAD,
J.PICKLES, A.GREEN, W.HALSTEAD, J.CHEETHAM, J.WHITELEY, W.BOTTOMLEY, E.KNAPTON,
E.SUTCLIFFE, G.SACKER, F.FOSTER, W.RILEY
Ripponden
THE RELEASE OF "GROSVENOR" BRADLEY (from prison)
BRADLEY, lived for a while at Ripponden
Sowerby
FALL FROM A HAYLOFT
Harry WALKER, aged 7, son of Thomas WALKER of Crow Farm
Dr.DUNN
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., TURNER, COCKROFT, INGHAM, HAIGH, STOTT, NICHOLL, ROWDEN,
MITCHELL, BRADLEY
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector
Mr.W.H.HOLT, farmer
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Rev.J.P.BURT and Mr.A.S.FIRTH, representing Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
MILL FIRE AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
Messrs.WHITWORTH & Co. Ltd., cotton and worsted spinners
John W.HELLIWELL, discovered the fire at old Brick Mill, Cooper House Mills
Police Inspector ARUNDEL
Sam SMITH, occupied Cooper House Mills in the 1840s
THOMPSON's corn mill, in Luddenden Foot in the 1840s
TURNER's woollen mill at Longbottom in the 1840s
SILVER WEDDING
George BLACKBURN and Emma LUMB, both of Ripponden, married in July 1878 by Rev.Joseph GLEDHILL
MARRIAGES
Albert Victor COLUMBINE of Halifax to Henrietta BALMER of Sowerby Bridge
William FARRAR to Jane DISLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
24th July 1903
Sowerby Bridge
THE REPRESENTATION OF SOWERBY DIVISION
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
Alderman John BARKER of Todmorden
SOWERBY BRIDGE HARRIERS (newly formed athletic club)
CHOIR BOYS' OUTING (Christ Church)
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.John SHAW
GARDEN PARTY (Christ Church Sunday school)
Rev.Canon IVENS and Mrs.IVENS
Misses PLATT, ARNOLD: teachers
MAN AND WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Frank BARRETT, iron turner, Sowerby Bridge
Louisa BARRETT, wife of above, married 6 years, 2 children
Mr.Walter STOREY, prosecution
Mr.H.E.SMITH, defence
Mary FLETCHER of Bolton Brow, step mother of Louisa BARRETT
Julia WILCOCK, neighbour of the BARRETTs
[Column 2]
FRIENDLY BAND
FLOWER SERVICE (West End Congregational Church)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses WADSWORTH, RICHARDSON, BOTTOMLEY, MOORE
Master John BOTTOMLEY, J.CORDINGLEY
(Christ Church Bible Class)
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
WALKING CONTEST
ROBINSON (Halifax), F.ARUNDALE (Halifax), FRANCES (Little Lendon Farm, Rishworth)
William Henry TURNER, tailor, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge (deed of arrangement)
GARDEN PARTY
Mr.LAYFIELD, Fern View, near Glenfield Place
SPIRITUALISM
Messrs. CHISWELL (Liverpool), VENABLES (Walsall), E.KEELING (Liverpool), KITSON, WILKINSON,
B.LEES, H.THORPE (conductor)
Misses Doris BUTTERWORTH, Florrie LEES (Florence LEES), Florence BOOTH, Marion GREENWOOD,
Dora RUSHWORTH and Ivy RUSHWORTH
Master John WILCOCK
Mrs.GREENWOOD
[Column 3]
Ripponden
STONES WESLEYAN ANNIVERSARY
Rev.T.S.DAVIES of Accrington
Messrs. R.H.HUGILL (Accrington), B.WHITELEY (conductor)
RIPPONDEN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (141st half yearly report)
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL CO. LTD.
Councillors John PICKLES, Bates BREARLEY
Mr.Harry CRAWSHAW, bookkeeper, Triangle
Mr.George Henry WALKER, accountant, Ripponden
Messrs. William Henry CHAMBERS, David COCKROFT, Joseph BARRETT, John SYKES
Sowerby
Norland
THE BAND
MOUNT ZION (Primitive Methodist)
Rev.John A.KERSHAW (Richmond), used to live at Mytholmroyd
Messrs. J.BARKER, Fred SUTCLIFFE (harmonium), W.CROWTHER
Mrs.A.GEE
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
HALIFAX TRADESMEN DUPED (Halifax Police Court)
Harry INGLESON, aged 36, late of Bradford
Lawrence Turner WADDINGHAM, wine and spirit merchant, Union Street
Harry HURST, ironmonger, Crown Street
Messrs.THACKRAH & Sons, ironmongers, Crown Street
Mr.E.ACKROYD, stationer, Town Hall Street
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
Thomas Edgar HOLLAS, painter, to Edith GREENWOOD, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Richard STANCLIFFE, 70, Wood Nook, Norland
31st July 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Thomas DUNKERLEY, former licensee at the Bull's Head hotel, Town Hall Street
Arthur WALKER, new licensee at the Bull's Head Hotel
PRIZE DOG
Mr.R.H.KNIGHT, Sowerby Bridge
TRAM ACCIDENT
Joseph CUNDALL, gardener, Tuel Lane
Dr.DUNN
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Andrew Jackson DAVIES, founder of the Lyceum movement
Mr.F.BARRACLOUGH
CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Harry TURNER, labourer, young man
Mr.Walter STOREY, defence
Police Constables JONES, FORDHAM
Inspector STANCLIFFE
Charles MILNES, Friendly
Hannah WILSON, Warley
[Column 2]
(Smallpox)
SWIMMING
A.SCHOFIELD, F.HOLROYD
FLOWER SERVICE (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mrs.Hodgson WRIGHT's Home
PIGEON FLYING
J.BERRY, HARDY and MILNES, J.E.SPENCER, J.FOSTER, William SHOESMITH, DRINKWATER,
W.SPENCER and F.SPENCER, BROWNHILL and MAIDEN, WHITAKER and STARK, ATKINSON,
BEAUMONT Brothers, BARRACLOUGH and EARNSHAW
GREATLY DARING (canal trip)
Messrs. Samuel TURNER, W.T.WALTON
GARDEN PARTY
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON, J.P., Haugh End
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, W.NICHOLL, O.EATOUGH, H.STORR, A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, J.BATES,
J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE, E.MITCHELL
George SCHOFIELD, new library caretaker
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, D.I.CLAY, J.WADDINGTON, J.BATES, W.H.GIBSON, E.E.POLLIT, R.SIDDALL
Rev.Canon IVENS
Miss Hannah NORMANTON, assistant at Tuel Lane infants' school
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
Sowerby
LOCAL PREACHERS' MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION
Councillors J.WADSWORTH, J.P., LAYCOCK, MILNES
Mr.W.PICKLES, brought stones from the Holy Land
Messrs. James EVANS (Southowram), J.GREENSMITH, D.WHITELEY (Halifax), HODGSON (Elland),
W.LYON (Halifax), A.CROWTHER (Elland)
Mr.CRABTREE, Hipperholme, recently became a widower
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (85th half yearly meeting)
Messrs. David LUMB, HEIGHINGTON, Eli HELLOWELL, H.N.BLAMIRES, WATTERSON, COCKROFT,
SYKES (Ripponden), David BARRETT, Henry WHITAKER, Benson CROWTHER,
Arthur BINNS (representing Sowerby), Thomas THORPE (representing West Vale),
H.W.BERRY
John HADWEN & Sons, Ltd.
[Column 6]
Messrs. T.M.FLETCHER, W.NICHOLL, WATERSON, W.H.BAXENDALE, S.JUDSON, Ernest HELLOWELL
MARRIAGES
George BOTTOMLEY to Sarah CROAD, both of Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Mabel ROBINSON, died July 1902 aged 25 months. Daughter of Eli ROBINSON and Ann ROBINSON, Dob Lane Farm, Norland
7th August 1903
Sowerby Bridge
WEDDING (at the Spiritualist Lyceum)
Mr.Ernest E.LAW married Miss Mary THORPE
Mr.Peter LEE of Rochdale
Mrs.GREEN of Manchester
PRESENTATION TO A POST OFFICE OFFICIAL
Mr.W.MARSDEN, senior post office clerk, moving to Batley
Mr.SWINDELLS, postmaster
PIGEON RACING
A.DRINKWATER, W.SHOESMITH, BROWNHILL and MADEN, W.SPENCER and F.SPENCER, J.FOSTER,
J.T.ATKINSON, COCKROFT Brothers, J.SPENCER, HARDY and MILNES, BEAUMONT,
WHITTAKER and STARK, J.R.BERRY : Sowerby Bridge
THE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
CONCERT (in the Baptist Schoolroom)
Mr.Harris BROADBENT, Friendly Brass Band
Rev.J.FOX
Misses N.MARCHANT, NICHOLL
Mesdames WHITELEY, TURNER
Messrs. A.PLATT, J.MARSHALL, E.C.WASHINGTON, A.NICHOLL (accompanist), H.BERRY, F.SIDDALL,
J.OATES, W.ELLIS, C.CLAY
FRACAS AT THE RAILWAY STATION (Halifax West Riding Court)
Fred SHAW, rope maker, Wakefield, a young man
Joseph SHEARD, Sowerby Bridge station porter
Mr.STOREY, prosecution
Police Constable DAVEY
[Column 2]
Mr.S.FIELDING of Hebden Bridge, expert botanist
Mr.R.H.KNIGHT, vet, Sowerby Bridge
SUDDEN DEATH
Wallace GIBSON, aged 47, of Canal Mills. Worked at Messrs.EDWARDS & RAWSON
BADDELEY v. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY (Leeds West Riding Assizes)
Mr.Justice GRANTHAM
Miss BADDELEY, head mistress of Ellison Memorial Girls' School
Mr.S.C.MACASKIE K.C., WAUGH, J.C.BELL : represented above
Mr.Tindal ATKINSON K.C., represented the railway
A FAITHFUL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER
Miss WATERHOUSE, scholar and teacher for 76 years
SOWERBY BRIDGE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS: EXAMINATION RESULTS
Harry CROSSLEY, Alfred J.BARRACLOUGH, M.N.SUTCLIFFE, Alice WHITELEY, C.H.GILL, T.WHITEHEAD,
E.R.SHEPHERD, G.M.WHITEHEAD, E.A.SALTONSTALL, M.CONE, J.HOUGH, F.PICKARD, H.THOMAS,
J.HOUGH, Alwyn HOYLE, F.E.PATCHETT, H.CROWTHER, M.WOLFENDEN, Grace A.WOOD,
A.BUTTERWORTH, W.CONE, E.R.SHEPHERD, A.A.TURNER, B.A.WARDLE, A.B.CARTER, M.J.BERRY,
J.GIBB, P.D.HUTCHINSON, J.A.BROADBENT, H.E.BROADBENT, W.FIRTH, A.HOWARTH, T.WHITEHEAD,
H.HARWOOD
CANON IVENS' TRIBUTE TO THE RT.HON.J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
[Column 3]
Norland
LOCAL SUCCESSES
George BINNS, son of the late Richard BINNS of Norland
John Edward BINNS, brother of above
POST OFFICE FOR NORLAND
Mr.Jabez WHITAKER
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE CHAPEL
Rev.R.STRONG of Sunderland
Rev.J.E.THORPE of Devonport, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.E.LAW, organist and choirmaster
Ripponden
CHEESE MAKING IN BARKISLAND
William BROWN, farmer, Moorside Farm, Barkisland. Native of Swaledale
CYCLING ACCIDENT
Henry GROVES, fitter, of Liverpool
Police Constable RICHARDS
ILLEGAL FISHING (Halifax West Riding Court)
John TAYLOR, Harry CROSSLEY, Thomas DAVENPORT, Schofield WHITELEY : millhands of Soyland
Mr.MOSS, Fisheries Board inspector
INQUEST
Mary Ellen FIRTH, aged 36, millhand. Wife of James FIRTH, millhand, Rishworth
Dr.HOYLE
Elizabeth FIRTH, Mary Ellen's sister in law
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., Frank CLAY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE,
Ely WHITELEY, J.HOLDSWORTH, W.GLEDHILL, A.CLAY, J.TURNER, E.MITCHELL
Messrs STOREY, WILLANS and STOREY
Mr.T.TIDSWELL, undertaker
Mr.H.Ross HOOPER, Local Government Board inspector
Messrs.James EASTWOOD and Co. Ltd.
Mr.James J.AVES, complaint about water supply at Sandal Terrace, Norland
Mr.VALLANCE, Wharf Street
Messrs.SIDDALL and HILTON, West Street
Mr.BARRACLOUGH
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY (97th half yearly meeting)
Messrs. James BROADBENT, COCKROFT, WATTERSON, WADSWORTH, SUTCLIFFE, WADDINGTON,
Benjamin TATE (Bradford), George HIRST (Dewsbury), Robert BARRETT (Batley),
Solomon HARTLEY (Bingley), Fred J.HART (Windhill), James WOOD (Sowerby Bridge),
J.W.BANCROFT, Richard CRABTREE
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
EDWARDS & RAWSON
M.SYKES & Co.
CLAY & HORSFALL
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY Brothers
CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
A.BREARLEY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
WOOD Brothers
W.P.EGLIN
HELLIWELL & Co.
EDLESTON Ltd.
BLACKBURN Brothers
George FOX & Sons
John ATKINSON & Sons
William MORRIS & Sons
Mark WILCOCK
James GREENWOOD & Son
C.W.MATTOCK
Henry BROADBENT Ltd.
John WALLIS & Co.
MITCHELL Brothers
Francis BERRY & Sons
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
T.GRIME, inspector
E.ACKROYD, stationer, Town Hall Street
MARRIAGES
Charles RILEY to Phoebe WARNER, both of Sowerby Bridge
Ernest SEED to Edith BESWICK, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Hannah HAIGH, 46, wife of Joseph HAIGH, Gladstone Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
Mary JOWETT, 58, wife of Thomas JOWETT, Wallis Street, Sowerby Bridge
14th August 1903
Sowerby Bridge
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE DIVISION (Liberal)
Mr.John BARKER, C.C., of Todmorden
Messrs. George PARKER, Sugden SUTCLIFFE (Todmorden), John CROWTHER and Joseph CLAY (Hebden Bridge),
F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P. and Emmanuel MITCHELL (Sowerby Bridge)
Dr.HANDLEY
GOING AWAY CLUBS (Holiday clubs)
Messrs.HOMFRAY
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
SWIMMING
Harry HECKINBOTTOM, George WHITELEY : schoolboys
W.J.FRANKLIN, F.MAUDE, F.HOLROYD, H.CROSSLEY, F.WHITTAKER, W.FRENCH, S.WALSH
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
James Allen WHITELEY of Bolton Brow, cart driver, former soldier
Robert SAWYER, cart driver
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH - PRESENTATION TO MRS.KIRKNESS
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS and Mrs.KIRKNESS, moving to Doncaster
Mr.R.H.WHITWORTH
Mrs.J.C.HORSFALL
BURGLARY
Messrs.FLETCHER and SHAW, leather belting manufacturers
Messrs.PICKLES, laundry
[Column 2]
(Temperance meeting)
Messrs. TOMLIN (Leeds), F.TOPHAM (Halifax)
Mr.R.H.KNIGHT (dog show)
SMALLPOX
LIBERAL CLUB
Councillor E.MITCHELL
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.J.E.THORP of Devonport, formerly at Sowerby Bridge
HOMING SOCIETY (pigeons)
COCKROFT Brothers, DRINKWATER, HARDY and MILNES, BEAUMONT Brothers, SHOESMITH, ATKINSON,
BROWNHILL and MAIDEN, WHITTAKER and STARK, BARRACLOUGH and KERSHAW, BERRY, FOSTER
THE REV.T.H.KIRKNESS
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS, Bolton Brow
PRESENTATION TO A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER (West End Congregational)
Mr.HENRY SUTCLIFFE, teacher since 1853
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. T.CHADWICK, Alfred SUTCLIFFE, S.WADSWORTH, J.HOLT, T.W.RICHARDSON, T.HOEY, A.SMITH
CHARGED WITH SLEEPING OUT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Lucy MITCHENER, aged 21
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
ANCIENT PORCHES AND DOORWAYS
Hugh P.KENDALL
John GLEDHILL and Sarah GLEDHILL, husband and wife, builders, 1688
[Column 3]
Norland
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Mr.P.JONES of West Vale
Masters W.NASH, C.SHAW
Triangle
Mr.Wilfred LUMB of Triangle, assistant to Mr.C.R.DIXON, chemist of Triangle
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DEATH BY MISADVENTURE
Mr.J.B.KERSHAW (deputy coroner)
John LUMB, aged 66 of Margate Street. Formerly in business as a cotton doubler at Valley Mill
Mr.John SMITH
James Albert Lumb, 27 Margate Street, son of John LUMB
Hannah Elizabeth LUMB, wife of above
Dr.ADAMS
Thomas Metcalfe STURDY, manager at chemists
[Column 4]
NEW FREE LIBRARY (architect's drawing)
Mr.S.WILKINSON, architect
Mr.FIRTH, owned property (Holling Mill Lane?)
PROPOSED NEW FIRE STATION AND ENGINE
Mr.H.Ross HOOPER, Local Government Board Inspector
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.HOWE, Ely WHITELEY, J.TURNER
Mr.R.W.EVANS, J.P.
Mr.HOPKINSON, fire brigade superintendent and waterworks manager
Mr.COX, surveyor
[Column 5]
Sowerby
WEDDING AT PROVIDENCE CHAPEL
Ernest LAW, organist and choirmaster, married Florence MIDGLEY
Revs. Bramwell DUTTON of Ashton under Lyne, J.Patchett BURT (circuit minister)
Mr.Binns HOWARTH, organist
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
[Column 6]
Councillors WADSWORTH J.P., COCKROFT, TURNER, HAIGH, NICHOLL, ROWDEN, BRADLEY, STOTT,
MITCHELL
Horsfall SIDDALL, lamplighter for Sowerby
J.B.PRIESTLEY, lamplighter for Triangle
Thomas SALTONSTALL, lamplighter for Mill Bank
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON
C.DIXON, chemist?, Ryburn Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
21st August 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.R.H.KNIGHT, vet, Sowerby Bridge (dog show)
Mr.COX, District Council surveyor
WHOLE FAMILY IN THE SMALLPOX HOSPITAL
Mr.GRIME, sanitary inspector
A TROUBLESOME WOMAN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary Jane WOOD of West End
Police Sergeant TATTERSALL
Police Constable DAVIES
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
PIGEON RACING
A.DRINKWATER, COCKROFT Brothers, W.SHOESMITH, BEAUMONT Brothers, J.FOSTER,
BROWNHILL and MAIDEN, HARDY and MILNES, WHITTAKER and STARK, ATKINSON, BERRY,
J.SPENCER : Sowerby Bridge
CHARGE OF GAMBLING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ernest BATES, billiard saloon, Old Causeway
Mr.BOOCOCK, defence
Police Constable CRABTREE
Police Sergeant TATTERSALL
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
George RILEY
[Column 2]
TRIP TO LONDON
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
A HALIFAX LADY'S BEQUESTS TO METHODISM
Miss Mary HUGHINGS of Halifax
Mr.Wrathall Riley HANSON, sharebroker of Halifax. Executor
Rev.T.BARON, pastor of Mixenden
[Column 3]
SEQUEL TO MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. YORKSHIRE AND SOUTHAMPTON LADIES VICTIMISED (Halifax Borough Court)
Frederick Ramsden RILEY, aged about 40, native of Halifax
Detective Inspector BRADLEY and Detective Sergeants MOSS : arrested above in Halifax
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
Ripponden
OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS (exam results)
W.GARBUTT, B.JACKSON, S.WILSON, H.BRUCE, H.FAIRCLOUGH, R.L.PLATER, P.BINNS, N.ELLISON,
J.HEY, L.ILLINGWORTH, F.WOOD, A.K.WOODHEAD : Rishworth Grammar School
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Abraham BARKER, 71, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel BERRY, 49, Moorside Farm, Norland
Alice KNOWLES, 16 months, daughter of Walter KNOWLES, Washer Lane, Sowerby Bridge
28th August 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.John ELLISON, M.A., visiting Sowerby Bridge
PIGEON FLYING
BEAUMONT Brothers, COCKROFT, BROWNHILL and MAIDEN, BERRY, SHOESMITH, DRINKWATER, J.SPENCER,
WHITTAKER and STARK, FOSTER, ATKINSON, HARDY and MILNES : Sowerby Bridge society
STARTING A NEW ENGINE
Messrs.WOOD Bros., engineers
Messrs.James GREENWOOD and Son Ltd., Holme Mill
Mr.G.H.WOOD, managing director of above
Messrs. John SMITH, J.R.ATKINSON, J.H.HELLIWELL
[Column 2]
Mr.Lewis ATKINSON of Sowerby Bridge
MUSICAL HONOUR
Miss Ethel GAUKROGER
SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES
E.BATES and Arthur BARRACLOUGH of Sowerby BRIDGE
SUDDEN DEATH
Mrs.MOSS, aged 43. Wife of Joe MOSS, tinsmith, Porter Lodge, Triangle Road
Drs. ADAMS, MERCER of Ripponden
Mr.HILL, coroner
CANINE SOCIETY
W.PRIESTLEY and J.PRIESTLEY of Halifax
W.H.MORTON
Mr.HARTLAND
T.SYKES of Ovenden
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. William WOOD, NICHOLL, FLETCHER, ROTHWELL, BATES, HOEY
Councillors A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE, MITCHELL
Mr.J.H.PRIESTLEY, author of the recent book "The History of Ripponden"
WEDDING AT WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Joseph H.BARRACLOUGH, groom, accountant, Yeovil
Miss Clara SCHOFIELD, bride, daughter of Mr.W.SCHOFIELD, outfitter, Wharf Street
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Miss Mabel SCHOFIELD, bride's sister
Miss Elsie VARLEY, bride's cousin
Miss Mina BARKER
Mr.George Dobson WRIGHT, accountant, Darlington
Arthur Vincent BARRACLOUGH, groom's brother
Mr.Percy STOTT, organist at St.Mary's Church, Sowerby
Messrs. John Varley SCHOFIELD, Harry Oswald SCHOFIELD, Alfred Ingham BARRACLOUGH
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph SCHOFIELD (Marsden)
Mr.and Mrs.T.VARLEY (Slaithwaite)
Mr.and Mrs.James SCHOFIELD (Marsden)
Mr.and Mrs.J.ENGLAND (Slaithwaite)
Mr.and Mrs.France (Stockport)
Mr.and Mrs.TURNER (Halifax)
Mrs.BLENARD (Halifax)
Mr.and Mrs.SYKES (Halifax)
Mr.and Mrs.BARRON (Halifax)
Mr.and Mrs.S.BARRACLOUGH (Luddenden)
Mrs.PEARSON (Sowerby Bridge)
Mrs.SYKES
Mr.and Mrs.HOLMES (Deighton)
Miss H.MOORE (Sowerby Bridge)
Mr.and Mrs David SUTCLIFFE and daughter (Midgley)
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REV.CANON IVENS ON THE LATE LORD SALISBURY
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER, organist
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[Column 5]
[Column 6]
S.C., 24 Mount Street, Sowerby Bridge, wants charwoman
DEATHS
Nellie CULPAN (Ellen CULPAN?), 17 months, daughter of Alfred CULPAN, Stile, Triangle
Frances EASTWOOD, 56, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Minnie GREENWOOD, 21, wife of George GREENWOOD, Warley Edge
George Lister WOOD, 48, teamster, Causeway Head, Warley
4th September 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.J.ELLISON, M.A.
Sowerby Bridge
MEN'S SERVICES
Rev.Canon IVENS
J.W.DENT, driver for Mr.Lewis ATKINSON
John BLACKBURN, driver
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SMALLPOX
Mr.GRIME
AMBULANCE CLASSES
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
DISTURBING THE PEACE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Sarah HUDSON, married woman, from Walshaw Dean
MORE BEGGARS SENT TO PRISON (Halifax West Riding Court)
George BURRELL, aged 30, no fixed abode
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Edward BARKER
SMALLPOX
Councillor G.WHITELEY, J.P.
Mr.GRIME, sanitary officer
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Baptist Chapel)
Revs. J.FOX, W.A.LIVINGSTONE of Brearley
Mr.R.UTTLEY, conductor
Mr.M.RATLEDGE, organist
MIRFIELD MAN DROWNED IN THE CANAL
John GREENWOOD, aged 59, boatman of Mirfield
Mr.J.B.KERSHAW, deputy coroner
Joseph GREENWOOD, brother of John
Dr.PATON
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MARRIAGE OF MR.LOUIS WHITELEY (in Dewsbury)
Mr.Louis WHITELEY, son of Councillor Ely WHITELEY, Myrtle Villa
Miss Annie AINSWORTH, bride, daughter of Mrs.J.B.BLAKELEY of Dewsbury
and the late Mr.Hargreaves AINSWORTH of Crigglestone
Revs. G.S.SMITH, E.R.EZARD
Mr.BLAKELEY, bride's stepfather
Misses Emma WHITELEY and Laura WHITELEY: sisters of the groom
Misses F.EARNSHAW, M.DOBSON, Kate PEACOCK: cousins of the bride
Miss Laura CROWTHER, niece of the groom
Mr.Percy WHITELEY, brother of the groom
Mr.J.V.SCHOFIELD
LABOUR ELECTORAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOWERBY DIVISION
Mr.James WILKINSON, Todmorden Trades Council
Mr.John BATES of Sowerby Bridge
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Warley
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Congregational Church)
Rev.J.MONCRIEFF, pastor
Misses M.N.SUTCLIFFE, M.E.TURNER, S.SUMMERSKILL, A.WADE
Messrs. Harry GREENWOOD, Tom WHITEHOUSE, N.GREENWOOD (organist), E.GREENWOOD (choirmaster)
Sowerby
SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors G.WHITELEY J.P., Frank CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, TURNER,
HOWE, HOLDSWORTH, MITCHELL, GLEDHILL
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
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MARRIAGES
Louis WHITELEY, son of Ely WHITELEY, Sowerby Bridge, to Annie AINSWORTH,
daughter of Mrs.J.B.BLAKELEY and the late Hargreaves AINSWORTH of Crigglestone
Willie EARNSHAW (William EARNSHAW), postman to Ann Elizabeth ASPLAND, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ann WILSON, 69, widow of William WILSON, Charlotte Street, Sowerby Bridge
11th September 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
CIRCUIT MEETING (Primitive Methodist at Warley Clough Chapel)
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Mr.J.BOOCOCK of Mytholmroyd
Councillor A.HOWE
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
John William MARSDEN, formerly respectable man of this district
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Rev.G.Heathcote BARKER, new minister
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL, choirmaster
HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES (Tuel Lane Methodist Chapel)
Rev.J.Patchett BURT, circuit minister
Messrs. WILLETT, J.WHITELEY (organist)
SWIMMING
James MITCHELL, A.WOODS : school boys
A.SCHOFIELD, A.LAW, G.ELLIS, H.WEBSTER, H.CROSSLEY, W.FRENCH, WHITTAKER, WEBSTER, A.HAIGH
: Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club
PRESENTATION TO THE SURVEYOR
Mr.COX, council surveyor, moving to Chadderton
Councillors F.CLAY, George WHITELEY J.P.
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
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FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Rev.Robert RENTON of Brighouse
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist
Mr.J.H.BATES
Mr.KNIGHT, vet (dog show)
ACCIDENT
Messrs.CHARNOCK & Sons, contractors
Messrs.POLLIT and WIGZELL
Dr.PATON
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. J.Clay HORSFALL
Miss Emily SIDDALL, assistant mistress at Tuel Lane infants' school
Miss E.PEARSON, head mistress of Bolton Brow girls' school
Messrs. SIDDALL, WHITWORTH
Sowerby
DIDN'T SUCCEED (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas PERCY, ship engineer
Inspector ARUNDEL
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Boulderclough Methodist)
Revs. W.DEWDNEY of King Cross, T.M.REES of Halifax
Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES of Halifax
Miss Clara PICKLES
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors WADSWORTH J.P., TURNER, COCKROFT, INGHAM, HAIGH, STOTT, NICHOLL, BRADLEY
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Councillors J.C.MITCHELL, NAYLOR, ROWDEN
Mr.W.H.HOLT, claiming compensation for smallpox
Mr.W.H.RAWSON, re. nuisance at Mill House dam
Messrs HAIGH
A.LUMB, smallpox
Mr.and Mrs.BARNES, owned cottages at Clough Bank
Mr.HARTLEY, sanitary inspector
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector?
Norland
HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS of Heckmondwike, former circuit minister
Mr.J.BARRACLOUGH
CHOIR OUTING (Baptist Chapel)
Mr.F.N.STANDEVEN, organist and choirmaster
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Ripponden
FOUND DROWNED IN RINGSTONE RESERVOIR
Mr.HILL, coroner
Ben STRONG, farm labourer
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C.W.MATTOCK, "The Tofferies", Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge (selling donkey)
MARRIAGES
Thomas Henry CRAWSHAW of Rishworth, to Hetty FARRAR of Sowerby Bridge
Lewis HOWARTH of Sheffield (formerly of Sowerby Bridge), to Harriet REDGRIFT, Lily Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mitchell ROBINSON to Lettice HELLAWELL, both of Sowerby Bridge
Isaac ROTHWELL of Rochdale to Bernice Ellen HOLROYD of Rishworth
John William THOMPSON to Jane Ann BATES, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Edmund HOLT, 75, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
Amy WOOD, 8, daughter of George Bilton WOOD, Harper Royd, Norland
18th September 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev. J.W.F.WALKER, vicar of Sowerby
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, J.P., C.C., Liberal
GLEANERS' (Church Missionary Society Gleaners' Union)
Revs. Canon IVENS, PETO of Leeds
THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL
THE LATE MRS.J.H.ATKINSON (of West End Congregational Ladies' Sewing Party)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SMALLPOX
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Revs. G.S.SMITH, J.P.BURT
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, choirmaster
Misses WADSWORTH, MOORE
Messrs. G.H.WHITTAKER, J.HEMINGWAY
Mr.J.L.TOWNSED (J.L.TOWNSEND?), choirmaster of Park Congregational Church, Halifax
THE REV.CANON IVENS, M.A.
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar of Christ Church for 16 years
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CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE
Mr.John WADDINGTON of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.W.DOWSE of Nottingham
Triangle
MILL FIRE (at Dean Mills, Denton Bridge)
Messrs.HADWEN & Sons
Superintendent HOPKINSON, Sowerby Bridge Fire Brigade
Mr.DEARDEN, mill manager
Warley
GENEROUS GIFT TO WARLEY
Mr.A.S.MCCREA of Warley House
Luddenden Foot
FATAL ACCIDENT
William LUMB, aged 35, teamer, of Wood Nook
Messrs.WHITWORTH, employer of above
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[Column 4]
Mr.John S.HIGHAM, J.P., C.C. of Accrington, aged 45, Liberal.(photo of him)
Miss Polly HARTLEY, wife of above, daughter of Mr.W.P.HARTLEY, jam maker, of Aintree
SOWERBY PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. THE NEW LIBERAL CANDIDATE
Mr.John S.HIGHAM of Moorhead, Accrington (speech)
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
Mr.George PARKER, Liberal Association
Mr.John F.L.BRUNNER of Northwich
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Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH, NORLAND
Messrs. GILBERTSON, AVES (school master), Jabez WHITTAKER
Revs. Canon THOMPSON, Canon IVENS
C.W.MATTOCK, The Tofferies, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS (lecture)
Herr.A.M.DESSIN, Ph.D.
W.H.GIBSON
TUEL LANE U.F.M.C., SOWERBY BRIDGE. CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY
Mr.C.BESWICK
Revs. W.R.SUNMAN of Crewe, J.W.MAWER, J.P.BURT
MARRIAGES
Arnold RILEY of Triangle to Mary ACKROYD of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Edgar LUMB, 5 months, son of Lummas LUMB, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
William Henry RUSHWORTH, 74, Park View, Luddenden Foot
Mary WILSON, 49, Lane Head Farm, Norland
25th September 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
WESLEYAN CIRCUIT MEETING
Rev.G.Heathcote BARKER, new superintendent
Messrs. HALL, EDWARDS, C.W.SCHOLEFIELD, MORWOOD
Rev.T.H.KIDD
Councillor Abraham CLAY
A VIOLENT PRISONER (Halifax West Riding Court)
Robert MCDUFF of Oldham, hawker
Police Constables FORDHAM, WALKER
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Messrs. TOLLEY, W.H.GIBSON
Misses GEE, JENNINGS
Messrs. R.SMITH, J.COCKROFT, Teddy WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON, humorist),
C.W.SMITH (elocutionist), H.NICHOLL (piano), W.FIRTH (violin), W.E.HOLROYDE, T.SEED
Mr.COCKER's Rooms, Tuel Lane
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
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Mr.KNIGHT (dog show)
Mr.WILKINSON, architect
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax Police Court)
Arthur GORMAN, a young, married man
Police Constable CRABTREE
A DISORDERLY BLIND MAN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas PICKERSGILL, a blind man
Police Constable CAWOOD
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Christ Church)
Revs. J.W.F.WALKER of Sowerby, Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, choirmaster
"MADE IN GERMANY"
Professor A.M.DISSIN, teacher of German at the Technical School
Messrs. John BATES, WALTON, W.H.GIBSON, W.WILSON, J.H.HOYLE
CIRCUIT QUARTERLY MEETING (Methodist, at Tuel Lane)
Rev.J.P.BURT
Brother J.BUTTERWORTH and Mrs.N.PICKLES: sent letters of sympathy
Messrs. J.WADDINGTON, S.TURNER, A.S.FIRTH, George MANSFIELD
Messrs. T.WASHINGTON (Tuel Lane), Eli HELLOWELL (Sowerby providence), R.H.HELLIWELL (Norland)
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THEFT OF NEWSPAPERS (Halifax Police Court)
George MUNCASTER, newsagent, Sowerby Bridge
BREACH OF SWINE FEVER REGULATIONS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Harry CROWTHER, farmer, Warley
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Albert W.MITCHELL, pork butcher, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS, pastor
Madame SILVERWOOD of Colne
Miss FOSTER
Mr.S.PICKLES, organist
Mill Bank
THEFT OF BEER (Halifax West Riding Court)
Joshua GREEN of Sowerby
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mr.Henry SUTCLIFFE, landlord of the Anchor Inn, Mill Bank
[Column 4]
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, J.P., C.C. (photo)
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
HALIFAX AND DISTRICT CONGREGATIONAL UNION
Revs. W.C.EVANS (Sowerby), G.S.SMITH, H.PICKERSGILL (Lightcliffe, deceased),
J.W.ROSE (Waring Green, moving to Blackburn), G.BAWN (West Burton), T.BARON (Mixenden),
A.BAGE (Stannary Church, Halifax), A.D.JEFFERY, H.STOREY, J.MONCRIEFF, M.PEARSON,
G.J.WILLIAMS (Sion, Halifax)
Messrs. GEORGESON, ASHWORTH
DEATHS
Horsfall CROWTHER, 41, ballastman, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Joe JACKSON (Joseph JACKSON), 53, Clough, Luddenden Foot
William Henry RUSHWORTH, 74, Bank View, Luddenden Foot
Lily WILSON, 23, wife of Thomas James WILSON, Syke Lane, Sowerby Bridge
2nd October 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
THE SOWERBY DIVISION (Liberal)
Messrs. G.PARKER, J.S.HIGHAM of Accrington, Philip STANHOPE (candidate for Middleton)
THE SURVEYORSHIP
Mr.COX, retiring surveyor
THE NEW CHRISTADELPHIAN MEETING ROOM
Mr.COCKER's room
Mr.James BRIGGS, Sowerby Bridge
MAN AND WIFE SENT TO PRISON (Halifax West Riding Court)
George Percy DAVIS and Ellen DAVIS
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William HAIGH, H.STORR, W.NICHOLL, R.ROTHWELL, T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE
Mr.G.H.WOOD, on behalf of the executors of the late Joseph GREENWOOD
[Column 2]
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, J.P
GRAND CONCERT (at West End Congregational School)
Mr.LINCOLN of Low Moor, formerly of Sowerby Bridge. He and his family gave the concert
Mr.J.L.WRIGLEY
Miss LINCOLN
Messrs. Albert LINCOLN, J.H.LINCOLN, G.E.LINCOLN, C.E.LINCOLN
TUEL LANE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Messrs. C.BESWICK, J.WADDINGTON, J.WHITELEY (organist and choirmaster)
Revs. W.R.SUNMAN of Crewe, J.W.MAWER of Greetland
Norland
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph MALLINSON (nee Alice HIRST) of West View, Harper Royd Lane
Sowerby
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Wesleyan Church)
Rev.J.COOPER of Luddenden
STEEP LANE BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.W.HAIGH, pastor
Mr.S.WHITELEY, organist and choirmaster
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Triangle
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.William THOMAS, bought cottages in Mill Bank
Mill Bank
FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE
Mr.WILD of the firm Messrs.J.T.WILD and Son, auctioneer
Mr.Wilson WHITELEY of Rishworth, bought shares
Mr.S.HOYLE of Sowerby Bridge, solicitor
A PRIMITIVE METHODIST MINISTER ON WHY MEN DON'T GO TO CHURCH
Rev.R.WILKINSON of Hull
Mr.O.EATOUGH
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OUTING OF LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY OFFICIALS
Messrs. TEMPEST, MAIDEN, PARKINSON (Sowerby Bridge), EDWARDS, COOKE, J.H.ALFREY, FORD
Mr.ELLIS, landlord of the White Lion, Hebden Bridge
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION
In 1853, Rev.F.MUSSON married Joseph MALLINSON and Alice HIRST, both of Norland. West View, Norland
DEATHS
Sarah HINDLE, 32, wife of Crossley HINDLE, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Maria WIDDOP, 70, widow of Joseph WIDDOP, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
9th October 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK, vicar of St.George's Church for 30 years
Mr.G.H.WILCOCK of Scarr Head (dog show)
Buffalo Bill visited Halifax
THE NEW LIBERAL CLUB
Messrs. John RILEY (mason), Henry WHITELEY (joiner of Rishworth), Albert FARRAR (plumber),
George WHITELEY (plasterer)
Messrs.E.WHITEHEAD & Co., painting and decorating
HARRIERS
Messrs. E.LUMB, J.BACON, A.BLOOMFIELD, L.FIRTH, J.BRIMLEY
A PAINFUL AFFAIR
James ELLIS, aged 42, retired saddler, Wharf Street
Dr.DUNN
SMALLPOX
SALVATION ARMY
Captain DODDS from Newcastle
Mr.G.CRABTREE, concertina
Lieutenant STRETCHER
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Messrs. C.H.WALLER of West Vale, Isaac LEWIS, T.HORSFALL, John LUMB of Halifax,
William MELLOR, J.BARRACLOUGH, John S.HIGHAM (Liberal candidate)
Revs. D.R.LEWIS of West Vale, J.FOX
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
Revs. G.Heathcote BARKER (superintendent minister), F.E.HEAPE, T.H.KIDD
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, choirmaster
Miss ORMEROD of Shaw
Messrs. M.SCHOFIELD, S.MACKRELL, A.BOOTH
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mrs.Place VARLEY of Leicester
Mrs.H.THORPE
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT
Miss C.BOTTOMLEY
Mr.H.THORP, organist
Mr.William BUTTERWORTH
[Column 2]
Rev.Canon IVENS
Dr.ADAMS
CHRISTADELPHIAN MEETING ROOM
Mr.James BRIGGS
DEATH OF MR.C.W.MATTOCK
Mr.C.W.MATTOCK, aged 53, Round Bank, Tuel Lane
SUNDAY SCHOOL CENTENARY (Tuel Lane)
Mr.and Mrs.W.H.HELLIWELL
Mr.and Mrs.Henry MITCHELL
Masters George LAW, Charlie HUGHES (Charles HUGHES), J.BEAUMONT
Mr.and Mrs.John WADDINGTON
MARRIAGE OF MR.G.H.WOOD (at Christ Church)
Mr.G.H.WOOD (grandson of the late Joseph GREENWOOD), Beech Villas
Miss Edith BERRY, bride
Frank BERRY, Beech Villas, of Francis BERRY and Sons, ironfounders. Father of the bride
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER, organist
Miss WOOD, sister of the groom
Miss MARSH, friend of the bride
Messrs. W.WALTON and J.F.GADD: attended the groom
Norland
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph MALLINSON of West View, Norland
Councillor J.R.SWAINE of Halifax
Mrs.LUMB, Wakefield Road
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL, J.HOLDSWORTH, E.MITCHELL,
A.HOWE, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, Frank CLAY, J.TURNER
[Column 3]
Messrs. DEMPSTER and Sons, doing extensions at Luddenden Foot
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY, in Accrington, resigned
Mr.J.W.LODGE, had works at Mearclough
Messrs.A.HOWARTH and Sons
SOWERBY BRIDGE WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.MARSLAND
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM of Accrington, Liberal candidate
[Column 4]
SERMON TO MEN (at Christ Church, full sermon text)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Charles Whiteley MATTOCK, 53, Round Bank, Sowerby Bridge
Edwin Carter BATES, 58, cotton twiner, Clyde Street, Sowerby Bridge
Nancy CROSSLEY, 78, wife of Charles CROSSLEY, Dob, Sowerby
Elizabeth HEAP, 78, widow of Joseph HEAP, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary MILLS, 73, widow of Thomas MILLS, Stones Farm, Sowerby
16th October 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. A.BLOOMFIELD, J.BACON, E.LUMB : Sowerby Bridge Harriers
THE COTTON TRADE
Messrs.SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
SMALLPOX
THE LATE CHORAL SOCIETY (forming the Sowerby Bridge Philharmonic Society)
Mr.CONSTANTINE, Union Bank
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr.HILL, district coroner
Annie YEWDALL (Ann YEWDALL), aged 75, widow of John YEWDALL, Clough Terrace, Bolton Brow
Mr.W.J.STORER
Eliza YEWDALL, daughter of Annie YEWDALL
Dr.ADAMS
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL
Revs. G.S.SMITH, F.E.HEAPE, J.FOX, J.P.BURT, Thomas COOK (Wesleyan Methodist Evangelist),
T.H.KIRKNESS (moved to Doncaster), G.Heathcote BARKER (new minister at Bolton Brow Church)
Messrs. J.G.ASHWORTH, B.MORWOOD
INQUEST ON A BABY
Mr.HILL, coroner?
Norman Victor BROOK, died aged 5 weeks
Susannah BROOK, single woman aged 18, Wakefield Road. Mother of above
Dr.BROWN
[Column 2]
Police Constable FORDHAM transferred to Luddenden Foot
Mr.Milton CLAY gave a musical diorama
Messrs. SHEPHERD and BLACKBURN Co.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH
Elizabeth MAIDEN, widow, aged 63, Allan Wood. Lived with her daughter
CHICKEN POX
Dr.WELLBURN
NEW PUBLIC CLOCK
Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL
(Halifax West Riding Court)
James ELLIS, Wharf Street
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Revs. F.E.HEAPE, R.CREWDSON (deputation), J.FOX, J.P.BURT
Mesdames F.E.HEAPE, W.ROBERTSHAW
Misses VINE, HEAPE
Triangle
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Wesleyan Chapel)
Mr.John SCHOFIELD of Sowerby
Mr.William WILSON of Sowerby Bridge
Miss BRIER
Norland
CONTRAVENING THE BYE-LAWS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Samuel ROBINSON, farmer, Norland
Mr.LONGBOTHAM, prosecution
GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST A BARKISLAND FARMER
Detective WRIGHT
Henry WARD, farmer, Upper Abbotsroyd, Barkisland
George H.CHAPMAN, farmer?, Spring Field farm, Ingleby Artcliffe, near Thornaby-on-Tees
Joseph ALTON, cart horse owner, Thornton Watlass near Bedale
James HOYLE, contractor
[Column 3]
Sowerby
(Smallpox)
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., NAYLOR, TURNER, INGHAM, COCKROFT, HAIGH, STOTT, NICHOLL,
ROWDEN, MITCHELL, BRADLEY
Mr.W.H.LEAH, tendered for house door numbers
Mr.Eli SIDDALL, tendered for fixing door numbers
Mr.HARTLEY, sanitary inspector
Mr.Vickers EDWARDS, county surveyor
Mr.James BARNES, owner of Lower Clough Bank Farm
Mr.Frederick WOOD, submitted plans for a kitchen at Lower Gaukroger
Luddenden Foot
FOUND DROWNED
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
James WALTON, carter, 5 Belle Vue Terrace
Michael GARRITY, dyer's labourer, Luddenden Foot
Police Constable MILNE
Rose Ann WILKINSON
[Column 4]
RIVERS POLLUTION. THE DISTRICT COUNCIL HEAVILY FINED (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mr.R.W.EVANS, council clerk
Mr Trevor EDWARDS, Rivers Board
Dr.WILSON, medical officer to the West Riding Council
Captain CARROLL
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
Ripponden
A REMARKABLE WOMAN
Mrs.GREENWOOD of Ripponden, aged 95
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB
E.HELLIWELL senior, W.THOMPSON, E.HELLIWELL junior, H.HOLMES, J.WILLETT, J.LAYCOCK, G.FARRAR,
C.HATTON, S.NICHOLL, C.HORNER, H.WRAY, G.A.WOOD, W.NICHOLSON, H.GREENWOOD, F.FIRTH,
M.CROWTHER, J.T.DOVENER, T.BAXENDALE, J.H.BALL, T.FRENCH, F.ASHWORTH, H.TURNER : 1st eleven
H.HOLMES, H.TURNER, F.ASHWORTH, J.WALKER, J.H.BALL, B.W.WOOD, M.CROWTHER, H.MITCHELL,
J.WILLETT, H.BRIGGS, T.FRENCH.T.HALEY, F.FIRTH, A.E.HOLMES
MARRIAGES
Frank MARSDEN of Sowerby Bridge to Emily HITCHEN of Norland
George W.TUCKER of Sowerby Bridge to Annie PICKLES, New Drop, Sowerby
DEATHS
Fred HELLIWELL, 34, boot and shoe maker, Croft Royd, Dean Lane, Sowerby
Susan RAWNSLEY, 70, widow of William RAWNSLEY, Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
23rd October 1903
Sowerby Bridge
William BROWN of Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
Messrs. FIRTH, BROWN, BRIMLEY : Sowerby Bridge Harriers
THE LIBERAL CLUB
Messrs. E.MITCHELL, George PARKER (solicitor of Hebden Bridge)
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. F.BARRACLOUGH, B.LEES, A.E.SUTCLIFFE, Thomas H.WRIGHT, W.WILSON, A.BUTTERWORTH
Mr.and Mrs.E.LAW
Mesdames FARRAR, CAUNT
TWO OFFENDING WOMEN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Margaret FAULKENER
Police Constables CRABTREE, MILNES
Elizabeth MURRAY
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
Rev.Canon IVENS
THE BEGGING NUISANCE
Lambert AARONS
Police Constables WILSON, CRABTREE
[Column 2]
Mr.John CULPAN, timekeeper, died yesterday
[Column 3]
GREAT RAILWAY SMASH AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT SOWERBY BRIDGE. TWO TRAINS WRECKED IN THE CEMETERY TUNNEL. ONE KILLED: FIFTEEN INJURED
Mr.CROYSDALE, probably of Liverpool
Drs. D (DUNN?), ADAMS, BROWN
Mr.SMITH, landlord of the Royal Hotel
STOCKSLEY, train driver of Birkdale, Southport
George ALBON, signal man
Albert TURNER (driver) and John Arthur BOTTOMLEY (stoker), both of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.KELLY of Liverpool
[Column 6]
DEATHS
John CULPAN, 42, Belmont Terrace
Nancy BERRY, 29, Milner Gate, Luddenden Foot
Elizabeth MAIDEN, 63, widow of Thomas MAIDEN, Hope Street, Sowerby Bridge
30th October 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. POLLIT & WIGZELL (clock)
THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William HAIGH, A.HOBSON, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.BATES,
W.NICHOLL, O.EATOUGH
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE, E.MITCHELL, A.CLAY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
BOLTON BROW CHURCH
Rev.G.Heathcote BARKER, new superintendent minister
Messrs. George RUSHWORTH, S.MACKRELL
Sister Florence
Misses WRIGHT, WILSON
WEST END
Rev.G.S.SMITH
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Mr.J.R.BARKER, organist
[Column 2]
SWIMMING
S.WALSH, Sowerby Bridge
BEQUEST FOR THE SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Harriet WRIGGLELEY (Harriet WRIGLEY?)
Messrs. LUMB, INGHAM, BLOOMFIELD, FIRTH, BUCKLEY :Sowerby Bridge Harriers
THE GREAT TEMPERANCE BAZAAR (in Manchester)
Mrs.T.HOEY, Sowerby Bridge
THE NEW FIRE STATION
Messrs. John TURNER & Son, masons
Messrs. Joseph SUTCLIFFE & Son, joiners
Messrs. William ROBINSON & Son, plasterers and slaters
Mr.F.KERSHAW, plumber
Mr.T.DYSON, concreting
Mr.A.SIDDALL, supplies steel girders
MISSIONARY SERVICES AT WEST END (Congregational)
Revs. J.LAWSON of Ovenden, D.HUTTON (Indian missionary),
J.Tom BROWN (J.Thomas BROWN, South African missionary), G.S.SMITH
Mr.A.W.WHITELEY, Halifax Auxillary
Messrs. S.WADSWORTH, H.CHADWICK
THE BEGGING NUISANCE (West Riding Court)
Peter THOMPSON, hawker
Police Constables CRABTREE, WILSON
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Mr.Rowland LUMB
[Column 3]
Ripponden
MINISTERIAL CALL
Rev.D.JERMAN of Rishworth
BAZAAR (Liberal Club)
Mrs.Herbert W.LEE of Manchester
Mrs.MARSLAND of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.PICKLES
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST CHAPEL
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.F.N.STANDEVEN, choirmaster and accompanist
Mr.A.A.FRANKLAND, accompanist, gramophone
Messrs.T.GIBSON, J.W.FIRTH, H.DIAMOND, E.FARRAR, J.GREENWOOD
Misses A.BALMFORTH, E.SUTCLIFFE, H.BROADBENT, F.BEDFORD, E.A.GAUKROGER
LIBERAL MEETING
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, Liberal candidate
Messrs. J.W.SYKES, William SHAW, J.HOLT
Mr.ROWLANDS, former M.P. for Finsbury, London
[Column 4]
GRAND BAZAAR (Spiritualist Lyceum)
Mesdames COPLEY, Alfred BAILEY of Halifax, E.E.LAW, FARRAR
Misses BROADBENT, SUTCLIFFE of Slaithwaite, MOORE (Sowerby Bridge), COLE (Halifax)
Messrs. RINGROSE of Halifax, John SUTCLIFFE of Slaithwaite, B.LEES
Mesdames THORPE, Leonard THORPE, ACKROYD, Joseph SUTCLIFFE, WHITWORTH, WILCOCK, HAIGH,
Patchett SUTCLIFFE, THOMAS, Harry THORP, E.E.LAW
Misses COPLEY, Fanny THORP (Frances THORPE)
Mr.and Mrs.George HOWARTH
Mr.F.BARRACLOUGH, choirmaster?
Mr.H.THORP, choirmaster and accompanist
Sowerby
[Column 5]
THE TUNNEL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. OPENING OF THE INQUEST
Mr.George E.CROYSDALE of Liverpool, aged 34, deceased
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
Councillor Charles RUSHWORTH
Mr.H.E.DANIEL, solicitor for the railway
Mr.G.BANKS, train superintendent, Halifax
Mr.J.E.CHARNLEY, local passenger superintendent
George W.ALBON, signalman
William John KINMOND, cork merchant of Liverpool
Charles HECKINGBOTHAM, railway block inspector
David HELLOWELL, train driver
Austin BARKER, train fireman
[Column 6]
Mr.F.ASTIN of Sowerby Bridge, took photos of train crash
Signalman ALBON, formerly A.S.R.S.
BOARD OF TRADE ENQUIRY (into railway crash)
Major DRUITT
Mr.G.BANKS, goods train superintendent
Mr.J.E.CHARNLEY, passenger superintendent
Mr.C.HECKINGBOTTOM, blocking inspector
Mr.J.H.HELLIWELL of Messrs. JUBB, BOTH and HELLIWELL (JUBB, BOOTH and HELLIWELL?), solicitors, Halifax
George William ALBON, signalman
MARRIAGE
Stott RILEY, music teacher, to Eliza FISHER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Jubal BARRACLOUGH, warehouseman, Stile Terrace, Triangle
Nellie BROADBENT (Ellen BROADBENT?), 19 months, daughter of Ernest BROADBENT, Sandy Dyke, Triangle
William SMITH, 71, Spring Gardens, Sowerby Bridge
William Raglan WHITWORTH, 48, iron turner, Upper Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
6th November 1903
Sowerby Bridge
A DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mr.J.W.LODGE
DEATH OF THE REV.EARL GRAY
Rev.Earl GRAY, aged 53, former minister of Tuel Lane Chapel
FIRE IN A DWELLINGHOUSE
Councillor John TURNER, Shepherd's Villas, Beech
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Miss HANSON of Shipley
Mrs.MARSLAND
SMALLPOX
SPIRITUALIST BAZAAR
Mrs.WALLIS, popular speaker
Messrs. B.LEES, WRIGHT, BOOTH
THE AGE WE LIVE IN (lecture at Tuel Lane Chapel)
Revs. W.R.SUNMAN of Crewe, J.P.BURT
Mrs.GRAY, recently widowed
Messrs. A.S.FIRTH, C.BESWICK, W.H.OLDFIELD
TEA AND CONCERT (Primitive Methodist Band of Hope)
Miss SUTCLIFFE, Warley
Messrs. OGDEN (Halifax), KERSHAW (Sowerby), BERRY (elocutionist, Sowerby),
WASHINGTON (humorist, Sowerby Bridge)
FRIENDLY WORKING MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE
Mr.Fred LETTON (Frederick LETTON) of Brighouse
Mr.H.H.CLEGG, accompanist
Messrs. E.GREENWOOD, R.DEWHIRST, R.MIDDLETON
[Column 2]
PRESENTATION (Liberal Club)
Mr.James HAIGH
Mrs.HAIGH, Women's Liberal Association
Mrs.B.WOOD
COLLISION ON THE TRAM LINE
Mr.J.TILLOTSON, cart owner, Luddenden Foot
WINTER CARNIVAL (at West End Congregational School)
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, J.P., C.C., ex-mayor of Accrington
Messrs. B.WADSWORTH, Selwyn DYSON, J.B.SCHOFIELD, J.V.SCHOFIELD, C.W.RUSHWORTH, A.SMITH,
J.HANSON of Bradford, J.G.ASHWORTH
Misses MOORE, M.L.NICHOLL, M.BARKER, A.M.M.THOMAS
Councillor G.WHITELEY, J.P.
LIBERAL CLUB TEA
Messrs. MITCHELL, HIGHAM (candidate)
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL, E.MITCHELL, John TURNER,
A.HOWE, J.HOLDSWORTH, J.W.WHITELEY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, Frank CLAY
[Column 3]
Mr.Albert SIDDALL, tendered for girders
Messrs.POLLIT and WIGZELL (clock)
Councillor CLAY's mill (clock)
Mr.SHACKLETON's clock
Mr.Edwin WHITELEY's resignation from the council
Sowerby
MARRIED LADIES' TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (St.Peter's School)
Mesdames W.PICKLES, PLEWS, LUMB, BOTTOMLEY, KERSHAW, WHITELEY, CARTER, HOWARTH, CLARKE,
BENNETT, J.CLARK
Mr.G.R.STANSFELD
Miss M.STANSFELD, accompanist
[Column 4]
SERVICE FOR MEN ONLY (Christ Church, sermon text)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Friendly Brass Band
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
Ripponden
STONES MILL
Mr.John William WHITELEY of Stones Mill, cotton spinner
DEATHS
Zillah BARRACLOUGH, 23, Hollins Street, Triangle
Susan JUDSON, 76, widow of William JUDSON, Nether Ends, Triangle
13th November 1903
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.A.A.PARRY
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.William Patterson EGLIN, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Teddy WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON), humorist, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.S.T.LAYCOCK, fought in the Boer war?
Mr.C.W.MATTOCK, deceased, probate
SMALLPOX
THE WINTER CARNIVAL AT WEST END (Congregational)
Messrs. Joseph HANSON of Bradford, J.G.ASHWORTH, RICKARD, BUCKLAND, Thomas HOEY, S.WADSWORTH
Mrs.ARUNDEL
Misses BARKER
Rev.G.S.SMITH
EXAMINATION IN BANKRUPTCY
John Scott HITCHEN, Asquith Bottom, Sowerby Bridge. Dyer's labourer. Formerly a grocer.
Formerly in business at Lee Bank Hotel, Halifax until 1902.
FOUND LOITERING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas OATES of Blackburn
Police Constables WILSON, CRABTREE
P.T.E. (West End)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mesdames WHEELER of Brighouse, H.CHADWICK, BULCOCK
Misses LORIMER, N.RUSHWORTH (accompanist)
WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS (Bolton Brow)
Mr.George RUSHWORTH
Rev.O.JONES (former missionary in Central America)
SOWERBY BRIDGE HARRIERS
ARTINGSTALL, FENTON, CRAPPER, FOSTER, DAWSON, JOWETT : Halifax
DEWHIRST, LUMB, FIRTH, BROWN, BRINSLEY, LAW, BACON : Sowerby Bridge
[Column 2]
Mr.Sidney MAUDE of Scarr Head, Sowerby Bridge (dog show)
Messrs. John TURNER & Son, masons
Sowerby
TEA AND CONCERT (Boulderclough Methodist)
Messrs. J.PICKLES, P.PICKLES, J.T.BENTON, H.BARRETT, W.PICKLES, D.GREENWOOD, S.MITCHELL,
H.CALVERT, R.BENTON
Masters Walter BENTON, Charley BARRETT (Charles BARRETT)
Misses Lucy KERSHAW, May PICKLES, Ada PLUNKETT, F.BROADBENT, E.MITCHELL, D.BENTON,
A.MITCHELL, A.TAYLOR, E.THORP, A.H.MITCHELL, M.BENTLEY, M.GREENWOOD, A.THORP,
E.FOWLER, L.CALVERT, B.LUMB, A.BENTON, F.E.WHITELEY,
Susy BARRETT (Susan BARRETT?, accompanist)
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., J.T.NAYLOR, J.H.CARTER, D.TURNER, J.INGHAM, A.STOTT, H.HAIGH,
J.NICHOLL, J.J.ROWDEN, J.H.MITCHELL, R.BRADLEY
Mrs.SMITH, smallpox hospital caretaker
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.F.WOOD
Dr.BROWN
[Column 3]
Norland
WORKING A LAME HORSE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Inspector CLAYTON, SPCA
Abraham LUMB, farmer, Norland
AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Samuel BARKER, plumber, Norland
Eliza BARKER, wife of above, sister in London
Mr.H.E.SMITH, prosecution
Mrs.TURNER, Norland
Mr.C.T.RHODES, defence
Ripponden
DEED OF ASSIGNMENT
J.W.WHITELEY, cotton spinner, trading as Joseph WHITELEY and Sons, Stones Mills.
Lives at Stones House, Ripponden
G.P.NORTON, Somerset House, Halifax
LIBERAL MEETING
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM of Accrington
Councillor John PICKLES
Rev.A.GILBY
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Grace FARRAR, 58, wife of Amos FARRAR, Bull Green, Sowerby
Alice GREENWOOD, 44, wife of Arthur GREENWOOD, Winburn Terrace, Warley
Thomas HELLOWELL, 65, Triangle
20th November 1903
Sowerby Bridge
DEATH OF MR.JAMES STAFFORD
Mr.James STAFFORD, aged 80, plumber, West Street
WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Mr.Fred TOPHAM of Halifax
Mr.James HOLT
THE NEW SURVEYOR
Mr.C.S.WHITEHEAD of Wolverhampton appointed
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ralph BOOTH, no fixed abode
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AND SMALLPOX
Dr.MANBY, Local Government medical officer
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.J.PAWSON, Halifax Ebenezer Mission Band
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
CHARGED WITH EXPOSING FIREWORKS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Friend Sugden ROBERTSHAW, grocer, Sowerby New Road
[Column 2]
Arthur WASHINGTON, youth, Peel Street, Tuel Lane
LECTURE (Tuel Lane Band of Hope)
Rev.J.P.BURT
THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
HARRIERS
Messrs. FIRTH, MAUDE, BROWN, BACON, LUMB
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Christ Church)
Revs. A.A.PARRY, Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
MACHINERY FOR WIRE MAKING
Messrs.WASHINGTON & Co., Ltd., Sowerby Bridge
[Column 3]
SPORT IN AFRICA (letter)
Mr.George HARTLEY, railway engineer in Africa, from Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
Triangle
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Police Constable FAWCETT
Sowerby
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Providence Methodist)
Misses E.HOPKINSON, S.E.TURNER, A.WOOD, A.SHARP, A.RATCLIFFE, F.BEDFORD, E.SHARP
Messrs. W.MIDGLEY, A.SIMPSON, J.RILEY, J.FAIRBURN, E.HELLOWELL, J.RADCLIFFE, R.BUTTERWORTH,
J.W.MIDGLEY, J.W.TURNER, J.HOPKINSON
Ripponden
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.GARSIDE, auctioneer, of Messrs.GARSIDE and WARING
Mr.Jeremiah NORMANTON, owner of the Golden Lion Inn, Ripponden
Mr.John ABBOTT, Todmorden, bought Cross Villa Farm, Barkisland
Mr.J.W.CROSSLEY, solicitor of Ripponden and Halifax
William H.RILEY, Soyland farmer?
Messrs. DICKENS and AKED, solicitors, Halifax
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Arthur KERSHAW, Huddersfield, to Sarah Jane GREENWOOD, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
James STAFFORD, 80, plumber, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah BARDSLEY, 33, wife of William Henry BARDSLEY, King Cross, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Cyril BAIRSTOW, infant, so of Herbert BAIRSTOW, Greetland
Annie COCKROFT (Ann COCKROFT), 22, Haigh Farm, Sowerby
Jeanie MALCOLM (Jean MALCOLM), 5, daughter of John Thomas MALCOLM, Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Betty NAYLOR (Elizabeth NAYLOR), 61, widow of Henry NAYLOR, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann SYKES, 71, widow of Thompson Joe SYKES (Thompson Joseph SYKES), Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Agnes WILSON, 13 months, daughter of Robert WILSON, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
27th November 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Messrs.F & J.SHACKLETON, jewellers, Wharf Street
Messrs. BRIMLEY and DENTON : Sowerby Bridge Harriers
SMALLPOX
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SMALLPOX
Messrs. W.WOOD, O.EATOUGH, J.BATES, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON, H.STORR, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER,
J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY, BALL (librarian), GRIME (sanitary inspector)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE
Mr.George SCHOLEFIELD, caretaker
Mr.J.W.SUTCLIFFE, new caretaker
EMBEZZLEMENT (Halifax Borough Court)
Herbert RAWNSLEY, aged 37, of Sowerby Bridge. His mother was 70
Mr.CLARKSON (Messrs.CLARKSON and BUCKLEY), prosecution
Mr.Walter STOREY, defence
Mr.Henry SORSBY, had a branch at the bottom of Horton Street
Mr.LEES, auditor
[Column 2]
P.T.E. (West End Congregational)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, Scott COATES of Elland
Misses BANCROFT, MOORE
Mr.S.G.SMITH, accompanist
Mrs.RILEY
THE ART OF CONVERSATION (West End)
Mr.J.B.BLAKELEY of Dewsbury, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.G.S.SMITH
FRIENDLY STRING BAND (at Wesleyan Schoolroom)
Mr.Benjamin WOOD, Hoyle House, ill
Misses A.PARKER, M.SUTCLIFFE, M.E.TURNER, A.J.THOMPSON (accompanist)
Messrs. J.K.FALCONER, J.H.THOMPSON, J.SCHOFIELD, HOWARTH (humorist), C.SMITH (elocutionist),
J.HALL
Councillor A.CLAY
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.J.PAWSON, Ebenezer Mission Band
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Messrs. S.EASTWOOD of Halifax (temperance speech), J.H.WALTON, T.MORGAN, J.THOMAS, W.TYSON,
J.H.PARKINSON, W.ROBERTSHAW
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Messrs. W.H.HELLEWELL, W.H.WILCOCK, J.HELLEWELL, C.BESWICK, J.BATES,
Henry MITCHELL (been to America), D.PARKER (lanternist), C.CROWTHER (gramophone),
Joseph WHITELEY (piano)
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM
AN UNSUSTAINED CHARGE (Halifax West Riding Magistrates)
Thomas Henry SYKES, cotton twiner, Upper Fountain Street
Police Constable WILSON
Police Sergeant TATTERSALL
Mr.Walter STOREY, defence
Inspector ARUNDEL
E.W.BERRY, George HARDY, Thomas GREENWOOD
[Column 3]
ST.GEORGE'S
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK, vicar
Misses I.M.HELLIWELL, L.S.BRIGGS, C.A.ACKROYD (elocutionist)
Messrs. H.BARRETT, T.FORD, William GAUKROGER, R.W.MALLINSON, W.GILLAM,
Ernest FAWTHROP of Mirfield
RYBURN LODGE OF FREEMASONS
Brothers Thomas BRIGGS, Richard WILSON (D.P.G.M. of West Yorkshire), John Ward BANCROFT,
John Hoyle STEAD, William HAIGH junior, William BOTTOMLEY, John SMITH (King Cross),
George BLACKBURN, Albert WOOD, Charles William WASHINGTON, Thomas GILL,
William Arthur SUTCLIFFE, George Edgar WHITELEY, William SCHOFIELD, Richard THORPE,
William GLEDHILL, F.ROCKLIFF, James EASTWOOD, John DUNN,
John SMITH (Ryburn Buildings), MILLIGAN, BUCKLAND, RICKARD,
Henry GAUKROGER (accompanist)
Sowerby
BAND OF HOPE TEA (Congregational)
Rev.W.C.EVANS, pastor
Mr.J.W.HAIGH and his four daughters Miss HAIGH and Edith, Blanche and Avice, of Greetland
Mr.E.G.LAW of Sowerby
Mr.B.WILDE
[Column 4]
Mill Bank
DRAWING ROOM RECEPTION AND WINTER CARNIVAL (Wesleyan)
Mr.and Mrs.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, Westfield, Sowerby Bridge
Rev.T.H.KIDD
Mr.and Mrs.Watson WHITELEY, Morecambe
Mr.Fred SUTCLIFFE, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.WHITELEY, choirmaster
Mr.and Mrs.John BEDFORD of Bradford
Mr.Samuel HOYLE
Master Stanley CLAY, Wood View
Miss Olive HORSFALL, Woodleigh, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Fred WOLFENDEN
Mr.James BEDFORD, Southport
Ripponden
SUICIDE
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
Alice BARON, aged 63, wife of James Allan BARON, engine tenter, of Unity Terrace, Ripponden
James BARON, son of above
Ruth Ann SMITH, neighbour
[Column 5]
A PROBABLE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE FOR SOWERBY DIVISION (meeting at Heptonstall)
Mr.W.A.SIMPSON-HINCHLIFFE
Mr.G.SUTCLIFFE, J.P.
[Column 6]
Mr.Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE
Mr.James SUTCLIFFE-THOMAS
Mr.Michael SYKES, lanternist
DEATHS
Emma LONGBOTTOM, 73, widow of John LONGBOTTOM of Ryburn Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
4th December 1903
Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. BACON, LUMB, BLOOMFIELD, FIRTH, BRIMLEY: Sowerby Bridge Harriers
THE COST OF SMALLPOX
Mr.Richard CROWTHER, lodging house keeper
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Miss WHITEHEAD
Mr.Thomas HOEY
Mrs.MARSLAND
ASSAULTING THE POLICE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Alfred HAMER, pattern maker, Sowerby Bridge
Police Sergeant TATTERSALL
Police Constable BAILEY
REVIVAL MEETINGS (Primitive Methodist)
Revs. F.E.HEAPE, F.W.BUTT of Bradford, W.LAWRENCE of Halifax
CHURCH MISSIONARY WORK
Revs. C.W.HOWARD, Canon IVENS
Mr.Julian ACKROYD, lanternist
PROPOSED MUSICAL UNION (West End Free Church)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SMALLPOX
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
[Column 2]
Mr.R.H.KNIGHT, vet, Sowerby Bridge (dog show)
DRAUGHTS
C.HOLLIWELL (C.HELLIWELL?), W.COPLEY, W.WHITELEY, J.BLACKBURN, H.LAWRENCE : Sowerby Bridge Church Institute team
CARTERS' AND DRAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Mrs.T.LONGBOTTOM
Messrs.Joseph THORPE, J.W.SIMPSON, James BALL, John WOOD, H.PETCH, J.BANCROFT (piano)
Mr.and Mrs. SCHOFIELD, Wharf Hotel
SWIMMING CLUB
Messrs. T.COPLEY, EVANS J.P., GIBSON, H.CROSSLEY, F.M.SUGDEN, D.WILKINSON, J.W.CARTER,
F.KERSHAW, H.CROWTHER, M.WILCOCK, R.WILKINSON, M.WADE, C.E.LODGE, F.W.MAUDE, H.SCOTT,
F.NOBLE, H.LAYCOCK. W.HOLROYD, D.W.WILKINSON, G.W.WEBSTER, L.WHITAKER
A BOAT CAPTAIN'S "SPREE" (Halifax West Riding Court)
Dan MUSGRAVE, canal boatman of Hull
Mr.Albert WOOD, carrier by water, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.S.HOYLE, prosecution
Mr.F.HELM, clerk for Albert WOOD
[Column 3]
ALLEGED ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
Messrs.SIDDALL & HILTON
Sowerby
SOWERBY CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs. William LEACH, S.S.SPEAK, H.WHITWORTH, Arthur LEACH, Edwin WHITWORTH, Ernest LEAH,
A.Selwyn WHITWORTH (harmoniumist), W.H.LEAH, A.LEACH
Miss Hannah WILKINSON
BOULDERCLOUGH METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Rev.G.S.HORNBY of Halifax
Messrs. J.HANSON (conductor), W.WADSWORTH (organist), John AINLEY of Halifax, J.PICKLES,
H.N.BLAMIRES
Ripponden
(Halifax Bankruptcy Court)
John William WHITELEY of Stones House, Ripponden, cotton spinner
Joseph WHITELEY and Sons, Stones Mill, Ripponden
A PUBLIC HOUSE LICENCE IN ONE FAMILY FOR FIFTY YEARS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary WOOD, licensee of the New Inn, Blackstone Edge
John WOOD, butcher, brother of above, new licensee
Mr.STOREY
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors George WHITELEY J.P., F.CLAY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, J.HOLDSWORTH,
W.GLEDHILL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, J.TURNER, E.MITCHELL
Messrs. Miles SYKES and Sons, works near the Holmes
Dr.MANBY
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (accounts)
M.D.PROPERT, district auditor
James BARRACLOUGH, A.S.A.A., accountant
R.W.EVANS, J.P., clerk
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MARRIAGE
Harry ACKROYD, painter, to Emma MITCHELL, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Sarah Ellen MERRALL, 47, wife of Samuel MERRALL, Hollings Grove, Sowerby Bridge
George WOOD, 4 months, son of George Thomas WOOD, Industrial Place, Sowerby Bridge
11th December 1903
Sowerby Bridge
SMALLPOX
ALTASS, died aged 3 years. Parents lived in Washer Lane (Probably Amy ALTASS)
Clement Cooper LLOYD, architect, Halifax, formerly of Sowerby Bridge (Halifax Bankruptcy Court)
P.T.E. (West End)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, F.E.HEAPE
Misses ASTIN, M.BARKER, EDWARDS
Mr.E.HORSFALL, accompanist
ALLEGED BIGAMY (Penzance)
James VOSE, sailor, a native of Sowerby Bridge. Married Miss WHITELEY of Sowerby Bridge in 1888.
Married Louis RICHARDS of Penzance in 1900.
SUDDEN DEATH
Joshua HOPKINSON, aged 71, married, retired engineer, Dowker Street
Dr.McWilliams HENRY
ALLEGED WAREHOUSE BREAKING (Halifax Police Court)
Herbert GOODALL, labourer, Midgley
Messrs.SIDDALL and HILTON
Messrs.BRACKEN, Midgley
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, John BATES, W.H.GIBSON
Miss GARSIDE, formerly of Sowerby New Road School
Mr.WHITELEY of Southport, assistant master at Sowerby New Road School
Miss Annie GEE (Ann GEE), teacher
Mr.BROADLEY, teacher
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PRIMITIVE METHODIST CIRCUIT MEETING
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Mr.T.MORGAN
Councillor HOWE
BAND OF HOPE TEA PARTY (Tuel Lane)
Mr.W.H.OLDFIELD
Mr.Fred TOPHAM of Halifax
Miss B.SHAW, accompanist
CHILD BURNT TO DEATH
Ada RAMSDEN, daughter of Samuel RAMSDEN, Dalton Street, Tuel Lane
Mrs.RAMSDEN, deaf, mother of above
Mrs.GREAVES, next door neighbour of above
PRESENTATION (Spiritualist Lyceum)
Mr.and Mrs.E.E.LAW, married in August 1903
Messrs. Benjamin LEES, Hugh BOOTH, C.ROWSON, T.H.WRIGHT, H.THORPE (accompanist), W.GREENWOOD,
A.BUTTERWORTH
Misses Doris BUTTERWORTH, S.BOTTOMLEY, C.DEWHIRST, Dora RUSHWORTH and Ivy RUSHWORTH,
C.BOTTOMLEY
Norland
NORLAND (Primitive Methodist)
Rev.F.E.HEAPE
Mr.W.ROBERTSHAW
S.F.LAYCOCK (correspondence)
DEATHS
James BROWN, 74, Westfield Head Farm, Warley
Mary Ann MAUDE, 72, widow of George MAUDE, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
George MITCHELL, 72, Scar Road, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah PARKER, 64, widow of Paul PARKER, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
John WHITTAKER, 52, Siddall Square, Sowerby Bridge
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SERMON TO MEN (Christ Church, sermon text)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
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Sowerby
SURPRISE TEA (Congregational Church)
Messrs. William LEACH, S.PICKLES (accompanist), J.HEAP (Ripponden), J.HELLIWELL (Sowerby Bridge),
A.BERRY
Misses A.GEE (Norland), BEDFORD (Sowerby), GREENWOOD (Halifax)
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., NAYLOR, TURNER, COCKROFT, STOTT, NICHOLL, HAIGH, ROWDEN,
BRADLEY, MITCHELL
Mrs.RILEY, new hospital caretaker
Messrs.RADCLIFFE, solicitors, Bradford
Mr.J.W.HODGSON
18th December 1903
Sowerby Bridge
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FREE LIBRARY (tenth)
SENT TO PRISON FOR BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Police Sergeant WOODCOCK
Mr.MORRIS, chairman
WHARF HOTEL SMOKE CLUB
Messrs. Levi MOORHOUSE, UTTLEY, WILKINSON, EASTWOOD, COCKROFT, BERRY, BARRET (BARRETT?),
HALSTEAD, J.A.BOOTH, DUTTON (banjo), J.BARRACLOUGH (accompanist)
WESLEYAN CIRCUIT MEETING
Revs. G.Heathcote BARKER (circuit superintendent), T.H.KIDD
Messrs. James Clay BATES, Samuel HOYLE, James Clay HORSFALL, George RUSHWORTH, Joseph BARRON,
R.H.WHITWORTH
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CHURCH WORKERS (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon THOMPSON
SOWERBY BRIDGE HARRIERS
Messrs. SPEAK, WHITTAKER, FIRTH, BLOOMFIELD, W.LUMB : harriers
Messrs. HILEY, DYSON : music
Miss MARCHANT
Mr.QUAIN, comic
DOG SHOW (first by the Sowerby Bridge and District Canine Society)
Mr.T.HOOTON of Leeds, judge
Messrs. W.PRIESTLEY of Halifax, G.H.WILCOCK (Sowerby Bridge),
G.HOWARTH (Sowerby Bridge), STOCKTON and THOMAS (Halifax), HAMER (Barkisland),
A.HAIGH (Sowerby Bridge), BARNES and WRIGLEY (Halifax), T.SYKES (Ovenden), H.ASHWORTH,
S.MELLOR (Stainland), H.BENTLEY (Sowerby Bridge), J.WIGGLESWORTH (Norland),
G.TAYLOR, G.H.WILCOCK, G.SMITH (Leeds), R.TOWNSEND (Brighouse), J.FATKIN (Leeds),
MIDDLETON and CAWTHEY (Liversedge), A.COULSON (Mirfield), W.BATES (Wibsey),
S.B.HODGSON (Halifax), W.VARLEY (Hipperholme), G.HARDMAN (Hebden Bridge),
A.WARD (Ossett), H.CROFT (Bradford), J.WHITELEY (Bradford), W.COATES,
S.KEELER (Bradford), J.KEELER (Bradford), G.HARDMAN, J.WIGGLESWORTH,
T.CLAYTON (Hebden Bridge) : winners
Mrs.PINDER (Liversedge) : winner
Messrs. H.BENTLEY, E.B.HARTLAND : club officials
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB
Messrs. R.ROTHWELL, F.CLAY, J.W.HOOTEN, F.FIRTH, W.H.GIBSON, C.HATTON, W.THOMPSON,
M.CROWTHER, J.WALKER, G.FARRAR, J.DOVENER, W.H.HALSTEAD, T.BAXENDALE, J.H.HOYLE,
A.BLAGBROUGH, J.HELLIWELL, J.A.CROWTHER, B.W.WOOD, S.NICHOLL
U.M.F.C. QUARTERLY MEETING (Free Methodist)
Rev.J.P.BURT
Mr.A.S.FIRTH, afflicted
Messrs. George MANSFIELD, S.TURNER, J.WADDINGTON, Turner WASHINGTON, A.BROADBENT,
E.HELLOWELL, E.MITCHELL, J.W.SYKES (Norland), Ernest G.LAW (Sowerby), C.BESWICK,
OLDFIELD
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SMALLPOX
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Rev.T.H.KIDD
Mrs.MARSLAND
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.A.K.STOWELL of Leeds, formerly pastor at West End
RE CLEMENT COOPER LLOYD (in debt)
ANTIQUARIAN RAMBLES WITH A CAMERA (lecture at Tuel Lane)
Mr.H.P.KENDALL
Norland
ST.LUKE'S
Misses L.RILEY, E.EVERS, F.SPINK, L.CRABTREE, S.A.PLATT, J.MITCHELL, E.LIVERMORE,
Edith PROCTER, A.LIVERMORE, F.CRABTREE, M.E.BROADBENT, E.WIDDOP, L.CRABTREE, P.SPINK,
M.LIVERMORE
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CHRIST CHURCH BAZAAR
Miss RAWSON of Mill House. Grand daughter of William Henry RAWSON
Revs. Canon IVENS, S.F.LAYCOCK, C.LIVERMORE, E.BRIERLEY, J.W.EASTON, J.MARSHALL
Drs. BROWN, ADAMS
Messrs. J.C.BELL, E.E.POLLIT, G.SWINDELLS, W.H.GIBSON, D.I.MALLINSON, J.MEADOWS, T.BARLOW,
H.GAUKROGER
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY
Mesdames HAIGH, BROWN, BURNLEY, HELM, BERRY, SWALLOW, EASTWOOD, George H.WOOD, BATES, HORNER,
A.E.TURNER, WRAY, E.E.POLLIT, WILKINSON, PLATT, IVENS, SHAW, J.W.WHITELEY, ROTHWELL,
JONES, ROWLINSON, CRAVEN, S.MASON, THORLEY, WELLBURN, RILEY, SWINDELLS, WALTON,
ARUNDEL, BRIGGS
Misses GAUKROGER, HAIGH (2), EASTWOOD (2), SWALLOW, RILEY, LEAROYD, WOOD and Janet SHAW (St.Mark's stall)
BADDELEY, TURNER, A.LEAROYD, WHITELEY, M.WOOD, Alice WHITELEY, BROWN, GREENWOOD,
WHITELEY (West Street), Evelyn GIBSON
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. J.ACKROYD
Mr.and Mrs.S.TURNER, cafe
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Ripponden
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL CO. SUMMONED (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mr.GARVIE, factory inspector
Mr.PICKLES, company chairman
A NEW TRAMWAY PATENT
J.G.LEES of Leeds, son of Mr.W.A.LEES, a native of Sowerby Bridge and grandson of the late Mr.W.LUMB, Sowerby Street
THE CENTURY BATH CABINET (Turkish baths at Home)
S.RILEY, 2 Willow Terrace, Sowerby Bridge. Sole local agent
S.HOWARD, stationer &c, 29 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
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MARRIAGE
Robert Thomas HODGSON, Pitts Farm, Sowerby, to Emily GRAY, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Harry STOREY, 3 months, son of Sykes STOREY, Rose Grove, Sowerby Bridge
John SUTHERS, 74, Wood Nook, Norland
Edna WHITWORTH, 22 months, daughter of Walter William WHITWORTH, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Richard CULPAN, father, died December 1902. 17 Montague Street
Frank KIDSON, died December 1902 aged 23. 8 Newton Street, Sowerby Bridge
25th December 1903
Sowerby Bridge
ANOTHER BEGGAR SENT TO PRISON
John HOGG from Rochdale
CHRIST CHURCH
Misses JONES, COCKER
Messrs. CROSSFIELD, COCKROFT, GAUKROGER (organist)
NON-MAINTENANCE OF WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
David DEAN, spinner, of Sowerby Bridge. Wife in Wakefield Asylum
Mr.BATLEY, relieving officer
HARRIERS
Messrs. HELLIWELL, BROWN, FIRTH, BLOOMFIELD, BRIMLEY
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CHRIST CHURCH BAZAAR
Mrs.Frank CLAY
Messrs. John William WHITELEY, R.W.EVANS J.P., George WHITELEY J.P., Priestley NORRIS
Mrs.SHAW (Wakefield)
EXAMINATION OF AMBULANCE STUDENTS
Dr.L.DEMETRIARDI of Huddersfield
Ethel BERRY, Emily BERRY, Florence BINGLEY, Ada BROADBENT, Ellen CROSSLEY, Julia GUTTERY,
Emma GARNETT, Lily HANSON, Edith HARTLAND, Adelaide JUDSON, Elizabeth A.ROTHWELL,
Ella STORR, Florence SPEAK, Mary H.WILCOCK, Lizzie MCRAE (Elizabeth MCREA?),
Helena WADSWORTH
Elsie AVES, Amy BENTON, Eva BROWNHILL, Marian BROWN, Harriet L.BROADBENT, Ada COCKROFT,
Edith FARRAR, Sarah A.GARSIDE, Ethel M.GOODCHILD, Lydia L.HOYLE, Hilda HOYLE,
Ada L.HAIGH, Hilda LAWRENCE, Jane MCHUGH, Mary E,NICHOLL, Catherine M.HOLROYD,
Emily RAWNSLEY, Annie SCOTT (Ann SCOTT), Ruth SMITH, Clara SMITH,
Mrs.Annie STOCKTON (Ann STOCKTON), Alice M.THOMPSON
Lucy A.BARRACLOUGH, Elizabeth E.GREGORY, Amanda GALLIMORE, Mrs. Harriett HOLLOWS (Harriet HOLLOWS),
Ada HOOTON, Annie MOSS (Ann MOSS), Isabella SMITH, Edith TURNER, Lydia TAYLOR
Walter ASHWORTH, Joseph BENTON, James A.DEAN, Police Constables Thomas B.DAVY and Charles W.FORDHAM,
George H.HALSTEAD, George A.HAIGH, Walter LEE, Wilfred NUTTON, Miles SHARP, Fred STOCKTON,
Arthur TURNER, Handel WILSON, Police Sergeant Charles WOODCOCK, Sam WILKINSON (Samuel WILKINSON),
William WHITAKER
George HORTON, John T.HAIGH, Thomas H.MITCHELL, Ernest A.ORME, Arthur SUTCLIFFE, Joseph STANDEVEN,
Richard WALKER, George A,WILSON, Wilfred WOOD
William BROADBENT, Newton FARRAR, Arthur LAWRENCE, Ralph SMITH, Police Constable Richard WALKER,
Arthur WHITAKER
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHOIR
Messrs. H.RICKARD, Alfred PLATT, B.WADSWORTH (organist), S.RILEY of Rishworth (organist)
Misses MOORES, WADSWORTH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
THE SOWERBY DIVISION
Mr.W.A.SIMPSON-HINCHLIFFE of Cragg Hall, Mytholmroyd. Possible Conservative candidate
Mr.E.W.CROSSLEY, Conservative Association
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CHARADES AND CONUNDRUMS FOR CHRISTMAS
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EXTRACTS FROM THE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS
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Sowerby
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mr.Edwin BELL, inspector of weights and measures
David CROWTHER, greengrocer, Sowerby
Ripponden
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Daniel BROWN
CREDITORS' MEETING
John William WHITELEY, cotton spinner, formerly at Stones Mill, Ripponden
Mr.J.I.LEAROYD
John HOYLE, surgeon, Ripponden
John Richard BENN, mill manager, Soyland
William Henry CRAWSHAW, contractor, Ripponden
DEATHS
Agnes WRIGHT, 25, daughter of George and the late Elizabeth WRIGHT, 10 Edith's View, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah Emma HEMMINGWAY, 48, wife of William Henry HEMMINGWAY, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Susannah HEYHURST, 59, wife of William HEYHURST, Bank View, Luddenden Foot