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4th January 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (exam results)
Dr.DEMETRIADE, examiner
Thomas BARLOW, Percy UTTLEY (Percival UTTLEY), Charles HOWLEY, Albert HEATON, William Henry SMITH, Albert SENIOR,
Louis SUTCLIFFE, Arthur S.WARDLE, James GIBB, Edgar IREDALE, Wilbert ROBERTSHAW, Ernest IREDALE, Ernest M.WOOD,
Holroyd MITCHELL, John HELLIWELL, Alfred WALTON, Arthur E.WILCOCK, Lewis H.CLAY, Wilfred FIRTH,
Miles P.SCHOFIELD, Police Constable MAPPLEBECK, Howarth JEFFERYS, Sam H.SEED (Samuel H.SEED) : passed
Drs.P.V.FRY, J.ADAMS, lecturers
Ethel BEAUMONT, Annie CLAYTON (Ann CLAYTON), Mary Ann CROWTHER, Nora EMMOTT, Lizzie FARRAR (Elizabeth FARRAR),
Lily HARRIS, Edith HELLIWELL, Elsie LUMB, Annie MOORHOUSE (Ann MOORHOUSE), Florence ROBERTSHAW, Phyllis M.SHAW,
Jane SMITH, Violet WALKER, Edith WALSH, Annie FRANKLIN (Ann FRANKLIN), Lillian SHAW, Emily J.HOYLE,
Annie J.SWAINE (Ann J.SWAINE), Mary A.FARRAR, Clara HILL, Mary E.WADDINGTON, Lily BENTLEY, Susannah HEATON,
Edith FARRAR, A.STOCKTON, Annie WHITELEY (Ann WHITELEY), Helena WADSWORTH
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHILD
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
James CAMBELL (James CAMPBELL?), son of Thomas CAMBELL (Thomas CAMPBELL?), billposter, West Street, died aged 21 days
Dr.ADAMS
TUEL LANE (Sunday school)
Messrs.W.H.OLDFIELD and J.W.SYKES, superintendents
Messrs.George MAGSON and C.H.MAUDE, secretaries
Mr.F.FIRTH, treasurer
Mr.B.ROBINSON, auditor
Messrs.T.WASHINGTON and J.WILCOCK, visitors
Messrs.W.H.OLDFIELD, J.WADDINGTON, J.HORSFALL, representatives to the Sunday School Union
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.John FOX, pastor
Mr.J.R.WOOD, secretary
Mr.William DOBSON presented attendance awards
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs.C.BOTTOMLEY and E.BOTTOMLEY, T.H.WRIGHT, H.TASKER, A.SUTCLIFFE sang
Mr.and Mrs.H.THORPE sang
Misses S.BOTTOMLEY, N.TASKER, L.WHITWORTH sang
Mr.J.E.BALL presided
Mr.H.THORPE, piano
WEST END (Congregational, young ladies connected with Sunday School)
Miss WHITELEY presided
Misses G.LUMB, A.L.SEED, A.CROWTHER, STOTT, RICHARDSON, BULCOCK, HOLROYDE sang
Miss CROSSLEY gave a reading
Misses A.SHAW, M.J.RILEY recited
Misses DRANSFIELD, HABERGHAM, L.HOLROYDE, G.HOLROYDE, BULCOCK performed a sketch
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PRIZE RABBITS
Mr.C.R.BERRY, Stradbroke House, Sowerby Bridge won prize
PRESENTATION TO A RETIRING POLICE OFFICER
Police Constable JOHNSON, stationed at Midgley for 15 years, retiring
Police Constable LINFOOT, Sowerby Bridge made the presentation
(Bolton Brow Wesleyan School prize-giving)
Messrs.J.Clay HORSFALL, T.E.WHITEHEAD, F.WADDINGTON made the presentations
CHILDREN'S PARTY (organised by the Women's Liberal Association)
Miss Esther BROADBENT and Master Reggie BROADBENT (Reginald BROADBENT) recited
Miss Ada UTTLEY sang
Miss Ethel HAIGH, piano
PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
Mr.J.R.BARKER, organ
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL (Sunday School)
Mr.F.WOOD, secretary
Rev.George OYSTON
Messrs.C.E.HELLIWELL, J.L.CROWTHER, superintendents
Mr.GILLAM, violin
Misses A.SYKES, Elsie EMMETT, Erica PRIESTLEY, Mabel JORDAN, A.E.LITTLEWOOD, May THEAKER : entertainment
Collection for Dr.STEPHENSON's Children's Home
Miss NICHOLL sang at Wesleyan Mission Brotherhood meeting
Mr.Fred RILEY, secretary of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Class
WORKPEOPLE'S TREAT (Messrs.BLACKBURN Brothers)
Mr.and Mrs.MARCHANT served food at the Stirk Bridge Inn
Messrs.E.BLACKBURN, A.A.FRANKLAND, J.C.MARCHANT, H.SHAW and Miss SYLVESTER : entertainment
Mr.CALVERT, piano
BOLTON BROW ("At home")
Mr.and Mrs.Frank CLAY
Mr W.CROWTHER sang
Miss M.KITSON sang
Mr.A.HELLAWELL, accompanist
Mr.J.W.HAIGH organised the young men
Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD, secretary, trained the children
Messrs.G.H.CROSSLEY and W.HARWOOD : variety stall
Messrs.TURNER, HOOTON, GLEDHILL won the hat trimming contest
Mrs.FENTON and miss M.A.CROSSLEY won the nail and hammer competition
Miss Ethel HAIGH won the washing competition
Messrs.J.W.HAIGH, Harry OLIVER (Harold OLIVER), second and third in the washing competition
Miss FLETCHER came second in the spelling bee
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(Ryburn Lodge of Freemasons)
Brother George BLACKBURN, master
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES
Brothers T.H.WRIGHT, Frank WILCOCK, Fred STOCKTON, B.ROBINSON, Arthur BUTTERWORTH, Herbert MITCHELL, John WADDINGTON,
Charles MITCHELL, Luke BRIGGS, John LEE, J.W.SYKES, James WILKINSON, S.MACKRELL, C.H.MAUDE,
J.ACKROYD (accompanist)
MR.LODGE AND THE POLICE (Halifax West Riding Court)
John William LODGE, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Police Constable WALKER
Mr.W.STOREY, defence
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Triangle
SUDDEN DEATH
Charles BOTTOMLEY, 71, retired woolsorter, of Walsden, died while visiting his married daughter at Triangle
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH ("At homes")
Rev.W.C.BELL, new vicar, and his mother, Mrs.BELL of Leeds
The Misses THOMPSON of Halifax
Dr.BINNS of Warrington. Married
INQUEST
Mr.HILL, coroner
Ner HEYWOOD, Lower Fold, Norland, found dead in the snow aged 70
Charles HEYWOOD, fettler, West View, Beech. Brother of the deceased
John SIMPSON, Brickfold
Emma NORMANTON, Lower Fold. Had 7 year old son
Mary EVERS laid out the body
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY J.P., G.WHITELEY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, Ely WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL, G.E.WHITELEY, J.HOLDSWORTH,
A.CLAY J.P., T.BORRELL, J.BATES, T.TIDSWELL
A NEW DEPARTURE
Mr.BISSELL, gas manager
INSUFFICIENT WATER
Mr.HOPKINSON, water manager
THE NEW POST OFFICE
Mr.BENSON, surveyor
(Proposed road from Sterne Mill Bridge to the railway)
Councillor GLEDHILL
(Plumbers' register)
Councillor GLEDHILL
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
(Burial grounds)
Councillor BATES
Mr.GRIME, sanitary inspector
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH CHURCH
Mr.R.BENTON, chairman
STEEP LANE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT CLASS
Professor LENO and his talking dolls (ventriloquist?)
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MARRIAGES
Thomas Henry BOOTH, fireman, Gorton, Manchester, married Annie Elizabeth HOLBROOK (Ann Elizabeth HOLBROOK) of
Sowerby Bridge
John MASON, grocer, married Susan Clara SMITH, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Bella STORER (Isabella STORER?), 54, died (after much suffering) at 45 Wharf Street, wife of W.J.STORER
11th January 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Jack ATKINSON (John ATKINSON?), son of the late James Henry ATKINSON of Vale House, Watson Mill,
employed by Messrs.NUTTALL, chartered accountants, Halifax passed accountancy exam
(Wesleyan Mission Chapel Band of Hope visited the Primitive Methodist band of Hope)
Mr.SACKER presided
Mr.H.WOOD gave address
Miss N.SHEARD, piano
Mr.William MARSHALL of 24 Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge, died. Left probate to Mrs.Sarah MARSHALL, his widow, and
Mrs.John Shaw HOLLAND
TUEL LANE
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Miss BARRON gave financial report
Mr.J.WADDINGTON reported on the trust's debt
Messrs.W.H.OLDFIELD, J.W.SYKES, John WADDINGTON
SOWERBY BRIDGE COMPANY WEST RIDING REGIMENT (social)
Private JEFFERYS, phonograph
Sergeant A.E.ADAMS recited
Private M.DOYLE, boxing
Corporal EMMETT and Private F.MAUDE wrestled
Trapt-Sergeant GREENWOOD presided
Colour Sergeant PEARCE absent
CO-OPERATIVE WOMEN'S GUILD
Mr.David LUMB, president
Mrs.BARRETT of Todmorden gave reading
Mrs.HOLROYD of Halifax recited
Messrs.CARTER (Mill Bank), HAWORTH, LUMB sang
Mesdames HAWORTH, TAYLOR sang
Misses HAIGH, Edith MITCHELL sang
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL presided
Mr.TOMLINSON, attendance officer
Lily BERRY, Wakefield Road, won writing competition. At Bolton Brow school
Messrs.J.W.WHITELEY, WADSWORTH
Mrs.WOOD
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Triangle
GOOD NEWS
Directors of Messrs.HADWEN and Sons, Limited, declared a dividend
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MEMORIAL TO THE LATE REV.S.F.LAYCOCK (stained glass window)
Rev.Samuel Field LAYCOCK, vicar for 33 years, died May 1906
Messrs.KAYLL of Leeds made the window
Rev.Canon IVENS, rural dean, unveiled it
Rev.J.MINION, new vicar
Rev.C.STRONG
Mr.MARSDEN, organ
WELCOME TO THE NEW VICAR OF ST.GEORGE'S
Rev.James MINION, new vicar, married. Came from Chequerbent, Lancashire
Messrs.A.BATLEY, J.ELLIS, MARSDEN (choirleader?), C.W.LAYCOCK
Revs.Canon IVENS, C.STRONG
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Messrs.W.GAUKROGER (secretary to the Memorial Committee), T.TAYLOR, H.SPENCER, H.SIDDALL
Misses E.CROSSLEY, N.BERRY sang
Messrs.Henry HOLLAS, W.AKROYD sang
Messrs.E.WHITEHEAD, EATON
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.STOTT J.P., R.BRADLEY, H.HAIGH, D.TURNER, J.WADSWORTH, J.SUNDERLAND, J.J.ROWDEN, C.H.MITCHELL, D.WHITELEY,
S.TURNER, J.NAYLOR, J.L.WRIGLEY
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Dr.ADAMS, medical officer
Mr.EVANS, clerk to Sowerby Bridge District Council
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MEN'S SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS preached, text given
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Norland
PARISH MEETING
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, NORLAND
Mr.Samuel PARKINSON, of Leicester, presided over the entertainment
Messrs.Joseph BINNS and David BARRETT of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.BARKER and Mrs.E.H.SUTCLIFFE sang
Misses M.E.MITCHELL, H.THORNTON, G.BINNS recited
Messrs.J.MALLINSON, James HOUGH, George WOLSEY recited
AN ALLEGED THEFT (from the Moorcock Inn, Norland. Halifax West Riding Court)
James Oliver HOBBS, farm labourer, Stainland
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
18th January 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
SHOCKING FATALITY
William SUNDERLAND, mason, of Beech, Sowerby Bridge, died, aged 56,at Longbottom Mills, Luddenden Foot
Mr.C.W.WASHINGTON of Shroggs House, Copley, and Sowerby Bridge won prize for cockerel
WESLEY GUILD (17th half yearly conference of the Halifax and District Federation of Wesley Guilds, at Bolton Brow Chapel)
Rev.E.Wright ADCOCK, federation president
Mr.J.Hammond HEAP of Bradford gave talk
Rev.George OYSTON
Mr.H.HARRISON gave report
Revs.W.Marshman SPENCE of Huddersfield, H.Mudie DRAPER of Bradford
Miss Ethel HAIGH sang
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL, A.R.C.O., organ
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (92nd report)
Messrs.W.TOLLEY, H.N.BLAMIRES, Arthur GLEDHILL, William GAUKROGER : candidates for Sowerby Bridge
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WOMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE GUILD
Mrs.ELLISON of Hebden Bridge gave talk
A FATHER FINDS HIS SON DROWNED
Police Constable MILNES
Eli MARSHALL, millhand, died aged 19. Lived with his parents at the lock house
John MARSHALL, lock keeper, father of deceased
Mr.GLEDHILL, butcher
UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE (temperance meeting at West End Congregational School)
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
Mr.J.J.HATCH, U.K.A.
Rev.Albert BAGE
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs.William WHITAKER (president), Fred GREENWOOD (treasurer), John GRUNDY (secretary),
Moses REDICK (Moses REDDICK?, auditor)
Messrs. Joe CROWTHER (Joseph CROWTHER), Tom CROSSLEY (Thomas CROSSLEY), Shaw BROADBENT, John MARSHALL, Sydney MAUDE
: committee
GYMNASTICS
Councillor A.HOWE presided
Mr.E.WILSON of Bradford, judge
S.HANSON, J.BOTTOMLEY, M.HARRIS, L.CLAY, A.SHAW, T.AKROYD, C.H.SMITH, B.WILCOCK : Sowerby Bridge team
C.DEAN, G.WATKIN, S.MIDGLEY, F.DURKETT, A.SHAW, C.SUNDERLAND, A.FARRAR, Fred HIRST : Halifax team
TUEL LANE MUTUAL CLASS
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.Frank WILCOCK, secretary of the Sowerby Bridge St.John Ambulance Association, gave lecture
DEATH OF AN OLD NATIVE OF SOWERBY BRIDGE
Mrs.Sarah ROBINSON, widow of Stephen ROBINSON, Wharf Street, died aged 87. Born in Wharf Street. One of her female
ancestors died in 1855, aged 95
Mr.John MITCHELL, father of above, small woollen manufacturer and shopkeeper died aged 84
Rev.D.WILLIAMS read the burial service
Mr.F.SCHOFIELD J.P., Abraham CLAY J.P., Samuel MAGSON of Halifax (native of Sowerby Bridge) : mourners
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BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.A.CROWTHER presided
Mr.H.A.SUTCLIFFE, secretary
Messrs.Jim MITCHELL (James MITCHELL), Herbert SYKES, Edgar HOLLAS, C.HUTCHINSON : committee
Messrs.B.H.NAYLOR (vice-president), F.HELM (auditor), E.BALMFORTH (librarian), G.KIRBY (arbitrator), C.HECKINGBOTTOM,
J.WILKINSON
SOWERBY BRIDGE PROSECUTION SOCIETY (78th annual dinner)
Mr.and Mrs.Arthur WALKER, Bull's Head Hotel, provided dinner
Messrs.H.P.KENDALL (president), E.E.POLLIT (secretary and treasurer), S.FREEMAN (solicitor)
Councillor J.W.BANCROFT and G.E.WHITELEY : committee
Messrs. A.WOOD, W.H.GIBSON, N.BATES, J.H.STOTT : committee
Messrs.William HAIGH, W.H.BAXENDALE, George WRAY, John H.STEAD, W.H.GIBSON, J.W.HOEY
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY J.P., Ely WHITELEY
WESLEY GUILD (lecture at Bolton Brow Wesleyan schoolroom)
Rev.Canon IVENS gave lecture
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH, SOWERBY. REV.S.F.LAYCOCK MEMORIAL FUND (list of recent subscribers)
Misses A.SYKES, HOLROYD
Messrs.Henry SIDDALL (Australia), Henry HOLLAS, R.W.FOULDS, W.LEAROYD, A.SUTCLIFFE, W.B.FIRTH, R.W.FOULDS, J.W.HELLOWELL
Mrs.SPENCER (Southport)
Rev.J.GLEDHILL
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PRIMITIVE METHODIST CENTENARY
Rev.G.ARMSTRONG, secretary of the Primitive Methodist Centenary
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Sowerby
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr.HILL, coroner
Mary BOTTOMLEY, widow, Upper Field House, died aged 74
Lucy WILCOCK, sister of deceased
Drs.BAIRD, ADAMS
Triangle
HEALTH LECTURE
Mrs.C.K.LAMONT gave lecture
Councillor J.T.NAYLOR, chairman
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (annual accounts)
M.D.PROPERT, District Auditor
James BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Richard W.EVANS, clerk
Ripponden
EDWARD NAVEY'S CHARITY
Messrs.C.W.SHAW, Benjamin WHITELEY, Bates BREARLEY and Dr.John HOYLE : trustees
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DEATHS
Sarah ROBINSON, 87, widow of Stephen ROBINSON, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
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25th January 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Messrs.CLAY & Sons of Hollings Mill
Messrs.MITCHELL Brothers, cotton spinners
BREAKDOWN
Messrs.SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.WOOLRIDGE of Hebden Bridge gave address
Mr.J.E.COCKROFT sang
INQUEST
Mr.HILL, coroner
Ely MARSHALL drowned
Mr.TATE, jury foreman
CONSERVATIVE COUNCIL
Mr.John HANSON presided
Messrs.F.J.PRESTON (agent), Rowland SIDDALL (chairman), Richard HOWARTH (secretary)
Messrs.James J.AVES, A.BATLEY, Nathaniel BINNS, Oldfield HAIGH, George H.BARKER : Norland General Council
Messrs.T.K.FIRTH, A.S.G.FOX, Isaac NICHOLL, E.HOLLAND, Thomas GRAYSHAW, John HANSON, William BUCKLEY, Albert SENIOR,
R.W.GEE, W.SMITH : Sowerby Bridge South general council
Messrs.J.HANSON, Robert MAIDEN, H.SPENCER : executive
TUEL LANE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Miss BRIGGS sang
Mr.WHITELEY, organ
SOWERBY BRIDGE CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB
Mr.Charles WRAY, deceased, former secretary
LIBERAL COUNCIL
Mr.F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, president
Messrs.John BARRACLOUGH, James HOLT, Albert RILEY, William SHAW, Sam DUGDALE (Samuel DUGDALE, Old Mill House)
: Norland representatives
Messrs.J.W.BANCROFT, David BARRETT, A.J.BUTTERWORTH, A.S.FIRTH, J.W.HOEY, J.H.STEAD, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH),
J.W.HAIGH : Sowerby Bridge Central Ward representatives
Messrs.Ben CHADWICK (Benjamin CHADWICK, secretary), Aaron HOWE, Arthur LEACH, Charles MITCHELL, E.MITCHELL,
George A.SHARP, Albert SMITH, G.H.THOMAS, Alfred WHITELEY, Eli WILSON : South Ward representatives
Messrs.L.ATKINSON, Fred ASTIN, James CHADWICK, H.GREENWOOD, W.H.HOLDEN, Albert HOWE, Frank LEE, Shaw MACKRELL,
Hugh MALLOY, Charles W.RUSHWORTH, J.F.G.WHITEHEAD, William WILSON : East Ward representatives
Messrs.Arthur BUTTERWORTH, John HAIGH, James HOLDSWORTH, Rowland LUMB, John MARSLAND, John Albert SCHOLEFIELD,
John WADDINGTON, Fred WADDINGTON, T.E.WHITEHEAD, George E.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY : North Ward representatives
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CHRIST CHURCH TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
Captain BARRETT, Pellon Church Army spoke
Miss BELL organised the musical entertainment
SOCIALIST CLUB
Mr.J.BUTTERFIELD, president of the Socialist Debating Class
Rev.Canon IVENS spoke
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM (school prize-giving)
Mr.BOOTH presided
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT made the presentations
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs.William HAIGH (presided), H.P.KENDALL, F.CLAY, J.MARSLAND, R.ROTHWELL, H.STORR, H.WHITTAKER, B.ROBINSON
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY J.P., T.TIDSWELL
Mr.William NICHOLL, Industrial Society's representative, resigned from committee after 10 years
WEST END MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
Mr.MAXWELL, steward, St.Luke's Hospital
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, choirmaster
Messrs.T.A.SMITH, S.WADSWORTH
BULL'S HEAD SMOKE CLUB
Mr.and Mrs.A.WALKER provided meal
Mr.M.WILCOCK junior presided
Mr.STURDY, president
Mr.Thomas COPLEY, vice-president
Messrs.DAVIS, HARROP, MELLOR, Jones, T.COLLINS of Halifax
Messrs.SMITH (Leeds), MARCHANT, WASHINGTON, JOHNSON, LIVSEY sang
NATIONAL FREE CHURCH COUNCIL MISSIONER
Mr.R.W.LANE to begin evangelistic mission at Tuel Lane Chapel
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BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX
Mr.A.ASTIN, secretary
BIBLE CLASS SOCIAL (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mrs.ARUNDEL, Miss JONES and Messrs.J.E.COCKROFT, T.BARRET (T.BARRETT?) sang
Mr.W.HILEY, piano
DEATH OF MR.CHARLES BERRY
Mr.Charles BERRY, Stradbroke Lodge, Burnley Road, died aged 52. Last surviving partner in Messrs.Francis BERRY & Sons,
Calder Dale Ironworks
Messrs.Alfred BERRY, Wright BERRY, Ernest BERRY, James HELLEWELL : nephews of deceased
Messrs.J.R.FOX, Wright COCKROFT
Revs.Canon IVENS, E.W.EASTON
THE WILL OF THE LATE MR.W.A.NICHOLL
Mr.William Appleyard NICHOLL of Park Road, Halifax, died
Mrs.Ellen NICHOLL (widow of deceased) and Messrs.Thomas BURNLEY (worsted spinner, Gomersal),
William BURNLEY (bank manager, Willow Lea, Burnley Road),
Thomas Percival BEAVAN (leather manufacturer, Springfield Holt, Wiltshire) : beneficiaries
WEST END
Mr.James BARRACLOUGH presided
Mrs.J.A.WHITELEY, Miss E.HAIGH and Mr.A.SMITH sang
Miss A.HAIGH, mandoline
Messrs.E.W.NICHOLL, C.MAUDE gave stump speeches
Miss LUSCOTT recited
Miss J.SMITH, accompanist
Messrs.T.A.SMITH, A.LUMB
SOWERBY BRIDGE LIBERAL CLUB (22nd annual report)
Mr.Emmanuel MITCHELL, president
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH, deceased, former vice-president
Messrs.Miles FOX, John HAIGH (Wakefield Road), deceased, former members
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Friendly
SUPPER AND SOCIAL (at the White Horse Inn)
Mr.Teddy WASHINGTON's (Edward WASHINGTON's) air gun team beat Mr.John TROTTER's airgun team
Messrs.H.BUCKLEY, L.CULPAN, J.CAIN, J.HASEY, STRINGFELLOW sang
Mr.Teddy WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON), humorist
Mr.Harry THORPE (Harold THORPE), accompanist
Luddenden Foot
PROPOSED NEW POST OFFICE
One of Mr.J.WORMALD's shops to be new premises
MILL FIRE (Boy Mill)
Police Constable FORDHAM
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL CO, LTD (formed 12th November 1856)
Councillor John PICKLES, president for 17 years, director for 37 years
Peter BERRY, Littlehaven, shareholder since 1857
Thomas WHITELEY, Myrtle Grove, shareholder since 1857
Jonas MITCHELL, Skircoat, shareholder since 1858
John PICKLES, Ripponden, shareholder since 1860
Mr.SYKES
Mr.COCKER, Brighouse
Mr.Samuel MOORES, deceased, former president
Messrs.T.HALLOWELL, W.H.BARRETT, A.WHITELEY elected directors
Messrs.G.H.WALKER, H.CRAWSHAW : auditors
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Sowerby
SUDDEN DEATH
Elizabeth MORLEY, widow, Pinfold Green, died aged 71
THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.J.Ward BANCROFT declined re-election
Mr.W.BIRTWHISTLE, Luddenden Foot, chairman of the Liberal Council
Mr.Sam DUGDALE (Samuel DUGDALE) of Old House Mill, Sowerby Bridge, to be candidate
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL (meeting at the Wesleyan school)
Rev.W.C.EVANS, vice-president
Mr.Greenwood BARRETT, president
Mr.J.E.STANDEVEN, secretary
Mr.Eli WILSON, treasurer
Messrs.T.ACKROYD, A.ROBERTSHAW, representing Steep Lane Baptist
Messrs.J.PICKLES, Walter PICKLES representing Boulderclough M.N.C.
Messrs.J.SHARP, J.H.BUTTERWORTH representing Providence Free Church
Messrs.J.LEAH, E.WHITWORTH representing Congregational church
Messrs.J.HITCHEN, Willie HAIGH (William HAIGH) representing Wesleyan church
Messrs.J.A.WOLFENDEN, Job SUNDERLAND, representing Mill Bank
Messrs.Smith EMMOTT, Walter BARRETT, representing Triangle
Dr.BROOK to speak
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DEATHS
Charles BERRY, 52, mechanical engineer, Stradbroke Lodge
Zipperah HAIGH, 78, Upper Hoyle Head Farm, widow of Wilson HAIGH of Sowerby Town
Emma NORMANTON, 25, daughter of Farrar NORMANTON, Hubberton, Sowerby
Hephzibah SCHOFIELD, 61, wife of William SCHOFIELD, Causeway Head
1st February 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
C.E.T.S.
Rev.Canon IVENS, rural dean
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER appointed organist and choirmaster at St.John Church, Bowness-on-Windermere.
Organist at Barkisland Church aged 13. Organist and choirmaster at St.Mary's, Cottonstones.
Then at Thorpe Church and St.Paul's, King Cross. Organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge, since 1888.
THE FACTORY ACTS (Halifax West Riding Court)
William EDLESTON of Asquith Bottom Woollen Work charged
Mr.LAW, factory inspector
Mr.SMITH, representing the firm
SUDDEN DEATH
Grace HELLIWELL, widow, died aged 77. Lived with her daughter, Mary MITCHELL, in West Street
Dr.BAIRD
PLEASANT GATHERING OF EMPLOYEES (of Messrs.FOSTER and CLAY, Hollings Mills)
Mr.Ernest B.CLAY, married a few months ago
Messrs.Owen SHAW & Co., caterers
Misses C.MILNES, F.ACKROYD sang
Messrs.W.H.WILCOCK, James COCKROFT, A.BINGLEY sang
Messrs.W.PROUT, E.MITCHELL : M.C.s
Mr.W.CRUMMETT arranged it
Messrs.H.N.BLAMIRES, J.CRUMMETT
LIBERAL CLUB
Mr.E.MITCHELL retiring president
Councillor James HOLDSWORTH, president
Messrs.HIGHAM M.P., T.HORSFALL, A.J.BUTTERWORTH, R.LUMB, R.ROBERTS, William SCHOFIELD, Alfred WHITELEY,
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY J.P., J.MARSLAND : vice-presidents
Mr.L.WHITELEY, secretary
Mr.John WADDINGTON, treasurer
Messrs.J.W.HOEY, H.CROSSLEY, auditors
Messrs.G.H.THOMAS, J.MITCHELL, R.F.JONES, A.LEACH, F.ARMITAGE, R.P.JONES, F.W.NAYLOR, H.ATKINSON, J.PRIESTLEY, C.RENARD,
J.W.HAIGH : committee
Mr.J.STED?
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CO-OPERATIVE WOMEN'S GUILD
Mrs.WILSON of Halifax read paper on women's suffrage
SWIMMING CLUB (dance)
Messrs.A.E.RAWNSLEY, A.SUTCLIFFE, H.WEBSTER: M.C.s
Messrs.J.HORNER (piano), J.THOMAS (violin)
GYMNASTICS
Percy STANDEVEN (Percival STANDEVEN), C.H.SMITH, S.HANSON : Sowerby Bridge team
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
Inspector T.WOODS presided
Messrs.MACKRELL, STOTT, A.FARRAR and E.FARRAR, MARSHALL sang
Mr.A.A.FRANKLAND, accompanist
UNITED MISSION (at Tuel Lane, Free Church Council)
Mr.W.R.LANE conducted mission
Sowerby
SOWERBY MAN AND WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
James FARRAR, gardener, Sowerby. Married
John WILSON
John William DONALDSON, not local
Ripponden
CHRISTENING OF A NEW ENGINE (at Messrs.William BOTTOMLEY & Son's mill, installed last April)
Messrs.WOOD Brothers of Sowerby Bridge built engine
Mrs.William BOTTOMLEY christened it. Elizabeth Caroline BOTTOMLEY or Caroline Elizabeth BOTTOMLEY
Mr.Harry BOTTOMLEY (Harold BOTTOMLEY), head of the firm
[Column 3]
Triangle
TRIANGLE CRICKET CLUB
Mr.John W.GREEN presided
Mr.Wilson BROADBENT, secretary
Messrs.T.HELLOWELL (captain), J.HOPKINSON (vice-captain) : 1st eleven
Messrs.E.BUTTERWORTH (captain), J.BERRY (vice-captain) : 2nd eleven
Frank COLLIER engaged as Saturday professional
[Column 4]
THE HEBDEN BRIDGE STRIKE. SEVEN WEAVERS CHARGED WITH INTIMIDATION (Todmorden Petty Sessions)
William TAYLOR, Arnold JACKSON, David COCKROFT, James HORSFALL, Job BUTTERWORTH, Wilfred GREENWOOD, George Henry THOMAS
: weavers of Hebden Bridge
Mr.PARKER, prosecution
Mr.Walter STOREY of Halifax, defence
SHACKLETON's works
George BRAIN
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (92nd half-yearly meeting)
Mr.David LUMB, president
Messrs.John HADWEN & Co., Limited
Messrs.H.N.BLAMIRES, W.GAUKROGER : Sowerby Bridge district committee
Henry CARTER : Mill Bank committee
George W.HOWARTH, Ripponden committee
J.W.BANCROFT, auditor
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8th February 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH, C.C., to stand again
SALE OF WORK (Ladies' Sewing Party at the Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., opened it
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Mr.J.Driver BREARLEY of Halifax re-opened it
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Mr.W.H.GIBSON, president since it's formation in 1890
Mr.Frank WILCOCK, secretary
Drs.ADAMS, FRY, BROWN (left in 1906)
Misses MCHUGH, THOMPSON (Halifax Operatic Society) sang
Messrs.C.THOMAS (Ryburn Quartette Party), H.K.LUMB (Sowerby Bridge) sang
Mrs.TATTERSALL, elocutionist
Teddy WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON), humorist
Mr.J.GREENWOOD, violin
Mr.A.A.FRANKLAND, accompanist
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., presented certificates and medallions
Messrs.William TOLLEY, T.W.RICHARDSON
[Column 2]
THE REV.J.FOX
Rev.J.FOX, pastor at the Baptist Chapel for 11 years
SERMON TO MEN (at Christ Church)
Rev.canon IVENS
THE REED INN (licensed since 1863. Halifax West Riding Court Brewster Sessions)
Mr.R.W.EVANS
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Councillor Abraham CLAY, J.P., chairman
Alderman B.FIRTH of Copley, president
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, M.P., gave address
THE UNITED MISSION
Mr.W.R.LANE concluded his mission at Tuel lane Chapel
Mr.John WADDINGTON presided
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organ
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL presided
C.M.S. (Sale of work at St.Mark's in aid of the Church Missionary Society)
Revs.Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD of Mapplewell
Mrs.BERRY
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY (9th annual meeting of the Sowerby Bridge auxillary)
Mr.William HAIGH, president
Revs.Canon IVENS, D.WILLIAMS (absent due to ill brother)
Rev.G.S.SMITH, secretary since 1897, moved to Bradford
Rev.C.LIVERMORE moved to Cragg Vale
Rev.A.GILBY moved to Brighouse
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK died
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH died
Revs.George OYSTON, James MINION, Hari? BEVAN moved into the area
Rev.W.F.HODGE, new district secretary
Revs.J.FOX, W.C.EVANS
[Column 3]
PASSIVE RESISTANCE
The police took goods from the houses of Rev.J.Marcus BROWN and Mr.F.TOMBS for non-payment of rates for education
CANON IVENS' APPRECIATION OF MR.HENRY GAUKROGER
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER leaving soon, organist at Christ Church for 19 years
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING
Mr.James BROADBENT of Huddersfield, president
Mr.WILSON (Bradford)
Mr.J.W.HODGSON, secretary
Mr.Fred J.HART, a director
Mr.Charles BESWICK, cashier
Councillor WADSWORTH
Messrs.Henry ALLOTT (Heckmondwike), William LEACH (Sowerby Bridge), James HAIGH (Halifax),
Albert Percy FOX (Albert Percival FOX, Cleckheaton), John MILTON (Morley),
John Henry BATLE (John Henry BATIE?, Brighouse) : directors
Messrs.William COCKROFT (Bradford), Leonard STOCKS (Hebden Bridge) : auditors
Mr.ANDREWS of the Heckmondwike Society
Mr.PINDER (Huddersfield)
[Column 4]
Mr.CHILD (Batley society)
Mr.WILSON spoke for the Bradford society
Messrs.Hiram WHITELEY, SYKES (Ripponden)
Mr.PARR, president of the Batley Society
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY J.P., Ely WHITELEY, J.HOLDSWORTH, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, A.CLAY J.P, W.GLEDHILL, G.E.WHITELEY,
G.WHITELEY, J.BATES, T.TIDSWELL, A.HOWE, T.BORRELL
DAMAGE AT THE CEMETERY
Councillors George WHITELEY, George E.WHITELEY, LONGBOTTOM
FURTHER DAMAGE
Councillor CLAY
A AMBIGUOUS RESOLUTION
Councillor HOLDSWORTH
OUR OLD FRIEND (encroachment at Old Causeway)
Councillors BATES, A.CLAY, GLEDHILL
A HEALTHY DISTRICT
Councillor GLEDHILL
[Column 5]
A CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLE
Councillors LONGBOTTOM, BATES
Messrs.BAYLIS, JONES & BAYLIS
THE PROPOSED NEW POST OFFICE
Councillors LONGBOTTOM, BATES, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, GLEDHILL
[Column 6]
Norland
NORLAND MOUNT ZION (Primitive Methodist)
Councillor Luke GELDER of Halifax presided
Miss A.L.WARD of Huddersfield lectured
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CORRESPONDENCE
John SMITH, Staffordshire House
DEATH
Ellen SPEAK, 74, widow of Thomas SPEAK, Montague Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Betsy BATES (Elizabeth BATES?), widow of Eli BATES, died in February 1906, aged 81. John Street West, Tuel Lane,
Sowerby Bridge
15th February 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillors James HOLDSWORTH, John BATES, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, Thomas BORRELL
PRIMITIVE METHODIST BAZAAR
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN re-opened it
Goods of Rev.J.Marcus BROWN and Mr.F.TOMBS sold at the police station to recover unpaid education rates
WESLEY GUILD (Bolton Brow)
Revs.George OYSTON, E.Wright ADCOCK of Halifax
Miss WOLFENDEN, Triangle, sang
Mr.Harry DEWHIRST (Harold DEWHIRST), Sowerby Bridge, sang
Miss GREENWOOD, general secretary
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.LANE finished his mission
Rev.George HACK of King Cross
Miss Hilda BROADBENT, Sowerby Bridge, sang
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE presided
LABOUR REPRESENTATION
Councillor A.TAYLOR of Halifax
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mesdames B.RUSHWORTH, T.BOOTH, L.LEES
AMALGAMATED RAILWAY SERVANTS
Mr.A.A.FRANKLAND directed the Albion Concert party
Misses N.MILNES, H.BROADBENT : sopranos
Miss E.E.GODDARD, contralto
Miss D.W.FRANKLEND (D.W.FRANKLAND?), serio
Mr.H.BARRETT, tenor
Mr.A.A.FRANKLAND, bass
Mr.Charles GUEST, humorist
Miss BROADBENT and Mr.FRANKLAND, accompanists
Messrs.GREENWOOD and HORNER played for dancing
Mr.T.H.SHAW, secretary
CHRIST CHURCH
Revs.Canon IVENS, D.WILLIAMS (St.Mark's), James MINION (vicar of St.George's)
Mr.GAUKROGER to move to Windermere
Messrs.T.BARLOW, G.SWINDELLS, T.H.BRIGGS, W.HAIGH, E.E.POLLIT and Councillor J.W.WHITELEY gave reports
Misses JONES, CRAWSHAW (pupil of Mr.GAUKROGER) sang
Messrs.RICKARD, BUCKLAND sang
Mr.GAUKROGER, piano
Mr.W.WISEMAN
[Column 2]
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE (visit to Pye nest)
Mr.B.ROBINSON presided
Mr.R.A.OLDFIELD gave address
Misses MCHUGH, F.SYKES, W.WHITELEY sang
A.HELLIWELL, V.SUTCLIFFE and J.RILEY recited
Mr.A.E.WILCOCK, accompanist
(Amalgamated Society of Engine Drivers and Foremen)
Mr.W.HITCHEN, M.C.
Messrs.J.HORNER, J.GREENWOOD played for dancing
BRISTOL
Rev.Canon IVENS gave lecture
Mr.A.SUTCLIFFE worked the lantern
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., presided
MUSICAL SOCIETY
Mr.MARSH of Halifax served supper
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.J.MINION
Miss BERRY sang
Miss C.HORNER and Mr.John THOMAS played for dancing
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mesdames S.MARSHALL, S.CLAY, hostesses
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors STOTT, WHITELEY, WADSWORTH, D.TURNER, ROWDEN, S.TURNER, NAYLOR, BRADLEY, MITCHELL
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Dr.ADAMS, medical officer
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON
Messrs.RAWSON, HADWEN, HOYLE : landowners
Mr.Keighley WALTON, Town Clerk of Halifax
[Column 3]
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. GRAND BAZAAR
Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH, C.C., opened it
Mr.A.SMITH presided in place of Frank CLAY who was ill
Messrs.J.W.BANCROFT, S.WADSWORTH
Mr.C.H.WALLER, J.J., West Vale, re-opened it
Mr.E.MITCHELL, chairman
Messrs.A.SMITH, T.A.SMITH
Mrs.David MITCHELL, lady of the congregation, re-opened it on the 3rd day
Mrs.EDWARDS presided
Mesdames WADSWORTH, BARRACLOUGH
Revs.W.C.EVANS, J.FOX, H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
Mrs.Charles RUSHWORTH, Ladies Sewing Party treasurer
Mrs.EDWARDS, Ladies Sewing Party secretary
Misses BULCOCK, A.WHITELEY (secretary), L.CROSSLEY, A.BISHOP : stall keepers
Mr.James BARRACLOUGH, Band of Hope treasurer
Messrs.J.W.LUMB, R.A.LUMB : Band of Hope secretaries
Mr.S.WADSWORTH, Mrs.Arthur LUMB and Miss Jane BARRACLOUGH won prizes for making things
Mrs.T.A.SMITH, treasurer
Messrs.T.A.SMITH, J.A.DEAN : secretaries
Mrs.BUTTERWORTH, treasurer
Miss EDWARDS, secretary
Mesdames WRAY, CHADWICK, HAREWOOD, BESWICK - tea room
Mesdames BARRACLOUGH, J.A.WHITELEY, H.CROSSLEY : ran stalls
Misses MOORE, H.HOLROYDE, E.E.SMITH, I.ASHWORTH, C.BISHOP, L.LUMB, Dora FRANKLAND, TAYLOR,
Annie JEFFRIES (Ann JEFFRIES), Nellie HOLLOWS (Ellen HOLLOWS), Maggie HALSTEAD (Margaret HALSTEAD),
Doris WHITELEY, Ida FRANKLAND, A.WHITELEY, E.BEAUMONT : ran stalls
Mr.J.A.EDWARDS ran air-gun shooting
Messrs.RUSHWORTH, Frank CLAY, A.SMITH, W.BURNLEY, WALLER, MITCHELL, A.J.BUTTERWORTH, J.R.ATKINSON gave donations
Mesdames Charles SMITH (Ryburn Buildings), Frank CLAY, HANSON (Bradford), MITCHELL, NEWSOME, EDWARDS, BANCROFT
gave donations
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.John SMITH
Norland
MOUNT PLEASANT (Sunday School prize-giving)
Mr.WASHINGTON presided over the entertainment
Mr.Edward CROSSLEY read the secretary's report
Miss INGHAM sang
Mr.BINNS, accompanist
Gladys WILSON, S.A.HITCHEN, Florence CROSSLEY : girls, won recitation contest
Frank SYKES, Reggie MITCHELL (Reginald MITCHELL), G.H.BUTTERFIELD : boys, won recitation contest
Messrs.George WILLETT, J.W.SHAW, both of Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
SERMON TO MEN (text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
22nd February 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.HESSELDINE, organist at Copley Church, to succeed Mr.GAUKROGER at Christ Church
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
(Meeting re direct labour representation on local governing bodies)
Councillor John BATES, central ward candidate
Mr.S.H.WARD proposed for office of Guardian
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.G.MAGSON read the secretary's report
Mr.T.SEED, Halifax Sunday School Union
Mr.Frank WILCOCK
Misses A.PRIESTLEY, P.SYKES, S.COCKROFT, BROADBENT sang
Masters J.COOK, H.MALLINSON recited
Misses Ethel SUTCLIFFE, E.WHITELEY, Ida WALKER, F.SYKES, A.PRIESTLEY recited
WEST END BAZAAR
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., opened it
Councillor Ely WHITELEY presided
Councillor G.WHITELEY, Dr.FRY, Messrs.W.SCHOFIELD, J.W.BANCROFT, T.A.SMITH, MEADOWCROFT, James HOLT, J.A.WHITELEY,
T.W.RICHARDSON, W.HEMINGWAY, J.CLAY made donations
A STEP FORWARD (proposal to build a secondary school on the Steps estate)
Councillors FARRAR (representing Midgley), H.SAGAR J.P. (Luddenden Foot), CROWTHER (Soyland), D.WHITELEY (Sowerby),
CLARKE (Barkisland), Joseph WADSWORTH (Norland) : building committee
Alderman J.F.CLAY J.P. and Councillors J.W.WHITELEY J.P. and Messrs.E.E.POLLIT, W.T.WALTON representing Sowerby Bridge
on the building committee
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY
PRESENTATION
Mr.Percy CARTER (Percival CARTER), son of the late Alfred CARTER, about to leave the firm of Messrs.FOSTER and CLAY
to join Messrs.BRIGGS & WOOD, wool and waste dealers, Wharf Street
Mr.Stanley CLAY, son of Frank CLAY
Mr.William BUCKLEY, Royal Hotel
Mr.BLAMIRES presided
Messrs.W.H.WILCOCK, J.MACINTOSH, W.SCOTT, R.SCHOLEFIELD, P.CARTER, F.B.CLAY, H.F.CLAY, S.CLAY sang
Mr.B.GREENWOOD
[Column 2]
Mr.J.W.LODGE might stand for election as Guardian
WHICH WAS THE KING? (service at Tuel lane Chapel)
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organ
Mr.J.HELLIWELL sang
LENTEN SERVICES
Rev.James MINION, new vicar of St.George's Church
CO-OPERATIVE WOMEN'S GUILD
Mr.David LUMB presided
Mrs.BOTTOMLEY and Misses SHEARD, E.MITCHELL, BINNS, HIPWOOD : entertainment
TUEL LANE ("At homes")
Mr.and Mrs.W.H.HELLEWELL
Master W.BROADBENT
Misses KITSON (Halifax), B.HORSFALL and Messrs P.STOTT, SMITH (humorist) : entertainment
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Messrs.H.GREENWOOD and J.GREENWOOD : music
Mr.and Mrs.T.GREENWOOD
Master H.JACKSON
Misses H.BROADBENT, A.BUTTERWORTH : music
Misses GILL, N.TASKER sang
Messrs.A.PLATT, P.DYSON sang
Master G.HORSMAN sang
Mr.W.GREENWOOD sang humorous song
Mr.B.ROBINSON recited
Mr.E.VARLEY, accompanist
[Column 3]
[Column 4]
Mill Bank
THE MESSIAH (music at the Wesleyan Chapel)
Rev.W.J.P.WHITE
Misses SUNDERLAND, WOLFENDEN, WHITELEY sang
Master Fred GALHAM sang
Messrs.Selwyn DYSON, H.GREENWOOD sang
[Column 5]
Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mr.W.LEACH presided, chairman of the finance committee
Mr.J.LEAH, treasurer
Mr.A.LEACH, free-will offering secretary
Mr.B.WILDE, secretary
Messrs.D.COCKROFT, H.WHITWORTH : auditors
Mr.G.SCHOFIELD sang
Mr.Arthur LEACH recited
Mr.S.PICKLES, accompanist
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SOWERBY DIVISION CONSERVATIVE UNION (meeting at the Conservative Club, Sowerby)
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON, president
Mr.R.CLARK replaced Mr.Walton THOMAS as secretary and collector
Messrs.G.STANSFELD, A.BINNS, A.NAYLOR, S.HELLIWELL, PLEWS, T.SMITH, M.OATES : Sowerby members of the general council
Messrs.A.STOTT, H.CARTER, W.SMITH, C.HACKETT, C.EMPSON, A.ROBERTS, J.J.ROWDEN, T.STOTT
: Triangle members of the general council
Messrs.G.R.STANSFELD, A.BINNS : representing Sowerby on the executive
Messrs.H.CARTER, A.STOTT : representing Triangle on the executive
Messrs.MITCHELL, HOWARTH, Albert BLACKBURN (Armley, Leeds)
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Sarah Ann THOMAS, 68, wife of William THOMAS, Lower Gaukroger, Sowerby New Road
Amelia ROBINSON, 62, widow of Nathaniel ROBINSON, West Bottom, Norland
1st March 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION (Halifax West Riding Court)
John March, Town Hall Hotel, allowed cab to stand in front of his house
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, organist at Tuel Lane Chapel for 31 years has resigned
(Christ Church Temperance Society)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Captain CRADDOCK presided
ELECTION OF GUARDIANS
Mr.H.CORDINGLEY presided
Messrs.Edward HANSON, Samuel HOWARD : candidates
Mrs.MARSLAND and Messrs.J.W.BANCROFT, William HAIGH, James WOOD, J.W.LODGE : possible candidates
Mr.A.T.LONGBOTTOM accepting nominations at his office, 4 Carlton Street, Halifax
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Charles W.LAYCOCK, J.H.STEAD : auctioneers
Mr.Samuel HOYLE (Tuel Lane), S.FREEMAN: solicitors
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.J.MINION
PRESENTATION (Sowerby Bridge Brass Band)
Mr.Harry BRIGGS (Harold BRIGGS) going abroad
Mr.N.HELLIWELL, president
Messrs.J.E.COCKROFT, H.ACKROYD, R.VAIRY sang
Mr.J.W.HELLOWELL, concertina
[Column 2]
ANOTHER PRESENTATION
Mr.John ILLINGWORTH, foreman for 8 years at Wharf Mills, Sowerby Bridge, moving to be foreman at Clay Pit Mills, Halifax
Both mills run by Messrs.CLAY & HORSFALL
Mr.S.TAYLOR made the presentation
Messrs.John TURNER, J.ILLINGWORTH, C.WOOD, F.SHEPLEY, A.FARRAR, J.A.BARRON sang
Mr.E.BUTTERWORTH, accompanist
(Socialist Club)
Dr.THOMPSON of Mytholmroyd read a paper
Mr.S.MASON presided
WOMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
Mr.Nimrod HOWARTH gave talk
Mrs.A.EASTWOOD, Thorn Lee, presided
(Sowerby Bridge Free Church Council Mission Committee meeting at the Baptist Church)
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Mr.W.R.LANE's mission finished
TUEL LANE "AT HOME"
Mr.and Mrs.Robert KING
Master J.DYSON
Miss MCHUGH, Mr.J.W.FIRTH and Master Milton YATES sang
Miss E.MAUDE recited
Councillor John BATES
Mr.C.H.MAUDE, Sunday School secretary
Mr.E.VARLEY, accompanist
Mr.A.STOTT, music
COCOA (lecture on "The cultivation and manufacture of Co-operative Wholesale Society's Cocoa)
Mr.TAYLOR of Manchester gave lecture
Mr.H.N.BLAMIRES presided
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.HALSTEAD, president of Elland Free Church Council
Revs.William BARKER, J.Marcus BROWN
Miss Ada L.WARD, LLA gave lecture on America
Mr.A.WHITTAKER of Halifax presided
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH re-elected unopposed
John H.STEAD, George Edgar WHITELEY, John William HOEY, William Jessop STORER, James HOLT, Louis WHITELEY,
George WHITELEY, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH), Albert William MITCHELL, Kennedy GILL, Emmanuel MITCHELL,
Alfred WHITELEY, Alfred S.FIRTH, William INGHAM, Arthur ASTIN, Harry CHADWICK (Harold CHADWICK),
William HAIGH (Town Hall Street), William SCHOFIELD (tailor), Samuel HOWARD, William Henry HALL, Abraham CLAY,
Ely WHITELEY, Richard ROTHWELL, Morris SUGDEN, Thomas HORSFALL, John Edwin MAUDE, John Ward BANCROFT, James FIRTH,
Jonas CROWTHER, Edward Ernest POLLIT, Edward ROSS, Rowland SIDDALL, W.Patterson EGLIN, Thomas BORRELL, Frank CLAY,
Abraham F.FOX, Tom TIDSWELL (Thomas TIDSWELL), Henry BROADBENT, Fred RADCLIFFE, James WOOD, James BRIGGS,
Charles Taylor SUTCLIFFE, John H.SHOESMITH, Joseph WILKINSON, A.BUTTERWORTH : supported him
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT (in aid of the Liberal Club)
Mesdames J.A.WHITELEY, H.CHADWICK sang
Misses MOORE, WOOD, A.L.SEED sang
Messrs.H.ATKINSON, J.K.FALCONER, W.HOLROYDE, A.SMITH, Arthur SMITH, J.W.SUTCLIFFE sang
Miss E.SMITH, accompanist
Messrs.H.WOOD, R.A.LUMB, J.ATKINSON and Misses HOLROYDE, WRAY, BULCOCK acted
Mrs.MARSLAND
Mr.T.HORSFALL
[Column 3]
(Independent Order of Rechabites lantern entertainment)
Mr.HODGKINSON of Padiham, lanternist
Miss E.LORD, reader
BAPTIST CHAPEL "AT HOME"
Messrs.CROSSLAND and GRAVE of Mytholmroyd decorated the room, the latter provided chairs, tables, carpets etc.
Mesdames HORSFALL, F.ASTIN, G.E.WHITELEY, VOSE, BROADBENT, J.A.WHITELEY, FOX, GREENWOOD, WOOD : stall keepers
Misses DRUCE, FOX, ELLIS, BAUME, MARSHALL, HELLIWELL, S.A.HELLIWELL : stall keepers
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY and Miss WHITELEY welcomed the guests
Mr.S.MASON, chairman
Master M.GREENWOOD
Councillor and Mrs.G.E.WHITELEY
Mr.T.HORSFALL, chairman
Master H.WHITELEY
Mr.and Mrs.H.BROADBENT and Mrs BRADLEY and Mrs.WHITELEY to be hosts
Sowerby
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.Sam DUGDALE (Samuel DUGDALE) elected unopposed
Norland
MOUNT PLEASANT "AT HOME"
Mr.and Mrs.J.WILCOCK of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Turner WASHINGTON (Sowerby Bridge), chairman, former scholar
Misses BOOTH, LUMB sang
Miss BOOTH and Mr.T.BINNS, piano
Mrs.TURNER
NORLAND BAPTIST CHAPEL
Mr.S.SMITH of Sowerby presided
Misses A.MILNES (Sowerby Bridge), A.BALMFORTH, H.THOMAS (Norland, piano) sang
Messrs.B.SPEAK and H.MORTON (Sowerby Bridge) sang
Miss M.BROADBENT (Boulderclough) recited
Mr.A.LEACH (Sowerby Bridge) recited
Misses E.HAWKINS and E.MITCHELL (Halifax) : mandoline
Mr.BATES (Halifax), banjo
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[Column 5]
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Friendly
DEATH OF MR.SAMUEL HARTLEY
Mr.Samuel HARTLEY, Clay Street, died aged 57. Active in Wesleyan Sunday School and chapel.
Organist and choirmaster for 30 years
Rev.George OYSTON
Mrs.HARTLEY
Mr.Herbert HARTLEY
Mr.and Mrs.Wilberforce LAWRENCE (deceased's son-in-law and daughter)
Miss HARGREAVES
Mr.and Mrs.George HARTLEY
Mr.and Mrs.Charles SCHOFIELD (deceased's niece)
Mrs.Jabez HARTLEY
Mr.Wilfred Lawson HARTLEY
Mr.and Mrs.A.C.BOLTON
Mr.and Mrs.John SMALLWOOD
Mrs.Thomas WHITELEY
Mr.and Mrs.LAWRENCE
Mrs.Edwin HORNER
Mr.Thomas KERSHAW
Messrs.William Henry BROWN, J.C.BATES, J.E.RATLIDGE, Joseph ATKINSON, John S.HOLLAND, Kenyon BROWN (Brighouse)
: close friends, coffin bearers
Mr.Thomas TAYLOR, undertaker
Rev.George OYSTON
Miss Olive FOSTER sang
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist
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IN MEMORIAM
Fred WHITAKER, husband of Sybil WHITAKER, died March 1906, aged 35. Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
William CROSSLEY, 71, 74 Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge. Died at Halifax Infirmary
8th March 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Charles RUSHWORTH elected unopposed to West Riding County Council
SERMON TO MEN (at Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.E.BEAUMONT, conductor of Norland Brass Band
BAPTIST "AT HOME"
Mr.and Mrs.H.BROADBENT
Master R.BROADBENT
Mr.W.MACFARLANE presided
Mrs.J.A.WHITELEY sang
Miss ACKROYD sang
Messrs.HOLLAS, COCKROFT, CHORLEY, MAIDEN
Misses WADE, HELLIWELL : accompanists
Mesdames BRADLEY, J.WHITELEY
Master B.FRANKLIN
Rev.J.FOX
CO-OPERATIVE GUILD
Mrs.HOWARTH presided
Mrs.EASTWOOD, secretary
PRESENTATION
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER, moving to Windermere, given presentation by the Christ Church Choir
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.C.W.CLAY, oldest member of the choir
STARTLING AFFAIR AT BOLTON BROW
Thomas Lewis ATKINSON, boy, son of Lewis ATKINSON
LECTURE (Wesley Guild)
Rev.J.E.CRAWSHAW of Leeds
Mr.A.BOOTH sang
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM (concert and dance)
Mr.W.STARK arranged it for the Building Fund
Messrs.H.TASKER, W.NASH, H.DEWHIRST, A.TOWNSEND sang
Misses S.BOTTOMLEY, N.TASKER, J.MCHUGH sang
Mr.A.SIDDALL, accompanist
Mr.C.BOTTOMLEY, M.C.
Messrs.H.BOOTH, T.H.WRIGHT
PRIMITIVE METHODISM (circuit meeting)
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Mr.E.LUSCOTT, secretary
Councillor A.HOWE, circuit steward
Mr.J.H.WATSON, Mytholmroyd, delegate to the next District meeting
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(Tuel Lane Young Men's Mutual Improvement Class)
Revs.Canon IVENS, H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
AMBULANCE DANCE (St.John Ambulance)
Messrs.H.GREENWOOD and J.GREENWOOD played for dancing
Privates ASHWORTH, HELLIWELL : M.C.s
BURNING FATALITY
Albert MUNDAY, son of Arthur MUNDAY, plate-layer, Terrace Street, West End, died aged 2
Councillor BORRELL, jury foreman
WEST END
Mr.T.A.SMITH, secretary
NOMINATIONS FOR GUARDIANS
Adelaide MARSDEN (Concrete Villas), J.W.BANCROFT (Nicholl's Terrace), William HAIGH (Raven Lodge),
Edward HANSON (Edward Street), Samuel HOWARD (Wharf Street), John William LODGE (Wharf Street),
James WOOD (Hollins Lane) : candidates
FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLOR (nominations)
John BATES (Dale Street), nominated by Thomas Henry GREENWOOD, Robert TAYLOR, Herbert WILD, Samuel HOWARD
John William LODGE (Wharf Street), nominated by Simeon Mitchell FIRTH, Thomas KERSHAW
John Ward BANCROFT (Nicholl's Terrace), nominated by Thomas Albert SMITH, Mary NEWSOME
James WOOD (Hollins Lane), nominated by Lummas LUMB, Sam SMITH (Samuel SMITH), Joseph STEEL, John Arthur PICKLES
Arthur Fielding LONGBOTTOM, nominated by William Henry THOMPSON, William Henry FOX, Thomas GAUKROGER, David SMITH,
William Henry HOLDEN, Ben MELLOR (Benjamin MELLOR), Albert WOOD, John William TIDSWELL, Henry STORR,
Frederick MITCHELL
John W.LODGE, nominated by John Barker BOTTOMLEY, Joseph BLACKBURN
James HOLDSWORTH, nominated by Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Frederick SUTCLIFFE, James BROADBENT, Simeon TAYLOR, Mrs.ROTHWELL,
Thomas Edward WHITEHEAD, Emannuel MITCHELL (Emmanuel MITCHELL?), Rowland LUMB
William SUTCLIFFE (Willow Terrace), nominated by James BARON, Alfred BERRY
Thomas BORRELL, nominated by William GAUKROGER, Richard William GEE, Richard HOEY, John GRUNDY, Alfred PLATT,
John MARSHALL
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., presided
(Gas committee)
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Councillors George WHITELEY, G.E.WHITELEY, BORRELL, LONGBOTTOM, GLEDHILL
(Cemetery committee)
Councillors George WHITELEY, HOWE, TIDSWELL
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Councillors LONGBOTTOM, Ely WHITELEY
(Sanitary committee)
Councillor BORRELL
(Appointment of overseers)
Councillors GLEDHILL, G.E.WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, BORRELL, Ely WHITELEY
Mr.J.H.STEAD, candidate
INCREASED RATE
Councillor LONGBOTTOM
"JOHN SMITH" TRUSTEES (bequest for poor widows and spinsters in Sowerby Bridge)
Mr.S.HOYLE, solicitor
Messrs.C.RUSHWORTH C.C., J.W.WHITELEY J.P, E.MITCHELL appointed as trustees
Councillors HOLDSWORTH, Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY
THE AMALGAMATION QUESTION
Mr.Edgar BOOTH wrote re Sowerby Council abandoning amalgamation negotiations
Councillor LONGBOTTOM
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Councillors WHITELEY, BATES
Mr.RAWSON, Sowerby landowner, threatened to cut off water to Sowerby if amalgamation occurred
Messrs.NAYLOR, J.S.RAWSON
Luddenden Foot
ELECTION OF GUARDIANS
Mr.H.MOSES, 4 Beulah Place, Luddenden Foot, elected as Guardian
GOOD NEWS FOR LUDDENDEN FOOT
County Councillor Sam DUGDALE (Samuel DUGDALE) to build new mill on field known as Ellen Holme
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Messrs. William BIRTWHISTLE (draper, Burnley Road), William HELLIWELL (woollen spinner, Warley Hall),
Ernest E.GREENWOOD (joiner, Bank Buildings), Robert BENTON (shopman, Clough),
Willie ACKROYD (William ACKROYD, warehouseman, Bank Buildings) : candidates
BURGLARY (Co-Op)
Norland
ELECTION OF GUARDIAN
Mr.Jabez WHITTAKER, gentleman, Thorney Bank, elected
WHIST DRIVE AND DANCE (in aid of Norland Band)
Messrs.NORMANTON, BINNS, WILSON and their wives arranged it
Mr.Fred GREENWOOD, band president
Messrs.GRACE, NORMANTON : M.C.s
PARISH MEETING (St.Luke's)
Councillor Jabez WHITAKER, Rural District Councillor and Guardian, presided
Mr.John BARRACLOUGH, chairman of Norland Parish Council
Messrs.J.BARRACLOUGH, J.BOTTOMLEY, J.BOLTON, E.BINNS, F.FLEMING, C.HELLIWELL, J.WADSWORTH, N.WADSWORTH, W.GEE,
J.HITCHEN, J.WADSWORTH, J.ROBINSON, J.PRIESTLEY : candidates for parish council
Mr.William SHAW declined nomination
Mr.BINNS, assistant overseer
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Sowerby
ELECTION OF GUARDIAN
Mr.John William HODGSON, land agent, Triangle, elected as Guardian
DISTRICT COUNCIL NOMINATION
Messrs.Rowland BRADLEY (farmer, Styes), Job SUNDERLAND (gentleman, Cotton Stones),
William SUTCLIFFE (farmer, Haugh End), Hanson HAIGH : elected
PASSIVE RESISTORS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Joseph SHARP, Joseph E.HOPKINSON, John WADSWORTH refused to pay part of rates
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ELECTION OF GUARDIANS (advert)
Mr.William HAIGH
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION 1907. SOWERBY BRIDGE ELECTORAL DIVISION (thank you letter to electors)
Charles RUSHWORTH
15th March 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.C.R.BERRY won prizes for rabbits
(Bolton Brow Wesley Guild)
Revs.W.J.P.WHITE, George OYSTON
ORGANIST AT TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.H.AKROYD, organist at Brearley Baptist Chapel, to take over from Joseph WHITELEY as organist at Tuel lane Chapel
COLLISION WITH A TRAMCAR
Mr.Walter WALTON, Wakefield Road, owned a cart
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT
Mr.H.BOOTH presided
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.T.SMITHIES of West Vale gave address
Miss HINSON sang
Mr.and Mrs.Harry SUTCLIFFE, Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (formerly of Sowerby Bridge). Mr.SUTCLIFFE, plumber,
served his time with Mr.STAFFORD, plumber, West Street
LECTURE (at Tuel lane)
Rev.G.A.WILSON of London (former circuit minister at Sowerby Bridge)
Misses E.WHITELEY, F.PARKER sang
Mr.J.WILCOCK presided
PREFERMENT FOR A SOWERBY BRIDGE YOUNG MAN
Mr.James K.LAW, appointed gas engineer and manager to Marple Council. Worked at Sowerby Bridge Gas Works
Professor BAILEY, Owen's College, Manchester, chairman of the gas committee
TWO DANCES (Sowerby Bridge Railway Cricket Club)
Messrs. H.GREENWOOD and J.GREENWOOD played for dancing
Messrs.A.DICKENSON, A.MACK, T.SUTCLIFFE, J.NICHOLSON, Harry GRACE (Harold GRACE) : M.C.s
BOLTON BROW (Women's Meeting)
Mrs.J.H.SCHOFIELD presided
Sister Lena HARBORD
Mesdames GLEDHILL, THOMPSON, EASTWOOD, C.THOMPSON, ROWLINSON, FENTON, HOLLAS, BROADBENT
Mesdames HANSON, Sister Lena, Miss SUTCLIFFE recited
Mr.W.BRIGGS
Miss L.S.BRIGGS, accompanist
RIGHT OF WAY CASE (Halifax West Riding Court)
John MARSH, cab proprietor, Town Hall Hotel
Mr.JONES, West Riding solicitor's office, prosecution
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RAILWAY MISSION
Miss M.WHITELEY, superintendent
Mr.POSTLETHWAITE, foreman signal fitter
ST.GEORGE'S
Rev.James MINION, vicar
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
John BATES, John Ward BANCROFT, James WOOD, John William LODGE, James HOLDSWORTH, Arthur Fielding LONGBOTTOM
: candidates
Thomas BORRELL elected unopposed
GUARDIANS
Mrs.MARSLAND, Samuel HOWARD, Edward HANSON, James WOOD, John William LODGE, John Ward BANCROFT : candidates
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE CO.
Mr.E.LUSCUTT, Ryburn Villas, West End : district superintendent
ASSAULT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Fred SHEPLEY, chimney sweep, Sowerby Bridge : accused
James A.CROWTHER : complainant
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES (Sowerby Bridge Tent)
Brothers Frank WILCOCK, A.BUTTERWORTH, James WILKINSON, T.H.WRIGHT, J.W.SYKES
Messrs.HAIGH, MACKRELL, WOLFENDEN, THOMAS sang
Misses HAIGH, DYSON sang
Mrs.HEYWOOD sang
Misses BERRY, DYSON, WALKER recited
SOWERBY BRIDGE WOMAN'S SMART PUNISHMENT (Leeds West Riding Assizes)
Jane WHITAKER (46) indicted for performing illegal operation on Jessie ASBERRY at Sowerby Bridge
Mr.FLEMING, prosecution
Mr.Howard NEWELL, defence
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SERMON TO MEN (at Christ Church, text given)
Rev.canon IVENS
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Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.STOTT J.P., WRIGLEY, NAYLOR, MITCHELL, SUNDERLAND, ROWDEN, WADSWORTH, D.TURNER, S.TURNER, HAIGH, BROADLEY
[Column 5]
Mr.LONGBOTTOM ridiculed Sowerby Council
Mr.RAWSON
Dr.ADAMS, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Messrs.Henry HANSON, Walter AINLEY, Ernest BROADBENT : overseers
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Councillor Hanson HAIGH
Paul BARSTOW, John FURNESS, Mary WADSWORTH, Daniel GREENWOOD and Edward WAINHOUSE : charities
[column 6]
Messrs.T.H.MORRIS, George STANSFELD, J.S.RAWSON, F.G.RAWSON, Rev.W.C.EVANS : co-opted charity trustees
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (annual report, top of columns 5 and 6)
Thomas C.DEWEY, general manager
Frederick SCHOOLING, actuary
D.W.STABLE, secretary
H.A.HARBEN, chairman
J.W.SIMMONDS, J.H.LUSCOMBE : directors
DELOITTE, PLENDER, GRIFFITHS & Co., chartered accountants
Mr.E.LUSCOTT, Ryburn Villas, Sowerby Bridge : District Superintendent
Mr.CLEGG, Belmont Terrace, Luddenden Foot, and Mr.E.FARRAR, 2 Egerton Street, Sowerby Bridge : assistant superintendents
Norland
NORLAND
Mr.and Mrs.C.LUMB of Gomersal held an "At Home"
Mr.A.S.FIRTH presided
NORLAND PARISH COUNCIL
J.BROADBENT and John BOLTON withdrawn as candidates
John BARRACLOUGH, Ezekiel BINNS, Frank BOTTOMLEY, Frederick Berry FLEMING, William GEE, Charles Henry HELLIWELL,
William Henry HITCHEN, Willie PRIESTLEY (William PRIESTLEY), John ROBINSON, Nathaniel WADSWORTH
: remaining candidates
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DEATH
Elizabeth STANDEVEN, 81, Stansfeld Mill, Triangle
22nd March 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.Sarah WALTERS of Princess Street, Beech, elected pensioner of the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Association
THE ELECTIONS
Messrs.HANSON, HOWARD, William HAIGH (Raven Lodge) : candidates for Guardian
Mr.William SUTCLIFFE opposing Mr.HOLDSWORTH in North ward
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE (Tuel lane Chapel)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
Miss F.SYKES sang
CIRCUIT MEETING (Wesleyan, at Bolton Brow)
Rev.George OYSTON
Mr.George RUSHWORTH resigned as secretary of the quarterly meeting for 8 years due to domestic affliction
Mr.Thomas EDWARDS, new secretary
Mr.James Clay HORSFALL, senior steward
Mr.F.WADDINGTON, Sunday School superintendent
Mr.HOBSON, circuit steward
Mr.J.C.BATES, deputy
Mr.Isaac PRIESTLEY to represent the circuit at the Synod
Messrs.FLETCHER, HOBSON, Fred WADDINGTON
Rev.W.J.P.WHITE, gave missionary report
Mr.T.EDWARDS, treasurer
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TEMPERANCE (society meeting)
Rev.D.WILLIAMS
Mr.B.ROBINSON spoke
RE-UNION (of scholars of Bolton Brow Sunday School)
Rev.George OYSTON
Miss F.AKROYD sang
Mr.G.H.THOMAS sang
Messrs.J.W.HAIGH, J.H.AINLEY recited
A SUCCESSFUL TEA (Tuel Lane Ladies' Sewing Class)
Misses S.COCKROFT, A.WASHINGTON, A.GREENWOOD won competition
Mrs.E.WHITWORTH won competition
Mr.A.SCHOFIELD won competition
THE MUSICAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT
Mr.Albert SMITH, Percy STOTT (Percival STOTT) sang
Mrs.J.A.WHITELEY sang
Miss HAIGH sang
Mesdames H.ATKINSON, MACAULEY, DAVIS, HOLROYDE : entertainment
Misses A.PARKER, HELLEWELL, HORSFALL, M.WOOD, B.HORSFALL : entertainment
Messrs.G.SCHOFIELD, H.SAGAR, F.SHEPHERD, A.BOOTH, C.A.DAVIS, G.H.WHITAKER : entertainment
Mr.SUTCLIFFE, violin
Mr.KITSON, conductor
Miss KITSON, accompanist
POWERFUL MACHINE
Messrs.Francis BERRY and Sons, Calderdale Iron Works, completed planing machine
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CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.C.S.QUAINTON, vicar of Pellon
LIBERAL CLUB (tea and concert)
Councillor James HOLDSWORTH presided
Mrs.WHITESIDE (Lil HAMPSON)
Miss M.L.NICHOLL, elocutionist
Mr.Selwyn DYSON, tenor
Mr.Arthur NICHOLL, bass
Mr.Watson WHITELEY, violin
Mr.Wilson WHITELEY, accompanist
COMMENDABLE SERVICE
Mr.T.F.ROWLINSON, Wharf Street, lamplighter for 30 years
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Miss F.PARKER sang
Mr.NICHOLL, organ
Rev.George OYSTON
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Mr.William HAIGH presided
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY J.P., A.HOWE, T.TIDSWELL
Messrs.H.P.KENDALL, R.ROTHWELL, H.WHITAKER, H.STORR, J.MARSLAND, R.LUMB, B.ROBINSON
THE CHARGE AGAINST A HALIFAX RATE COLLECTOR (Halifax Borough Court)
Robert CALVERT, former rate collector for Halifax Corporation, charged with embezzlement
Mr.H.ASHLING, prosecution
Mr.Robert WILKINSON, defence
(CORRESPONDENCE)
THE ELECTION OF GUARDIANS AT SOWERBY BRIDGE
Messrs.HOWARD and HANSON : candidates
H.CORDINGLEY, 1 John Street, Beech, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
Sowerby
ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE (concert at Providence Free Church)
Rev.W.C.EVANS, president
Mr.S.RADCLIFFE, secretary
Misses M.HANSON, A.BUTTERWORTH : sopranos
Mr.G.SCHOFIELD, tenor
Mr.J.RADCLIFFE, bass
Mr.J.WOLFENDEN, violin
Mr.W.SHAW (Halifax), humorist
Mr.W.E.EVANS, elocutionist
Messrs.Oliver SMITH (Friendly), LORD (Halifax) : accompanists
AMBULANCE LECTURES (Sowerby Bridge Brigade visited Steep Lane and St.Peter's)
Mr.Frank WILCOCK, association secretary
Rev.W.HAIGH presided at Steep Lane
Mr.J.T.HAIGH, vice-president of Steep Lane Young men's Class
Rev.J.W.WALKER presided at St.Peter's
Luddenden Foot
PROPOSED AMBULANCE CARRIAGE FOR LUDDENDEN FOOT (concert and dance to raise money)
Misses N.MILNE and H.BROADBENT (sopranos), F.PARKER and E.E.GODDARD (contraltos), D.W.FRANKLAND (serio)
: Albion Concert Party, Sowerby Bridge
Messrs.H.BARRETT (tenor), A.A.FRANKLAND (bass) : Albion Concert Party
Messrs.GREENWOOD brothers played for dancing
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A SINGULAR DEATH. SEPTIC POISONING SET UP BY A HORSE
Abraham KELLETT, journeyman blacksmith of Wilson Road, Wyke, died
Dr.Charles DEARDEN
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[Column 6]
ELECTION NOTICE (thanking electors)
Thomas BORRELL
DEATH
Mary Ann BATES, 92, widow of William BATES, Scarr Head, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth WHITAKER, 77, Stansfield Mill Lane, Triangle
29th March 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
THE NEW POST OFFICE
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., received letter saying that Allan Park discounted as possible site
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.A.CROWTHER of Elland spoke
Miss HAIGH sang
Mr.H.WOOD, chairman
CHRIST CHURCH
Revs.Thomas R.SALE (vicar of Huddersfield), Canon IVENS (vicar of Christ Church),
Canon MCMILLAN (vicar of St.John's, Wakefield)
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN (young men's class)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH, president
Messrs.A.E.CROSSLEY (secretary), H.LAW (treasurer), F.FIRTH (auditor), W.WHITELEY and F.BERRY (visitors),
C.W.MAUDE (editor of review), B.ROBINSON and P.OLDFIELD (representatives to conference)
Messrs.A.S.FIRTH, P.OLDFIELD, W.WHITELEY, F.BERRY, B.ROBINSON : syllabus committee
Messrs.A.F.LONGBOTTOM, John BATES, members, elected to the council
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.F.BARRACLOUGH presided
Misses Florence BOOTH, Marion WRIGHT, Phyllis SUTCLIFFE, Edith WRIGHT,
Annie BENTLEY (Ann BENTLEY) and Nellie BENTLEY (Ellen BENTLEY) sang
Master Arthur COPLEY sang comic song
Alice BLACKBURN, James W.HODGSON, Edward S.BALL, Edith BOTTOMLEY, Arthur BLACKBURN, Doris BUTTERWORTH, James W.TURNER,
Florence BOOTH (accompanist), Walter COPLEY, Alice WILD recited
John COPLEY, Frank RUSHWORTH, Arthur COPLEY, Harry LEES (Harold LEES) : amusing dialogue
Messrs.BUTTERWORTH, T.H.WRIGHT
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Wesleyan Young Men's Mutual Improvement Class)
Mr.A.CROWTHER, president
Mr.F.RILEY read secretary's report
Miss E.GLEDHILL and Messrs.GILLAM, C.MAUDE, H.LUMB, A.NICHOLL, F.CARTER, J.L.CROWTHER, A.BROOKS, E.GREENROYD, H.WOOD,
F.WOOD : entertainment
Mr.NICHOLL, accompanist
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CHILDREN'S DANCE (Women's Liberal Association)
Miss HAIGH played for dancing
DEATH OF AN OLD TRADESMAN
Mr.William GLEDHILL, Cromwell Terrace, Halifax, formerly butcher in Wharf Street, father of Councillor W.GLEDHILL,
Sowerby Bridge, died aged 69
PRESENTATION
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER, organist at Christ Church, leaving for Windermere
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Charles William LAYCOCK, auctioneer, sold property of the late Thomas HILL
Mr.James HITCHEN, Margate Street, bought houses in Vale Street and Conduct Street, West End
Mr.J.R.BARKER, Croft House, bought houses in Sowerby Street, Russell Street and Conduct Street
Mr.FISHER, Halifax, solicitor
LENTEN SERVICE
Rev.James MINION, vicar of St.George's
GYMNASTICS
Dr.WELLBURN presided
C.H.SMITH, T.E.ACKROYD : won in gymnastics
Messrs.HINCHLIFFE, HUGHES won boxing
J.WHITELEY beat A.LEACH in wrestling
Mrs.Frank CLAY presented the prizes
Master Percy STANDEVEN (Percival STANDEVEN), Yorkshire champion Indian club soloist and Huddersfield district winner
Mr.W.T.WALTON
THE ELECTIONS (results)
T.BORRELL, John BATES, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, William SUTCLIFFE (contractor) elected to the District Council
Mr.EVANS, returning officer
James WOOD, John Ward BANCROFT, J.W.LODGE, James HOLDSWORTH : unsuccessful candidates for council
William HAIGH and E.HANSON elected as Guardians
J.W.LODGE, S.HOWARD, James WOOD, J.W.BANCROFT and Mrs.MARSLAND : unsuccessful candidates for Guardian
Norland
PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION (results)
W.PRIESTLEY (Thorny Bank), C.H.HELLIWELL (Sowerby Croft), E.BINNS (Oaken Royd), N.WADSWORTH (Stormer Hill),
J.BARRACLOUGH (New Longley), J.ROBINSON (Moor Bottom), F.BOTTOMLEY (Pickwood Scarr),
F.B.FLEMING (Prospect Terrace), W.H.HITCHEN (Kitson Lane): elected
J.WADSWORTH (Moorland Villa), W.G.SHAW : unsuccessful candidates
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ELECTION NOTICE (thanking electors)
John BATES, 4 Dale Street
A.F.LONGBOTTOM, 69 West View, Sowerby Bridge
GUARDIANS ELECTION (thanking electors)
William HAIGH, Raven Lodge
E.HANSON, S.HOWARD
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[Column 5]
[Column 6]
Friendly
Mr.Arthur ASTIN, Town Hall Street, made new uniform for Friendly Brass Band
5th April 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM to be appointed chairman of the council
Police Constable SMEATON, stationed at Sowerby Bridge, leaving to set up business at Sheffield
GUILD SOCIAL (Bolton Brow)
Rev.George OYSTON
Misses Flora GREENWOOD (Florence GREENWOOD?), F.AKROYD sang
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Misses MCHUGH, COCKROFT sang
Messrs.A.LAW, F.WILCOCK sang
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH, pastor
CHURCH INSTITUTE ("At homes")
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., and Mrs.WHITELEY
Master R.HAMER
Mr.L.ESDON in charge of the music
Miss C.RILEY, Messrs.F.MOORE, A.ROTHERA, H.FOSTER : music
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.J.MINION, vicar
Mr.J.ELLIS read the accounts
Messrs.J.ELLIS, A.BATLEY, wardens
Messrs.G.C.EASTON, S.BUTTERWORTH, T.TAYLOR, Ernest E.WHITELEY, R.W.GEE, C.W.LAYCOCK : sidesmen
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO MRS.ATKINSON
Mrs.ATKINSON, wife of Lewis ATKINSON, carting agent and hay and straw dealer. Youngest son aged 10.
Had another son and an adopted son
Dr.BAIRD
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN LIMITED (annual report)
Messrs.Eli WHITELEY, Emmanuel MITCHELL : directors
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Miss Doris WORMALD, aged 9, of Park Crescent, Sowerby Bridge (pupil of Miss A.GREENWOOD, Lightcliffe) passed piano exam
PRIMITIVE METHODISM
Rev.J.M.BROWN
Professor R.W.BROWN
SOCIALIST SOCIETY (first annual meeting, at the Old Wharf Inn)
Mr.W.H.OLDFIELD read report
Mr.A.E.BISHOP (Hebden Bridge) gave address a year ago
L.FIRTH furnished room at the Wharf Inn
Messrs.S.MASON (president), J.W.ALLSOP (vice-president), W.H.OLDFIELD junior (secretary), R.CLAYTON (treasurer),
W.HOWARTH and T.WRIGHT (auditors), F.SHARP (propaganda secretary)
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, J.P., chairman
Councillor A.CLAY absent
THE GASWORKS EXTENSION
Mr.Savile SYKES gave contract to sell machinery at Mearclough Mill (co-owned by the council) to Mr.L.J.AKROYD of Halifax
Councillors GLEDHILL, George WHITELEY
Councillor Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, LONGBOTTOM, HOLDSWORTH proposed vote of thanks to the chairman
THE NEW RATE
Councillor LONGBOTTOM gave financial report
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Councillors G.WHITELEY, GLEDHILL
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Luddenden Foot
A CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Patrick FLATLEY, an ex-soldier
SAILOR ARRESTED
Thomas GUEST, seaman, on leave from his ship "Talbort" at Portland didn't return on time
Ripponden
A SUCCESSFUL COTTON SPINNING COMPANY (Stones Mill Company Limited)
Sowerby
Mr.J.W.MCARTNEY of Halifax preached temperance sermon at Boulderclough New Connexion Church
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH (31st anniversary of the church)
Rev.Dr.IRVING, president of the assembly, preached
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
Mr.G.A.SHARP, secretary
Revs.William HAIGH, W.C.EVANS, J.E.WOLSTENHOLME gave addresses
Mr.E.LAW, organist
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MARRIAGES
Fred SPENCER married Miss Florence L.GIBSON, both of this parish
IN MEMORIAM
Mary Nancy SUTCLIFFE died in April 1903. Daughter of William SUTCLIFFE, 4 Willow Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Annie WHITELEY (Ann WHITELEY) died April 1906. Wife of George E.WHITELEY, 61 Osbourne Road, Blackpool
12th April 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.ATKINSON, in the infirmary, progressing well
CANTATA (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mr.E.LUSCUTT presided
BOYS' BRIGADE (just formed, connected to West End Congregational Sunday School)
Messrs.T.A.SMITH, W.NUTTON, E.NICHOLL, Joe CORDINGLEY (Joseph CORDINGLEY), A.RADCLIFFE : officers
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, who recently resigned as organist at Tuel Lane Chapel, given an inscribed, gold mounted walking stick
Miss BROADBENT made the presentation
CO-OPERATIVE WOMEN'S GUILD
Mrs.FRANCE of Brighouse gave lecture
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Mr.P.M.GRANGER, president of Square P.S.A., Halifax, gave address
Mr.Fred ADKIN presided
Miss TAYLOR sang
WORKING MEN'S CLUB BILLIARD LEAGUE (final between West End and King Cross)
Mr.H.HOLMES, president of the League
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT presided
Mr.Albert SMITH conducted the "West End Comedy Concert Party"
Messrs.G.H.WHITAKER, J.K.FALCONER, A.SMITH sang
Mesdames WHITELEY, H.CHADWICK sang
Misses SEED, MOORE sang
Misses Irene ASHWORTH, E.SMITH and Mr.B.WADSWORTH : piano
CHRIST CHURCH VESTRY MEETING
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.William HAIGH, vicar's warden for 24 years
Messrs.D.I.MALLINSON, J.MEADOWS, W.H.UTTLEY, F.R.WOOD, C.DYSON
Captain CADDOCK, Church Army captain
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY J.P. and Messrs.E.E.POLLIT, William WISEMAN : people's wardens
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist for 10 years, recently left
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ST.GEORGE'S CRICKET CLUB
Rev.J.MINION presided
Messrs.H.HOLLAS, FORD sang
Misses E.CROSSLEY, BERRY sang
Mr.C.SMITH performed amusing sketch
Mr.J.MARSDEN, accompanist
Mr.F.GREENWOOD played for dancing
Mr.Harold LAYCOCK, club captain, recently left for Canada
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT, president
Messrs.H.BOOTH, J.E.BALL, A.BUTTERWORTH, vice-presidents
Messrs.F.BARRACLOUGH (secretary), A.E.SUTCLIFFE (treasurer), C.H.ROWSON (auditor), H.RILEY and J.STEELE (collectors)
PRESENTATION
Mr.George INGHAM, foreman moulder at Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL's, retired after 50 years.
His father worked for the firm for 56 years
Messrs.James HOLDSWORTH, David KIDSON, Henry WALKER : only other workers to have been at the firm for 50 years
Mr.F.SUTCLIFFE presided
Mr.E.E.POLLIT, managing director
Messrs.W.S.MILLIGAN, W.H.GIBSON and T.GREENWOOD
CHURCH INSTITUTE "AT HOME"
Mr.William Henry GIBSON and Miss GIBSON, host and hostess
Mr.A.W.GIBSON, page
Miss N.SHEARD recited
Messrs.A.PLATT, H.DEWHIRST, J.E.COCKROFT, R.W.MALLINSON, A.ACKROYD recited
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.C.BARRACLOUGH, secretary
Ripponden
DEATH OF RIPPONDEN'S OLDEST INHABITANT
Mrs.Mary GREENWOOD (nee Mary BROWN), Fountain Street, Ripponden, died aged 97. Born at Boulderclough. Had 15 children
Married Abraham GREENWOOD of Sowerby who died 20 years ago. Kept the Friendly Inn for 17 years.
Farmed at Royd Farm, Ripponden for 7 years and for 3 years at Great House, Soyland
Son at Salterhebble and daughter at High Crompton. One son went to America 30 years ago
Dr.HOYLE
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Sowerby
PRESENTATION
Mr.Harry MIDGLEY (Harold MIDGLEY) leaving for America
Mr.David TURNER presided
Mr.Jonathan WHITELEY of Clough House, made the presentation
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.STOTT, R.BRADLEY, H.HAIGH, D.TURNER, J.WADSWORTH, J.SUNDERLAND, J.J.ROWDEN, C.H.MITCHELL, J.T.NAYLOR,
D.WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY, S.TURNER
Mr.HEBBLETHWAITE, engineer for the sewage scheme
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector
Dr.ADAMS, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
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Norland
PARISH COUNCIL
Mr.John BARRACLOUGH, chairman
Mr.E.BINNS, vice-chairman
Mr.J.WADSWORTH, representative to the Education Committee
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DEATH
Elizabeth Sophia KIDSON, 66, wife of David KIDSON, 8 Newton Street, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE INSPECTOR'S REPORT
EDWARDS & RAWSON
Miles SYKES & Son
CLAY & HORSFALL
W.and R.K.LEE Limited
CLAY Brothers
CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON and Sons
HOMFRAY & Co., Ltd.
A.BREARLEY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
WOOD Brothers
W.P.EGLIN
W.H.HELLIWELL & Co.
EDLESTON Ltd.
BLACKBURN Brothers
George FOX & Sons
J.ATKINSON & Sons
William MORRIS & Sons
M.WILCOCK
James GREENWOOD & Sons
Henry BROADBENT Limited
John WALLIS & Co.
C.W.MATTOCK
MITCHELL Brothers
Francis BERRY & Sons
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
T.GRIME, inspector?
19th April 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
SINGULAR ACCIDENT
Mr.David SMITH, owned a horse and cart
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Rev.W.J.P.WHITE
Mr.GILLOM (GILLAM?), violin
Mr.H.WOOD presided
NEW CYCLING CLUB
Messrs.W.HAIGH (president), J.HOUGH (secretary), W.FIRTH (treasurer), J.EDWARDS (Captain)
Messrs.J.GIBB, T.GREGORY, J.HOLROYD : vice-captains
YORKSHIRE OPERATIVE COTTON SPINNERS' AND TWINERS' ASSOCIATION
Mr.Herbert WILD, president
Councillor John BATES, secretary
SOWERBY BRIDGE MUSICAL SOCIETY
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, president
Mr.J.G.ASHWORTH, secretary for 2 years
Mr.A.KITSON, conductor
Miss Mabel KITSON, accompanist
Messrs.A.SMITH, F.SHEPHERD, H.SAGAR, Mesdames DAVIS, J.A.WHITELEY and Miss HELLEWELL : committee
GYMNASTICS (final between Tuel Lane Board School and Halifax Warley Road School)
MANSLEY, BREARLEY, HUGHES, J.WATERHOUSE, TOLLEY, HINKLIFFE (HINCHLIFFE?), T.WATERHOUSE, MIDGLEY : Tuel Lane team
CROSSLEY, COCKROFT, GREENWOOD, WILSON, CLAYTON, RILEY, RUSBY, HOLT : Warley Road team
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Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., chairman of the District Council
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.John H.STEAD provided tea
Mr.F.TOMBS gave address
Mrs.MARSLAND presided
LAUNCH OF A CANAL BOAT
Mr.Albert WOOD, carrier and coal merchant, launched new boat at his dockyard, Shepley Bridge, near Mirfield
Miss Hilda WOOD, daughter of above, christened it "Fraternity"
Mr.J.HOLT, Mr.WOOD's foreman
Messrs.J.W.WHITELEY, W.H.GIBSON
PRESENTATION TO AN EX-POLICEMAN
Police Constable SMEETON, stationed at Sowerby Bridge for 9 months, formerly at Pecket Well, retiring to start business
in Sheffield
Mr.C.W.SYKES opened a subscription list for the gift
LECTURE ON "HUGH PRICE HUGHES" (at Wesleyan Mission Chapel)
Hugh Price HUGHES, apostle of modern Methodism
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE presided
PRETTY WEDDING (at St.George's Church)
Miss Catherine PARKER (Katie PARKER), daughter of Mr.and Mrs.R.PARKER, Ryburn Buildings, married Mark JAMES,
son of the late Warren JAMES of West Houghton, Lancashire
Miss Margaret PARKER, sister of the bride
Miss Edith PARKER, cousin of the bride
Mr.Warren JAMES, best man
Rev.James MINION, vicar
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor A.CLAY, absent through illness
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM (his father was a councillor), J.BATES, T.BORRELL, W.SUTCLIFFE : newly elected
Mr.EVANS, clerk
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY presided
Councillor HOWE
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Councillor J.W.WHITELEY elected vice-chairman
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES
Councillors HOWE, Ely WHITELEY, T.BORRELL, W.GLEDHILL, J.BATES, J.W.WHITELEY, T.TIDSWELL, A.CLAY, LONGBOTTOM,
W.SUTCLIFFE, George WHITELEY, G.E.WHITELEY
Messrs.W.HAIGH, F.CLAY, R.ROTHWELL, H.STORR, H.P.KENDALL, H.WHITAKER, E.HELLIWELL, J.MARSLAND, B.ROBINSON
: Public Library Committee
Messrs.W.H.GIBSON, J.C.HORSFALL, A.SMITH, J.VARLEY, W.T.WALTON, J.TURNER, J.HOLDSWORTH, F.CLAY, H.STORR, W.NICHOLL,
J.H.HOYLE, A.HOBSON, R.LUMB and Dr.WELLBURN and Mesdames H.P.KENDALL, WOOD : Higher Education Committee
Mrs.WOOD and Messrs.E.E.POLLIT, W.T.WALTON, A.SMITH : secondary school representatives
Messrs.F.CLAY, W.T.WALTON, J.TURNER, William TOLLEY and Dr.WELLBURN : gymnasium sub-committee
(Setting the rate for education)
Mr.EVANS, clerk
Councillors George WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, J.W.WHITELEY
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Councillors HOWE, BORRELL
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BIRTH
Daughter of Mr.and Mrs.J.S.HIGHAM (M.P.?), born at Moorhead, Accrington
DEATHS
Tom DEWHIRST (Thomas DEWHIRST), 50, 2 Dale Street, Sowerby Bridge
James Elliott EDWARDS, died in Canada, aged 20. Son of the late John EDWARDS of Sowerby Bridge
Hannah WOOD, 60, widow of Benjamin WOOD, Hoyle House, Warley
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mrs.DEWHIRST and family
26th April 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
NEGLECT OF CHILD (Halifax West Riding Court)
Rebecca KEACH, aged 18, weaver of Sowerby Bridge, left 18 month old child chargeable to the Halifax Union.
Mr.BRIGGS, relieving officer
TUEL LANE U.M.F.C. (United Methodist Free Church)
Rev.J.E.SWALLOW of Manchester
Mr.H.AKROYD, organist
Misses WOOD, CROSSLEY and Masters R.PICKLES, H.MALLINSON recited
Mr.J.W.SYKES presided
Mr.C.BESWICK, chairman
Revs.J.Marcus BROWN, H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.F.FIRTH gave report
INTERESTING PRESENTATIONS (employees of Mr.Sam DUGDALE (Samuel DUGDALE), C.C., of Old House Mill, Sowerby Bridge and Dyson Lane Mill, Ripponden)
Mr.Edwin MEADOWCROFT, mills' manager, to become partner in firm
Mr.James Edward DUGDALE, eldest son of Sam DUGDALE, to become partner in firm
Mr.Robert CLARK, cashier
Mr.John WHITELEY represented the Rishworth Mill
Mr.George HALLOWELL represented Old House Mill
Misses HELLIWELL, HOLROYD, SOUTHWELL, SUTCLIFFE sang
Messrs.F.BROADBENT and J.BARLOW (humorist) sang
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Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., and other councillors to attend service at Tuel Lane Chapel
WEDDING (at St.George's)
Mr.Ernest WHITELEY married Miss Sarah Alice HEAP, daughter of David HEAP
Rev.James MINION, vicar
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, organist, father of the groom
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs.W.H.HEAP of Huddersfield, George HACK of King Cross
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist
Madame FEATHER sang
THE NEW POST OFFICE
GYMNASTICS (at West End Congregational School)
Mr.Albert SMITH presided
Mr.J.C.LUMLEY of Leeds, judge
J.BOTTOMLEY, S.HANSON, M.HARRIS, A.SHAW, B.WILCOCK, A.KAYE, T.AKROYD, C.H.SMITH : Sowerby Bridge team
BOLTON BROW BOYS' BRIGADE (concert at the Wesleyan Chapel)
Rev.George OYSTON presided
Mr.William BRIGGS, captain
Misses MIDGLEY, CARTER, AKROYD, SHAW recited
Master I.HAIGH recited
Misses TAYLOR, EASTWOOD, PRIESTLEY, MITCHELL, LUMB, UTTLEY, FLETCHER sang
Mr.J.LEE, accompanist
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Councillors A.G.LONGBOTTOM J.P., J.BATES, A.HOWE
Messrs.W.HAIGH, H.P.KENDALL, R.ROTHWELL, J.MARSLAND, H.STORR, F.CLAY, B.ROBINSON, H.WHITAKER, Ernest HALLOWELL
Mr.BALL, librarian
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THE CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR (social at the Stirk Bridge Inn)
Mr.L.ESDON, new organist
Mr.J.E.COCKROFT, chairman
Messrs.COCKROFT, HALSTEAD, BACON, DYSON, MARSDEN, E.ASHWORTH and F.ASHWORTH, G.CROSSFIELD, MARCHANT (host) sang
Mr.R.W.MALLINSON gave humorous recitations
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.Smith AINLEY of Huddersfield spoke
Miss Jennie MCHUGH (Jennifer MCHUGH?) sang
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
Mr.NICHOLL, organist
ADMINISTRATION ORDER (Halifax County Court)
John Thomas CRABTREE, 30 Greenwood Terrace, stoker
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Revs. W.SWALES of Pudsey, J.E.WOLSTENHOLME of Luddenden Foot spoke
Mr.E.LUSCOTT, chairman
INQUEST
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
Arthur TATE of Chapel Lane died age 36. Worked for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Dr.ADAMS
Ripponden
SALE OF COTTAGE PROPERTY
Mr.John H.STEAK (John H.STEAD?), auctioneer, sold cottages at Bank Bottom, Ripponden, owned by the late Mrs.Sarah TAYLOR
Mr.Walter THORPE of Rochdale Road, Ripponden bought the cottage
Mr.J.W.CROSSLEY of Old Market, Halifax, solicitor
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SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANNUAL MEETING. THE CHAIRMAN GOES BEGGING
Councillors R.BRADLEY, A.STOTT, J.SUNDERLAND, H.HAIGH, D.TURNER, J.WADSWORTH, J.J.ROWDEN, C.H.MITCHELL, D.WHITELEY,
S.TURNER, J.T.NAYLOR, William SUTCLIFFE
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector
Mr.HARTLEY, surveyor
Rev.W.C.EVANS and Mr.N.STOTT recommended as mangers of provided schools
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MARRIAGES
Fred WHITAKER married Ethel STEELE, both of Sowerby Bridge
Ernest WHITELEY married Sarah Alice HEAP, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Hannah DILWORTH, 82, wife of Charles DILWORTH, baths manager, Sowerby Bridge
Benjamin CRAWSHAW, 80, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Annie Elizabeth LEES (Ann Elizabeth LEES), 69, wife of Benjamin LEES, Hollins, Sowerby Bridge
John NICHOLL, 47, Green Cottage, Sowerby
3rd May 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.EVANS, clerk to the Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council
(Independent Order of Rechabites, Todmorden District)
Brother Frank WILCOCK, Sowerby Bridge Tent
Brothers T.A.SMITH (Sowerby Bridge), Thomas H.WRIGHT (District Chief Ruler), H.RAWLINSON (Burnley), H.WRIGHT (Settle),
W.GREENWOOD (Hebden Bridge), C.GROUCHE (Todmorden)
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Rev.H.Taylor CAPE of Greetland
Mr.C.E.HELLIWELL presided
Mr.GILLAM, violin
PRESENTATION
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, former organist at Tuel Lane Chapel. Harmoniumist at Tuel Lane School for over 20 years
Messrs.W.H.OLDFIELD and J.W.SYKES, Tuel Lane Sunday School Superintendents, made the presentation
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.A.MORGAN of Halifax
SOWERBY BRIDGE MAN "PRESUMED DEAD" (Halifax West Riding Court, BROWN v GREENWOOD))
Judge GENT, K.C.
William BROWN of Bolton Brow, disappeared in 1891. Married with one daughter
Hartley GREENWOOD, secretary of a Wesleyan sick and burial society in Sowerby Bridge
Messrs.Godfrey RHODES and EVANS, prosecution
Mr.WILKINSON, defence
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DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax West Riding Court)
James TOWNEND of Sowerby Bridge. His son just left for Canada
Ripponden
THE SEWERAGE OF RYBURN VALLEY
Mr.A.E.Sandford FAWCETT inspector for the Local Government Board
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FIRE AT BREARLEY. SINGULAR SECOND OUTBREAK
Messrs.SYKES and Co., woollen manufacturer, Brearley : mill owners
Superintendent COLLINS, Halifax Fire Brigade
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. "A LAUGHING STOCK"
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., J.W.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, J.BATES, George Edgar WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL,
T.TIDSWELL, W.SUTCLIFFE, A.HOWE, T.BORRELL
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH, United Methodist Free Church, thanked for sermon that council attended
THE SECONDARY EDUCATION QUESTION
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY
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Councillors BATES, George WHITELEY
(Cemetery Committee)
Councillor George WHITELEY
(Sanitary Committee)
Councillor GLEDHILL
"A LAUGHING STOCK" (Special Sewerage Committee)
Councillors BORRELL, GLEDHILL, J.W.WHITELEY
(New Post Office)
Councillor HOWE
Councillors BORRELL, GLEDHILL
Mr.T.GRIME, sanitary inspector
Norland
THE BAND
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THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ATTENDS DIVINE SERVICE (at Tuel Lane)
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., chairman of the District Council
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH, pastor, preached (text given)
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MARRIAGE
Willie LISTER (William LISTER) married Sophia CREAMER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Samuel James MATTOCK, 25, son of the late C.W.MATTOCK, manufacturing confectioner, Sowerby Bridge
10th May 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Miss Ada BUTTERWORTH of Sowerby Bridge, passed music exam
WILL OF MR.CHARLES BERRY
Mr.Charles BERRY, Stradbroke Lodge, Sowerby Bridge, of the firm of Messrs.Francis BERRY and Sons, died in January
Mrs.Emily BERRY, his widow
OPEN DAY AND EXHIBITION OF WORK (at the Ellison Schools)
Miss BADDELEY, teacher?
Evelyn GLEDHILL, Nellie BENTLEY (Ellen BENTLEY), Adelaide HELLIWELL, Eleanor WHITELEY, Ivy HOWLEY, Edith MITCHELL
: scholars, winners of the drill competition
Maggie HALSTEAD (Margaret HALSTEAD), Lily COPLEY, Annie LUMB (Ann LUMB), Hilda WHITELEY,
Lottie WARRINGTON (Charlotte WARRINGTON), May BROOK, Mary WISEMAN, Ivy BINNS, Mabel HARWOOD also took part
CONFERENCE OF SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS (Halifax and District Church Sunday School Teachers' Association)
Rev.Canon IVENS, president of the association
Miss HELLIWELL, teacher of St.Paul's School, King Cross
Mr.T.R.PROLES?, secretary, read 18th annual report
Mr.A.DOBBING, treasurer
SOWERBY BRIDGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Messrs.J.Clay HORSFALL, E.E.POLLIT, J.WADSWORTH : committee members
Councillors C.RUSHWORTH C.C., A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., J.W.WHITELEY, G.E.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, T.BORRELL, J.BATES: committee members
Mrs.WOOD, committee member
Mr.TOMLINSON, attendance officer
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FIRE BRIGADE
Mr.John HOPKINSON, superintendent for 25 years
Fireman WATERHOUSE
Councillor J.BATES
THEFT OF A BICYCLE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ernest SMITH, commercial traveller of Bradford, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
G.E.SQUIRE, West Vale, had his bike stolen
Mr.H.E.SMITH, defence
Mr.WEBSTER owned a bike
NORLAND
THE BAND
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.A.CHARLTON of Pellon
Mr.STANDEVEN, organist
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Sowerby
WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.F.W.SHIRLEY of Manchester
Mr.G.S.CLAYTON, organist
[Column 4]
Ripponden
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THE HALIFAX EMBEZZLEMENT CASE (Leeds Assizes)
Robert CALVERT, 42, former assistant collector for the Halifax Corporation, sentenced to 6 months
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IN MEMORIAM
Harold Rhodes NEWELL died May 1904. 20 Clyde Street, Sowerby Bridge
17th May 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.H.STEAD junior and Mr.John B.HUMPHRIES from the office of Mr.STEAD, auctioneer, Wharf Street, passed auctioneer exams
(Sewage works)
Councillors LONGBOTTOM J.P., BORRELL, Ely WHITELEY
Mr.WHITEHEAD, engineer
ST.GEORGE'S ANNIVERSARY
Rev.J.MINION (vicar), Canon IVENS, C.STRONG
Mr.MARSDEN, organist
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs.D.IRVING (president of the Connexion), J.E.PORTMAN of Elland
Mr.H.AKROYD, organist
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY presided
WOMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE GUILD
Mrs.MAUDE of Brighouse presided
Mrs.KNOWLES read a paper
Mr.GILL, manager of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society, absent due to illness
M.E.HOWARTH, president
E.A.EASTWOOD, secretary
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Sowerby
SACRED CONCERT
VIEW DAY
Councillor John WADSWORTH, J.P.
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., J.J.ROWDEN, S.TURNER, H.HAIGH, D.TURNER, W.SUTCLIFFE, A.STOTT, C.H.MITCHELL, D.WHITELEY,
S.TURNER, J.T.NAYLOR, J.SUNDERLAND, R.BRADLEY
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Friendly
Mill Bank
ST.MARY'S CHURCH
Revs. H.F.WONNACOTT (vicar of Barkisland), T.F.P.RAWLINS (St.John's, Rastrick), W.C.BELL (vicar of Norland)
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THE LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM presided
Mr.A.J.BOYLE, organising secretary of the Lifeboat Saturday Fund
Messrs.George WRAY (secretary), F.WILCOCK, T.E.WHITEHEAD, W.TOLLEY
Councillor HOWE
Ripponden
RYBURN MILL (company, annual meeting)
Messrs.Miles WADSWORTH, Henry WHITELEY, Peter COLE : directors
Messrs.J.BARRON and Son, auditors
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A LUDDENDEN LOVE TRAGEDY
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
Mark ROBSON, labourer at a paper mill at Booth, died aged 26
Mary Ann SUTCLIFFE, 25, weaver, Apple Houses, Luddenden, sweetheart of above
James Henry OGDEN
Police Constable SISSONS
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SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION AT HEBDEN BRIDGE
Mr.and Mrs.FARRAR, Rose Villa, Hebden Bridge, newly married
Robert TOLLETH, brushmaker, brother of Mrs.FARRAR
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IN MEMORIAM
Anthony PICKLES died May 1906. From his widow and family, Royal Oak Inn, Sowerby Bridge
24th May 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
SHORTHAND
Mr.Clement HOLDSWORTH, pupil of Mr.E.HOWARTH, passed exam
WHITSUNTIDE
Mr.and Mrs.RAWSON, Haugh End
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (104th anniversary of Bolton Brow Wesleyan Sunday School)
Rev.James R.IRVING of Morley
Scholars' anthem by H.E.NICHOLL
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL, organist
Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD - the 50th anniversary celebration he'd attended. Not yet 50 years old. Choirmaster for 12 years,
teacher for 9, book steward for 6, secretary for 6. Member of the Band of Hope for 39 years.
Connected with the chapel choir for 36 years. Secretary to the Free Church Council of Sowerby Bridge for 6 years
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A PAWNED CAMERA (Halifax West Riding Court)
Joe MURRAY (Joseph MURRAY), photographer of York, employed by Percy Crowther HIRST of the Royal Studios, Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Rev.W.C.EVANS of Sowerby
Mr.BOTTOMLEY of Halifax sang
Mr.J.L.CROWTHER presided
Mr.A.NICHOLL, organist
Norland
WHITSUNTIDE TREATS
Sowerby
SOWERBY GOLDEN WEDDING (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion)
Councillor John WADSWORTH, J.P., married Lydia HAIGH, daughter of the late John HAIGH, Stones Farm, in 1857
Had 5 children, 1 died. Teacher at Boulderclough for 53 years. Overseer
Milton WADSWORTH, son of above, married Miss Harriet HANSON
Rev.A.COLBECK of Halifax performed the marriage
Mr.H.N.BLAMIRES presided
Mr.Walter WADSWORTH, accompanist
Messrs.W.PICKLES (Halifax), Sidney HOLLAS, A.WADSWORTH (Greetland), J.PICKLES reminisced
Mr.A.ARRAND recited
Mrs.SIDDALL sang
Messrs.S.MITCHELL, J.T.BENTON sang
Miss PICKLES sang
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Mr.J.A.WHITWORTH, young men's class
Messrs.R.BENTON, R.BRADLEY, F.WHITELEY, Walter PICKLES, J.A.WHITWORTH
Triangle
SAD DROWNING CASE
Clara HAIGH, daughter of Thomas HAIGH, blacksmith, Stansfield Mill Lane, Triangle, died aged 2.
A sibling died in a well in 1900 (was actually in May 1898)
Lily ANDERSON, aged 4
Mrs.MALLINSON, neighbour
Arthur BERRY, painter
Dr.BAIRD of Sowerby Bridge
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SPOTTED FEVER AT HECKMONDWIKE (aka cerebro-spinal meningitis)
Hilda CHARLESWORTH, daughter of George CHARLESWORTH, Omar Street, Heckmondwike, died aged 2
Dr.BROUGHTON
DEATH
George Gordon WOOD, 21, son of John WOOD, East Longley, Norland
IN MEMORIAM
Sarah Ellen ACKROYD, wife of William ACKROYD, Town Hall Street, died May 1903
31st May 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH to leave in 1908
Licence of the Bridge Street Tavern transferred from Telford MALLINSON to Abel HANSON
SUCCESS IN PLUMBING
Mr.J.U.HEMINGWAY, Wakefield, Road passed exam
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CENTENARY
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Messrs.S.HOWARD, E.LUSCOTT, Sowerby Bridge
(Public Library Committee)
Mr.William HAIGH presided
PROPOSED CAGE BIRD SOCIETY (formation)
Mr.C.A.DAVIS, president
Mr.A.MORTON, secretary
Mr.S.H.JEFFERYS, treasurer
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Mr.H.M.HOBSON of Ripponden gave address
Mr.A.BROOKES sang
Mr.C.E.HELLEWELL presided
FARM SALES
Mr.John H.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.James HELLIWELL bought Long Pipe Farm
Mr.Albert MEADOWCROFT bought Myrr Hill Farm of which he was the tenant
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
Mr.John BARON, organist at Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden
Miss B.HORSFALL sang
Misses E.EASTWOOD, G.MITCHELL : sopranos
Miss C.ROBERTSHAW, contralto
Messrs. A.PLATT (tenor), T.CROWTHER (bass)
Mr.BARKER, organist
NON-PAYMENT OF RATE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Jon William LEAVER (John William LEAVER?), labourer
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT, collector
SOCIALIST CLUB (moved from Bolton Brow to Hollings Mill Lane)
Mr.Joseph BURGESS of Bradford gave address
Mr.W.H.OLDFIELD presided
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HEBDEN BRIDGE CHILD'S FALL OF THIRTY FEET
Edith Mabel WHEELHOUSE of Wood End, aged 6
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Sowerby
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Congregational Sunday School)
Mr.J.Walker CLARK of Halifax preached
Rev.C.W.SYKES of Halifax
Mr.S.PICKLES, organist
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7th June 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
SUMMER CONFERENCE (Halifax Sunday School Union meeting at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Church)
Rev.J.Miller HAMILTON of Halifax
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL opened the discussion
PRESENTATION (at West End Working Men's Club)
Mr.Willie CROSSLAND (William CROSSLAND), recently married
Mr.John PENNY, one of the founders of the coal club
OPEN-AIR SERVICE
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.J.LAWRENCE offered prayer
FOOTBALL AMALGAMATION (Sowerby Bridge and Sowerby Bridge Balmoral Football clubs amalgamated)
Mr.Harry RHODES (Harold RHODES), captain
Mr.A.BARRACLOUGH, vice-captain
Mr.J.DAVIES, secretary
Mr.J.SHEPLEY, financial secretary
Messrs.A.SUTCLIFFE, A.RAWNSLEY : auditors
Messrs.J.BATEMAN, A.FENTON, J.FAIRBROTHER, J.H.BALL, J.RILEY, H.FENTON, H.HOPKINSON, H.BUCKLEY, H.TURNER : committee
A MARKET FOR SOWERBY BRIDGE
Mr.James WOOD, deceased, bought a plot for a market many years ago, library built on it instead
Messrs.William BATES, Son & Co. to turn top room of mill opposite Tuel Lane Bottom into a market
SPIRITUALIST ANNIVERSARY
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT
Mr.F.BARRACLOUGH conducted the marching and callisthenics
Miss F.BOOTH, accompanist
Mr.J.ADAMS of London, president of the National Federation of Spiritualist
Mr.Percy STOTT, organist
PRIMITIVE METHODIST QUARTERLY MEETING (at Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Church, Norland)
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Mr.W.BREARLEY, secretary
Councillor HOWE, circuit steward
Messrs.F.STOCKTON, C.DAKIN, F.CROSSLAND, J.TREWARTHA : became full preachers
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H.WRAY, Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
(St.John Ambulance Brigade and Nursing Corps)
Dr.WEST-SYMES, Surgeon-Major of the district
Drs.FRY, ADAMS
First Officer HAIGH
MR.ROBERT EDLESTON'S WILL
Mr.R.EDLESTON of Holly Brook, Ilkley, formerly of Sowerby Bridge, left everything to his sisters, Marian EDLESTON and
Frances EDLESTON
SWIMMING GALA
W.BREARLEY, G.WHITELEY won schoolboys' race
H.HERON, T.H.DUTTON won members' handicap race
R.WILKINSON, CROWTHER, G.WEBSTER, FRANKLIN : Sowerby Bridge polo team
PROPERTY SALE (Cash Supply Stores, Town Hall Street)
Mr.MARSHALL, auctioneer of Halifax, failed to sell it
Messrs.James FIRTH, BATES
TUEL LANE GIRLS' SCHOOL
Misses LUSCOTT, J.HELLEWELL performed a dialogue
Miss JONES, headmistress
Gladys HUGHES and Lucy BARRET (Lucy BARRETT) sang
Ethel SYKES, Winifred SUTCLIFFE, Addie HORSFALL (Adelaide HORSFALL?), Amy WHITAKER, Florie WHITELEY (Florence WHITELEY),
Dora SUTCLIFFE, Nellie ADDENBROOK (Ellen ADDENBROOK), Dorothy ACKROYD, Edith HANSON, Doris BINNS, Ida TOWNLEY,
Eliza LITTLEWOOD : senior girls, performed Shakespearean scenes
Councillor John BATES
Mr.Alfred WHITELEY
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THE REED INN LICENCE (West Riding Compensation Authority)
Mr.R.W.EVANS successfully applied for renewal on behalf of the Halifax Brewery Company
SATURDAY LIFEBOAT FUND
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM presided
Mr.BOYLE, organising secretary
Mr.George WRAY, local secretary
Norland
THE BAND
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors LONGBOTTOM J.P., Ely WHITELEY, GLEDHILL, BORRELL, HOWE, J.W.WHITELEY, BATES, George WHITELEY, TIDSWELL, CLAY
Messrs.BOOCOCK and Son, representing Mr.PLATT, Puzzle Hall Inn
Mr.EVANS, clerk
SEWERAGE COMMITTEE
Messrs.F.WALKER and Son wrote re. contract with Messrs.SUTCLIFFE Brothers
Mr.Charles WALKER to appear before the committee
Mr.C.S.WALKER, solicitor, addressed the committee
Mr.W.E.FARRAR paid by the contractors (Messrs.SUTCLIFFE)
Councillor BORRELL, GLEDHILL
Mr.BENTLEY, contractor
Mr.T.GRIME, nuisance inspector
Councillors GLEDHILL, BATES
Councillor GLEDHILL temporarily withdrew his motion for the amalgamation of Norland and Sowerby Bridge
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MARRIAGES
Mr.Willie Nichol CROSSLAND (William Nichol CROSSLAND) married Miss Letty WILCOCK, both of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.W.J.Penberthy WHITE performed the ceremony
Mr.Joe WHITELEY (Joseph WHITELEY) of Ripponden, married Miss Annie STEELE (Ann STEELE) of Sowerby Bridge
DEATH
Hannah BUCKLEY, 64, wife of Ide BUCKLEY (Ido BUCKLEY?), 74 Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
14th June 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
PIC-NIC (West End Sunday School)
Misses WRAY, HABERGHAM led the party
AMBULANCE EXAMINATION
Dr.LAWSON, hon. surgeon of the Hebden Bridge Division
Drs.FRY, ADAMS
CIRCUIT QUARTERLY MEETING (United Methodist Free Church, at Mount Pleasant, Norland)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.A.S.FIRTH, circuit steward
Mr.Eli HELLOWELL gave the financial statement
Messrs.W.H.OLDFIELD and J.WILCOCK gave report for Tuel Lane
Mr.J.BUTTERWORTH gave report for Sowerby
Mr.E.CROSSLEY gave report for Norland
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Mr.T.Naylor HELLOWELL of Luddenden preached
Mr.Alfred NICHOLL, organist
NEIGHBOURS' QUARREL (Halifax County Court)
Judge GENT
Mrs.Sarah SHEPLEY, widow, Tuel Lane. Had lodgers
Elijah GRAY, mechanic, and Mrs.GRAY, next door neighbours of above
Mr.Walter STOREY, prosecution
Mr.H.E.SMITH, defence
Dr.FRY
Mrs.BARRETT, neighbour
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LIFEBOAT SATURDAY
Councillor A.CLAY, J.P., owned field at Willow Hall
Mrs.WHITELEY, wife of Councillor Ely WHITELEY died at their new residence at Willow Hall Park
ACCIDENT
HELLOWELL, LONGBOTTOM : youths injured when playing with cartridges
(Temperance meetings)
Revs.D.WILLIAMS, Canon IVENS
Captain CRADDOCK gave address
OUTING TO BOLTON WOODS (Girls' Friendly Societies)
Rev.Canon IVENS and Mrs.IVENS accompanied them
SOCIALIST LEAGUE
Mr.John JUDSON of Hebden Bridge spoke
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT (Halifax County Court)
Judge GENT
William Patterson EGLIN, Globe Fender Works, Sowerby Bridge
John Thomas METCALFE, blacksmith of Halifax, injured last year at the above works and lost use of eye
Mr.Edgar BOOTH represented W.P.EGLIN
Mr.ELLIOTT represented J.T.METCALFE
Dr.OAKLEY
Norland
MOUNT PLEASANT ANNIVERSARY
Rev.Reuben BRIGGS of Heckmondwike
Mr.T.BINNS in charge of the music
Miss A.WHITTAKER sang
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Sowerby
STEEP LANE ANNIVERSARY
Revs.Roger BRIGGS of Blackley, D.W.JENKINS of Salendine Nook
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.J.ROWDEN, D.TURNER, A.STOTT, R.BRADLEY, J.SUNDERLAND, W.SUTCLIFFE, D.WHITELEY, S.TURNER, J.T.NAYLOR
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, landowner
Mr.HEBBLETHWAITE submitted modification required by riparian owners in sewage scheme
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WEDDING AT CHRIST CHURCH
Miss Frances Hannah HAIGH, daughter of Mr.and Mrs.William HAIGH, Raven Lodge, married Samuel Wesley BOWNESS, chemist,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, son of the late Roger BOWNESS, Sedburgh
Master Norman COCKER played the organ
Revs. Canon IVENS, D.WILLIAMS (curate)
Miss Marie HAIGH, bride's sister
Miss TURNER, Uppingham
Mr.Arthur SCOTT of Halifax, best man
Miss Louie HAIGH (Louise HAIGH?)
Misses Florrie HAIGH (Florence HAIGH), Alice HAIGH, Marie HAIGH, Agnes HAIGH
Master William HAIGH
Mr.and Mrs.J.RAW
Mr.and Mrs.W.RAW
Mr.and Mrs.SPENCER
Mr.W.H.HALL
Mr.and Mrs.G.GILL
Mrs.and Miss SWALLOW, Halifax
Mr.and Miss SCOTT
Mr.and Mrs.A.ROBERTSHAW, Luddenden Foot
Mr.and Mrs.W.CROSSLEY
Mr.and Mrs.A.COCKER
Mr.and Mrs.C.B.CROSSLEY, Lower Kebroyd
Mr.and Mrs.J.W.BARNES, Ovenden
Mrs.and Miss SMITH
Mr.and Mrs.S.H.CROWTHER
Rev.J.ELLISON and Mrs.ELLISON, Pattishall
Nurse TURNER
Mrs.BATES, The Towers
Mr.and Mrs.GILL
Miss RAYNER, Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.J.A.RILEY, Halifax
Mrs.HOYLE
Mr.and Mrs.Ward ANDREWS, Hipperholme
Mr.and Mrs.QUEST and Misses QUEST, Barnsley
Mr.Mrs. and Misses SIDDALL
Mr.M.HAIGH, Halifax
Mr.and Mrs.J.C.LAWTON, Manchester
Mr.W.COOPER
Mr.and Mrs.J.W.BUTTERWORTH
Mr.and Mrs.T.GAUKROGER
Mr.and Mrs.L.HORSFIELD, Luddenden Foot
Mr.and Mrs.MACKERETH, Ambleside
Mr.and Mrs.W.A.HARROW and Miss HARROW
Mr.and Mrs.W.P.RICHARDS, Lytham
Mr.and Mrs.R.NEEDHAM
Mr.and Mrs.TURNER
Mr.and Mrs.John TURNER
Mr.and Mrs.William WHITELEY (Mayfield, Ripponden)
Rev.John HARRISON and Mrs.HARRISON, Waberthwaite
Rev.C.W.HOWARD, Mapplewell
Mrs.BALLS
Mr.and Mrs.BLACKBURN and Miss BLACKBURN
Mr.and Mrs.Alec MILLIGAN
Mr.and Mrs.E.BINGHAM
Mr.and Mrs.J.T.MEREDITH, Luddenden Foot
Sisters CAMERON, Ashton-under-Lyne
Miss BADELEY
Mr.and Mrs.D.BOTTOMLEY
Mr.Ll.S.FARRAR (Llewellyn S.FARRAR?) and Miss BLACKBURN
Mr.Edward EARNSHAW
Mr.O.P.BEEMAN, London
Mr.Wilfred RILEY
Mr.and Mrs.J.HOWARTH
Mrs.HARRIS
Mrs.BINNS
Mrs.W.EARNSHAW
Miss V.NETTLESHIP
Miss B.BOOTH
Rev.Canon IVENS and Mrs.IVENS
Misses HARRIS
Mr.and Mrs.H.ATKINSON
Miss ROBERTS, Halifax
Miss TURNER, Ridlington Park
Mr.H.EDMONDSON, Sedburgh
Mr.and Mrs.TURNER, Ridlington Park
Misses and Nora TURNER
Dr.BROWN and Mrs.BROWN
Mr.J.W.ATKINSON
Mr.and Mrs.C.HATTON
Rev.G.CHAPPELL and Misses CHAPPELL, Leicester
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CHILD SWEPT THROUGH A CULVERT AND DROWNED
Mr.E.H.HILL, district coroner
Mr.William EDENS of Quebec Street, Walsden, formerly of Luddenden Foot lost his two year old son
(probably Ernest EDENS -FreeBMD)
DEATHS
Sarah ASHWORTH, 54, Bank House, Sowerby Bridge
Nanny WHITELEY, 60, wife of Ely WHITELEY
IN MEMORIAM
Elizabeth CROSSLEY died June 1906. From her children, 74 Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
21st June 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P.
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Charles William LAYCOCK, auctioneer
Mr.Samuel HOYLE, solicitor
BAPTIST CHAPEL - GIFT BY MR.CARNEGIE
Mr.A.CARNEGIE gave money towards new organ
Mr.Arthur ASTIN, church secretary
SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA
Mr.G.T.LE DIEU of Copley spoke
Mr.Rawson CLAYTON presided
CIRCUIT MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Wesleyan Circuit)
Rev.George OYSTON
Mr.James Clay HORSFALL, senior circuit steward
Rev.W.J.P.WHITE to be succeeded by Rev.Albert WOOD, Newtown, Montgomeryshire
Mr.M.H.HOBSON, junior steward
Messrs.S.HOYLE, J.C.BATES : ex-circuit stewards
Mr.I.PRIESTLY, society steward, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.W.H.HALL, society steward, Sowerby
Mr.SUNDERLAND, Mill Bank
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Mr.A.TEAL, Square Brotherhood, Halifax
Mr.A.NICHOLL, organist
Revs.George OYSTON, J.COOPER of Halifax
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Clara HORSMAN, aged 6, rescued from canal
SUDDEN DEATH
John NICHOLL, mechanic at Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL, died aged 56
Mrs.WHITELEY, wife of Councillor Ely WHITELEY, buried
Rev.G.S.SMITH came from Bradford to conduct the funeral
NURSING ASSOCIATION
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., presided
Drs.BROWN, ADAMS
WEST END (Congregational)
Rev.W.T.WALTON of Walsall
Miss Ethel CLARK of Wainstalls sang
EXCURSION TO BRISTOL (Christ Church Sunday School)
Rev.Canon IVENS, from Bristol
Mr.JUDE arranged the meals
Mr.BUTTERFIELD, local agent for the L.& N.W. Company made the rail arrangements
Dr.PIGOU, Cathedral cicerone
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Mr.Norman COCKER gained organ scholarship to Oxford
Dr.ALLEN of New College
Norland
NORLAND BAND
Triangle
ST.JOHN THE DIVINE
Rev.E.BREARLEY, vicar
Rev.James MINION, vicar of St.George's
Rev.S.A.E.E.BROOKING, vicar of Bradshaw
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE BAND OF HOPE
BOULDERCLOUGH (Methodist New Connexion)
Mr.M.H.HOBSON of Ripponden
Rev.G.S.HORNBY of Dewsbury
Mr.S.MITCHELL conducted the singing
Mr.Walter WADSWORTH, organist
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr.Ely WHITELEY and family, Willow Drive, Sowerby Bridge
28th June 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
PROPOSED LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Mr.BALL, librarian?
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.MARSLAND, president
Miss BLACKBURN, secretary
Mrs.BANCROFT, treasurer
Miss WASHINGTON, financial secretary
Messrs.T.A.SMITH, R.H.LUMB : auditors
Misses BROADBENT, WASHINGTON : delegates to the national conference
A VISIT TO CHESTER (St.Mark's Mission Room Mothers' Meeting)
Revs.Canon IVENS, D.WILLIAMS
OPEN-AIR SERVICE(S)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Captain CRADDOCK
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs.H.BOOTH, Thomas H.WRIGHT : conductors
Miss B.LAYCOCK, secretary
Misses D.RUSHWORTH, F.BOOTH and Mr.W.WILSON : musical directors
Mr.F.BARRACLOUGH, conductor of marching callisthenics
Miss Ivy COPLEY and Mr.J.E.BALL : district delegates
ACCIDENT AT THE BATHS
Arthur ALLWOOD, young man, wire drawer, who lodge in Chapel Lane
Dr.FRY
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHOIR (outing)
Mr.J.R.ATKINS
Mr.G.H.WHITTAKER, secretary
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BOLTON BROW CHOIR (outing)
Mr.Edwin CLAY accompanied them
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Primitive Methodist Sunday School)
Rev.James TRAVIS of Chester, ex-president of the Conference
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN, circuit minister
Mr.J.R.BARKER, organist
SOWERBY BRIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (preliminary exam results)
E.BLAMIRES, E.BOTTOMLEY, A.BROOKE, A.CARTER, S.CLAY, F.HANSON, H.HEAP, M.HOYLE, E.MIDGLEY, F.MITCHELL, J.ROPER, E.SMITH,
W.STEAD, E.TAYLOR, L.WHITELEY, F.WILD, E.WOMERSLEY, D.WORMALD : pupils
Miss Edith BOTTOMLEY got distinction in history and French
Misses A.CARTER, J.ROPER got distinctions in history
CRICKET
WRAY, FARRAR, WHITELEY : Sowerby Bridge team
CONFERENCE OF YOUTH (ramble)
Councillor John CLAY, J.P., of Hebden Bridge
Mr.Walson WHITELEY acted as guide for the ramble
"Sammy" HOYLE (Samuel HOYLE) of Norland, buried in St.Luke's churchyard. Noted local preacher 40 years ago.
Died in 1873, aged 73. His wife, Leah, died in 1873, aged 80. They were married for 45 years
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Norland
CHOIR OUTING (Norland Baptist Chapel)
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DEATH
Emma Turner MOORES, 76, widow of the late Samuel MOORES of Ripponden, died at Skipton
5th July 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
SHORTHAND
Herbert TIDSWELL, Wakefield Road, passed exam
Arnold ENGLAND, Thomas ENGLAND and William Amos GILBODY of Sowerby Bridge - patent for moulding ventilation blocks
CENTENARY CAMP MEETING (Primitive Methodist Church, Sowerby New Road)
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN, circuit minister
Messrs. R.BENTON (Sowerby), T.MORGAN (Mytholmroyd) and J.LATHOM (Halifax) gave addresses
THE BOLTON BROW WOMEN'S MEETING (outing)
Mrs.WRAGG defrayed expenses
SWIMMING GALA
W.GREENWOOD, scholar at Sowerby New Road school
S.NICHOLL, H.CROSSLEY, W.FRENCH, A.RAWNSLEY, F.HOLROYD, H.COPLEY, J.WHITELEY, H.WEBSTER : club members
FRANKLAND, CROWTHER, Edgar WILKINSON : Sowerby Bridge polo team
SCHOLASTIC SUCCESSES (at Manchester University)
Mr.Colin KININMOUTH, engineering apprentice with Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL, got degree
Mr.Willy MITCHELL (William MITCHELL), former teacher at Tuel lane Council School, got degree
Mr.Alwyn HOYLE got degree
MARRIAGE OF MR.DANIEL PARKER (in Nottinghamshire)
Mr.Daniel PARKER of Sowerby Bridge, married Miss E.E.WELLS, daughter of the late Mr.E.H.WELLS of Church Drive, Daybrook
Sergeant W.H.H.WELLS of Aldershot, brother of the bride
Mr.W.TULEY, best man
Miss A.M.WELLS (bride's sister), L.MANN of Nottingham : bridesmaids
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ACCIDENT AT A MACHINE SHOP
John P.ROWLINSON, Beech, employed at Messrs.F.BERRY & Sons, Calder Dale Iron Works
Dr.ADAMS
Mr.J.SHAW rendered first aid
EXAMINATION SUCCESSES
Mr.E.HOWARTH of Park Crescent, gained shorthand teaching diploma
OUTING TO YORK (Tuel Lane Married Ladies' Sewing Class)
Mr.T.H.BARRON, formerly of Sowerby Bridge, showed them round the Guild Hall
RAMBLE (Christ Church Bible Class)
Rev.Canon IVENS
JUBILEE MARKET (opening today)
Messrs.BATES, Son & Co., owners
Messrs.WEBSTER of Halifax to open a cafe
FALL OF MR.HIGHAM'S SON FROM A MOVING TRAIN
The three year old son of Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, M.P. fell from a train. Had another son, John
Mr.W.P.HARTLEY of Aintree, father of Mrs.HIGHAM
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., A.CLAY J.P., BORRELL, HOWE, J.W.WHITELEY, BATES, Ely WHITELEY (recently bereaved),
GLEDHILL, G.Edgar WHITELEY, TIDSWELL, George WHITELEY, SUTCLIFFE
INSURING WORKMEN
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY
NORLAND GAS SUPPLY
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, GLEDHILL, TIDSWELL
OUTBREAK OF DIPHTHERIA
(Finance Committee minutes, Evening Schools' Committee)
Councillors CLAY, J.W.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, BATES
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Councillors George WHITELEY, HOWE
VARIOUS
Mr.R.H.WHITWORTH, clerk to the Warley Exhibition Committee
Norland
MUSICAL SUCCESS
G.A.RILEY of Scar Head, pupil of Mr.J.BATES, Sowerby Bridge, passed violin exam
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Rev.W.C.BELL (vicar), H.V.COOPER (vicar of Stainland), Canon SAVAGE (vicar of Halifax)
NORLAND PARISH COUNCIL
Councillors John BARRACLOUGH, BINNS, HELLOWELL, ROBINSON, PRIESTLEY, HITCHEN, BOTTOMLEY,
WHITTAKER (Rural District Council), FLEMING (resigned)
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CORRESPONDENCE
AN APPEAL. SOWERBY BRIDGE LIFEBOAT SATURDAY FUND
A.F.LONGBOTTOM, chairman
George WRAY, secretary
DEATHS
William Henry THORPE, 60, Dean Lane, Sowerby
Thomas WOOD, 68, Victoria Square, Sowerby Bridge
12th July 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS
Nellie WHITAKER (Ellen WHITAKER?), Margate Street, pupil of Mr.B.WADSWORTH, passed piano exam
COTTON OPERATIVES' WAGES
Councillor John BATES, secretary
ACCIDENT AT HOLME MILL
Sarah Ann WADDINGTON, aged 60, of Quarry Hill, feeder at Messrs.James GREENWOOD & Sons, Ltd., Holme Mill
Mr.J.HAIGH, ambulance student
Dr.PATON
WITHOUT LICENSE (Halifax West Riding Court)
William FIELD, hawker, no fixed abode, from Hull
Police Constable WALKER
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
SOWERBY BRIDGE LICENSES (compensation for 3 pubs forced to close)
Queen Inn, owned by Messrs.S.WEBSTER & Sons, run by Charles HOLLAS
Red Lion Inn, owned by Messrs.T.RAMSDEN and Sons, run by William STUTTARD
Waggon and Horses Inn, owned by Halifax Brewery Company, run by Henry BUTTERWORTH
Mr.Charles W.LAYCOCK, auctioneer and valuer, Sowerby Bridge and Halifax
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A boy called RAWNSLEY, aged about 5, living in Beech, had a fall
Dr.ADAMS
ILP (Independent Labour Party)
Mr.Tom PAYLOR (Thomas PAYLOR) of Leeds spoke
METHODIST FREE CHURCH CONFERENCE
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Robert TURNER of Rochdale
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION (outing)
Mrs.JOHNSON, secretary of the Bingley association
Mrs.MARSLAND
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL ("Brotherhood")
Mr.C.H.BROADLEY of Halifax gave address
Miss Amy SUTCLIFFE of Burnley sang. Trained by Miss Alma HALLOWELL
Mr.James Clay HORSFALL, organ
MOTHERS' OUTING (Christ Church Mothers' Meeting)
Rev.Canon IVENS and Mrs.IVENS
Mr.and Mrs.RILEY of the Clarendon Hotel, Harrogate, formerly of the Bull's Head Hotel, Sowerby Bridge
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY
Councillor A.CLAY, J.P., Willow Hall
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM presided
Dr.HARPER, Southport, judged the choirs
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Mr.T.Russell WILLIAMS was to speak for local socialists
FLOWER SERVICES (Tuel Lane United Methodist Free Church)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH, pastor
Mr.ACKROYD, organist
Friendly
DISBANDING AN OLD SICK CLUB (the Amicable Society, Friendly Inn, formed in 1811)
Messrs.R.MAIDEN (president), J.C.BATES (secretary), J.H.WHITELEY and Amos SMITH (stewards)
Sowerby
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs.Dan CROSSLEY (Daniel CROSSLEY) and CROSLAND, auctioneers
Mr.George THWAITE, provision dealer, Halifax, bought land and cottages at Noah Dale, Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., J.T.NAYLOR, W.SUTCLIFFE, S.TURNER, D.WHITELEY, C.H.MITCHELL, J.SUNDERLAND, R.BRADLEY,
A.STOTT, H.HAIGH, J.J.ROWDEN
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, land owner
Dr.ADAMS, medical officer
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Norland
Mr.C.T.AVES of Norland, son of the late James J.AVES (headmaster at Norland Schools),appointed organist of
St.John's Church, Warley
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN TRAGEDY
William LEAVER, quarryman, lived alone at Farrer Height, died. His son, Harry LEAVER lived at Spring Street, Ripponden
Grace BAILEY of Hard Knot, Soyland was the last to see him alive
Mr.E.H.HILL, coroner
Mrs.PEARSON laid out the body
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY LIMITED
Luddenden Foot
LOCAL WILL
Mr.Levi HARWOOD of Spring Royd, Brearley, head of the firm of Levi HARWOOD & Co., woollen manufacturers, died in March,
aged 68
Mr.James HARWOOD, Spring Royd, son of the deceased
Mr.Henry William HELLIWELL of Banks Field, Mytholmroyd, nephew of the deceased
CONTRACTOR'S FOREMAN DROWNED
Isaac HERON, Luddenden Foot found body
Mr.William DENBY, Spring View, Luddenden Foot, died aged 49. Foreman for Messrs.HOLMES and KING, railway contractors,
Manchester
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DEATH
Hannah SUTCLIFFE, 83, widow of Thomas SUTCLIFFE, New Longley, Norland
IN MEMORIAM
Robert B.MOSLEY, died July 1906. From Mr.and Mrs.STOTT, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
19th July 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
DEATH OF MR.THOMAS GILL
Mr.Thomas GILL of Hollins Terrace, Hollins Lane, manager of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society, died aged 58.
Born in Sowerby. Apprenticed to the late Mr.Eagland BRAY, grocer of Halifax. Became manager after the retirement of
the late Mr.George RUSHWORTH. Left a widow, two sons and five daughters. A Freemason
Dr.FOGGO
BRITISH ISRAEL ASSOCIATION
Mr.Daniel PARKER of Sowerby Bridge, organising secretary
Rev.Leo HILLS of West Hoathly, permanent lecturer
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CHOIR SERVICES (Spiritualist Lyceum Choir)
Misses BOTTOMLEY, WHITWORTH, CLOUGH, TASKER, GRUNDY sang
Messrs.W.BROOKES, A.SUTCLIFFE, G.DAWSON sang
Mr.H.THORPE, organist
Mr.H.BOOTH
RYBURN ANGLING SOCIETY
Mr.Richard WILSON caught the biggest fish
Mr.MARCHANT, landlord of the Stirk Bridge Inn, provided prize
OPEN-AIR SERVICES
Rev.J.MINION, vicar of St.George's
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.Isaac ASPINALL, collier of Bolton gave address
Mr.W.HAIGH gave address
Mr.MARSDEN in charge of St.George's choir
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY'S DIVIDEND (93rd half-yearly report)
Messrs.William NICHOLL, David COCKCROFT, William TOLLEY and John William ELLIS nominated for Sowerby Bridge committee
Messrs. Edgar MITCHELL and Nimrod HOWARTH nominated for Warley committee
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WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.F.HOOSON, auditor
Messrs.H.HOLMES, S.HELLOWELL, H.NAYLOR : committee
Messrs.C.W.SYKES, W.WADDINGTON, W.NICHOLL elected
MINISTERIAL
Rev.J.H.ROBERTSHAW, son of William ROBERTSHAW, Peel Street, finished probation and moved to Lynn
FLOWER SERVICES (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Messrs.James WALTON, E.LUSCOTT preached
DEATH OF AN OLD LADY
Mrs.Hannah BROADBENT, widow, died aged 75. Lived in Norland but recently lived with her son-in-law at Warley Wood Farm,
Luddenden Foot. Fractured her thigh in April, never recovered.
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Mr.HORTON of Howroyde
THE SMOKE NUISANCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Messrs.BLACKBURN Brothers and Messrs.W.H.HELLEWELL & Co., dyers and finishers, Sowerby Bridge, summoned
Mr.Tom GRIME (Thomas GRIME), District Council sanitary inspector
Mr.R.W.EVANS, prosecution
Mill Bank
THE WORKING MEN'S CLUB (54th half-yearly meeting)
Mr.Herbert HALSTEAD presided
Messrs.A.HODGSON (president), H.STIRK (vice-president), A.LUMB (treasurer), W.BROADBENT (secretary),
W.H.HAIGH (assistant secretary), Herbert FOSTER (librarian)
Messrs.Frank HALSTEAD, Eli SUTCLIFFE : auditors
Messrs.Fred HOWARTH, Phillip PICKLES : arbitrators
Messrs.E.MACKRELL, T.W.SIMPSON, W.BOTTOMLEY, J.HEAP, A.HOLROYD, I.SAVILLE, W.SMITH, S.SPEAK : committee
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Messrs.H.FOSTER, W.BOTTOMLEY, Joe FOSTER (Joseph FOSTER), J.W.INGHAM, F.FOSTER, H.STIRK, H.RILEY, H.HELLOWELL sang
Mr.A.WILDE, accompanist
MILL BANK WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL (90th anniversary)
Revs.J.S.BALMER of Blackpool, George HACK of King Cross, W.J.P.WHITE
Misses SEED of Halifax and MOORES of Ripponden sang solos
Mr.Lewis HELLOWELL of Triangle sang solo
Ripponden
DEATH OF MR.LEVI SYKES
Mr.Levi SYKES of Fern Hill, Ripponden, died aged 55. Manager of the Ripponden Commercial Company for 17 years.
Native of Rishworth but moved to Milnes Bridge near Huddersfield
RIPPONDEN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
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Bargains. Bargains. Annual Summer Sale. ELLIS, 23 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
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SOWERBY BRIDGE LIFE-BOAT SATURDAY. CHOIR CONTEST - JUDGE'S REMARKS
Dr.HARPER, judge
Mr.J.W.HAIGH of Wharf Street and George MAGSON : joint secretaries
DEATH
Thomas GILL, 58, Hollins Terrace, Sowerby Bridge. Manager Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society
26th July 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
SUCCESSFUL SWIMMER
George H.WEBSTER, captain of the Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club, won the Rose Challenge Trophy
W.H.WALTON of Halifax came second
PIGEON RACING
MAWER Brothers, W.H.BROWNHILL, J.R.BERRY, SUTCLIFFE, ATKINSON, L.BUCKLEY, W.SHOESMITH : Sowerby Bridge Club
SOCIALIST MEETING
Councillor Arthur TAYLOR, secretary of the Halifax Trades and Labour Council, spoke
Pete CURRAN (Peter CURRAN), Victor GRAYSON : socialists
CRICKET
KAYE, MARSDEN : Elland Tradesmen team
WRAY, COPLEY, E.HELLIWELL : Sowerby Bridge team
THE LAW OF SALE AT AUCTIONS (Halifax County Court)
Charles W.LAYCOCK, auctioneer, Tuel Lane, sued John TURNER, broker, Green Hill, Warley who bought bakery waggons on
behalf of Messrs.NEWSOME & Son, Sowerby Bridge
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Mr.Frank WILCOCK passed exams in physiology and temperance economy
FANCIER'S SUCCESS
S.MAUDE, Sowerby Bridge, won prize at dog show
A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER (Halifax West Riding Police Court)
Herbert BROWN of Sowerby Bridge, aged 11
Edward ACKROYD, landlord of the Oddfellows' Arms
PHYSICAL EXERCISES
Adelaide HELLIWELL won medal
Evelyn GLEDHILL, Edith MITCHELL, Ivy BINNS, Ivy HOWLEY, Hilda WHITELEY did well
ACCIDENT
W.HOWARTH, farmer of Sowerby
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., presided
Mr.George WRAY, secretary
Messrs.John LAWRENCE, W.TOLLEY, INGHAM
Miss BOTTOMLEY
Councillor HOWE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Messrs.J.C.HORSFALL, S.DUGDALE C.C., E.E.POLLIT, J.WADSWORTH
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., Ely WHITELEY, J.BATES, T.BORRELL
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Captain CRADOCK (CRADDOCK) and St.Mark's Mothers' Meeting had outing to Ogden
WESLEYAN CONFERENCE
Sowerby Bridge (Triangle) Walker COOK vice Albert WOOD
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.J.MINION, vicar
(Funeral of Thomas GILL)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.Booth SHARP, organist
Messrs.M.SUGDEN & Son, Town Hall Street, funeral directors
THE POLICE AND CHARITIES (cricket matches)
Mr.H.SAGAR captained one eleven
Police Constable LINFOOT
FOWL HOUSE ON FIRE
Mr.SMITH, Hollings Mill Lane, owned it
CHEMIST'S SUICIDE
Mr.HILL, coroner
William Henry BRIGGS, chemist, Railway Terrace, Copley, died aged 43. Lost his wife 16 months earlier
Thomas BRIGGS, chemist, Wharf Street, brother and employer of deceased
Joe LEES (Joseph LEES), landlord of the Volunteers' Arms Inn, Copley
James HAMER, labourer, found the body in the canal
Norland
NORLAND BAND
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Sunday School)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS of Pontefract, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
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Misses CRAWSHAW, SCHOFIELD sang
Mr.J.BARKER conducted the singing
Ripponden
SUDDEN DEATH
John Edward FIRTH, landlord of the Cunning Corner, died. Married
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL CO., LTD
Councillor John PICKLES, president
Mr.Levi SYKES, recently deceased, manager for 17 years
Sowerby
CHOIR OUTING (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion Church choir)
Mr.Sam MITCHELL (Samuel MITCHELL), choirmaster
THE CHURCH BELLS (St.Peter's, 120 years old)
Mr.James SMITH, ringer at the church for 45 years
Colonel MORRIS, Mr.STANSFELD and Mr.NAYLOR spoke
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MARRIAGE
George Charles HISCOE married Clara PARKIN, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATH
Elizabeth Dove SUTCLIFFE, 61, daughter of the late Thomas SUTCLIFFE or Commercial Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mrs.GILL and family, Hollins Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
2nd August 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Police Constable Wilfred Lawson CRABTREE, formerly stationed at Sowerby Bridge, promoted to Sergeant in the Wakefield Division
Messrs.Ely WHITELEY & Sons taken over part of Hollings Mills. Still also at Lower Willow Hall Mills
Willie GAUKROGER (William GAUKROGER), Upper Fountain Street, scholar at Sowerby New Road School, won scholarship
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs.William HAIGH, H.P.KENDALL, E.HALLOWELL, B.ROBINSON, R.ROTHWELL, H.STORR, F.CLAY, H.WHITTAKER
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., J.BATES, A.HOWE, J.MARSLAND
Mr.BALL, librarian
YORKSHIRE FREE-WHEELING CHAMPIONSHIP (bicycles)
Mr.Percy C.HOPKINSON of Wharf Street won
CARRIAGE ACCIDENT
John SMITH, coachman, employed by Messrs.MORRIS, The Lodge, Triangle
Mr.HOYLE's furniture van
Dr.BAIRD, assistant to Dr.ADAMS
SOWERBY DIVISION LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.Clarence GREENWOOD, Castle Hall, Cragg Vale. Married
Mr.B.FIRTH, J.P., president
Mr.John S.HIGHAM, M.P.. His son recently injured
Dr.MACNAMARA to speak
Mr.D.J.CROSSLEY, recently deceased
Mr.Abraham CLAY, J.P.
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Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, M.P., voted against money for the Earl of Cromer for services in Egypt
Messrs.NEWSOME & Son, Sowerby Bridge won prize for draught horses
Portrait of the late Thomas GILL, manager of the Industrial Society for 25 years, to be put in the Board room
Rev.Albert WOOD, Wesleyan, to go to Triangle
Mr.Arthur FISHWICK, storekeeper at West Vale, appointed manager of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society.
Branch manager at Triangle then West Vale for 17 years
OUTINGS
Captain CRADDOCK accompanied the Christ Church Communicant's Union members
Mrs.MARSDEN took party from St.George's school
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM (Yorkshire Union of Spiritualists)
Mrs.WADE (Bradford) gave address
Messrs.J.SMITHSON (president, Dewsbury), D.GAVIN (Bradford) gave addresses
Mr.BAUME, vice-president, Halifax
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.Alfred CROWTHER of Elland spoke
Mr.C.E.HELLIWELL, chairman
Miss Nellie SHEARD (Ellen SHEARD) sang
ACCIDENT TO MR.JOHN LEAVER
Mr.John LEAVER, aged 70, cabinet maker, with works at Stirk Bridge, lost fingers and thumb on left hand.
Lost fingers on right hand 17 years earlier
Dr.BROWN
CRICKET (Triangle v. Sowerby Bridge)
NICHOLSON, BROWNBRIDGE : Sowerby Bridge team
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MAINTENANCE OF A FATHER (Halifax West Riding Court)
William MIDGLEY, Exeter Street, Sowerby Bridge. Iron dresser for Messrs.WOOD Brothers
Had two daughters, both millhands, aged 21 and 18
His father, Richard MIDGLEY, was in the Union Workhouse.
Had a brother, James MIDGLEY, who went to America
Mr.H.BOOCOCK, defence
Mr.BATLEY, collector for the Board of Guardians
Norland
THE BAND
Mr.J.R.ATKINSON, Belmont
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH M.N.C.CHURCH
Mr.F.ALLEN of Brighouse preached
Mr.S.MITCHELL, conductor
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, organist
Triangle
Mr.H.A.LUMB of Kebroyd, organist and choirmaster at All Saints', Salterhebble, resigned after 20 years
Ripponden
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (40th anniversary of Zion Congregational Sunday School)
Rev.T.Langford BURROW, Port Sunlight, preached
STONES WESLEYAN CHOIR (outing)
SUICIDE (Coroner's Court)
Elizabeth WHITELEY, an old Ripponden lady, drowned herself aged 71
Mary Hannah ELLIS of Greetland, daughter of deceased
John William ELLIS, gas stoker
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SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'S MEETING (93rd half-yearly meeting)
Mr.Arthur BINNS, president
Mr.Thomas GILL, society manager, recently deceased
Messrs.William NICHOLL, William LEACH, J.W.HODGSON, JONES, James WOOD, D.LUMB, John William ELLIS, David COCKROFT,
William TOLLEY, Nimrod HOWARTH, Edgar MITCHELL, Alfred BROADBENT, W.H.BAXENDALE (auditor),
W.A.HEIGHINGTON (secretary)
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MARRIAGE
Fergus ACKROYD married Hannah GLEDHILL, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John ACKROYD, 92, 28 Waterloo Terrace, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah BEARD, 47, widow of Albert BEARD, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth HELLEWELL, 72, widow of John HELLEWELL, Lilly Street, Sowerby Bridge
9th August 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.PARKINSON, station master at Sowerby Bridge, moving to Wakefield
Mr.SMITH, from Brighouse, to replace him
SOCIALISM AND MACHINERY
Mr.Jack BURT of St.Helens spoke
GYMNASTIC DISPLAY (at the Spiritualist Lyceum)
Mr.W.E.ASHWORTH, instructor, Sowerby Bridge Public Gymnasium
Mr.C.H.SMITH, dumb bell drill trainer
Mr.Charles MAUDE recited
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT presided
Mr.F.WALTON, accompanist
Messrs.H.BOOTH, F.BARRACLOUGH
LAMENTABLE FATAL ACCIDENT
Florrie GREEN (Florence GREEN?), died aged 9. Daughter of John GREEN, clogger, Chapel Lane, Bolton Brow
Mr.T.F.ROWLINSON, foreman of the inquest jury
Dr.BAIRD, assistant to Dr.ADAMS
Mr.SUTTON, juryman
SWIMMING GALA
Willie BREALEY (William BREARLEY), of Tuel Lane Board school and A.HELLEWELL, Ellison Memorial school, won scholars' race
T.H.BLACK (Huddersfield), A.PRIESTLEY (Halifax), G.R.WHITELEY (Batley), G.H.WEBSTER (Sowerby Bridge), G.W.WALKER (Morley)
: backstroke race
W.FRENCH, A.LAW, A.SUTCLIFFE : members' race
Edgar WILKINSON : Sowerby Bridge polo team
WALTON, HIRST : Halifax polo team
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Misses Phyllis GREENWOOD, Emma MARSDEN, E.MITCHELL won scholarships, all of Sowerby Bridge
BAIRSTOW'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Nora EASTWOOD, Emma MARSDEN, Charles CROWTHER, scholars at Sowerby New Road school, won scholarships
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
LIBERAL MEETING
Mr.John WADDINGTON presided
Mr.Samuel GLEAVE, Manchester, spoke
Councillor J.BATES, socialist
FUTURE WEDDING FEES AT CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar of Sowerby Bridge for 20 years, wrote letter
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Norland
MORE LIGHT (new gas main)
THE BAND CONTEST (cancelled)
(Open-air Methodist meeting)
Mr.SAGAR of Moor End Farm preached
Mr.STANDEVEN of Sowerby Bridge read scripture
Mr.F.HOLROYD of Idle, former Sunday scholar at Mount Zion, gave address
Mr.J.BARNES of Sowerby Bridge, gave address
Sowerby
Miss Annie H.EVANS (Ann H.EVANS) of Sowerby won scholarship
BAIRSTOW'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Emma BINNS and Hannah WOLFENDEN (Triangle school), John H.ROWDEN (Mill Bank) and Reynold C.FARRAR (Sowerby) won scholarships
Miss Annie E.NAYLOR (Ann E.NAYLOR), former pupil-teacher at Sowerby School awarded college bursary
PROVIDENCE ANNIVERSARY (Methodist)
Rev.E.D.CORNISH of Manchester preached
Mr.Willie HAIGH (William HAIGH) of Sowerby preached
Miss APPLEYARD of Halifax sang
Mr.E.LAW, organist
Ripponden
J.H.WHEELWRIGHT & Son, LTD (new company)
J.H.WHEELWRIGHT, cotton spinners, doublers and growers, warehousemen, cloth manufacturers, merchants, dyers, finishers
and importers and dealers in cotton, wool, silk etc., of Rishworth, Ripponden, Greetland, Charlestown and other places
Mr.J.H.WHEELWRIGHT (Heathfield, Rishworth, cotton spinner), Mrs.E.WHEELWRIGHT,
Messrs.J.R.H.WHEELWRIGHT (Old Haugh End, cotton spinner), D.G.WHEELWRIGHT (Heathfield, Rishworth, cotton spinner),
E.L.WHEELWRIGHT (The White House, Hornsea, farmer), Miss H.L.WHEELWRIGHT (Heathfield, Rishworth) : subscribers
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SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (105th half-yearly meeting)
Mr.James BROADBENT (president)
Mr.George HIRST, vice-president
Mr.C.BESWICK, cashier and manager
Mr.CRABTREE, auditor
Messrs.J.W.BANCROFT, COCKROFT, WADDINGTON, WOOD, WADSWORTH, MASON
George HIRST (Dewsbury), F.J.HART (Windhill), Southeron RICHARDSON (Bradford), Robert BARRETT (Batley),
Solomon HARTLEY (Bingley), Edment THORN (Keighley), George SPENCER (Great Horton), James S.BURN (Hebden Bridge),
Samuel COOPER (Mirfield)
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT, auditor for Sowerby Bridge
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., A.CLAY J.P., T.BORRELL, G.E.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, T.TIDSWELL, Ely WHITELEY, J.W.WHITELEY,
W.SUTCLIFFE, W.GLEDHILL, John BATES, George WHITELEY
Mr.John S.HIGHAM
Mr.R.H.WHITWORTH, clerk, Warley Exhibition Foundation
Frank CLAY to be council representative to the Warley Exhibition Foundation
POINTS FROM THE MINUTES
Mr.Edgar BOOTH, clerk to the Sowerby Urban District Council, wrote re.Messrs.HADWEN's mill in Soyland
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16th August 1907
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Thomas STOTT, chapel-keeper at the Norland Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, to replace Mr.B.OLDFIELD at the Tuel Lane Chapel
Miss Jessie HALLOWELL of Tuel Lane Girls' Provided School, to be pupil teacher at Sowerby Bridge Girls' Secondary School
Mr.Ernest LAWTON, former manager at Messrs.SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN's mills, recently working for Messrs.James LIGHTBOWN & Sons,
yarn merchants, Manchester, appointed manager of the Ripponden Commercial Company
APPOINTMENT OF ORGANIST
Mr.Henry H.HOWARD, son of Mr.S.HOWARD, organist at Lindwell Primitive Methodist Chapel, Greetland, appointed organist at
Warley Clough Chapel
SAVINGS CLUBS
Messrs.Ely WHITELEY & Sons, Lower Willow Hall
ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY
John WILSON, stoker, Margate Street, Sowerby New Road
WEDDING AT BOLTON BROW CHAPEL
Mr.George Albert THOMPSON, son of Charles THOMPSON, leather belting manufacturer, Willow Drive,
married Miss Laura S.BRIGGS, daughter of William BRIGGS, relieving officer, Tuel Lane
Rev.G.OYSTON performed the service
Miss Florette SIMPSON, cousin of the bride
Misses Florrie THOMPSON (Florence THOMPSON?), Eveline THOMPSON, Amy THOMPSON : sisters of the groom
Mr.Herbert THOMPSON, brother of the groom
Mr.Fred GREENWOOD, groomsman
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL, organist
DEATH OF THE REV.J.PANDY WILLIAMS
Rev.J.Pandy WILLIAMS, pastor of West End Congregational Church before Rev.G.S.SMITH, died at Rhyl
Mrs.Annie STURGESS (Ann STURGESS), daughter of deceased
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A SHOOTING AFFRAY
George Henry WILSON, master and owner of the schooner 'Richard and Emily', resident of Sowerby Bridge
Sydney HOMERSHAM, mate
Alfred SMITH, seaman
PRESENTATIONS
Mr.J.L.CROWTHER, former secretary of the "Morning Star" tent of the Independent Order of Rechabites
Mr.John WADDINGTON made the presentation
Mr.Harry AKROYD (Harold AKROYD?), organist at Tuel Lane, married on the 30th of July, presented with a desk,
supplied by Mr.E.ACKROYD, Town Hall Street
Mr.Frank WILCOCK made the presentation
OUT-DOOR LIBERAL MEETING
Mr.GLEAVE of Manchester gave address
Mr.J.H.STEAD presided
Friendly
THE AMICABLE SOCIETY (disbanded after many decades)
Mr.William MURGATROYD, landlord
DEATH OF MR.ARTHUR THOMAS
Mr.Arthur THOMAS, landlord of the Friendly Inn for 14 years, died aged 48. Left widow and three children
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Triangle
MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Police Constable LINFOOT
Dr.FRY
William HELLIWELL, Waring Green, Brighouse. His daughter lived at Cotton Stones
MARRIAGE OF MISS PRIMROSE RAWSON
Miss Constance Priestley (Primrose) RAWSON, daughter of John Selwyn RAWSON, J.P., The Haugh End,
married William Alexander Charles LLOYD, son of the late Captain LLOYD of Cowesby Hall near Thirsk
Rev.J.W.F.WALKER, vicar of St.Peter's Sowerby, and Rev.E.BRIERLEY, vicar of Thorpe, conducted the service at
St.John the Divine, Thorpe
Mr.EASTWOOD, organist
Misses Dorothy F.RAWSON, Susy LLOYD (Susan LLOYD?), Beatrice M.MALACHI, Dorothy BETHUNE, Florence JONES,
Marjory NUGENT (Marjorie NUGENT?) : bridesmaids
Mr.W.V.ROGER, best man
Mr.F.P.S.RAWSON, brother of the bride
Mr.P.Bayley JONES, R.N., cousin of the bride
Ripponden
EXCURSIONIST'S ADVENTURE IN PARIS
Miss Sarah Hannah SUTCLIFFE of Lee Crescent, Ripponden, and her aunt, Miss FOX
Miss COCKROFT
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Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., H.HAIGH, R.BRADLEY, A.STOTT, J.SUNDERLAND, C.H.MITCHELL, David WHITELEY, S.TURNER,
J.T.NAYLOR, W.SUTCLIFFE
John PRIESTLEY (for Triangle), Thomas SPEAK (for Sowerby), Lewis LUMB (for Mill Bank) : successfully tendered for lamplighting
Mr.HODGSON told the council that permission would be needed to move a footpath
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector
Mr.J.S.RAWSON owned land at Raw Lane Bottom
BAIRSTOW's Charity
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A ROWDY PASSENGER. TODMORDEN LABOURER'S COSTLY RIDE
Sam JACKSON (Samuel JACKSON), labourer, Todmorden
MARRIAGES
Mr.Arthur ROWSON of Halifax, married Miss Charlotte HOLROYD of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.George Alfred THOMPSON married Miss Laura Sugden BRIGGS, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATH
Margaret REEVES, 27, wife of James REEVES, boot salesman, 24 Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Laura BOTTOMLEY, daughter of Arthur BOTTOMLEY and Fanny BOTTOMLEY (Frances BOTTOMLEY?), Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge,
died August 1904
23rd August 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
CRICKET
SAGAR, NICHOLSON : Sowerby Bridge team
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Tom OSBORNE (Thomas OSBORNE), aged 75, toll collector at Milner Royd tip
Mark SMITH, in charge of a council cart
Dr.BROWN
THEFT OF BRASS (Halifax West Riding Court)
John Bolton HELLIWELL of Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Messrs.NEWSOME and Son, engineers
Mr.GREENWOOD, secretary of above firm
Thomas HAIGH, outporter at the station
Sergeant TATTERSALL
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MR J.H.HIGHAM'S PROPOSED BILL (education bill)
Ripponden
PIGEON FLYING
Mr.Stephen STOTT of the Lord Nelson Inn
T.CALVERLEY, J.CALVERLEY, W.MARSHALL, J.MARSHALL, R.FAIRBANK : winners
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MARRIAGES
Charles Robert CROTHERS, son of the late Robert CROTHERS of Sowerby Bridge, married Martha Jane RILEY,
daughter of Humphrey RILEY, herbalist, 138 West Street, Sowerby Bridge. Rev.W.C.EVANS performed the ceremony
John COCKROFT of Luddenden Foot, married Emily GREENWOOD of Sowerby
Arthur FIRTH married Sarah Annie LINGARD (Sarah Ann LINGARD), both of Sowerby Bridge
Herbert JEFFERYS married Minnie SUTCLIFFE, both of Sowerby Bridge
30th August 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
A NOVEL PROSECUTION (at Aston)
Wilfred H.EGLIN of Sowerby Bridge, son of a local manufacturer, summoned for sending flammable liquid by rail without
marking them
Mr.WALTERS, prosecution
Mr.JOY, defence
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs.W.HAIGH, KENDALL, CLAY, ROTHWELL, STORR, ROBINSON, HALLOWELL
Councillors LONGBOTTOM J.P., HOWE, BATES, MARSLAND
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Revs.H.G.ALLCHURCH, J.FOX
Miss F.ACKROYD sang
Mr.W.KERSHAW sang
Mr.Reuben UTTLEY, choirmaster
Mr.A.HELLIWELL. organist
Mr.Norman COCKER, organist of Merton College, Oxford, son of Mr.A.COCKER
DEATH OF AN INFANT
Mr.E.W.NORRIS, deputy coroner
Mary HALLIWELL, daughter of Greenwood HALLIWELL, railwayman, Allan Mount, died age 1 month
Florence HALLIWELL, mother of the deceased
Mrs.Elizabeth HOWARTH
Dr.FRY
Messrs.ROTHWELL, RICHARDSON : jurymen
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Norland
THE BAND
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THE EDUCATION PROBLEM
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, M.P.
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HALIFAX EQUITABLE BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY
Sir A.ARNOLD, J.P., president
Alderman MITCHELL, vice-chairman
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6th September 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Miss E.FOX of Sowerby Bridge elected to the executive of the Yorkshire Ladies' Gymnastic Association
PRESENTATION TO A SCHOOLMISTRESS
Miss HITCHEN, retiring head mistress of St.George's School
REV.CANON IVENS M.A.
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar of Sowerby Bridge for 20 years
CRICKET MATCH (employees of Messrs.G.FOX & Sons, Ltd. at Staincliffe v. Sowerby Bridge)
R.W.FOULDS : Sowerby Bridge team
H.NICHOLSON, W.COPLEY, W.H.WHITELEY, H.NUTTING, A.S.WARDLE : players
Messrs.A.E.BROOKS, W.AKROYD, T.SYKES, M.BECKWITH, J.HARGREAVES, A.S.WARDLE sang
Major L.J.FOX, chairman
Mr.G.R.C.FOX
Mr.WHITELEY, manager
Mr.KERSHAW
Mr.R.J.CROTCHLEY
Major Chaley FOX, V.D.
Mr.J.W.HIRST
Mr.J.ELLIS photographed the teams
TUEL LANE HARVEST FESTIVAL
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Misses SYKES, HELLIWELL, BROADBENT, J.MCHUGH, H.BROADBENT, S.COCKROFT sang
Messrs.A.LAW, J.BREARLEY, W.FARRAR sang
Mr.H.ACKROYD, organist
Mr.C.MAUDE and Miss M.E.DEAN recited
SWIMMING GALA
C.STRECKER and A.GREENWOOD (Sowerby New Road School) and W.BREARLEY (Tuel Lane Board School) : schoolboys' race
H.SCOTT, H.WEBSTER, A.SCHOFIELD, G.H.WEBSTER : Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club
E.WILKINSON (captain, absent), SCHOFIELD, WHITTAKER : Sowerby Bridge polo team
STANSFIELD : Bradford polo team
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Messrs.Andrew HOWARTH & Sons, of Sowerby Bridge, to exhibit machine tools at an exhibition in London
Rev.Canon IVENS to give more sermons for men
Friendly
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr.J.W.EDEN, B.A., of Halifax preached
Misses MILNES, FOSTER, G.BROWN, N.WHITWORTH, M.NEEDHAM, E.BARROWBY sang
Messrs.G.A.SHARP, C.RATLIDGE sang
Mr.W.WHITEHEAD, organist
Miss M.BROWN, accompanist
Misses Alice SCHOFIELD and E.SCHOFIELD (sisters) recited
Norland
NORLAND MOUNT ZION
Rev.John A.KERSHAW of Manchester, native of Mytholmroyd
Misses H.THORNTON, A.L.SUTCLIFFE recited
Mr.J.BARRACLOUGH presided
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ST.JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE AND NURSING ASSOCIATION (list of donors)
POLLIT & WIGZELL
Francis BERRY & Sons
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN Co.
James GREENWOOD & Son
William MORRIS & Sons, Corporation Mill
Joseph W.WHITWORTH & Co., Luddenden Foot
George THOMPSON & Sons
MITCHELL Brothers
S.DUGDALE & Co., Old House Mill
WOOD Brothers, engineers
LEES, Lock Hill Mills
Arthur SIDDALL, worsted spinner
HOMFRAY & Co.
CLAY & HORSFALL
William MORRIS & Sons, Triangle
George FOX & Sons
FOSTER & CLAY
Henry BROADBENT, Hollins Iron Works
BLACKBURN Brothers, dyers
RUSHWORTH & Co.
MITCHELL, Valley Mill
T.H.LONGBOTTOM
Ely WHITELEY
James CLAY & Sons
Mark WILCOCK
George UTTLEY
Mr.T.F.SEED and Miss E.FARRAR : secretaries
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., Ely WHITELEY, A.HOWE, J.W.WHITELEY, T.TIDSWELL, A.CLAY J.P., G.E.WHITELEY, T.BORRELL,
J.BATES, George WHITELEY
POINTS FROM THE MINUTES
Mr.BISSELL, gas manager
Mr.GRIME, sanitary inspector
T.OSBOURNE, injured at the Milner Royd tip (mentioned in the Chronicle)
Mr.W.E.GREENWOOD, The Slack, Hebden Bridge, wrote re. his field at Milner Royd
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
THE SEWAGE WORKS
Councillor BORRELL
Messrs.SUTCLIFFE Brothers, former contractors
Messrs.Frederick WALKER & Son, solicitor for the above
Councillor BATES, BORRELL
Mr.HIGHAM
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
Councillors BATES, J.W.WHITELEY
Sowerby
RECOGNITION TEA AND MEETING (Wesleyan School)
Rev.Albert WOOD, newly appointed circuit minister
Rev.George OYSTON
Messrs.William WILSON, John SCHOFIELD, Hanson HAIGH, Joseph WHITAKER, James NICHOLL, John MALLINSON spoke
Miss Edith NICHOLL sang
Mr.CLAYTON, organist
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SOWERBY BRIDGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL presided
Mr.TOMLINSON, attendance officer
Messrs.J.W.WHITELEY, C.RUSHWORTH, J.BATES
Mr.J.WADSWORTH, a manager of the Sowerby New Road School
Miss JONES, teacher, Tuel Lane School?
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A SOWERBY BRIDGE YOUTH DROWNED IN HALIFAX PARK BATHS
John Henry BLACKBURN, lived with his parents at 15 Thompson's Terrace, King Cross, formerly of Sowerby Bridge,
died aged 18
John William BLACKBURN, father of the deceased
MARRIAGE
George SUNDERLAND, fireman, married Lily HOLT, both of Sowerby Bridge
13th September 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.RILEY of York, widow of Jeremiah RILEY, plumber, formerly of Town Hall Street, died aged 79
PRIMITIVE METHODISM (circuit meeting at Warley Clough Chapel)
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Mr.T.MORGAN, Mytholmroyd, secretary
Councillor A.HOWE, circuit steward
Mr.Edgar BERRY of Sowerby Bridge passed exam to be local preacher
Mr.S.HOWARD
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mrs.STAIR of Keighley gave address
Mr.H.THORPE conducted the choir
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Messrs.TAYLOR (piano) and NEWALL and AINLEY (violins)
SOWERBY BRIDGE BOWLING CLUB
Messrs.A.J.BUTTERWORTH, H.WARD, H.BROADBENT : club members
SOWERBY BRIDGE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES (circuit meeting at Providence Church, Sowerby)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.E.HELLOWELL gave numerical report and report for Sowerby
Mr.J.H.BUTTERWORTH gave report on Annual Assembly
Messrs.J.G.WILCOCK, J.W.SYKES gave report for Tuel Lane
Mr.G.BARRETT
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mr.F.F.W.SOUTHERN, student from Nottingham College, preached
Mr.WADSWORTH, organist and choirmaster
Messrs.N.WHITELEY, G.H.WHITAKER sang
Mr.W.JOWETT recited
Misses BOTTOMLEY, ASTIN, LUMB, G.LUMB sang
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Rev.Canon IVENS, M.A., vicar of Sowerby Bridge for 20 years
(Halifax County Court)
Percy DYSON, coal merchant, Chester Street, Tuel Lane, debtor
Mr.J.H.BUTTERWORTH of Sowerby to be representative at United Methodist Churches conference
SOWERBY DIVISION CONSERVATIVE BILLIARD LEAGUE
Mr.E.H.SMITH, president
Mr.F.J.PRESTON, secretary
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Mr.Thomas SMITHIES, West Vale, gave address
Miss WOMERSLEY sang
WORKING MEN'S CLUBS' BILLIARD LEAGUE
Mr.H.HOLMES presided
WEDDING (at the Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mr.Harry SUTCLIFFE (Harold SUTCLIFFE) married Miss Hannah J.ROBERTSHAW
Miss Helena ROBERTSHAW and Miss Amy SUTCLIFFE : bridesmaids
Messrs.Newton HANSON, Edwin SUTCLIFFE supported the groom
Revs.J.H.ROBERTSHAW, J.M.BROWN performed the ceremony
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Rev.Albert WOOD, newly appointed minister
Miss RATLEDGE sang
Messrs.A.BOOTH, T.E.WHITEHEAD sang
Miss Olive MARGISON and Master George MARGISON sang, from Leeds College of Music
Master Frank CRABTREE, piano, Leeds College of music
Mr.Joseph WOLFENDEN of Triangle, violin
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL, A.R.C.O., accompanist
Friendly
CHILDREN'S TREAT (Friendly Working Men's Club)
Mr.Thomas TAYLOR lent field for games
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BOULDERCLOUGH CHAPEL HARVEST FESTIVAL
Rev.A.COLBECK, Halifax
Mrs.W.C.EVANS gave readings
Mr.J.H.BUTTERWORTH presided
PORTRAIT UNVEILING (Congregational school)
Mr.James LEACH, senior superintendent, unveiled portrait of Miss Rhoda HANSON, teacher for 45 years
MARRIAGE AT STEEP LANE (Baptist)
Levi HAIGH, worker at Steep Lane, preacher and postman, of Sowerby Bridge married Miss Elizabeth GREENWOOD of Sowerby
Mr.E.BROADBENT, brother-in-law of the bride
Mrs.E.BROADBENT, sister of the bride
Miss A.L.HAIGH, sister of the groom
Miss A.LANGSTAFF
Mr.J.A.HAIGH, brother of the groom
Mr.P.TEAL, nephew of the bride
Revs.W.HAIGH (pastor), John FOX (Sowerby Bridge), W.C.EVANS (Sowerby), T.COTES (Todmorden)
Mr.S.WHITELEY, organist
Messrs.SWINDELLS, HEBDEN : former and current postmasters
Councillor D.WHITELEY
Miss R.CULPAN
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor J.WADSWORTH J.P., ROWDEN, HAIGH, BRADLEY, S.TURNER, STOTT, SUNDERLAND, MITCHELL, NAYLOR, D.TURNER, SUTCLIFFE
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Dr.KAYE
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Rev.H.F.WANNACOTT, vicar of Barkisland
Rev.J.W.F.WALKER, vicar of Sowerby
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MARRIAGES
Harry SUTCLIFFE (Harold SUTCLIFFE) married Hannah J.ROBERTSHAW, both of Sowerby Bridge
Francies Frank PETTITT married Elizabeth TAYLOR, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Louie Constance BUTTERWORTH (Louise Constance BUTTERWORTH?), 6, daughter of J.W.BUTTERWORTH and F.M.BUTTERWORTH,
9 Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Mary RILEY, 79, widow of Jeremiah RILEY, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Joseph GREENWOOD, 58, mechanic, Montague Street, Sowerby New Road
Lucy SMITH, 33, wife of William SMITH, Stanley Street, Sowerby New Road
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr.and Mrs.J.W.BUTTERWORTH, 9 Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
20th September 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
GYMNASTIC DISPLAY (at Tuel lane school room)
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH presided
Mr.W.E.ASHWORTH, instructor
Miss MCHUGH sang
Councillor J.BATES recited
Mr.A.S.FIRTH
DEATH OF MR.JOSEPH SENIOR
Mr.Joseph SENIOR, Roylands, Lightcliffe, died aged 73. Came from Clifton. Former coal merchant, councillor,
warden at Christ Church, co-founder of the Ryburn Lodge of Freemasons
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE lent plants
Rev.George HACK of King Cross
Misses N.SHEARD and E.SHEARD, JESSOP sang
Mr.H.CROWTHER sang
Mr.A.NICHOLL, organist
Mr.Albert BROOKE and Misses Ella SHEARD, PRIESTLEY and HOLDSWORTH : musical items
Miss PRIESTLEY and Mr.C.MAUDE recited
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Mr.W.H.GIBSON, president
Dr.W.Perrin BROWN and Mrs.BROWN
Dr.ADAMS and Mrs.ADAMS
Mr.W.TOLLEY, former secretary
Dr.FRY, absent
Mr.H.AKROYD sang
Miss Nellie SHEARD (Ellen SHEARD?), N.SHEARD and E.SHEARD sang
Teddy WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON) sang comic songs
Messrs.H.GREENWOOD and J.GREENWOOD played for dancing
Messrs.W.E.HOLROYDE, S.SEED and J.HELLIWELL : M.C.s
Mesdames C.STOCKTON, F.KERSHAW and Misses E.FARRAR and A.WHITELEY : refreshments
Mr.Frank WILCOCK, secretary
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Mr.A.S.HOLLAND, Sowerby Bridge, appointed officer in the Indian police
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Mr.H.HOWARD, piano
BOWLING HANDICAP (at the Hollins)
Messrs.H.WARD, S.HOYLE, W.T.WALTON, W.H.GIBSON : semi-finalists
CHRIST CHURCH BIBLE CLASS
Mr.Frank WILCOCK gave lecture on ambulance work
Rev.Canon IVENS
SUSPICIOUS CONDUCT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Martin BRENNAN, miner, no fixed abode
Police Constable HOLBROOK
Mr.SHACKLETON's jeweller's shop
THANKSGIVING SERVICES (at Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar and Rural Dean
Rev.D.WILLIAMS
Rev.Cecil S.QUAINTON, vicar of Mount Pellon
CONSERVATIVE BILLIARD LEAGUE
Mr.W.A.SIMPSON-HINCHLIFFE, president
Mr.F.PRESTON, secretary
Mr.E.SMITH (Copley), treasurer
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr.HILL, coroner
Naomi GREENWOOD, widow of a Luddenden Foot, warp dresser, died aged 70
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Norland
KNUR AND SPELL
R.FOWLER of Norland played F.FIRTH of Halifax
J.INGHAM of King Cross, referee
NORLAND METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES preached
Mr.T.BINNS, organist
Mr.Turner WASHINGTON, chairman
Miss LUMB, A.BOOTH sang
Misses MACKRELL, Gladys WILSON and Master CROSSLEY recited
Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS, pastor
Mr.G.E.SCHOFIELD sang
The Misses FOSTER sang duet
Misses Edith NICHOLL, Nellie RATLEDGE (Ellen RATLEDGE?) sang
Mr.PICKLES, organist
HARVEST FESTIVAL (St.Peter's Church)
Mr.CLARKE, gardener to Mr.MORRIS
Mesdames Selwyn RAWSON, SMEETON, WALKER decorated the church
Misses Dorothy RAWSON, CARTER, GARNETT, NAYLOR, Amy CARTER, Norah PICKLES decorated the church
Mr.and Mrs.STANSFELD decorated the church
Mr.and Miss EMPSON decorated the church
The Misses NUGENT decorated the church
Rev.W.C.BELL (Norland)
Ripponden
RUNAWAY HORSE
Eli CROWTHER, Beeston Hurst Farm, owned the horse
MEN'S SERVICE (Zion Church)
Rev.W.H.FOX of Bury
Mr.Miles WADSWORTH presided
ZION CHURCH NEW PASTOR
Rev.W.H.FOX of Bury (former pastor at Zion)
Rev.F.G.FOTHERINGHAM of Brownroyd, Bradford, to be new pastor
Rev.A.GILBY, former pastor
HARVEST FESTIVAL AT STONES (Wesleyan)
Rev.Albert WOOD, newly appointed minister
Miss L.WHEELWRIGHT sang
Messrs.HORSFIELD, HEY sang
Mr.J.WHEELWRIGHT, organist
Mr.B.WHITELEY, conductor
Miss Ethel OYSTON, B.A., gave reading
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MARRIAGES
Shaw ACKROYD, mechanic, married Miss Ellen TURNER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ellen COWGILL, 64, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann SPENCER, 80, widow of Robert SPENCER, Porter Lodge, Triangle
27th September 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.W.P.EGLIN, Crow Wood, Sowerby Bridge, donated to the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Association
Probate of the late Thomas GILL granted to Mrs.Ellen GILL, George GILL (son) and Miss Ellen GILL (daughter)
MINISTERIAL
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH to move to Sheffield in 1908
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.J.MCARTNEY gave address
Miss MOORES of Ripponden sang
WARLEY CLOUGH (Primitive Methodist)
Mr.T.N.HELLEWELL, Luddenden Foot, preached
Mr.Albert SMITH, manager at Mr.William EDLESTON's woollen works for 9 years, has been appointed manager at
Messrs.WORMALD & WALKER Ltd., Dewsbury (largest blanket factory in the world)
WESLEYAN CIRCUIT (meeting at Friendly)
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
Rev.Albert WOOD, new minister at Triangle
Mr.M.H.HOBSON of Ripponden, circuit steward, moving to be governor of Frodsham Children's Home
PRESENTATIONS
Mr.Hugh BOOTH made presentation to Mr.and Mrs.Arthur ROWSON (recently married) at the Spiritualist Lyceum
Sister Lena and Mrs.WOOD made presentation to Mrs.George THOMPSON (nee BRIGGS), recently married,
secretary of the Mothers' Meeting at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, Mesdames HORSFALL, THOMPSON, George THOMPSON and Miss SUTCLIFFE sang and recited at Bolton Brow
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Police Constable MAPPLEBECK appointed to Sowerby
BOYS' RECREATION CLASS (Tuel Lane)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Messrs.A.S.FIRTH, Frank WILCOCK
FREE LIBRARY
Mr.William HAIGH presided
A DRIVER INJURED
Dr.FOGGO
A COAL MERCHANT'S AFFAIRS (meeting of creditors)
Percy DYSON, Chester Street, coal merchant, now insurance agent
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST
Mr.Douglas HAMILTON, B.A., of Halifax, preached
Mr.B.SPEAK sang
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DEATHS
John Fleming GIBB, 60, 3 Egerton Street, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
4th October 1907
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Mrs.F.CLAY of Sowerby Bridge, elected vice-president of the Yorkshire Amateur Ladies' Gymnastic Association
RECORD DIVIDEND
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN Ltd.
HARVEST FESTIVAL (St.George's Church)
Revs.J.MINION (vicar), T.METCALFE (vicar of Mytholmroyd), E.BRIERLEY (vicar of Thorpe)
WEST END BOYS' BRIGADE
Misses BOTTOMLEY, BEAUMONT sang
Mr.ABBOTT of Copley sang
Miss MCHUGH absent
Miss CRAPPER, blind pianist of Halifax
Masters G.RILEY, C.BROADBENT : violin
Miss CORDINGLEY and Mr.C.MAUDE recited
Messrs.ABBOTT and HARRIS (Copley) performed comic dialogue
Miss L.HOLROYDE, accompanist
Mr.T.A.SMITH presided
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mrs.LAYCOCK, Miss RILEY and Miss S.BOTTOMLEY promoted the event
SOCIAL (Christ Church Band of Hope)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Master Leonard KNIGHT sang
Miss HORNER, piano
FOREIGN MISSIONS (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Rev.E.W.SMITH, just returned from Africa
Mr.Albert SMITH presided
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN, circuit minister, former missionary to Africa
FIRE IN A DWELLINGHOUSE
Mr.COPLEY, hairdresser and tobacconist
WESLEY GUILD (Bolton Brow)
Rev.G.OYSTON
Miss EASTWOOD sang
Miss Emily WOODHOUSE and Mr.William BUTTERWORTH won game
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Tuel Lane)
Revs.H.G.ALLCHURCH (pastor), W.WALKER of Halifax
Mr.Harry AKROYD (Harold AKROYD), organist and choirmaster
Master Leonard KNIGHT, principal soprano at Halifax parish Church
Mr.C.THOMAS sang
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USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE (Halifax Police Court)
Newton HOLLOWS, tripe dresser, Sowerby Street
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs.Fred OAKLEY, Leslie SMITH and "Teddy" WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON, popular local humorist) : entertainment
Mr.G.T.BANCROFT, accompanist
Mr.C.HECKINGBOTTOM presided
TRANSFER OF LICENCES (Halifax West Riding Court)
Licence for the Hollows Dining Rooms transferred from Charles HOLLOWS to Walter TURNER, former policeman
Licence for the Commercial Inn, Wharf Street, transferred from Arthur Edward JONES to Walter Thomas MAKEPEACE, licensee at Mytholmroyd
Licence for the Friendly Inn transferred from Arthur THOMAS to Abigail THOMAS, widow of the former landlord, had a son, aged 24
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
SWIMMING GALA (28th annual gala)
Mr.C.E.LODGE, qualified teacher, trained the children
H.WHITELEY, C.LUMB. H.HELLEWELL : boys just learned to swim
G.WHITELEY, H.WHITELEY, W.BREARLEY : Tuel Lane School team
J.PENNY, A.HELLEWELL, A.HOLDEN : winners of the 2 lengths handicap race
TURNER, WHITEHEAD (Halifax), G.WHITELEY : winners of the open handicap race
Messrs.W.H.GIBSON, H.SAGAR : chairmen
Mr.EVANS, president of the Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club, absent
G.H.WEBSTER, R.W.WILKINSON : club members
W.CALL set record in 1899 which was beaten by H.TANNER of Retford
N.CARTER of Heckmondwike, C.ROBERTS of Halifax : winners
J.WHITELEY, E.DOBSON, C.SHAW, R.PENNY, G.H.WEBSTER, P.FRANKLAND, A.SUTCLIFFE, A.LAW : club members
H.RHODES (Bradford), N.GARNETT (Halifax), F.PRESTON (Heckmondwike) : ladies' race winners
Arthur SCHOFIELD, P.FRANKLAND, R.H.WILKINSON won cork hunt
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., J.W.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, BATES, BORRELL, G.E.WHITELEY, TIDSWELL, HOWE, G.WHITELEY,
GLEDHILL
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REFUSE DESTRUCTION
Mr.BENTLEY, contractor for the sewage works
GAS MAIN EXTENSION
Mr.BISSELL, gas manager
THE ELECTRICITY ORDER LEASED
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, GLEDHILL, J.W.WHITELEY
Mr.WOODHOUSE, engineer for the distributive company
A SERIOUS COMPLAINT (infectious diseases hospital)
Councillor BATES
A PURE MILK SUPPLY
Mr.J.G.HIGHAM, M.P., sent letter
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BAPTIST BAZAAR
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., chairman of the Urban District Council, opened it
Revs.J.FOX, J.Marcus BROWN
Councillor G.E.WHITELEY
Mr.A.ASTIN, church secretary
Mrs.WHITEHEAD, Miss BROADBENT (accompanist), and Messrs.R.UTTLEY, WOOD in charge of the children
Mrs.Abraham CLAY re-opened it
Mrs.John THOMPSON presided
Mesdames FOX, H.BROADBENT
Mr.F.J.SCHOLEFIELD gave donation
Mesdames H.BROADBENT, WOOD, MELLOR, A.ASTIN, J.FOX, T.HORSFALL, F.ASTIN, J.WHITELEY, BRADLEY, T.BROADBENT, G.E.WHITELEY,
C.GREENWOOD, ELLIS, UTTLEY, JOWETT, VOSE, J.A.WHITELEY : stall keepers
Misses C.WILSON, UTTLEY, FOX, WADE, DRUCE : stall keepers
Messrs.H.BROADBENT, W.ASTIN, J.R.WOOD, E.ELLIS, L.BARRETT, R.FLETCHER, W.JOWETT : young men's stall
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Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
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MARRIAGES
Frederick William CHANDLER, moulder, married Emily HOUGHTON, both of Sowerby Bridge
William COPLEY, cotton twiner, married Louisa SUTCLIFFE, both of Sowerby Bridge
John Riley HOLLAS, teamer, married Elizabeth DISLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
Thomas WATKINS, sheep farmer of Wigmore, Herefordshire, married Florence TAYLOR of Sowerby Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mrs.GIBB and family, 3 Egerton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.and Mrs.NEWELL and family, 20 Clyde Street, Allan Wood, Sowerby Bridge
11th October 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.HEBDEN, postmaster
BAPTIST SALE OF WORK
Mr.Levi HAIGH presided
Councillor James MAUDE of Hebden Bridge reopened it
WHIST DRIVE (Women's Liberal Association)
Mrs.MARSLAND, Messrs.John PRIESTLEY, Wilson WALKER and Miss HAIGH won
Miss HAIGH played for dancing
THE IMPORTANCE OF SICK NURSING (lecture at the West End Mutual Society)
Miss Annie WHITELEY (Ann WHITELEY) gave lecture
Mr.E.W.NICHOLL, secretary
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.J.MINION, vicar
Mr.J.MARSDEN, organist
Miss NORTON of Huddersfield gave address
Mr.Sam BUTTERWORTH (Samuel BUTTERWORTH), verger
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE (formation of new society)
Councillor John William WHITELEY
Mr.Joseph NICHOLSON of 50 Clifton Street, secretary of the new society
Misses A.BLACKBURN, H.BLACKBURN, J.C.COLEMAN, G.E.THOMAS, the Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
and Messrs.W.BUTTERWORTH, J.E.MALL, E.HELLOWELL, F.E.LONGBOTTOM, T.H.WRIGHT : committee
Mr.Llewelyn S.FARRAR, BSc., to give the first lecture
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Mr.Fred SHEPHERD, local tenor
SOCIAL AND SUPPER (Vicar's Sunday Afternoon Bible Class)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.ESDON, organist
ST.MARK'S
Captain CADDOCK preached
Rev.D.WILLIAMS
HARRIERS
A.LEACH, F.BUCKLEY, F.SUTCLIFFE : winners
H.SPEAK and F.FORBES laid the trail
WARNING TO DRIVERS (Halifax Borough Court)
Walter SMITH of Wakefield Road, drove horse and cart laden with coal
Luddenden Foot
PECULIAR PREDICAMENT OF A WEDDING PARTY
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., J.T.NAYLOR, W.SUTCLIFFE, A.STOTT, H.HAIGH, S.TURNER, D.TURNER, J.J.ROWDEN, J.SUNDERLAND,
R.BRADLEY, C.H.MITCHELL
Mr.HAIGH, deputy clerk
Dr.ADAMS, medical officer
Messrs.Henry SAGAR & Co. told to abate smoke nuisance
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SERMON TO MEN (text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS, Rural Dean
Mr.L.ESDON, organist
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18th October 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Councillors George WHITELEY, George Edgar WHITELEY, T.TIDSWELL inspected refuse destructors
County Councillor RUSHWORTH appointed to the Standing Joint Committee
THE POST OFFICE
Mr.C.RUSHWORTH, C.C.
Mr.HEBDEN, postmaster
JOHN SMITH BEQUEST FOR THE POOR
Mr.John SMITH, deceased
Messrs.C.RUSHWORTH C.C., E.MITCHELL, J.W.BANCROFT, Councillor J.W.WHITELEY and Mrs.MARSLAND : trustees
Mr.S.HOYLE, solicitor
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev.George OSBORNE, Walsden, to replace Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH when he moves to Sheffield
WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Mr.T.A.SMITH
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr.John Samuel MARSLAND, gas engineer, Ovenden, died aged 45. Son of John MARSLAND, Sowerby Bridge
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Mr.Frank FIRTH gave talk
Mr.Arthur CROWTHER presided
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.Thomas MORGAN of Mytholmroyd gave address
Mr.W.WHITELEY of Ripponden sang
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist
Mr.James CROSSLEY, chairman
WESLEY GUILD
Rev.J.E.CRAWSHAW gave natural history lecture
Rev.George OYSTON presided
Isaac EASTERBY killed in tram accident
Norland
SERVICE OF SONG (Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mr.J.SAGAR gave readings
Rev.J.E.THORNE of Devonport
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SHOCKING TRAMWAY ACCIDENT. FOUR DEATHS. MANY INJURED
Mr.Lewis ATKINSON's shop
Walter ROBINSON, conductor, killed
Isaac EASTERBY, gas works labourer, Mearclough, killed
Frank MARSDEN of Sparkhouse Lane, died
George WISKER (native of Selby), lodging at Wakefield Road, died aged 19, engaged to be married
Solomon LOCKWOOD, 22 John Street, Beech, Sowerby Bridge, injured
Drs.BROWN, FRY, ADAMS, FOGGO, PATON, BAIRD
Arthur PEARSON, 34 Bolton Brow, injured
Wilfred FLEMING, Walton Street, injured
Harry PARKER (Harold PARKER), Sowerby Street, injured
George MARSHALL, 13 Exeter Street, injured
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Herbert SOUTHWELL, Mill House, Triangle, injured
Charles BARRETT, 18 Rochdale Road, Triangle, injured
Harry MARSDEN (Harold MARSDEN), injured
Arthur ROBERTS, Stubbings, Triangle, injured
Mary A.GREENWOOD, Back Wharf Street, injured
Alice FALLON, Cross Street, Winding Road, Halifax, injured
Wright MITCHELL, 14 Edith View, injured
Arnold THORNTON, 12 Edith View, injured
Willie WILKINSON (William WILKINSON), East Longley, Norland, injured
Alfred SMITH, Watson Terrace, injured
John William DUNN, Grove Street, injured
John JENNINGS, 2 Bradley Terrace, injured
J.W.BARKER, 22 Park Street, injured
Joe HARDY (Joseph HARDY), 22 Greenup's Terrace, injured
Harriet N.WADSWORTH, 90 Wharf Street, injured
W.ELLIS, Industrial Road, injured
Mrs.Martha ORMEROD, 19 Chapel Lane, injured
Basil WOOD, Sunny Bank, injured
E.C.SMETHURST, Sowerby Croft, Norland, injured
Walter KING, New Houses, Triangle, injured
Walter KERRIDGE, Queen Street, Sowerby, injured
Joseph LONGBOTTOM, Pearson's Buildings, Norland, injured
Tom WATERHOUSE senior (Thomas WATERHOUSE), Sparkhouse, injured
Tom WATERHOUSE junior (Thomas WATERHOUSE), injured
Herbert JOYNES, Margate Street, injured
T.A.SPEAK, Montague Street, injured
Andrew HALL, Boston Street, injured
Henry WHITAKER, Victoria Square, injured
John BATES, Union Street, Triangle, injured
John BARRACLOUGH, Holland Street, Triangle, injured
Arthur BUTTERWORTH, Triangle, injured
A.VINER, Oxford Street, injured
J.HITCHEN, Lower Breck, Sowerby, injured
J.BROADBENT, Hollings Mill, injured
Robert NICHOLL, Heath Hall, Norland, injured
John WALSH, Park Street, injured
Arthur SHAW, Gratrix Lane, injured
J.H.SHAW, Gratrix Lane, injured
Joe WOODHEAD (Joseph WOODHEAD), Wakefield Road, injured
Walter CROSSLEY, Bedford Terrace, injured
Richard HELLIWELL, Gratrix Lane, injured
Tom WOODCOCK (Thomas WOODCOCK), Egremont Terrace, injured
J.HOUGH, East Parade, injured
PASSENGER'S STORIES
Ernest HORSFALL, Allan Wood, passenger, uninjured. Employed by Messrs.REDMAN & Sons. Gave account of the accident
John JENNINGS, carter, employed by Lewis ATKINSON, witness, injured
John DISLEY, passing on horse and cart. Gave account
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Mr.WAUGH, C.E. of Bradford inspected the brakes
Messrs.W.TOLLEY (former secretary), F.WILCOCK (secretary), J.HOLT, W.ASHWORTH, C.W.SMITH, H.JEFFERIES, L.CLAY, S.SEED,
J.SHAW and Misses S.HEATON, L.BENTLEY : St.John Ambulance Association members who helped
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., helped
Mr.Henry WHITTAKER, Victoria Square and Rev.J.MINION visited some of the injured
Mrs.H.MARSDEN, Providence Place
Rev.Canon IVENS visited some of the injured
Mr.SPENCER, tramways general manager
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THE INQUEST
Walter ROBINSON, conductor, Temple Street, Halifax, died aged 32
Isaac EASTERBY, Mearclough, employed at the Halifax gas Works, died aged 58. Wife: Rachel EASTERBY
Frank MARSDEN, Norland, mechanic at Messrs.REDMAN & Sons, Halifax, died aged 28. Wife: Emily MARSDEN
Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH, C.C, jury foreman
Mr.HILL, coroner
William WOODHEAD, accountant's clerk, Halifax, identified the body of Walter ROBINSON
Inspector ARUNDEL
Lieutenant-Colonel E.DRUITT, R.E., to hold inquiry
Wright MITCHELL of Edith View, Greenup's Terrace, needed an operation
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MARRIAGE
Sam RATCLIFFE (Samuel RATCLIFFE), assistant store-keeper, married Lilian EWART, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John William BALMFORTH, 66, Sowerby Croft, Norland
Eliza CULPAN, 72, widow of Richard CULPAN, 15 Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
Edwin HORNER, 61, Hollins Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Julia Ann WILSON, 17, daughter of William WILSON, Blue Ball Cottage, Norland
25th October 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
George SWINDELLS of Albany Terrace, injured at work at Lock Hill Mill
A VISIT TO THE WORKHOUSE (West End Congregational Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society)
Mr.D.LUMB, choir conductor
Mr.T.A.SMITH, president
Mr.E.W.NICHOLL, secretary
SOCIALIST LEAGUE
Mr.A.B.WAKEFIELD of Hipperholme gave address
Charles BRADLAUGH
Messrs.S.MASON, W.WHITELEY, N.HOWARTH, W.H.OLDFIELD took part in debate
"MONTE CARLO" (lecture at Bolton Brow Wesleyan School)
Rev.H.M.NIELD of the Eastbrook Brotherhood, Bradford gave lecture
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
FUNERAL OF MR.MARSLAND
Mr.J.S.MARSLAND, son of John MARSLAND, Sowerby Bridge, buried
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY (inaugural meeting)
Dr.WELLBURN, F.G.S., presided
Mr.Llewelyn S.FARRAR, BSc, gave lecture
Messrs.Frank CLAY, F.E.LONGBOTTOM
Mr.NICHOLSON, secretary
WEST END
Dr.FRY
Miss RUSHWORTH, accompanist
Mr.J.K.FALCONER painted the scenery
Messrs.T.A.SMITH, S.WADSWORTH, T.CHADWICK, A.SMITH, James BARRACLOUGH
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P.
Misses CRAWSHAW (soprano), TIDSWELL (contralto), IRVING (elocutionist)
Mr.J.E.COCKCROFT (bass)
Mr.G.WADSWORTH, accompanist
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
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WORKING MEN'S CLUB DINNER (at West End)
Mr.Frank GREENWOOD, piano
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.J.S.HIGHAM, president
Mr.TOMBS presided
Miss HAIGH and Mr.J.I.BREARLEY sang
Mr.Edgar VARLEY, accompanist
Mr.C.MAUDE recited
Mr.HIGHAM
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Condolences sent to the family of the late George WISKER, died in the tram accident, member of the Brotherhood
Mr.S.C.MOORES of Mytholmroyd spoke
Miss NICHOLSON of Ripponden recited
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE (at Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Miss MCHUGH sang
SERVICE FOR MEN AT ST.GEORGE'S
Rev.J.MINION, vicar
Mr.John Selwyn RAWSON read the lesson
THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE (Sowerby Bridge Ward of the Rawson Habitation)
Mrs.Priestley NORRIS (chief ruler)
Mr.W.A.SIMPSON-HINCHLIFFE, J.P.
Rev.J.B.BOURCHIER, Hebden Bridge
Mr.F.J.PRESTON, Conservative agent
Messrs.J.THOMAS and J.HORNER played for dancing
Norland
(Nonconformist Sunday School meeting at Mount Pleasant Chapel)
Mr.G.WILLET presided
Messrs.J.W.SHAW, J.PICKLES (Cornholme), J.BARRACLOUGH, T.HOWARTH, W.SHAW gave addresses
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Mr.S.S.SPEAK presided
Miss E.BROADBENT gave readings
Misses H.HANSON, E.RAMSDEN, M.HANSON sang
Mr.B.SPEAK sang
Mr.A.MEADOWCROFT of Sowerby paid for tea and lecture
Friendly
NOVEL AFFAIR AT FRIENDLY (Friendly Wesleyan Sunday School)
Mr.J.E.RATLIDGE presided
Misses N.WHITWORTH, O.FOSTER, C.MILNES, G.BROWN sang
Messrs.G.A.SHARP, E.M.WOOD, J.E.RATLIDGE, C.RATLIDGE sang
Mrs.J.WILDE, Miss A.SCHOFIELD and Mr.A.L.LUMB recited
Miss BROWN, piano
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THE TRAMWAY ACCIDENT. CORONER'S INQUEST
Mr.HILL, district coroner
Mr.Keighley WALTON, Town Clerk, Halifax
Mr.J.LORD, borough engineer
Mr.ROGERSON, electrical engineer
Mr.F.SPENCER, tramways manager
Mr.T.HEY, chairman of the tramways committee
Mr.RUSHWORTH, C.C., jury foreman
AN OUTSIDE PASSENGER'S EVIDENCE
James Wilfred HITCHEN
AN INSIDE PASSENGER'S EVIDENCE
John William BARRACLOUGH
EASTERBY, MARSDEN
THE RAILS WERE VERY GREASY
Walter CROSSLEY, passenger
HITCHEN
THIRTY TWO PASSENGERS
William ELLIS, witness, limped
NOT THE STEEPEST GRADIENT
James LORD, borough engineer
Mr.R.W.EVANS
A JURYMAN'S OPINION
Mr.LODGE
John DISLEY, night watchman, witness
A NECESSARY DUTY OMITTED
Edwin PRIESTLEY, point cleaner for the Halifax Corporation
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THE FAILURE OF ELECTRICITY
Ernest ILLINGWORTH, electrician at the Halifax Corporation electricity works
William Michael ROGERSON, electrical engineer for the Corporation
Mr.WILKINSON
THE TRAMWAY MANAGER'S EVIDENCE
Frederick SPENCER, tramways manager
Mr.RUSHWORTH
SIMPSON, driver since 1899
Mr.LEACH
Mr.WILKINSON
Mr.SUTCLIFFE fixed the faulty tram slipper
Mr.EVANS
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Mr.NEUMANN
THE DRIVER'S EVIDENCE
Thomas Henry SIMPSON, Ripon Terrace, Chester Road, driver of the tram
Mr.LEACH
Mr.John WAUGH gave expert evidence for the Corporation
THE CORONER'S SUMMING UP
Mr.WAUGH
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THE VERDICT
PULPIT REFERENCES
Memorial service for F.MARSDEN at Tuel Lane Chapel
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH, Tuel Lane Chapel
Mr.AKROYD, organist, Tuel Lane Chapel
Revs.D.WILLIAMS, Canon IVENS : Christ Church
Rev.James MINION, St.George's
Rev.G.OYSTON, Bolton Brow
Rev.John FOX, Baptist Chapel
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Frank MARSDEN died aged 28
Mrs.MARSDEN, Mr.and Mrs.HITCHEN and family, Bethel Terrace, Norland
1st November 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
LECTURE (West End Working Men's Club)
Mr.F.G.FABER of Oldham gave lecture on South Africa
Mr.H.HOLMES presided
FREE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs.William HAIGH, H.P.KENDALL, R.ROTHWELL, J.MARSLAND (his son died), B.ROBINSON, E.HELLOWELL
Councillors LONGBOTTOM, BATES, HOWE
Mr.H.WHITTAKER, injured in tram accident
CHURCH PARADE (to be held at Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.BUCKLEY to provide food at the Royal Hotel
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Rev.Albert WOOD gave lecture on Oliver CROMWELL
SOCIALIST LEAGUE
Miss TASKER sang
Messrs.GOGGS (Hebden Bridge), N.HOWARTH
Councillor John BATES and Mr.J.WADSWORTH recited
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A BOY
Percy HOLROYD, aged about 16, of Hollings Lane, worked at Messrs.ASQUITH's, machine maker, Highroad Well
ST.GEORGE'S
Miss BUTTERWORTH sang
Miss SHAW recited
Miss HAYES, accompanist
Messrs.NEWELL (violin) and F.G.HEYWORTH (piano), played for dancing
FLORAL CARNIVAL (West End Congregational school)
Mr.W.H.HELLEWELL presided
Misses HABERGHAM, WRAY, HOLROYD, BULCOCK : West End Dramatic and Concert Party
Messrs.H.WOOD, C.W.RUSHWORTH, H.ATKINSON (replacing his brother, J.ATKINSON) : West End Dramatic and Concert Party
Misses MOORE, E.SMITH, WOOD, SEED, WRAY, M.KITSON, H.FARRAR (contralto, winner at Blackpool Festival) sang
Mrs.H.CHADWICK sang
Messrs.H.ATKINSON, FALCONER, HOLROYD, SMITH, SUTCLIFFE sang
Miss SMITH and Mr.Arthur SMITH, accompanists
Messrs.J.L.WRIGLEY, J.HOLT, T.A.SMITH, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH), Albert SMITH
Messrs.J.WHITELEY, FALCONER painted the scenery
Dr.FRY, Mr.HELLOWELL and Councillor LONGBOTTOM gave donations
BOWLING CLUB (4th annual meeting)
Alderman J.F.CLAY, retiring president, provided tea
Mr.Frank CLAY, new president
Alderman CLAY and Messrs.B.CLAY, E.E.POLLIT, W.H.GIBSON : vice-presidents
Mr.F.H.WHITELEY, secretary
Mr.W.BURNLEY, treasurer
Messrs.John TURNER, W.T.WALTON, J.H.HOYLE, J.BUCKLEY, R.ROBERTS, E.MITCHELL : committee
Messrs.H.BROADBENT, A.J.BUTTERWORTH, J.BARNES, S.HOYLE, H.WARD and Dr.FRY : competition winners
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Councillor William SUTCLIFFE, builder and contractor, to sell property
Mr.C.W.LAYCOCK, auctioneer
"Teddy" WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON) came joint first in comic song contest at Hebden Bridge
OFFENDING CART DRIVERS (Halifax Borough Court)
William POLLARD (Sowerby Bridge), Telford MALLINSON (Norland)
HARRIERS
P.KILBURN, A.LEACH, G.LEES : Sowerby Bridge Harriers
MEN'S MEETING AT TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., chairman
Rev.J.FOX
Mr.T.WHITEHEAD
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH gave address, text given
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Ripponden
A FEROCIOUS DOG (Halifax West Riding Court)
Levi LUMB, coal merchant, Ripponden
Fred R.LUMB, a lad of Barkisland (no relation to accused) got bitten
Police Constables DENNISON, HOLBROOK
Albert CROWTHER, Mill Bank, bitten 4 years earlier
Friendly
WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.I.GREENWOOD, president
Mr.John BARLOW, comedian
Miss MILNES and Messrs.J.GREENWOOD, J.CLARE, L.WHITELEY, T.TURNER (members) sang
Mr.T.BANCROFT, accompanist
Mrs.OATES provided tea
Mesdames CRAWSHAW, GREENWOOD, CLAY, TROTTER, WALTON served tea
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VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTIES, SITUATE AT SOWERBY BRIDGE. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION BY MR.CHARLES WILLIAM LAYCOCK
Messrs.WHITELEY, PATCHETT, COCKROFT, PARK, LUMB, EATOUGH, HAIGH, STOBART, KERSHAW, THOMAS, UTTLEY, WOOD, DEWHIRST,
MARSHALL, MOORE, DILWORTH, EMMETT, WILD, F.HAMER : tenants at Willow View, Bairstow Lane
Henry WORSNOP, Mrs.HUGHES, F.GAUKROGER, William SUTCLIFFE, WHITEHURST, T.WRIGHT, A.HOWE, W.THURLEY, A.LUMB, J.W.BARKER,
Mrs.SHAW, T.BARLOW, William DANIELS, T.A.SHAW, H.STORR, T.AKROYD : tenants at Willow Terrace, Steps Lane
Messrs.J.H.WILKINSON, A.BISSELL : tenants of villas at Willow Lodge Estate
Messrs.Charles THOMPSON, Ely WHITELEY : tenants of villas at Willow Drive
Messrs.BOOCOCK, JONES : tenants at 1 East parade and 2 Hanover Street
Messrs.WELLS, DODSON, AINLEY, BROOK : tenants at 9 East Parade, 11 East Parade, 10 Hanover Street, 12 Hanover Street
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Mr.A.BERRY, tenant of 1 Albert Road, Beech
Charles William LAYCOCK, auctioneer, offices at 11 George Street, Halifax
Messrs.Richard HORSFALL and Son, land surveyors, Commercial Street, Halifax
Mr.G.Marvell RILEY, solicitor, Halifax
Messrs.Frederick WALKER & Son, solicitors, Halifax
MARRIAGE
Mr.Frank WILCOCK of Sowerby Bridge, married Miss Ellen Susannah CLARKE of Sowerby
8th November 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Misses HELLEWELL, BROADBENT sang solos at Tuel Lane Chapel
Messrs.MELDRUM's tender for a refuse destructor accepted by the council
BOLTON BROW BAND OF HOPE (entertainment by the Mission Chapel Band of Hope)
Mr.F.RILEY presided
Mr.H.WOOD spoke
Mr.A.NICHOLL, accompanist
Misses JESSOP, L.KELLETT, F.RUSSELL, H.WOOD, N.GLEDHILL : entertainment
Messrs.GILLAM, CARTER : entertainment
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Rev.Alec CHARLTON of Halifax
Miss BARKER of Ripponden recited
THE GYMNASIUM
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., presided
Mr.ASHWORTH, instructor
Mr.WALTON, secretary
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
Dr.Garnett LAWSON of Hebden Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE BRASS BAND (annual tea at the United Methodist Church school)
Mesdames BRADLEY, HARDING, MITCHELL, VAIRY, SUTCLIFFE, WILCOCK, THOMAS, CHADWICK, FIRTH, TURNER, CROWTHER, ACKROYD,
SIMPSON, GAUKROGER, SPEAK : served the tea
Misses SIMPSON, HARGREAVES and the Misses SCHOFIELD : served the tea
Mr.Tom HOLDSWORTH (Thomas HOLDSWORTH), humorist of Bradford
Miss THOMAS sang
Mr.W.ACKROYD sang
GREENWOOD's string band played for dancing
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CHURCH INSTITUTE
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.C.BARRACLOUGH, secretary
Mr.J.MEADOWS, treasurer
WOMEN'S SERVICE (at St.George's)
Rev.J.MINION
Mrs.ARUNDEL sang
PRESENTATION (by members of Tuel Lane choir)
Mr.Frank WILCOCK given silver plant pots on the occasion of his marriage
Mr.AKROYD, organist
"SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORICAL PLAYS" (Sowerby Bridge Literary and Scientific Society)
Mr.Greenwood GIBSON of Halifax gave lecture. His wife gave readings
Mr.W.H.GIBSON presided
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
THEFT OF HOUSE FITTINGS (Halifax Police Court)
John TAYLOR
Mr.William Trevor BALDWIN, manufacturer, Ashfield
Nathan VARLEY, marine store dealer, Hebden Bridge
CHARGE OF FORTUNE TELLING (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mrs.GRAY of 53 Tuel Lane, spiritualist
Mr.BAIRSTOW, barrister at law, defence
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mrs.LAW, wife of a policeman stationed at Stainland
Mrs.WATSON
Inspector ARUNDEL
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CHARGE AGAINST A MILKMAN (Halifax West Riding Court)
William WILDE, farmer, Sowerby
Police Sergeant EWART
Inspector DOYLE
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM J.P., J.W.WHITELEY, A.HOWE, Ely WHITELEY, T.BORRELL, W.GLEDHILL, J.BATES, George WHITELEY,
T.TIDSWELL, G.E.WHITELEY, A.CLAY J.P.
SEWAGE OUTFALL WORKS
Councillors GLEDHILL, BORRELL, George WHITELEY, GLEDHILL, LONGBOTTOM, HOWE
Dr.WILSON, Rivers Board
Mr.EVANS, clerk
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ENGLAND'S APPEAL TO HER SONS. SERMON TO MEN (at Christ Church, text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P.
Mr.ESDON, organist
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DEATHS
Mary Jane BREARLEY, 38, wife of Wilfred BREARLEY, Spring Gardens, Sowerby Bridge
Shepley BROADBENT, 68, Crown Buildings, Triangle
Arthur WILDE, 34, tailor, Brick Field, Norland
15th November 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Private A.E.WILCOCK acted as M.C. at St.John Ambulance Brigade social
THE GREAT PROPERTY SALE
Mr.LAYCOCK bought houses in Willow Terrace, Steps Lane
CAGE BIRD SOCIETY (yellow canaries competition)
Mr.W.SPEAK of Halifax, judge
J.H.JEFFERIES and Messrs.TAYLOR and HAIGH : winners
E.CROSSLEY and A.MORTON : highly commended
MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Mr.R.STOWELL, Hebden Bridge, spoke
Miss SUNDERLAND sang
SANTA CLAUS (lantern lecture at St.George's schoolroom)
Rev.James MINION, vicar
SLEEPING OUT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Edward LOVE, joiner
Police Constable WRIGHT
TUEL LANE
Mr.B.RILEY presided
Miss HELLEWELL, accompanist
Misses WOLFENDEN, HAIGH, PARKER, HELLEWELL sang
Messrs.A.LAW, L.WOLFENDEN sang
Mrs.TATTERSALL and Mr.C.MAUDE recited
Miss BUTTERWORTH, piano
Mr.H.GREENWOOD, violin
EVERYBODY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
Mesdames WOOD, E.B.CLAY and Messrs.I.PRIESTLEY, E.G.AKROYD, F.WADDINGTON, J.H.AINLEY arranged it
Mr.J.S.HIGHAM, M.P., and Mrs.HIGHAM : host and hostess
Rev.G.OYSTON
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL
Mrs.C.A.DAVIES, soprano
Madame FEATHER, contralto
Mr.A.BOOTH, bass
Mr.GILLAM, violin
Miss SUTCLIFFE, accompanist
Mrs.HANSON, elocutionist
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Rev.D.WILLIAMS gave lecture
Mr.J.LAWRENCE presided
Mr."Teddy" WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON?), popular local humorist, came joint second in comic singing competition
A.B.MILLARD of Manchester, joint second
J.R.BARRY of Northumberland came first
WESLEY GUILD (Bolton Brow)
Mr.B.MORWOOD of Doncaster, gave talk
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN presided
Misses N.CRAWSHAW and S.LUMB : sopranos
Miss A.L.SEED, contralto
Mr.H.CROWTHER, tenor
Mr.J.E.COCKROFT, bass
Miss L.WHITELEY, elocutionist
Miss H.GORE, piano
Miss LUSCOTT, accompanist
WIFE DESERTION (Rochdale Police Court)
Alice Elizabeth SOMERS married Henry SOMERS eight months earlier. Lived at Copley for 6 months before he deserted her
IMPORTANT PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Charles W.LAYCOCK, auctioneer
Mr.William SUTCLIFFE, contractor, had built most of the properties on sale
Mr.Arthur CROWTHER bought houses at Willow View
Mr.Wilson SHARP bought houses at Willow View and Willow Terrace
Mr.Edward HANSON bought houses at Willow Terrace. Tenants: Messrs.Henry WORSNOP, GAUKROGER
Councillor A.HOWE, Arthur LUMB, tenants at Willow Terrace
Mr.Charles THOMPSON and Councillor Ely WHITELEY : tenants of semi-detached villas at Willow Park
Mr.Abraham Fielding FOX bought houses with shops in East Parade and Hanover Street
Councillor William GLEDHILL bought houses in East Parade and Hanover Street
Mr.John SUMMERSCALES bought house in Albert Road, Beech
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Sowerby
MEN'S SERVICE (at Providence Chapel)
Mr.Henry HANSON presided
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
DEATH OF MR.TIMOTHY HITCHEN
Mr.Timothy HITCHEN, Cribb Farm, Sowerby, died aged 67
LECTURE ON PALESTINE (at the Congregational Church school)
Rev.T.R.DAVIES of Burnley gave lecture
Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES, chairman, visited the Holy Land some years earlier
Mr.A.MEADOWCROFT operated the lantern
Mr.James LEAH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors John WADSWORTH J.P., J.J.ROWDEN, H.HAIGH, D.TURNER, R.BRADLEY, A.STOTT, J.SUNDERLAND, C.H.MITCHELL,
W.SUTCLIFFE, J.T.NAYLOR, D.WHITELEY
Mr.J.S.RAWSON allowed to use the Town House for farming lectures
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector
Councillor WHITELEY, council representative on the governing body of BAIRSTOW's Charities
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SPIRITUALIST BAZAAR (to raise money to buy land adjoining the Lyceum)
Mr.Hugh BOOTH, opened it, one of the oldest members in the movement
Councillor A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.P., unable to attend due to bereavement
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT, president
Mr.Hanson HEY presided
Mrs.C.GREENWOOD, Messrs.John S.HIGHAM, H.GAUKROGER, JACKSON (Hebden Bridge) gave donations
Mrs.BOTTOMLEY offered the invocation
Mr.J.E.BALL
Mesdames T.COPLEY (treasurer), H.THORP (secretary), Joseph SUTCLIFFE, THOMAS : Ladies' stall
Mesdames C.H.ROWSON (treasurer), BOOTH, CARTER and Misses ROWSON (secretary), A.RILEY, G.RILEY, A.HOLROYD, L.HOLROYD,
Ivy COPLEY, Annie SMITH (Ann SMITH) : Young Ladies' stall
Mr.Ernest BOTTOMLEY (secretary and treasurer) : Young Mens' stall
Mesdames T.D.LAYCOCK (treasurer), R.FAWTHROP (secretary), T.THORP, T.H.WRIGHT, B.RUSHWORTH and Miss BOTTOMLEY
: refreshment stall
Mesdames H.CAUNT, H.RILEY, E.LEES : Tea Rooms
Messrs.G.DAWSON (secretary), W.WILSON and Miss GRUNDY : Post Office and Picture Post Card stall
Mrs.W.BOOTH and Miss LAYCOCK : Flower stall
Misses E.THORP, N.BUTTERWORTH : Fish Pond
Misses Cissie THORPE, Albina MAWER : Parcel and Cloak room
Mesdames STAIR, W.H.BOTTOMLEY, THOMPSON, H.RILEY (secretary) : Borderland (where mysteries were unravelled)
Mr.H.THORP, choir conductor
Misses F.THORP and Ivy RUSHWORTH trained the children
Mr.F.BARRACLOUGH led the gymnastic displays by the Excelsior Group
Mr.W.A.HERRING of Manchester re-opened the bazaar on the second day
Mr.S.BINNS of Halifax presided
Messrs.W.WILSON, WRIGHT
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Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CRICKET CLUB
Messrs.B.WILKINSON (captain), W.CHAMBERS (vice-captain)
TRAMCAR KNOCKS A WALL DOWN
Ripponden
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
Mr.S.R.FOSTER of the Bingley Co-Op gave address
Mr.T.BOTTOMLEY, president of the Ripponden Co-Op
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Norland
Joseph WADDINGTON, quarryman, Brick Field, Norland, had administration order made against him
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DEATHS
Timothy HITCHEN, 67, Cribb Farm, Sowerby
Hannah SUNDERLAND, 59, wife of William SUNDERLAND, Byron Street, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
22nd November 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.John Samuel MARSLAND of Moorland, Ovenden, died in October, left large estate
Frederick HARRISON of Sowerby Bridge had patent for carburettors
Arthur Edward HAWORTH, Sowerby Bridge, patent for recording on paper
SOCIAL (Sowerby Bridge Constitutional Club)
Messrs.J.HOLROYD, H.COPLEY, C.HELLIWELL, L.CULPAN : M.C.s
Mr.Walter SMITH, refreshment table
Messrs.John HORNER and John THOMAS played for dancing
Miss TILLOTSON of King Cross sang
MEN'S SERVICE (at Tuel Lane United Methodist Church)
Mr.J.TATTERSALL of Rochdale spoke
Revs.J.FOX, H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
Mr.Albert BOOTH sang
Mr.H.AKROYD, organ
Rev.F.B.MEYER to be next speaker
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.MARSLAND, president
Mrs.EVANS of Sowerby presided
Mrs.J.HANSON recited
Mesdames BROADBENT, WRAY
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
Miss RAUBON, principal celloist of the King Cross Wesleyan Orchestra
BAPTIST CHAPEL (Sunday School business meeting)
Rev.J.FOX, pastor, presented with umbrella by Mr.Joseph BARNES, senior teacher
MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY (Bolton Brow Chapel)
Rev.W.H.J.PICKEN, missionary to India
Rev.E.W.ADCOCK of Halifax
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organ
ARREARS OF MAINTENANCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Frank BARRETT, mechanic, Sowerby Bridge. Wife : Louisa
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Messrs.LONGBOTTOM let part of a mill opposite Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL's works
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.J.MINION
Messrs.A.DRAKE (Bradford), H.HOLLAS : tenors
Mr.M.BECKWITH, bass
Master E.GUNNIS, Halifax, contralto
Master S.PICKLES, Halifax, soprano
Miss H.MITCHELL, Halifax, elocutionist
Mr.J.MARSDEN, accompanist
HOMING SOCIETY (annual dinner at the Albion Inn)
Mr.and Mrs.BERRY, host and hostess
Mr.W.H.BROWNHILL won the old birds' cup
Mr.SPENCER presented the young birds' cup to Messrs.MAWER Brothers
Messrs. L.BUCKLEY, J.T.ATKINSON, J.R.BERRY won diplomas
Messrs.J.MARSHALL, M.BECKWITH, DALE, VARLEY sang
Mr.Frank GREENWOOD, piano
Mr.SHOESMITH
TEA AND CONCERT (West End Congregational Mutual Improvement Society)
Miss BESWICK, winner of best decorated table
Mr.T.A.SMITH, president
Mr.E.W.NICHOLL, secretary
Misses E.NICHOLL, E.SHEARD, J.MCHUGH, N.BEAUMONT sang
Messrs.H.DEWHIRST, H.CROWTHER, A.BROOKS sang
Mr.F.DEAN gave humorous reading
Mr.W.HABERGHAM gave stump speech
Mr.G.RILEY, violin
Miss SHEARD and Mr.G.TAYLOR, accompanists
Messrs.S.WADSWORTH, J.BARRACLOUGH
PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
Miss Hetha RICHARDS (Heather RICHARDS?), well known contralto and elocutionist visited
Mr.J.E.COCKROFT sang
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN, pastor
Miss RICHARDS gave address
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Mr.H.G.HEY of Halifax gave lecture, summary given
Dr.ADAMS presided
Messrs.WORSNUP, R.LUMB
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Mr.SMITHSON of Dewsbury re-opened the Spiritualist Bazaar
Mr.HART of Hebden Bridge presided
WESLEY GUILD
Rev.J.MONCRIEFF of Warley spoke
Rev.G.OYSTON presided
Police Superintendent QUEST of Barnsley, former inspector at Sowerby Bridge, candidate for deputy chief constable
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Revs. Canon IVENS, A.A.PARRY (Association secretary for the West Riding)
LIBERAL MEETING AT SOWERBY BRIDGE. ADDRESS BY MR.HIGHAM
Mr.E.MITCHELL presided
Mr.James ROWLANDS, M.P.
Mr.A.CLAY, J.P.
Mr.TOMBS
Messrs.SHACKLETON, MADDISON, Will CROOKS, James PARKER : socialist M.P.s
Sir Henry CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN
Mr.HIGHAM, M.P. gave address, summary given
Mr.LLOYD-GEORGE
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BISHOP OF WAKEFIELD'S VISITATION. "HOLD FAST TO YOUR CHURCHMANSHIP" (address summary given)
Miss JONES and Mr.H.GREENWOOD sang
Mr.ESDON, accompanist
Rev.Canon IVENS, rural dean
Bishop Walsham HOW, deceased
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Norland
MEASLES
Sowerby
ST.PETER'S CRICKET CLUB
Miss Alice FIRTH sang
Mr.IREDALE recited
Mr.Harry GRACE (Harold GRACE), M.C.
Miss HALE, accompanist
Mesdames BROWN, THOMAS, NORMANTON, HEAP, FIRTH, HOWARTH : refreshment stall
Mr.and Mr.J.CARTER served tea and coffee
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PARLIAMENTARY NOTICE. BOARD OF TRADE SESSION 1908. SOWERBY BRIDGE ELECTRIC LIGHTING
R.W.EVANS, solicitor and clerk to the council, Commercial Bank Chambers, Halifax
TORR & Co., 19 Abingdon Street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents
MARRIAGE
Mr.Beesley WILDE married Miss Ellen HOYLE, both of Sowerby
DEATH
Irene HITCHEN, 88, Bethel Terrace, Norland
29th November 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Mr.J.BRENARD, Halifax, preached
Miss H.F.SCARFF of the Halifax Shakespearean Society
Misses L.COOK, S.WYLDE, A.RUTHERFORD sang
Messrs.L.BARRETT, J.DEWHIRST and H.DEWHIRST
SMOKE CLUB SUPPER (Bull's Head Smoke Club)
Mr.STURDY, president
Mr.T.COPLEY, vice-president
Messrs.MARSHALL, SCHOFIELD, DAY, HOPKINSON, PRESTON sang
Mr.E.A.DELLAR recited
Mr.H.DALE, humorist
SOWERBY BRIDGE HARRIERS
H.LAW and P.BERRY laid the trail
F.SUTCLIFFE, H.FOSTER, B.HADFIELD won
BOLTON BROW BAND OF HOPE
Mr.J.W.HAIGH presided
Misses N.SHEARD, E.SHEARD, CROWTHER sang
Mr.George HOOTON, secretary
Mr.H.DEWHIRST sang
Mr.H.LUMB, clarionette
Misses H.GREENWOOD, E.CROWTHER recited
Mr.J.WILLETT recited
Mr.A.HELLIWELL, accompanist
Mr.J.DICKENSON of Bradford gave address
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.T.BARLOW, secretary
Mr.A.SENIOR, assistant secretary
Mr.H.SHAW, treasurer
RYBURN LODGE (Freemasons)
Brothers Charles William WASHINGTON, William HAIGH (Town Hall Street), William HAIGH (Raven Lodge), George BLACKBURN,
George Edgar WHITELEY, Richard THORPE, Samuel SMITH, John SMITH, William GLEDHILL, Henry SMITH,
William Henry GIBSON, Alfred GREENWOOD, R.ROBERTS (organist), James BEDFORD, William SCHOFIELD, G.F.WRIGHT,
F.ASTIN, J.A.WHITELEY, S.HOYLE, F.KERSHAW, G.G.FOGGO, J.W.BUTTERWORTH, A.ASTIN, Alfred GREENWOOD,
George BLACKBURN
Mrs.BRIGGS of Elland served banquet
Messrs.CONWAY & Sons, Halifax, decorated the tables
Brothers BUCKLAND, RICKARD, COCKROFT, GLEDHILL sang
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Mr.Frederick WOOD, coal merchant, deceased, left estate to Ernest Victor CAWDRY, William RILEY and Emmelina ELSWORTH (his daughter)
(Bolton Brow Working Men's Club)
Mr.HECKINGBOTTOM, president
Messrs.ALPINE, and KAYE sang
Mr.A.BANCROFT, piano
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs.H.P.KENDALL (presided), R.ROTHWELL, J.MARSLAND, H.STORR, B.ROBINSON, E.HELLOWELL (secretary)
Councillor LONGBOTTOM, BATES, HOWE
THE MUSICAL SOCIETY (library of the late Choral Society handed over)
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, Westfield held the meeting at his home. Helped form the Musical Society from Choral Society members
Mr.James GREENWOOD, deceased, Choral Society
Joseph VARLEY, J.G.ASHWORTH, J.H.WILKINSON
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Mr.F.E.LONGBOTTOM presided
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY elected first president
Mr.NICHOLSON appointed treasurer
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB
Mr.Frank CLAY, chairman
Mr.J.HELLEWELL, secretary
Messrs.H.WRAY (captain), W.THOMPSON (vice-captain) : first eleven
Messrs.J.H.BALL (captain), H.TURNER (vice-captain) : second eleven
Friendly
CONCERT (Friendly Wesleyan Cricket Club)
Mr.T.BLACKBURN, secretary
Mr.G.INESON, Dewsbury, absent
Misses Elsie MITCHELL, Ivy CLAY, Jessie CLAY, Nellie SIDDALL (Ellen SIDDALL), WOLFENDEN, WHITELEY sang
Master Edgar MITCHELL sang
Messrs.SHEPHERD, FORD sang
Miss Alice SMITH recited
Master Willie HEYWOOD (William HEYWOOD), Harry BUTTERWORTH (Harold BUTTERWORTH) recited
Mr.C.MAUDE recited
Mr.W.GILLAM, violin
Misses M.BROWN, K.FORD and Mr.H.WYLD : accompanists
Norland
MOUNT ZION (bazaar)
Mr.J.SYKES opened it
Mr.R.SAGAR of Norland presided
Mr.H.NORMANTON, accompanist
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN wrote service of song performed by Mytholmroyd Primitive School Choir
Mr.Norris GRAVE selected the music and conducted
Mr.S.DURRINGTON, reader
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GREETLAND MOTOR-TRAIN FATALITY
Walter GARSIDE of Greetland, traveller for the Bradford Dyers' Association died aged 40
Mr.HILL, coroner
John BROOKSBANK, driver of the train
Herbert WOOD of Sowerby Bridge, passenger
Dr.POLLARD, house surgeon at the Halifax Infirmary
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NORLAND MOUNT PLEASANT
Mr.David PICKLES of Halifax gave lecture on America
Mr.T.WASHINGTON presided
Mr.Jonathan PICKLES preached the 88th chapel anniversary sermons
PARLIAMENTARY NOTICE. BOARD OF TRADE SESSION 1908. SOWERBY BRIDGE ELECTRIC LIGHTING
R.W.EVANS, solicitor and clerk to the council, Commercial Bank Chambers, Halifax
TORR & Co., 19 Abingdon Street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents
DEATHS
Mary Ellen FLATHER, wife of Fred FLATHER, 21 Dale Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Grace BINNS, 1, daughter of Edward BINNS, Hollas Farm, Norland
6th December 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
PREFERMENT FOR REV.C.W.HOWARD
Rev.C.W.HOWARD, formerly at Sowerby Bridge, moving from Mapplewell to Holy Trinity, Chesterfield
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Tuel Lane Band of Hope)
Mr.H.MITCHELL gave society report
Misses MCHUGH, TASKER : entertainment
Messrs.G.A.RILEY, B.ROBINSON, J.HUGHES : entertainment
Mr.J.R.SWAINE spoke
Mr.E.VARLEY, accompanist
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.William HAIGH presided
CARTERS' AND DRAYMENS' ASSOCIATION
Mr.J.BANCROFT, piano
WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Mr.A.NICHOLL, accompanist
Mr.LYON of Halifax spoke
Miss MOORE sang
HARRIERS
P.KILBURN and H.FOSTER laid the trail
R.W.FOULDS, pacer
H.SUTCLIFFE, whipper
F.FORBES, H.LAW, R.HOWARTH, A.LEECH, L.BUCKLEY, Joe LEES (Joseph LEES) : winners
CLARION VOCAL UNION (newly formed Socialist singing class)
Mr.Sam MASON (Samuel MASON), Albert Road, secretary
CHOIR SERVICES (Warley Clough Primitive Methodist Church)
Rev.Marcus BROWN
Mr.H.HOWARD, organist
THE MUSICAL SOCIETY
Mr.Arthur KITSON, conductor
Messrs.F.SHEPHERD, Albert BOOTH, INGHAM, SAGAR sang
Mesdames ARUNDEL, J.A.WHITELEY, DAVIS sang
Misses SKOLTON, PARKER, HELLEWELL sang
Mr.C.M.SUTCLIFFE, violin
Madame FEATHER sang
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DISTRICT COUNCIL ITEMS
Mr.J.S.RAWSON to sell land near the cemetery to the council
Messrs.HOMFRAY, owned land near Gratrix Lane
SERMON TO WOMEN (St.George's Church)
Rev.J.MINION, vicar
Miss May HELLEWELL sang
Mr.MARSLAND, organist
MAN AND WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary HORNER, wife of Walter HORNER, canal boatman. Married in June. Had a four month old baby
(Borough Court)
William HENDERSON, Exeter Street, summoned by his wife
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN (Sowerby Bridge Literary and Scientific Society)
Mr.H.WATERWORTH, well known Halifax scientist, gave lecture
Dr.W.Perrin BROWN presided
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEETING FOR CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Councillors A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.W.WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY, T.TIDSWELL, A.HOWE, G.Edgar WHITELEY, W.GLEDHILL, T.BORRELL,
George WHITELEY, J.BATES
Messrs.F.WALKER & Son presented writ to council on behalf of Messrs.SUTCLIFFE Brothers for money owed for sewage works
Mr.BISSELL, gas manager
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON offered to sell council his land adjoining the cemetery
IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Captain STANSFIELD, re. footpath through Allan Wood
SANITARY COMMITTEE
Mr.EVANS, clerk
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
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"THE KING AND HIS CHURCH" (Sermon to men at Christ Church, text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS
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13th December 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
WHIST DRIVE (Ripponden Lawn Tennis Club)
Mrs.J.A.WHITELEY sang
Miss CARTER sang
Mr.FALCONER sang
Mr.COCKROFT, piano
Miss PEGG recited
Miss RUSHWORTH, accompanist
PRESENTATION (West End Congregational Sunday School)
Mr.Albert SMITH, recently left the school and neighbourhood
Messrs.James BARRACLOUGH, A.SUTCLIFFE made the presentations
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT presided
THE RECENT TRAMWAY ACCIDENT AND SOWERBY BRIDGE AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Mr.Frank WILCOCK, secretary of the St.John Ambulance Association
THE SOCIALIST CLUB
Miss VARLEY of Bradford gave address, "My experiences of the workhouse"
Mr.H.WILD, chairman
Miss POPPLEWELL sang
Master H.THOMAS sang
Mr.H.NASH sang
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.William WORSNUP, auctioneer
Miss COWGILL, deceased, 57 Wharf Street. Chemist, druggist and drysalter
Messrs.FIRTH Brothers, Wharf Street (next door to above)
Mr.S.BOOTH, Wharf Street, bought the properties
THE SWIMMING CLUB
Mr.Thomas COPLEY presided
Mr.RAWNSLEY read the annual report
Mr.R.W.EVANS, J.P., president
Mr.W.H.GIBSON, treasurer
Messrs.A.E.RAWNSLEY, A.SUTCLIFFE, secretaries
Messrs.J.W.CARTER, H.CROSSLEY, auditors
Messrs.T.COPLEY, F.KERSHAW, M.WADE, H.SCOTT, W.F.HOLROYD, T.ATKINSON, A.WEBSTER, H.BUCKLEY, W.FRENCH, F.HOLROYD, W.WOOD,
H.CROWTHER : committee
Mr.E.WILKINSON, polo captain
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WESLEYAN MISSION BROTHERHOOD
Rev.F.B.MEYER
Mr.BUTTERWORTH of Sowerby gave address
Miss SUTCLIFFE of Burnley sang
SALE OF WORK (Church Missionary Society)
Mrs.AYRE of Ripponden opened it
Mr.William HAIGH, chairman
Miss TURNER, missionary to China
Mr.ESDON, music
NARROW ESCAPE
Edison WALTON, son of Walter WALTON, greengrocer, Wakefield Road
George EASTWOOD, Joe TUNNICLIFFE (Joseph TUNNICLIFFE) : young men
Dr.PATON
WARLEY CLOUGH
Mr.Fred SIMPSON presided
Mr.H.HOWARD, accompanist
Misses A.MILNE, H.WILSON, M.THORPE, A.MANSLEY, N.SHEPLEY, H.HOLROYD, L.DILWORTH, L.BROWN sang
Messrs.H.CROWTHER, W.STANSFIELD sang
Miss L.KELLETT recited
Messrs.H.EASTWOOD, C.BROOK : piano
Miss E.BINNS, piano
Mr.H.BENTLEY gave stump speech
HARRIERS (several harriers clubs)
J.H.CLAY (Longwood), J.H.TURNER (Holmfirth), H.BROOK (Holmfirth), S.HOLROYD (Sowerby Bridge), J.FOSTER (Halifax),
L.BUCKLEY (Sowerby Bridge), J.KIN (Halifax) : winners
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Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs.William Henry LEAH, H.E.WHITWORTH : superintendents
Messrs.E.WHITWORTH, Arnold SMITH : secretaries
Wright SMITH, Clarrie PICKLES : harmonium players
O.MANSLEY, librarian
William Henry LEAH, E.WHITWORTH, representatives to Sunday School Union
STEEP LANE BAPTIST CHURCH SALE OF WORK
Mr.Levi HAIGH, chairman
Mesdames David WHITELEY of Higgin Chamber, Crowther STANDEVEN of Sowerby New Road opened it
Messrs.Crossley SMITH, David WHITELEY, Crowther STANDEVEN
Rev.W.HAIGH, pastor
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WADSWORTH J.P., J.J.ROWDEN, J.T.NAYLOR, W.SUTCLIFFE, D.WHITELEY, J.SUNDERLAND, R.BRADLEY, A.STOTT,
Hanson HAIGH
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SPEECH DAY AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL (Sowerby Bridge Girls' Secondary School)
Mr.E.E.POLLIT, chairman of the governors
Miss BANKS, headmistress
Professor CLAPHAM, professor of economics at Leeds University
Mr.A.V.HOUGHTON, director of higher education, West Riding County Council
Councillors LONGBOTTOM, GRAHAM
Mill Bank
PIE SUPPER (Mill Bank Working Mens' Club)
Mr.and Mrs.Frank NORMANTON provided the supper
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REV.F.B.MEYER'S VISIT (Free Church Council)
Rev.F.B.MEYER, eminent divine and social reformer. Aged 60
Rev.George HACK of King Cross Wesleyan Church presided at Tuel Lane
Mr.H.ACKROYD, organist at Tuel Lane
Councillor Ely WHITELEY presided at West End Congregational Church
Revs.G.OYSTON, J.Marcus BROWN, H.G.ALLCHURCH, J.MONCRIEFF, J.MINION
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Triangle
MISSIONARY SERVICES (Triangle Wesleyan Chapel)
Messrs.MALLINSON (Sowerby), WHITTAKER preached
Mrs.KENYON, King Cross, sang
Rev.Albert WOOD gave lecture "Rev.David HILL - A Yorkshireman in China"
Mr.S.EMMOTT presided
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. BOTTOM OF GRATRIX LANE IMPROVEMENT (tenders from masons required)
Albert HOWE, chairman of Improvement Committee
20th December 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Mr.C.P.KINNINMONTH gave lecture on Keats
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY, president
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
J.F.BRIDGE's choral ballad
Mr.H.THORPE, choir leader
Misses TASKER, E.CLOUGH, F.THORPE, BOTTOMLEY, DEWHIRST : entertainment
Messrs.A.SUTCLIFFE, H.THORPE, G.DAWSON : entertainment
Mrs.H.THORPE : entertainment
Mesdames C.ROWSON, B.RUSHWORTH recited
Miss TASKER, accompanist
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR.JOHN HOLMES
Mr.John HOLMES, Sowerby New Road, died aged 69. Native of Sowerby Bridge. Headmaster at Wetherby and Bolton Brow.
Local preacher. Left a widow, five sons and three daughters
Rev.T.Galland HARTLEY, formerly at Sowerby Bridge
Dr.BROWN
Revs.G.OYSTON, Albert WOOD present at the burial at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Church
WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Miss Alice BARRETT
Mr.James HOLT, president
Mr.T.A.SMITH, secretary
Mr.A.TOWNEND, Chief Ruler of Halifax and Huddersfield District of the I.O.R.
Mrs.CROTHERS : entertainment
Misses BOTTOMLEY, WILDE, E.RICHARDSON, A.COPLEY, L.HAREWOOD, E.SUTCLIFFE : entertainment
Messrs.F.DEAN, C.BROADBENT, G.RILEY : entertainment
Master W.RILEY : entertainment
Miss HOLROYDE, accompanist
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Superintendent QUEST of Barnsley, former Inspector at Sowerby Bridge, appointed Deputy Chief Constable of the West Riding
PYE NEST TRAM DISASTER
Colonel DRUITT
Mr.Keighley WALTON, Town Clerk of Halifax
DEATH OF A SOWERBY BRIDGE VETERAN
David PALFREY died at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, aged 76. Joined the army aged 19. Returned to Sowerby Bridge.
Elected Chelsea Pensioner 12 years earlier with the help of the late Mr.WIGZELL
CIRCUIT MEETING (United Methodist Church, held at Tuel Lane)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Rev.G.OSBORN, Walsden, to succeed above next July
Messrs.A.S.FIRTH and Ely HELLOWELL submitted financial and numerical statements
Mr.J.A.BUTTERWORTH recommended by Sowerby Church as candidate for the ministry
Mr.S.TURNER served the circuit for many years, moving to Luddenden Foot
Mr.A.S.FIRTH, retiring steward
Mr.J.W.SHAW, secretary
Messrs.Robert KING, J.H.BUTTERWORTH : stewards
Mr.J.HORSFALL, missionary treasurer
Mr.G.BARRETT, auditor, gave report for Sowerby
Mr.W.H.OLDFIELD gave report for Tuel Lane
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHOIR
Miss Ethel CLARKE, Wainstalls, soprano
Miss Annie TIDSWELL (Ann TIDSWELL), Halifax, contralto
Mr.Selwyn DYSON, Ripponden, tenor
Mr.Dan BILLINGTON (Daniel BILLINGTON), famous Leeds singer, bass
Mr.George WADSWORTH, Luddenden Foot, conductor
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist and choirmaster at West End
Councillor Luke GELDER of Halifax presided
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HARRIERS
A.SPEAK and S.HOLROYD from Providence School, Sowerby, laid the trail
Miss BANKS, headmistress of the secondary school
PRESENTATION
Mr.James SUTCLIFFE, employee of Messrs.SUMMERSKILL Brothers, given present in celebration of his marriage
(Public Library Committee)
Mr.William HAIGH, president
NON-PAYMENT OF RATE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN didn't pay part of rates for sectarian education
ST.GEORGE'S
Rev.J.MINION, vicar
Mr.M.BECKWITH sang
TEA AND CONCERT (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Cricket Club)
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD presided
Misses M.KITSON and A.LECKENBY, Halifax : entertainment
Messrs.S.DYSON (Ripponden), J.E.COCKROFT and W.GREENWOOD (Sowerby Bridge) : entertainment
Mr.Oliver SMITH (Luddenden), accompanist
CAGE BIRD SOCIETY
Messrs.TAYLOR and HAIGH, A.MORTON won
Messrs.SUTCLIFFE, VIPOND, MORTON : highly commended
Mr.R.E.HELLIWELL, Boothtown, judge
PRIMITIVE METHODISM (ordination service at the Primitive Chapel, Sowerby New Road)
Councillor A.HOWE presided
Mr.LUSCOTT gave ordination prayer
Mr.Charles HOWARD, Wharf Street, candidate for local preacher
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
New house for Primitive Minister at the corner of Hollins Lane completed. Called Bourne Mont after Henry BOURNE,
one of Primitive Methodist founders
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE (at Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.H.G.ALLCHURCH
Mr.Arthur LAW sang
Triangle
LECTURE ON CALF REARING
Mr.R.H.HAYDON of Leeds University and Manor Farm, Garforth, gave lecture
Mr.Selwyn RAWSON, J.P., presided
Sowerby
HOCKEY CLUB (newly formed club connected with St.John's Church, Thorp)
EASTWOOD's String Band
Messrs.C.DEARDEN, J.BARRETT : M.C.s
Mesdames BERRY, DEARDEN : refreshments
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URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SOWERBY (annual accounts)
H.D.WRAITH, District Auditor
Edgar BOOTH, solicitor, 7 Harrison Road, Halifax, clerk to the council
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mrs.HOMES and family, 9 Egremont Street, Sowerby Bridge
27th December 1907
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Sowerby Bridge
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Miss Ada UTTLEY opened it
Miss Alice RUTHERFORD presided
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.D.WILLIAMS
BOLTON BROW
Miss CLAY
Sister LENA
Mesdames DAVIES, HANSON : entertainment
Miss HAIGH, entertainment
Mr.BOOTH : entertainment
Miss SUTCLIFFE, accompanist
ST.GEORGE's
Misses BECKWITH, CROSSLEY sang
Mr.Henry HOLLAS sang
Mr.J.MARSDEN, organist
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.Marcus BROWN
Misses A.GREENWOOD, C.BISHOP, S.ROBERTSHAW, G.MITCHELL, A.DAKIN : entertainment
Mr.G.BARKER, LUSCOTT : entertainment
Miss E.LUSCOTT, piano
Misses May ROBERTSHAW, Everly MITCHELL (Evelyn MITCHELL?) : sweet stall
Mr.J.BINNS presided
Misses SHEARD, JESSOP sang
Messrs.H.CROWTHER, WOLFENDEN sang
Mr.T.BINNS, accompanist
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (exam results)
Dr.SUTHERLAND of Cleckheaton, examiner
Lily HARRIS, Annie MOORHOUSE (Ann MOORHOUSE), Florence ROBERTSHAW, Elsie LUMB, Nora EMMOTT,
Annie L.SUTCLIFFE (Ann L.SUTCLIFFE, Sarah L.HOPKINSON, Mrs.W.E.HOLROYDE, Sarah A.CHADWICK,
Harriett FIRTH (Harriet FIRTH), Emily TAYLOR, Mary E.NEEDHAM, Jessie LEAH, Mary A.CROWTHER,
Lizzie FARRAR (Elizabeth FARRAR), Phyllis SHAW, Annie CLAYTON (Ann CLAYTON), Louisa RILEY, Florence HELLOWELL,
Alice LEACH, Hannah M.STOTT : nursing certificates
Charles BARRATT, Harry LAWRENCE (Harold LAWRENCE), Walter MITCHELL, Albert SUTCLIFFE, Wright BOTTOMLEY, Arnold LEACH,
James SIDEBOTTOM : first aid certificates, 1st year
Thomas BARLOW, Arthur S.WARDLE, Albert SENIOR, Albert HEATON, William H.SMITH : first aid certificates, 2nd year
James GIBB, Edgar IREDALE, Ernest IREDALE, Wilbert ROBERTSHAW, Holroyd MITCHELL, Ernest M.WILCOCK, Arthur E.WILCOCK
: first aid medallions, 3rd year
Frank WILCOCK : label, 5th year
THE "MESSIAH" AT TUEL LANE
Mrs.STEPHENSON of Stainland, Miss GREENWOOD of Blackpool (former Sunday School scholar), Mr.J.K.FALCONER and
Mr.Wilfred KERSHAW (gold medallist) of Sowerby : principals
Mr.AKROYD, organist
Rev.H.Godwin ALLCHURCH
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THE MISSION CHAPEL BROTHERHOOD
Mr.A.NICHOLL, organ
Mrs.J.A.WHITELEY, Mrs.ARUNDEL, Madame FEATHER, Miss SKELTON, Mr.F.SHEPHERD and Mr.A.BOOTH sang
Mr.KITSON, A.C.O., conductor
GYMNASTICS
Mr.Frank CLAY presided
WHIST DRIVE (Liberal Club)
Mr.John PARK and Mrs.Jonas HENDERSON won
Mr.W.H.WALKER played for dancing
Mr.G.H.THOMAS, M.C.
CIRCUIT MEETING (Wesleyan, at Bolton Brow)
Rev.G.OYSTON
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL, senior circuit steward
Rev.Albert WOOD, newly appointed minister
Mr.MALLINSON, Sowerby, junior steward
Mr.EDWARDS, secretary of the Quarterly Meeting
Mr.Joseph BARRON, chapel trustees secretary since 1876
Mr.John HOLMES, recently deceased. Day school master, Sunday School superintendent, local preacher
Mr.Isaac PRIESTLEY
Friendly
WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.S.HARTLEY, teacher, died in February
Mr.Edwin HORNER, teacher, died in October
Mr.J.C.BATES gave address
Messrs.J.E.RATLIDGE, J.C.BATES : superintendents
Mr.Wilfred L.HARTLEY, secretary
Mr.B.WILKINSON, assistant secretary
Mr.J.H.BATES, treasurer
Mr.John W.CHAMBERS, librarian
Messrs.J.C.BATES, A.CLAY : auditors
Misses M.E.SIDDALL, F.A.BROWN, E.CHAMBERS, R.FEATHER, L.BROADBENT : committee
Mr.H.WOOD, representative to Circuit Quarterly Meeting
Messrs.A.L.LUMB, Wilfred L.HARTLEY : representatives to Halifax Sunday School Union
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TUEL LANE CHRISTMAS TREE
Mr.A.SUNDERLAND of Halifax, former worker at Tuel Lane, opened it
Mr.J.HORSFALL presided
Revs.J.FOX, H.G.ALLCHURCH
Miss BARRON, secretary of the Ladies' Sewing Meeting
Rev.J.Patchett BURT, bazaar secretary four years earlier
Mr.John WADDINGTON, treasurer for 12 years
John LAW, John William TAYLOR, Thomas ACKROYD, Rev.G.A.WILSON : at Tuel Lane when Mr.A.SUNDERLAND was there
Messrs.A.S.FIRTH, B.RILEY
Misses LONGBOTTOM, GREENWOOD in charge of the children
Mesdames SUMMERSKILL, H.MITCHELL, WOOD, LAW, A.S.FIRTH, J.WADDINGTON, Thomas GREENWOOD, LORD, WILCOCK, ELLIS, RILEY,
ALLCHURCH, SCHOFIELD, BROADLEY, BEAUMONT, FARRAR, LISTER, FIRTH, DEAN, BATES, RATCLIFFE, BLACKBURN, T.ACKROYD,
A.FIRTH, ECCLES : stall keepers
Misses S.E.WILCOCK, MAUDE, WOOD, LORD, HELLEWELL, WALSH, BROADBENT, MORTON, COCKROFT, BARKER, MALLINSON, GAUKROGER,
SUTCLIFFE, MORTON, ECCLES, WHITWORTH, THOMAS, E.MAUDE, HORNER, F.A.WILCOCK, WASHINGTON : stall keepers
Messrs.F.BOOCOCK, C.MAUDE, J.A.LORD, A.SCHOFIELD, A.SCOTT, P.OLDFIELD, E.VARLEY, H.MITCHELL, F.SYKES, W.BEAUMONT,
George MAGSON : Young Men's stall
Councillor Ely WHITELEY reopened it
Mr.Percy OLDFIELD presided
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Norland
TEA AND CONCERT (Norland United Methodist Church Sunday School)
Mr.Turner WASHINGTON of Sowerby Bridge presided
Misses S.H.HARDY and A.HARDY, SUNDERLAND, WILSON, BOTTOMLEY, HITCHEN : entertainment
Messrs.W.HARDY and A.HARDY, RAWNSLEY, HITCHEN, CROSSLEY, PRIESTLEY : entertainment
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH (United Methodist Church)
Mrs.SIDDALL, soprano
Miss Olive HAIGH (Halifax), contralto
Mr.J.T.BENTON, tenor
Mr.Albert HELLIWELL, bass
Mr.Sam MITCHELL (Samuel MITCHELL), conductor
Mr.Walter WADSWORTH, organist
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MARRIAGES
Albert Lewis WASHINGTON, electrical engineer, Sowerby Bridge, married Henrietta GARNER of Airdrie, Glasgow
Arthur BARRON, Sowerby Bridge, married Lily ANDERSON of Oldham
Walter SANDERSON of Halifax married Emma BOTTOMLEY of Sowerby Bridge
George Henry ULRICH of Halifax married Edith Annie WEBSTER (Edith Ann WEBSTER) of Sowerby Bridge