Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout
Halifax Evening Courier
Calendar of Events
1924
Kathy Witheridge has kindly transcribed
the Calendar of Events from the Millennium
Souvenir published by the Evening Courier
- Tuesday, 8th January 1924:
Mr J. H. Whitley re-elected Speaker
- Tuesday, 8th January 1924:
Fire at Swat Farm, Cragg Vale
- Thursday, 10th January 1924:
Bradford mill collapse; four deaths
- Wednesday, 16th January 1924:
First Quarter Sessions at Halifax
- Wednesday, 16th January 1924:
Mrs Miriam Lightowler became the first woman
councillor in Halifax when she was returned unopposed for South Ward
- Monday, 21st January 1924:
Railway strike begins
- Tuesday, 29th January 1924:
Ministry of Health inquiry into Sunday music at
People's Park, Halifax
- Saturday, 2nd February 1924:
Halifax Town draw 2-2 at Manchester City before
a crowd of 30,970
- Saturday, 9th February 1924:
Rail smash at Charlestown curve, Hebden Bridge
- Monday, 11th February 1924:
Town beaten by Manchester City in
second replay at Manchester United's ground
- Tuesday, 12th February 1924:
Opposition to Prayer Book revision at Elland
- Friday, 15th February 1924:
Woman cashier robbed at Elland;
assailant sentenced to nine months' hard labour
- Monday, 3rd March 1924:
Three public houses referred for compensation at Halifax
Brewster Sessions – Delver Arms, Boothtown, Bay Horse, Pleasant
View, and Pineberry Hill Tavern, Southowram Bank
- Tuesday, 4th March 1924:
Halifax decides to raise £700 for restoration of
the St Nicholas Window, York Minster
- Wednesday, 5th March 1924:
Sir Thomas Beecham at the Victoria Hall
- Thursday, 6th March 1924:
The Longlands, Lightcliffe sold for £6,500
- Sunday, 30th March 1924:
Fatal motor accident at Illingworth
- Wednesday, 9th April 1924:
Park Road Baths, Halifax, re-opened after reconstruction
- Wednesday, 23rd April 1924:
Demolition of Bull Green shops started
- Friday, 25th April 1924:
Sunday music approved at People's Park, Halifax
- Saturday, 3rd May 1924:
Sir Harold Mackintosh elected president of the National
Sunday School Union
- Thursday, 8th May 1924:
Two fatal cases of sleepy sickness in Halifax
- Wednesday, 14th May 1924:
Death of Mr Harry Greenwood, bookseller, of Bull Green,
Halifax
- Wednesday, 14th May 1924:
Norland war memorial grounds opened
- Saturday, 24th May 1924:
Opening of Todmorden Museum
- Thursday, 29th May 1924:
Case of sleepy sickness reported at Stainland
- Thursday, 5th June 1924:
Opening of Ebenezer Methodist Church, Halifax, the gift
of Mr J. W. Standeven
- Saturday, 21st June 1924:
Memorial tablet unveiled at Rishworth to local poets
J. H. Eccles and Sam Mellor
- Wednesday, 2nd July 1924:
Deeds of Shibden Hall handed over to Halifax Corporation
- Thursday, 3rd July 1924:
Australian Steelworks Band at People's Park, Halifax
- Saturday, 5th July 1924:
Atlas Soap Works, Elland, destroyed by fire
- Saturday, 5th July 1924:
Clay House Park, Greetland, opened
- Saturday, 19th July 1924:
Bradley Hall golf house opened by the Earl of Mexborough
- Monday, 21st July 1924:
Halifax Corporation sued at Leeds Assizes for alleged
malicious prosecution £300 damages awarded to Mr G. H.
Willson and £71 2/3d to Mr John Richardson
- Friday, 25th July 1924:
Halifax Town FC announces profit of £2,078
- Friday, 25th July 1924:
Diamond jubilee of Crossley School
- Saturday, 9th August 1924:
Fire at Halifax Electricity Works, failure of light
and power
- Saturday, 23rd August 1924:
Mr Joseph Thompson decides to develop Norton
Tower estate, Halifax
- Tuesday, 26th August 1924:
Local farmer fined £30 for adding formalin to milk
- Wednesday, 27th August 1924:
Mr Ling Roth resigns keeper ship of Bankfield after
24 years
- Wednesday, 3rd September 1924:
Farewell to local missionaries – Miss Alice Walton
(Elland), Miss Mabel Brown (Lightcliffe) and Miss Ferguson
(Lightcliffe)
- Saturday, 6th September 1924:
Opening of new chapel and
school by Triangle Wesleyans
- Tuesday, 9th September 1924:
Gift of recreation ground to Midgley by John
and Herbert Murgatroyd
- Tuesday, 9th September 1924:
Sowerby Bridge Council refuses permission for motor
busses to ply for hire
- Saturday, 20th September 1924:
Mr J. W. Standeven gave £10,000 to Crossley
Orphanage as an endowment for reducing orphans' fees
- Saturday, 20th September 1924:
New Labour Club opened at Elland
- Sunday, 21st September 1924:
Violent gale; Part of Thrum Hall football stand
destroyed
- Wednesday, 24th September 1924:
Brighouse Council decides to buy Woodhouse Park
estate
- Saturday, 4th October 1924:
Foundation stone laid for Halifax workshop for the
blind
- Saturday, 4th October 1924:
Centenary of Bethesda United Methodist Church, Elland
- Sunday, 5th October 1924:
Memorial window to Major F. C. Foster dedicated at
Queensbury Church
- Monday, 10th November 1924:
Alderman J. H. Waddington elected Mayor
of Halifax
- Sunday, 16th November 1924:
New organ at Lee Mount Baptist Church
- Wednesday, 26th November 1924:
Hebden Bridge Trades Club opened
- Friday, 12th December 1924:
Gifts to the Kitchenman Ward at the Royal
Halifax Infirmary from Mr Frank Lee JP (£2,000), Sir
Harold Mackintosh (£1,000) and Sir William Bulmer
(£1,000)
- Sunday, 28th December 1924:
Youthful bus conductor killed at Ripponden
This Page of the Evening Courier Millennium Souvenir
contains the following photographs
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Museum Keeper Resigns – picture of Mr H. Ling Roth
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First Woman Joins Council – picture of Mrs Lightowler
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Down Your Way – George Street, Halifax – A hive of activity in
1924, the bottom of George Street, Halifax, was a popular meeting
place and public transport terminus
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Church groups carrying brightly coloured banners relieved the grey
monotony of New Bank, Halifax, as they took to the streets for a
Whit procession
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The redevelopment of Bull Green, Halifax started in April with the
demolition of old shops, when this picture was taken work was well
under way
These Pages are intended to provide an on-line index to the
Millennium Souvenir
Further details, full stories and photographs can be seen in the
original Millennium Souvenir
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