A rare opportunity to hear and explore the life and works of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth. This unique event will be an intimate performance of her prose and poetry and an opportunity for audience Q&A. Any donations will support Friends of Heptonstall Museum, a community asset transfer group and registered charity.
We’re proud to present a jam-packed afternoon of entertainment, giving you a flavour of the events we're planning throughout the year. Drop in for one or all the performances, or just to say hello and hear more or sign up to become a Friend of the Museum or future volunteer. Midday (90 mins): Heptonstall: Village of Memories Kicking… Read More »Preview & Performance Day
Join us on Saturday 15th July, as we welcome Jennifer Reid back to Heptonstall Museum. Jennifer was last singing at the Museum, when both were looking very different. As 'Barb' in the recent critically acclaimed BBC Drama, "The Gallows Pole" (directed by Shane Meadows). Heptonstall Museum was her very own Ale House, 'Barb's'. Jennifer Reid… Read More »Jennifer Reid – Back @ Barb’s
Author, Rebecca Smith joins us to discuss her book “Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside”, just published by William Collins.
Join us for a fascinating talk from Alan Fowler, economic and social history lecturer, celebrating the unusual success of Sam Fitton, a former mill worker turned cartoonist who illustrated the successful workers' newspaper, The Cotton Factory Times.
Event marking Heritage Open Days commemorating the former home of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, organised with Calder Civic Trust and the owners of the cottage at Slack Top. A short screening, exhibition at Heptonstall Museum will be followed by a walk and a blue plaque unveiled.
Continuing our series of Poetry @ The Museum, we are delighted to welcome back Michael Crowley who will be reading from his collection First Fleet. Joining Mike, is Chris Preddle, another local and established poet who recently published his third collection The May Figures came from Eyewear in 2022; his second was Cattle Console Him (2010). His translations Sappho: Songs and… Read More »Poetry @ The Museum : Mike Crowley & Chris Preddle
Author Jill Liddington joins us to tell another story of Hebden Bridge’s involvement in historical change. This time, Lavena Saltonstall, daughter of a fustian dyer who became part of the suffragette movement. Lavena Saltonstall was born in 1881 in the valley below Heptonstall, and around her tenth birthday became a half-time tailoress. In 1906 Lavena got… Read More »Lavena Saltonstall: local tailoress and suffragette
Jenny Harper joins us for a virtual talk about the inspiring work of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the importance of her work involved in The Clear Light, a publication pivotal to the northern political and social landscape of the 1920's.
