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Lavena Saltonstall: local tailoress and suffragette

by Nicola Jones
27 April 20247 May 2024

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… Read More »Lavena Saltonstall: local tailoress and suffragette

Alan Fowler – The Cotton Factory Times and cartoons of Sam Fitton

by Nicola Jones
10 July 202310 July 2023

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.