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Merrie WilsdenAstrid Hansen recalls one of the earliest modern Wilsden Galas, held in 1973.

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Hello! Here we are, back again for our November/December issue (some of

us another year older after celebrating our *mumblemumble* birthday in October, ho hum). We have a few festive offerings for you this issue, including our feature on lost Christmas customs and some seasonal puzzlers for our younger readers, plus of course all our regular features. Stay tuned for more decking the halls in our Christmas/New Year mag next month!

We have also introduced a new feature suggested by one of our readers, “What’s in a name?”, in which we explore the origins of local surnames. This month, we have discovered the origin of our many local Butterfields (of course, not least of these is our regular contributor Mr John Butterfield of Cottingley). If you would like us to feature your name in a future issue, please do get in touch. Just let us know your surname and we will research your name’s history to include in the magazine – we would love to print a photograph of you or a relative/ancestor if you would like to include one too! Email [email protected], or

write to me at 4 St Ives Grove, Harden, Bingley BD16 1BA.

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you learn, early and uncomfortably, that flies are one of the biggest menaces in Australia.

They’re everywhere: in your eyes, ears, mouth, hair, tea, coffee; sharing your sarnies, up your nostrils; swarming into the house the minute you open your fly-screen-protected door, and ruining any outdoor entertainment you had foolishly planned.

Take the famed Australian barbie. It’s a hundred degrees and some sadist has built a scorching fire. The smoke is near blinding you, but through the pain you just spy a piece of meat you fancy. You stick your fork in, but before the steak’s halfway to your mouth it’s covered in the black demons: and you’d be really disgusted if you knew what they do whilst on your grub. Don’t ask.

If British flies bother you, don’t even think of taking on Aussie ones: they’re the undisputed gold medallists. I did notice, though, that when the temperature got into the mid-90s they disappeared like they do in British winters. Clever little beggers.

From the early 1970s garden swimming pools became fashionable, but I noticed as I went past a few that there was rarely anybody actually swimming in them. In fact I never even saw anyone sat out by them: just the odd one standing there seemingly thinking, “Remind yourself what you bought this for when there’s a beach and thousands of miles of Indian ocean half a mile up the road?”

They were also dangerous. A too-frequent story on The Six O’Clock News was of some poor child having fallen into the pool and drowned. Maintenance, too, was expensive: in short they were a total waste of time and money. Anyway, who wants to sit outside swatting off flies by day and mosquitoes by night? That’s torture, not pleasure.

Then came the time of “the phantom pot-plant pincher of Mosman Park”. One morning our Welsh neighbour said that some bludger had stolen her pot plants during the night. The following morning, two more reports of stolen pot plants. This went on for weeks. Every morning someone would wake up to find their pot plants missing: just not us. But one morning my wife, big smile on her face, said,

”Look!” pointing to where our pot plants had been sunning themselves for the last few months. They’d gone – the phantom pot-plant pincher of Mosman Park had finally struck at 2B Fairlight Street, and we sighed with relief. We’d become the only ones in the area whose pot plants hadn’t been stolen and we were worried, imagining our neighbours muttering, “A bit funny I reckon, that the only pot plants still around are those poms’ at number two.”

Actually the thief was lucky they were there, since every morning the newspaper lad would fly past our house on his bike, slinging my copy of the West Australian in the rough direction of the door and just missing the plants. If the paper was soaking wet, and it often was, the newsagent refunded your money, but I doubt he covered damaged pot plants.

Also, around midnight, I’d often hear footsteps creeping about outside. It was a while before I learned they belonged to the mikman, “Milko”, not the phantom pot-plant pincher. Milkos have – by law – to deliver the milk to every doorstep before the sun gets up; if not it turns sour in very quick time. One day I remembered when I was a kid, how ex-servicemen who’d been abroad in India, the Middle East or Africa would tell tales of it getting so hot there you could fry an egg on the pavement, “Aye lad, tha could that”. So I tried it – and tha can. I just dropped an egg on the patio floor and in less than seconds it was rubber. Can’t beat old soldier tales.

I worked for a short time in a factory. There was an Aboriginal lad working there, and one day he just walked out without a word. I asked a workmate about it and he said

that at some time or other, all Aboriginal Australians get a call to go on “walkabout” (i.e. undertake a journey to the ancestral

land). They could be anywhere: at work, in the middle of a conversation,

at the doctor’s – anywhere, anytime. The call comes from within, pulls them and they go. If the call comes while at work, weeks or

months later they return, expecting their jobs to be there as if nothing

had happened.Soon after I was laughing at a story in the

paper. It was about a man who would come »

The phantom pot-plant pincher of Mosman ParkEric Firth continues his account of life as a ten-quid pom in 1970s Australia.


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home from work every day, take a shower then sit down to a well-deserved meal. But as often as not, this would be interrupted by some annoying cold caller or religious evangelist ringing the doorbell. On this occasion, the man, finally fed up, roared, “That’s it, I’ve had enough!” He then ripped off his shorts – all he was wearing – and slung them across the floor. His embarrassed wife pleaded, “No, don’t, please don’t!” but he threw open the door and yelled, “YES?” It was the Avon lady. One ding dong too many.

Some time around 1977 comedian Bob Hope visited Perth to perform, and my oath did the Aussies let him know that their state was bigger

than Texas. The state premier, Sir Charles Court – father-in-law of legendary tennis player Margaret Court – let Hope know almost the minute he stepped off the plane at Perth airport. “Welcome to Western Australia, bigger than Texas.” Both Texans and “Westralians” tend to shout a lot about their states as though size is everything. In contrast, we “biggest county” Tykes are known for our modesty.

Bob made sure that everybody knew he was born in England: he seemed very proud of it. I did wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that Perth, despite its Scottish name, is considered Australia’s most English state capital, with the main thoroughfare being St George’s Terrace.

Uniforms were issued, including underwear. I felt civilized for the first

time since leaving Poland on 1st January 1940. The uniforms were fatigue battledress, thin khaki material, British Army issue. They felt good. At last I had reached my goal and could now relax my tensed body. The full army kit of blankets, shaving tackle, belts, etc. were issued and we were allocated to our platoon tents. The tents were located in an orchard that was irrigated by a canal. The weather being very hot, this canal was used regularly for swimming during my stay.

I felt confident enough now to revert to my own name and so sought the advice of one of the Polish officers. I told him scant details of my reasons for the deception. He reminded me that we were still in Russia and there could still be informers and sympathisers around. It was better to keep up the alias until the Russian border was well behind me.

A few days later, the whole unit was marched to the railway station, loaded into wagons and transported to Krasnovodsk on the east shore of the Caspian Sea. Barbed wire and Russian guards surrounded the camp on the shore and I felt that once more I was in a concentration camp. The tents were very large Russian tents and our movements were limited to the interior of the barbed wire perimeter. We wondered what was going on.

Whilst there I went to the cookhouse to find some water to drink. I was directed to the rear of the tent, where there was supposed to be a tank of sweet water. I took a basin full and without

inspecting it took a large mouthful and swallowed it. Too late I realised it was

not sweet but salt water. I vomited, but not long after started feeling unwell, shivering and feeling sick. On going to the First Aid tent I was diagnosed as having malaria and given quinine.

The doctor advised me to try to fight it, because if I had to be taken to a hospital it

would be goodbye escape from Russia this time round.

The Russians were totally in charge of this camp. We were broken into groups and thoroughly searched, then moved to the other side of the camp. From here we had to pass through a narrow gateway flanked either side by barbed wire and Russian guards until we came to a small building where the Commissars were checking everyone. Our identity papers, which had been surrendered to the Polish recruiting office, had obviously been handed over to the Commissars. Every man was individually scrutinised and questioned and either allowed to continue over the brow and down to the ship or taken out who knows where. They had photographs of people with whom they still had a score to settle – maybe they had one of me. I was feeling dizzy but managed to keep going. One of the guards asked if I was feeling alright and I said it was only a stomach ache. I was lucky and on my way to the ship.

Once more fate had done me a good turn. The bout of malaria had made me look haggard, disguising my age and deceiving the guards.Thanks once again to Margaret krupa. Marian’s story will continue next month.

Marian krupa: in the armyMarian Jan krupa (1922-2009) came to live in cottingley with his second wife, who had lived in the village most of her life, and their two-year-old son. He was born in krakow, Poland, and his experiences after leaving there in 1939 until his arrival in England in 1943 were traumatic. we continue his story.


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Next year, 2014, will see many events commemorating the commencement of World

War I. War between Britain, Germany and its allies was declared on 4th August 1914.

Everyone was, of course, affected by the war in some way. The majority of families would have had a member in the armed services and it is possible to find what they actually did during the conflict.

Those Army service records that survived World War II (the building they were stored in was bombed during the Blitz and approximately 60% were destroyed) are searchable on www.ancestry.co.uk. Although a subscription is required to access these records from home, they are available for free at local libraries. If you are lucky enough to find an army service record, it could contain as few as three pages or as many as 30 and, again with luck, will reveal personal details of the soldier (including a physical description), his injuries and illnesses, his regiment and service number, his movements, his promotions (if applicable), how his service ended and much more. If he survived there may be a pension record.

All soldiers who saw action in the various theatres of war (France, Belgium, Italy, Balkans, Egypt, Africa, etc.) were automatically issued with medals. These were sent to their last known address or, in the case of casualties, their next of kin. Details of the medals awarded are contained on a Medal Rolls Index Card, again viewable on ancestry.co.uk. It is not always easy to find the card relating to a particular soldier, as some of them just show a surname and initials. If you know the regiment you will have a better chance.

All soldiers received a British War Medal (pictured right) and a Victory Medal. These medals have the name, rank, service number and regiment of the soldier engraved on the rim. For those fighting in France and Belgium before 23rd November 1914 there was also a 1914 Star and for those fighting between 23rd November 1914 and 31st December 1915 there was the 1914-15 Star.

Another award was the Silver War Badge, which was issued to soldiers discharged from the forces due to wounds or sickness after September 1916. Each bears a unique number and the Medal Rolls Index Card will be noted “SWB” if a soldier was entitled to one.

Alas, many servicemen did not survive the war and records of casualties are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on

their free website www.cwgc.org. This shows the serviceman’s name, rank, service number, regiment and names of next of kin, if known. It also shows where the serviceman is buried or, if no known grave exists, where the serviceman is commemorated. From this website you can also obtain a commemorative certificate bearing a picture of the cemetery (but not the actual grave) or memorial. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission are responsible for maintaining all war graves in perpetuity. Bingley Cemetery contains many war graves, which are easily identified as the grave stones are of a standard format, and a notice on the railings indicate that it is a War Graves site.

Records of those men serving in the Royal Navy, Royal Flying Corps (up to 31st March 1918) and the Royal Air Force (from 1st April 1918) are not as easy to obtain but they are held by the National Archives – www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Look for “Search our catalogue” and enter a name, then keep you fingers crossed. You may need to be patient as there may have been many men with the same name and sometimes only a surname and initial are shown.

findmypast.co.uk has a muster roll of all men who were registered with the Royal Air Force on 1st April 1918, showing their rank and trade before and after transfer from the Royal Flying Corps, their service number, rate of pay and when they joined the service.

ancestry.co.uk has lists of Royal Navy sailors, showing what medals they were awarded.

These are just a few of the more popular and useful websites containing information about individuals. Look out for information about World War I generally in future editions.

Please bear in mind when researching servicemen ancestors that some young men (more correctly boys) lied about their age when enlisting, so a date of birth may not agree with your ancestor’s. Also, some young men gave false names (see the June edition for an example), especially if their parents did not approve and they did not want to be prevented from joining up.

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1950-1970 – gEoFFREy HiRST (coNSERVATiVE)Geoffrey Hirst was from a Yorkshire military family. He went into industry, eventually becoming president of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the East and West Riding Yorkshire Regional Council of the Federation of British Industries.

Hirst was called up to the army in the Second World War, where he served with the Royal Artillery. In 1950 he was elected as the Conservative MP for Shipley and remained on the backbenches, becoming chair of the Conservatives’ Parliamentary Trade and Industry Committee. He spoke often on the issue of the declining textiles industry. He was a staunch right-winger who supported an aggressive policy over the Suez Canal.

In June 1963, Hirst called for a “new and younger leadership” after the next general election, an indirect call for Harold Macmillan to resign. With Heath as Conservative party leader after 1965, Hirst became more and more disillusioned with the leadership. On 10th July 1966, he announced that he wanted to give up the Conservative whip because the party wouldn’t vote against the Wilson Government’s Prices and Incomes Bill. He sat through the rest of the

parliament as an Independent Conservative and didn’t attempt to retain his seat in 1970.

1970-1997 – MARcUS FoX (coNSERVATiVE)The Right Honourable Sir Marcus Fox MBE was a prominent figure in Conservative politics at both a local and national level. He rose to fame as chairman of the 1922 Committee and directly oversaw the selection of Conservative candidates for the 1979 election (when Margaret Thatcher was first elected prime minister).

An interesting fact is that Fox attended dancing lessons with his twin sister and here met the future Speaker of the House, Betty Boothroyd!

Fox served in the Green Howards as a Lieutenant and began his political career when he was elected to Dewsbury Council in 1956, staying until 1963 (the same year he received an MBE). He was also a bank clerk, Woolworth’s sales manager and a company director.

He unsuccessfully contested the Dewsbury seat in 1959 and Huddersfield West in 1966, and was eventually elected MP for Shipley in 1970. He served as a whip under Edward Heath and as a junior minister under Thatcher. He was returned to the backbenches in 1981, but rose to become

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chairman of the prestigious 1922 Committee – becoming vice-chairman in 1983 and chair in 1994. He was knighted in 1986 and became a member of the Privy Council in 1996.

Fox lost his seat in the Labour landslide of 1997, ousted by 24-year-old Labour candidate Chris Leslie. Fox subsequently retired from politics to his Yorkshire home. He passed away in March 2002.

1997-2005 – cHRiS lESliE (lAboUR)Chris Leslie was elected in the 1997 Labour landslide, which saw 18 years of Conservative government topple so suddenly.

He was born in Keighley in 1972 and attended Bingley Grammar School. He gained a BA in Politics and Parliamentary Studies in 1994 and an MA in Industrial and Labour Studies in 1996, both from the University of Leeds. From 1994-96 he worked in an office, then worked as a political research assistant in Bradford from 1996-97.

He was selected as the Shipley parliamentary candidate in 1997 at the age of 24, overturning Marcus Fox’s 12,382 majority into a 2,966 for him at his election. The seat neighbours his home town of Keighley, which was also won from the Conservatives in the same year.

Leslie was the “Baby of the House of Commons”: the youngest serving MP (and he kept this title until 27-year-old David Lammy won the Tottenham by-election in 2000). He was then appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Falconer. He held his seat in 2001 but with a halved majority. In his first term, he never rebelled against a Government position.

Shortly before he turned 30, he became a junior minister in the Cabinet Office. The year after he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and moved on to hold the same position at the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

He lost his seat to Philip Davies in the 2005 general election by 422 votes. At that time, Shipley was the only constituency in West Yorkshire to be represented by a Conservative MP.

In 2010, he returned to Parliament as MP for Nottingham East and is now Shadow Financial Secretary of the Treasury.

2005-PRESENT – PHiliP DAViES (coNSERVATiVE)Philip Davies was born in Doncaster in 1972. He joined the Conservatives in 1988 and two years later became the manager of Marilyn Davies Bookmakers. In 1993 he was employed by Asda as a cashier, rising to become a deputy customer service manager in 1997. In 1999 he became customer services project manager in Leeds, leaving in 2005 upon his election to parliament.

Shipley wasn’t his first election – in 2001 he

had unsuccessfully contested Colne Valley. In 2005, he was elected MP by just 422 votes. He made his maiden speech on 7th June 2005, mentioning Titus Salt and Saltaire. In 2010, he remained in his seat with a majority almost 25 times what he had seen previously – just under 10,000 votes. He serves on the executive committee of the 1922 Committee and is also a member of the Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. He is rated one of the Conservative party’s most rebellious MPs – for example, he was one of the backbench rebels who voted against military action in Syria.

In February 2013, it was reported that he was to be investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner after a complaint was filed claiming he received over £10,000 in benefits from companies with links to the gambling industry which he didn’t fully declare. He was later forced to apologise for breaching the parliamentary code.

Davies is very opinionated and often speaks out on a range of different subjects. His views on the minimum wage, for example, proved controversial: he called for it to be scrapped and, in 2001, he suggested that disabled people should be allowed to work for below the minimum. He is a Eurosceptic and has often called for complete withdrawal from the European Union.

His father is former Mayor of Doncaster Peter Davies, who has been a member of many political parties including Labour, the Conservatives, UKIP and the English Democrats. He is now Independent. He was the elected Mayor of Doncaster from 2009 to 2013, when he lost his mayoralty.

Philip Davies said: “The Shipley constituency is incredibly diverse. It still has lots of successful manufacturing businesses but it also has places of real deprivation. However, it is the people that make the Shipley constituency so special. Down-to-Earth, straight-talking, common-sense people who are the salt of the Earth.”

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All Rotary clubs have their charter when first inaugurated, and Bradford West is no

exception. They were chartered on 19th August 1974, so the 39th Charter was held on 26th September this year.

The guest speaker was Terry Slocombe (no connection to Mrs Slocombe of Are You Being Served? – although it is rumoured that Terry is the love child of Mrs S!). Terry, a former Copper, told the members how he went from a lowly PC to the exalted rank of Commander in the West Riding Constabulary.

Some of the members attended the District Annual Conference in Scarborough on the weekend of the 11-13th October, where they enjoyed a fun-packed programme. This included some excellent speakers: Dr David Bryon, the former managing director of bmibaby, one of Europe’s largest low cost airlines; Lt. Col. Mel Pears, the commanding officer of the Personnel Recovery Unit (PRU), based at Catterick Garrison; and Jennie Bond, the BBC’s former Royal Correspondent and a journalist for over 30 years. Jennie entertained a

very large audience for over an hour, telling them of her many interesting assignments. These included an intimate audience with Princess Diana; a chat with Nelson Mandela when the Queen and Prince Philip visited South Africa; and a visit to Japan with Charles and Diana, among many other stories.

Peter Todd, the commercial director of Welcome to Yorkshire, spoke about the forthcoming Tour de France on 5-6th July 2014; Tricia Stewart, one of the original Calendar Girls, announced that they have made over £4 million for leukaemia research; and finally we heard from Sheila Dibnah, the third and final wife of the famous Fred. Sheila was born in Bolton and can imitate old Fred Dibnah MBE to a tee!

The programme for November is as follows: on the 7th, Rtn. Andy Parsons will speak on the Firefly Project (more about this next month). On the 13th, members and friends will visit Halifax Theatre to see The Pirates of Penzance. On the 14th, Frank Leonard will talk about the quarries of Thornton, and on the 21st there will be a business meeting. On the 28th, Robin Naylor will talk on his proposed canoe journey from Malham to Goole in aid of Water Aid.

The features for December are as follows: on the 2nd it will be the Annual International Dinner at the Ring O’ Bells, Thornton. On the 5th, Granville Dobson will recall experiences on the footplate, followed by the Christmas lunch at Sandal Farm restaurant.

To hear more about this vibrant and friendly club, call John Ellis on 07970 253371 or visit www.bradfordwestrotary.org

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A successful Children’s Carnival in 1970 encouraged members of the recently formed

Wilsden Village Society to restart the old tradition of Wilsden Gala. After successful and popular events in 1971 and 1972, the gala committee had the idea of giving the 1973 gala the theme of Merrie England. The school field was laid out as a

village green, with stalls arranged in streets such as Pudding Lane and The Shambles. Helpers were in appropriate costume, with a wide age range of serving wenches! Attractions with a period flavour included Morris dancers, a pieman selling his wares and, for the unruly, a ducking stool.

The Chair of Bingley Council, Mrs Emily Hall, entered thoroughly into the spirit of the event and made a splendid costume for herself. She also made a dress for the Gala Queen and period outfits for the two young attendants.

The school field on Tweedy Street was a perfect venue for the first few years, before temporary classrooms and later permanent extensions to the school reduced the available space.

The photo shows the “official” party, with the Gala Chair in suitable merrie peasant attire, and some of the fancy dress competitors. Two little boys show a macabre , though possibly accurate, notion of the less merrie aspects of the time.

Astrid Hansen recalls one of the earliest modern wilsden galas, held in 1973.

After cancellations in 2011 and 2013, the future of wilsden gala looked uncertain. However, a new committee has now taken over the event, which will be held on Sunday 20th July 2014.

The theme will be the letter w, and we hope to see lots of inspired fancy dress on the day!

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yesterday my wife said to me, “I’m fair shattered today, I’ve niver stopped all day long. I’ve been

like a big yoyo, up an’ darn, up an’ darn all day.” I replied, “Just a minute, my luv. Yoyos don’t go up an’ darn, up an’ darn all day.”

The missus came back with, “OK clever clogs, ’ow do yoyos go, if it’s not up an’ darn?” So I told her, “The ones I’ve iver seen ’av olas gone darn then up. Darn an’ up, right?”

My wife is not too happy to be corrected, not by me anyway. She says with a little smile, “I’ll give you it in plain English then, shall I? I’ve nut ’ad a minute all day, been backwards and forards ivery bit of day, niver ’ardly stopped. Is that alright for ya?”

I replied, “I’m sorry, my dear, but I’ve nut seen you.” Her voices lifts a bit when she says, “Wot, nut seen me? You must ’av! I’ve niver ’ad a minute.”

I tell her, “I’ve seen you about the ’ouse plenty but you were going forward ivery time, niver once

saw you going backwards. Apart from when you opened wardrobe door and saw that spider, you went backwards then, abart three paces.”

Now Wendy seemed to be getting a bit ill at ease, but she wasn’t done with me yet. “Sometimes I think you’re gettin’ as daft as a brush. I’m sure you are.”

She’s still not done with me. “You’re foriver puttin’ me right, wheniver I open my mouth.” But I’m not ’aving that said abart me. So I put her right with a sweet little smile and a gentle, “I find there are many brushes: paintbrushes, toothbrushes, yard brushes, bottle brushes, to name just a few. But no daft brushes, so how can I be as daft as a brush?”

It was at this point I noticed my sweetheart lookin’ around to see if anything close to hand was throwable. I decided to do a bunk, smartish. Did I say do a bunk? Wheriver did I get that from?

If I’m nut careful I’ll end up like the wife, talkin’ in riddles. Cheerio!

’Ere we go again...Another episode in the life of John butterfield of cottingley.

Participants in July’s Moonlight Walk raised over £12,000. Photo © Mark Winterbourne


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i’m Misty. Not that anybody but me remembers that, but that’s my name. It’s a name given to me

by my lovely owner before I stopped seeing her anymore. It was just a normal day for me. I woke up, enjoyed the biscuits that were left in my bowl from last night’s second supper, and then went outside to play in the garden. I hadn’t been out there too long when I decided that I was missing my breakfast. It was a Friday. That meant salmon for breakfast, yummy! My mummy was told that I shouldn’t have it; it was our little secret. We had lots of those cheeky little secrets: extra treats, cuddles even though I’d been bad, the milk that made me use the litter box too much. It was her way of telling me that she loved me, and I loved her just as much.

When I got inside, my mummy wasn’t there in the kitchen, so I decided to go visit her in her bedroom. The curtains were still drawn. Maybe she needed a little help getting up. Lightly as I could, I jumped onto her bed before padding along it and nuzzling her hand. It was cold on my nose, but I didn’t mind. No matter how much I fussed over her, she didn’t move. I don’t remember much of the morning after that, except backing into a corner underneath her chair and watching while strange people took Mummy away.

Spotting me, one of them picked me up and carried me downstairs. I thought I was going to go with Mummy wherever they were taking her. But I was left in the front garden while they locked up and drove away. The first few nights were cold and wet, but I didn’t move from the front doorstep, even when my tummy started to hurt because nobody had come to fill my bowl.

I only moved when a lady with a cage came and tried to place me inside of it. I recognized her. She used to come and visit Mummy and bring her things to eat. She was the one who told her off for feeding me salmon. I didn’t like her. I scratched and hissed

as much as I could until she dropped me, and I ran away as fast as my legs could carry me. The only person who I wanted to see was my mummy, and I was determined to find her. For weeks I searched and searched for where they could have taken her; I grew weary from hunger and muddy from the puddles I would sit in to drink. I didn’t like to – the water tasted so bitter – but it was the best I could find. My side hurt where I was kicked by a passing stranger. I don’t know why, I hadn’t done anything wrong. But he seemed to find it funny as he walked away laughing. It was in that same puddle where I was picked up; my leg hurt from the kick and I didn’t have the strength to fight the person off as they wrapped me in a coat and took me to somewhere they told me would be safe. I didn’t have the strength to fight any longer, but I didn’t believe them. I gave in.

The first thing they did when I was brought to the “safe place” was take me to the nasty place with sharp, pointy skin pokers and scary people in white coats. They gave me a bath, cleaned my wounds and tied up my leg so I couldn’t move it very well. Then they sent me somewhere I was placed in a cage with a bed and litter box inside. The cats that had been there longer than me would yowl and steal my food. I was scared, and would spend as much time as I could backed into the corner of the cage. I didn’t want to associate with them, but after a while they wouldn’t let me stay in the cage any longer. Once my leg had been let free I had to stay in the bigger room. The cats would hit me when I tried to eat some food, and would leap at me when my back was turned. And then the people would come.

Each family that visits look around the room, deciding who they would take home with them. But I don’t want them to take me, and they never give me the attention anyway. I’m older. I don’t have many teeth and my fur is well past its best. So they leave with their new pet, and I’m left behind to stay curled up in the corner, as far away from the other cats as I can get. One day Mummy will come back for me.

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Pearl, Ariel and Gabriella are three female unspayed female gerbils. They came into our

care as strays and have been with us since May 2013. They are very friendly and are hand-tame: they would need to be rehomed together. Gerbils are best housed in a special gerbilarium: this should be large enough to offer them space to shelter, dig and exercise, with solid glass walls and a secure wire-mesh top. The gerbilarium will need to be deep as they love to burrow and make tunnels. These three gerbils have character and are entertaining to watch.

If you would like more information about our work and the pets we have available, please contact us on 01274 723063. You can find out more at www.rspca-bradford.org.uk or look for Bradford RSPCA on Facebook and Twitter.

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November can bring some bad weather, but I have also known exceptionally sunny and

somewhat mild days in previous years. It can be delightful: Autumn colours for the amateur camera enthusiast, and even some snow or heavy frost with winter sun to add that extra sparkle. My wife and I have booked a four-day break at the Red Lion in Grasmere in the beautiful English Lake District in early November, and we hope for some autumn colour amid the Lakeland fells – if I am lucky, I will share a picture with you in a later edition.

On the right is a picture that I have submitted for our annual competitions at Bradford Camera Club. This is the main feature above the altar in Wakefield cathedral, depicting the crucifixion. If you have something like this or another image you would like to share, or if you would like to attain this standard, you could do a lot worse than come along to our meetings and learn more of this fascinating art form. Beginners and competent photographers are all welcome

Our programme for November is as follows: on the 7th we will be visiting Pudsey Camera Club for a “mix and match” friendly battle with Bingley

Camera Club and ourselves, where we pit our photos against the other two clubs. It is always a great night. On the 14th and 21st at Carlton House, we will have our annual competitions (an ideal opportunity to see the standard of our work), then on the 28th Peter Murray of the Rodley Nature Reserve will discuss the creation and development of the project. On the 5th December there will be the annual Christmas supper.

The club meets at Carlton House, 46 Little Horton Lane, Bradford. Call Allan Ogilvie on 01274 884187 or Debbie Alstead on 01274 824758, or visit sites.google.com/site/bradfordcameraclub

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Four years ago, volunteers at Cottingley Cornerstone Centre organised an exhibition of

work by local artists and craft-makers as part of the celebration of the third anniversary of its opening. The response to the exhibition encouraged the organisers to make this an annual event, providing an opportunity for many artists to exhibit their work for the first time.

Preparations for this year’s exhibition are well advanced. Over 40 artists and craft-makers have registered their intention to submit work, which will include paintings, photography, collage, cross-stitch, woodwork, ceramics, jewellery, sewing and knitting. Many items will be for sale, with a percentage of each sale contributing to the

fundraising drive at Cornerstone.The exhibition opens with a reception for

exhibitors on Friday 8th November. It will then open for public viewing from Saturday 9th to Thursday 14th November.

During the week, visitors will also have the chance to view work produced by groups who meet in Cornerstone. One of the groups is Viz-Able, a group of people with a wide range of abilities, who meet weekly at Cottingley Cornerstone to improve their photography and video skills. They have held three successful exhibitions and the premier of their new work – “The Adventures of Battery Man” – will be held during exhibition week.

The exhibition opening hours are:• 10am-4pm on Sat 9th, Mon 11th, Tues 12th

and Wed 13th November• 11am-4pm on Sun 10th November• 10am-7pm on Thurs 14th November Entry to the exhibition is free and visitors are

encouraged to vote for their favourite exhibit. Refreshments will be available at Poppies Café at the centre, so why don’t you come along and enjoy the exhibition and perhaps buy an original Xmas gift for someone special?There’s lots going on at cottingley cornerstone centre! Visit their website to get the full story: www.cottingleycornerstone.org.uk

Art at cottingley cornerstoneThis November, the community centre is staging an art exhibition.

in the 1891 Census 54% of all Butterfields lived in Yorkshire,

although now there is a more even split between Lancashire and Yorkshire. The name derives from a lost hamlet near Todmorden, on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border.

“Butterfield” comes from the Old English word “butor”, meaning bittern (a wading bird related to the heron). “Field” derives from “feld”, a large area cleared for agriculture.

The 1379 Poll Tax register records a Willelmus de Bottesfeld

and also an Isabella Botterfeld, both from York. In 1423, William de

Butterfield or Boterfeld is recorded in the Wills List at Chester, suggesting he was resident in Lancashire or Cheshire.

Famous Butterfields include child actor Asa Butterfield, star of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and Daniel

Butterfield, a Union General and composer of the bugle call Taps.want us to feature your family

name? Email lisa on [email protected], or write to 4 St

ives grove, Harden, bD16 1bA.

what’s in a name?in a new regular feature on the origins of local surnames, we look at the roots of the name “butterfield”.

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Most families have their own customs without which Christmas just wouldn’t seem like

Christmas, whether it’s carols round the tree, eating till we pop or snoozing in front of a Morecambe and Wise repeat. But for our ancestors, the festive season wouldn’t have seemed quite right without some traditions now long forgotten.

gHoST SToRiESWell before Charles Dickens was sending shivers down spines with his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol – the tale of how miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the error of his ways by a ghostly visitation on Christmas Eve, which Dickens wrote in just six weeks as a way of quickly earning some cash – the telling of ghost stories on the night before Christmas was considered a traditional part of the festive celebrations.

Families would gather round the fireplace and tell a spooky story apiece by candlelight, in a custom that may date as far back as Tudor times. Both Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe mention “winter’s tales”: ghost stories told on long winter evenings when other amusements were scarce. Nowadays, this custom has become more associated with Halloween.

THE kiSSiNg boUgHKissing under mistletoe is now all that remains of the customary “holy bough”, a ball woven from ash, willow or hazel twigs with a figure of the Christchild in the centre. This “Sacramental” was blessed by a priest and hung inside the threshold of a house, symbolising goodwill and peace to all visitors. The custom goes back to Viking times, when mistletoe – considered sacred by the Druids – was hung outside Viking homes as a sign of welcome to strangers.

Ribbons, candles, gilded nuts and small apples or dried

fruit were often hung from the bough in later years, not without a certain “keeping up with the Joneses” element as neighbours vied with one another for the best-decorated bough. However, this and many other Christmas customs fell from favour in the Puritan era, when they were seen as having heathen associations and the Christchild figure denounced as an effigy.

By the time the custom was remembered and revived by the Victorians, it had become the simpler “kissing bough” – a bunch of mistletoe and other evergreens hung overhead, with those caught standing underneath obliged to reward their captor with a kiss.

VESSEl MAiDS AND wASSAil bobThese traditions are specific to our Yorkshire area, and share a common origin.

They derive from a custom observed in honour of the pre-Christian deity Dionysius, in which an effigy of the baby Dionysius was placed in a cradle

and surrounded by flowers. This continued to be observed in Yorkshire well into the 19th century, where it had developed into a Christian crib tradition.

Two girls would be chosen during Advent as the “vessel maids”. They would carry a box containing figures of the Holy Family from home to home, covered in a sacred white cloth. The box was known as a Wesley Bob, a Wassail Bob, a Vessel Cup, a Pretty Box or a Milly Box. Local people would make decorations to surround the holy figures, using evergreens and delicacies such as fresh fruit and spices.

The vessel maids would carry the Wassail Bob to each home in the area, singing a carol and charging a penny to see inside the box. It was considered very bad luck if the girls didn’t call in the run-up to Christmas.

The lost traditions of christmasMany ancient festive customs, such as lighting the yule log and going out carolling, still exist. others, however, have disappeared into the mists of time.

Ebenezer Scrooge meets The Ghost of Christmas Present in an original John

Leech illustration from A Christmas Carol

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HowtoplayConsequencesThe Victorians loved playing Consequences at Christmas and it's still fun today. All you need is paper, a pencil and at least two people.

1. On a piece of paper, write a boy's name and fold the paper over the top of the writing so the person you pass it to can't see it. Pass it to the player on your left.

2. The next person writes a girl's name, folds the paper and passes it left (or back to you if only two players).

3. Carry on writing, folding and passing the paper, writing down something for each of these: place name, what he said to her, what she said to him and what the consequence was (in other words, what happened).

4. Then read out your story! It might go something like this: "Harry Styles met my mum at the supermarket. He said to her, 'Let's go swimming.' She said to him, 'Have you got any biscuits?' The consequence was, they had fish and chips for tea. The end!"

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on Sunday 14th October a small group of us started our walk at Stockbridge Wharf,

where we quickly sighted a heron. We continued our walk in a westerly direction along the canal. Lots of mallard ducks were seen, including some interesting hybrid ducks.

We also spotted a few different birds in the trees along the canal and the fields to the south of it. Our second heron of the day was seen swooping down low along the canal just before we reached Low Wood, where our party was joined by three more people.

Low Wood itself is a small wooded area tucked away behind the Scout camp. We walked along the path and were able to add nuthatch and treecreeper to our “birds seen” list. Walking up

through the wood, we were able to see a badger sett but none of the mammals were about when we were there. We were then distracted from bird spotting by all the fungi, which was very apt as it was UK Fungus Day.

After we explored the wood we were welcomed into Riddlesden Golf Club for a lunch break. As we had let them know we would be dropping in they had made us a very tasty home-made meal, which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

We continued our walk around the edge of the golf course where more birds and fungi were seen. Once finished with the golf course we made our way back to Stockbridge Wharf via the surrounding farmland. Unfortunately, as we made our way back the rain started to fall and so not many more birds were sighted.

We got back to our starting point, feeling slightly soggy, with a final count of 21 different birds seen.birds seen: heron, mallard, moorhen, black-headed gull, crow, starling, wood pigeon, magpie, jackdaw, wren, blackbird, chaffinch, great tit, jay, blue tit, treecreeper, nuthatch, robin, long-tailed tit, dove and pheasant.

out and about with the RSPbguided walk to low wood, Riddlesden.

Thanks to kath gabbitas of Friends of St ives for sending in these piccies of their recent fungi walk. Find out more at www.friendsofstives.org.uk

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NoVEMbERTuesday 12th-Saturday 16th November From 7.15pm (matinee 2.15pm Saturday)Bingley Amateur Operatic Society presents Hello Dolly! Tickets from Bingley Arts Centre. Tel 01274 567983, Mon-Fri 11am-3.30pm. Adults £12 front, £10 stalls; concessions £10 front, £8 stalls. Saturday evening all tickets full price.

wednesday 20th November From 7.30pmchristmas Shopping Evening in aid of Crohn’s disease, Wilsden Conservative Club. Candles, beauty products, scarves, handbags, jewellery, crafts, kids’ crafts and lots more. Tickets £1 including free raffle and Christmas nibbles. Mulled wine available. Shop and relax while enjoying a drink and some festive fare. We could still squeeze in a couple more stalls: call 01535 273977.

Saturday 23rd November 11am-4pmwilsden winter Fayre. See opposite page for details. The cost of a stall is £12 per table: ring Julie on 01535 272786.

Sunday 24th November 2.30-3.30pmAn Hour for Advent. The Aire Valley Singers’ next event is in Saltaire at the historic United Reformed Church. The programme will include a selection of music connected with advent. There will be a retiring collection for the British Heart Foundation. www.airevalleysingers.com

Saturday 23rd-Sunday 24th NovemberVictorian Steampunk Fair, Haworth. Music and entertainment, themed shop windows, traders in Victorian dress, fashion show, evening entertainment.

Saturday 30th November 10am-12nooncoffee and carols, Wilsden Trinity Church, Chapel Row, Wilsden. Refreshments, stalls, a chance to sing your favourite carols and a very warm welcome await you at our popular annual event.

Saturday 30th November 12noon onwardschristmas Market, Cottingley. Stalls on the Parade, followed by switching on of Christmas lights on the village green and finishing off with a fireworks display. Free event, all welcome. Anybody wanting a stall or more info, email [email protected] or ring Howard on 07939 023377.

DEcEMbERSunday 1st December From 6.30pmcarol concert with the ever-popular Hall Royd band at the Town Hall, Cottingley.

Saturday 7th December 2-4pmchristmas Fayre at the Town Hall, Cottingley. Anyone wishing to book a stall please contact Hilary on 07904 342627 or email [email protected]. The hall will be celebrating its 150th anniversary next year and like most old buildings is costly to keep, so please support this event.

Saturday 7th-Sunday 8th DecemberVictorian christmas weekend, Haworth. Each weekend in December the village hosts bands, choirs, carol singers and Father Christmas for visitors to enjoy.

Friday 13th December From 7.30pmwhat cheer? The Aire Valley Singers’ Christmas concert, St Paul’s Church, Kirkgate, Shipley. We will be performing a selection of both sacred and secular Christmas music and festive readings. Seasonal refreshments will be served at the interval. Tickets on the door. airevalleysingers.com

Friday 13th December From 7.30pmRSPb talk on the canadian Rockies, Shipley Library. Ian Newton is Chairman of York Ornithological Club. In 2006 he and his wife travelled the Canadian Rockies in a camper van. Their images contain a mixture of birds, mammals, flowers and the wonderful scenery. Price £3 (children free). Tel: 01274 582078, email: [email protected]

Saturday 14th December 4.30-5.30pmSandy Lane Parish Council carols in the Park 2013, Greenwood Park, Cottingley Road, Sandy Lane. The event includes a community carol service, free hot drinks and refreshments (mince pies and gingerbread men) and an amazing firework finale.

Saturday 14th DecemberA Midwinter’s Night’s Entertainment at Bingley All Saints Church. The show will cover all aspects of midwinter, from Celtic horse worship to 20th-century pop music. The cast numbers around 30 singers, musicians, readers and actors. Tickets £10, including mulled wine or fruit juice and mince pies or shortbread during the interval.


wilsden Trinity church (formerly wilsden Methodist & United Reformed church)wilToTSWiltots Mother & Toddler Group meets in the Wilsden Trinity Church building every Tuesday, 9.30-11.30am during term-time, for friendship, conversation, craft activities, tea, coffee and toast. (Fathers, grandparents and carers also welcome). FRiENDS & HERoESThis is a Christian-based group for primary school-aged children. We meet every Friday, 6-7.30pm during term-timeto enjoy fun and games, videos, craft activities and Tuck Shop in a safe and welcoming environment.

local business shows off le Tour cycle modelKaren Swainston, Sandra Corcoran, Paul Corcoran and Caroline Pullich, pictured above outside Pennine Cycles, holding the latest Yellow Le Tour model hand-built and designed by Pennine Cycles. Karen and Caroline were both working at Pennine Cycles for the day as part of Barclays Bank PLC’s Back to Basics, where Barclays work with their customers to gain a better understanding of their business. Paul Corcoran, Managing Director of Pennine Cycles, said, “This was a great opportunity for us to show Karen and Caroline the challenges and opportunities we are facing in our future growth.” Sandra Corcoran, Director, added, “We have been a customer for 68 years, so it’s great that we are working with Barclays to grow the business in the 21st century.”

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Dress up and run as Rudolph in this 5km festive family fun run, starting and finishing in Roberts Park, Saltaire.

Race features:• Medal to all finishers.• Free mince pie.• Brass band Christmas carols.• 650m mini stampede for under 8’s.

Entry fees: £10 Adults £6 Children

Reindeer Stampede5k Family Fun RunSunday 8 December 2013 at 10.00am

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