
More days – three new calendar pages.
The Black Brook runs through West Vale without causing any fuss. It is not a pretentious river: even its name conceals the fact that it is full of Autumn colour. This was taken on Friday during one of our regular Greetland walks.
The stained glass window in Cleckheaton Town Hall commemorates Spenborough Urban District Council which was established in 1915 and which was based at the town hall. It ceased to be the local seat of government when Kirklees Council was formed in 1974.
This is a more recent adaptation of a photograph I took back in the 1970s. It was the distinctive brick gable end with the inscription “1885”, that obviously attracted me, but I have no memory of where it was.