4 October 2008
The Assembly Rooms, Brighouse

Timetable

10.0 Registration and coffee. Choose afternoon activity.

10.30 Introduction to Day – President

10.40 The Development of Brighouse – David Nortcliffe

11.30 Short break

11.45 Leisure in Victorian Brighouse – Bob Horne

12.30 Men of Stone – Chris Helme

13.15 Buffet lunch

14.15 Afternoon events

Guided Walk 1 – Canal, riverside and the centre of town – David Nortcliffe
Guided Walk 2 – The Parish Church and its surroundings – Alan Petford
Guided Walk 3 – Central Brighouse (short and easily paced)

At the Assembly Rooms: Local and Family History Exhibition (open to public) Displays and exhibits prepared by local groups: Brighouse Echo; Calderdale Family History, Brighouse Local History, Greater Elland History Group, Halifax Antiquarian Society, Lightcliffe Local History Group, Brighouse Library and Art Gallery, Upper Valley groups - Hebden Bridge/Mytholmroyd/Midgley.

16.00 Concluding Remarks – President

16.15 Close

Tickets: £12 for members and £18 for non-members

To buy tickets, send a cheque for the correct amount made out to "The Halifax Antiquarian Society" plus an SAE to: Corinne McDonald, 13 Grandsmere Place, Halifax HX3 0DP