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Newsletter 80 Autumn 2010 NEWSLETTER 80 AUTUMN 2010 EDITORIAL Welcome to the Autumn Newsletter and I hope you have had an enjoyable summer. I spent a few days in the Isle of Wight; almost everyone I have spoken to has mentioned that they visited the IoW as a child and remembered the coloured sands at Alum Bay and the donkeys in the donkey wheel at Carisbrooke Castle. I never visited as a child in spite of living in London and neither did we visit either of these attractions this time. Alum Bay has become the Needles Heritage Park complete with funfair rides, but we did see the coloured cliffs from the Old & New Batteries above the Needles and had a fascinating talk with a volunteer who worked on the Blue Streak and Black Knight rocket testing programmes in the 1960s which took place at the New Battery; something I wasn’t aware of and which has already passed into industrial history. A few weeks later we were cat-sitting for my son in Golborne were we found time to visit Port Sunlight, Lord Lever’s village for his workers at the Sunlight soap factory on the Wirral. We also did some walking along the Leigh Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and the Bridgewater Canal. Close to the Bridgewater Canal at Astley is the Astley Green Colliery Museum, unfortunately closed on the day we were there. The Astley Green Colliery opened in 1908, closed in 1970 and is now a Museum is run by a charity, the Red Rose Steam Society. It has the only remaining headgear and engine house left in the Lancashire coalfield, the distinctive steel lattice headgear is grade II listed but was put on English Heritage’s Buildings at Risk register in June 2010 due to the difficulty of it being maintained by the volunteers. If you are in the area the Museum is well worth supporting but is only open on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. I am looking forward to another interesting lecture programme, the details of which are enclosed. Those of you who have been looking at the main Society’s website will already have spotted the details of this year’s programme which have been available since Jane Ellis finalised the programme in June. The YAHS website (www.yas.org.uk) is also the place to look for up to date news, so please take a regular look at it, as items are being added regularly. Previous Newsletters have mentioned the Windows appeal for money to repair the windows at Claremont. It has been suggested that the Section could donate some of its funds to the Appeal. The Section accounts as published in the YAHS Annual Report show that at the end of 2009 we had £3,809 in the account and this figure will have increased with annual subscriptions for 2010 being received after January 2010. The proposal from me and the Vice Chair is that we should donate £300 to the appeal; members will be asked to support this proposal at the first meeting in October. If any member objects to this and cannot attend the meeting please let me know. I have also been reminded that 2013 will be the 150th anniversary of the founding of the YAHS, the Management Board and Council are already starting to think about how this year can be celebrated and it has been suggested that each Section could hold a special event such as a day school or walk. Suggestions from members are welcome. The minutes of the 2010 AGM are enclosed with the Newsletter, if any member wishes to propose a correction to the minutes please contact me in writing or by email. Contact details given as usual at the end of the Newsletter. A brief report of the main YAHS AGM held on 26 June is given below. One new member has joined since the last Newsletter – welcome to Mr J Dean. As ever my request for items of news, information for the next Newsletter which I shall be producing in early January, but don’t wait until then, if you have something send it as soon as you can. I hope to see many of you at a forthcoming lecture. Margaret Tylee NEWS FROM CLAREMONT Section members who are also main YAHS members will have received the notification that from now on, if you wish to borrow material from the YAHS Library you will have to pay a charge of £1 pa and receive a borrower’s card. This change has been introduced as a result of a ruling by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that Gift Aid cannot be reclaimed by the YAHS because HMRC regard the fact that YAHS members can borrow material from the Library as a benefit in kind which apparently invalidates any claim for Gift Aid. However it appears that only a small minority of members ever borrow material, therefore to resolve this it has been agreed that those members who do borrow will have to pay this nominal charge in addition to their subscription. This will mean the Society will be able to claim the Gift Aid on the subscription amount. Gift Aid is worth several thousands of pounds to the Society and the Treasurer is in discussion with the auditors to explore whether it will be possible to reclaim back a proportion of the lost Gift Aid for 2007 and 2007 by giving details of the numbers of members who have borrowed material in those years. You may be aware that Section only members have been allowed to borrow material that has been donated by the Section, if any Section member wishes to do this in future they will also have to pay the £1 pa borrowing fee. The AGM of the Society was held on 26 June when the Annual Report and Accounts were received and approved. It was noted that yet again the Society made a loss, partly due to the continuing low value of some of its investments, hence the need to resolve the Gift Aid problem. Prior to the meeting YAHS Hon Secretary Jo Heron showed archive images of the Selby area which had been scanned and digitised from the Society’s extensive slide collection – a great example of the hidden treasures held at Claremont. The outgoing President, Dr Richard Hall, having reached the end of his 5 year tenure of office praised the work of the volunteers and staff at Claremont, as well as the Sections, in keeping the Society in the public eye. He noted the improvements to the fabric of Claremont, including the new windows and the changes to the website which were key to the promotion of the Society to the wider public. If you have looked at the YAHS website you will have noted that the Society has elected a new President - Mrs Sylvia Thomas, recently retired County Archivist for West Yorkshire and member of the Management Board. In her acceptance speech, she stressed the need for the Society to pursue a more modern, strategic way forward through a new 5 year strategy. The Society should not be “stuck in the mud” but should not lose sight of its role to promote the study of Yorkshire’s past. Five new members of the Management Board were elected and I am continuing as Publicity Officer. Following the AGM we heard a very interesting talk from Dr Peter Connelly of the York Archaeological Trust describing the industrial features of the excavations taking place in the Hungate area of York. This site adjacent to the River Foss had been occupied from Roman times but it made a refreshing change to hear something about excavations in York which weren’t all about Romans or Vikings! There are more details about the project on the York Archaeological Trust website www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk - follow the link to Dig Hungate and you will get to the 18th/19th century information (after the references to Romans etc). As well as replacing the windows at Claremont, there is now a new security entry system, when you ring the bell, you will need to give your name and a staff member or volunteer will open the door. HELP WANTED I have been contacted by Judy Walters who is researching her family history and she has sent me some old photographs of hydraulic cranes. She wondered whether these could have been taken in Hunslet. Her great grandfather Arthur Tannett Drake was a hydraulic engineer and his mother was the daughter of Benjamin Tannett a toolmaker from Holbeck and later Hunslet. Tannett Walker & Co. Ltd were based in Hunslet and made hydraulic machinery. Ms Walters is keen to find out more about the photographs, where they were taken and about the company. I have reproduced a couple of the photographs and if any member can provide further information please let me know and I can pass on the details. Margaret Tylee The wording on the railway van behind the crane hook reads ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ NEWS ITEMS Part of the original Sowerby Bridge railway station has been restored by two railway enthusiasts and re- opened as the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms. The station was built in 1876 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company and the premises were believed to have been the lamp room and drivers’ mess room before becoming the ticket office. Parts of the station were demolished in the 1970s and it became unstaffed in the early 1980s. The Railway Heritage Trust contributed towards the cost of the restoration and the building has been named Jubilee after the steam engines which used to run on the line.
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