VOL:2 NO. 5 JUNE / JULY 1981

News and views 4 COMMENT Benefits of Bankruptcy 6 DIARY & AGENDA 9 PENNINE RESCUE POST LETTERS 11 FIFTH COLUMN 12 THE WAY I SEE IT Clive Thornton of the Abbey National replies to Pennine’s recent article on building societies 14 THE FRENCH CONNECTION David Ellis looks at how the French have tackled the problem of their empty millsPennine Identity 18 THE LAST LOAD (pdf) Jack Davies has a nostalgic look at haymaking 20 WE REMEMBER HIM WELL Harvey Kershaw on why Edwin Waugh has not been forgotten Raymond Taylor looks at Waugh, as a writer and as a man 22 A CENTURY OF FUN Ian Dewhirst looks at Keighley Gala, past and present 24 THE END….OR THE BEGINNING Simon Warner’s photo-focus on a romantic rail line 26 THE LUDDITE TRADITION John Hargreaves rounds off his series on Luddites in West Yorkshire Getting things done 28 CO-OPERATION 1981-STYLE Eddie Hilton on why a Rochdale conservation area got a Royal send-off 30 FEATHERED FRIENDS Richard Catlow writes about a remarkable woman and her bird hospital Reviews 32 EATING OUT At Holmfirth and Fence 33 PENNINE PUB GUIDE The Castle inn, Skipton 34 EXHIBITIONS Oakwell Hall, Birstall 36 BOOKS & RECORDS Pennine Guide 40 PREVIEWS `The Gods & Their Makers’ at Towneley Hall, Burnley 42 WHAT’S ON 46 WHERE TO GO David Storr visits Ilkley

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