VOL:3 NO. 3 FEBRUARY / MARCH 1982

NEW & VIEWS 3 COMMENT Canals Ring of Confidence 4 DIARY & AGENDA 5 LETTERS 6 THE WAY I SEE IT Asa Briggs 7 FIFTH COLUMN 8 RURAL REVIVALISTS Malcolm Kimber, Ian Clements and David Alexander explain the work of the CPRE.PENNINE IDENTITY 13 THE MILL Poem by Stephen Wade 14 LOOKING EMILY IN THE FACE Do we know what Emily Bronte looked like asks Clarence Bintfield 16 GETTING TO KNOW THE NATIVES Ron Freethy looks at Pennine wildlife 18 THE DAY THE DAM BROKE Ken Palmerton recalls the 1852 Holmfirth Flood 20 HAWORTH BEFORE THE BRONTES An extract from the new Glyn Hughes book 22 MURDER ON THE MOORS Neil Barrow recalls a famous mystery which is now the basis of a new play 24 GATES — A NEW FIELD FOR THE ARTIST Geoffrey White throws new light on some familiar objects GETTING THINGS DONE 26 HEARTS OF OAT (pdf) Steve Berry on the revival of traditional food 28 PENNINE’S CENTRE New development at the home of Pennine Magazine 30 GOING ROUND (LEEDS) IN CIRCLES A new pathway in West Yorkshire 31 PENNINE WONDERS Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford REVIEWS 32 EXHIBITIONS The Colour Museum, Bradford 34 EATING OUT At Holmfirth 36 PENNINE PUB GUIDE The New Inn, Cononley 38 BOOKS PENNINE GUIDE 40 PREVIEWS Life the Pennine Way 42 WHAT’S ON 46 WHERE TO GO David Fletcher’s guide to the ‘Pennine Centre’ — Hebden Bridge

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