| NEW & VIEWS 3 COMMENT Our Pennine Chains… Past and Present 4 DIARY & AGENDA 8 THE WAY I SEE IT Kenneth Hirst 9 FIFTH COLUMN 10 THE FUTURE IS CLEAR…OR ALMOST Pennine Rivers. A special report by Richard Catlow 13 FIT FOR A KING The heart of the cotton empire is now a hotel says Alyson Cooper 14 PENNINE WONDERS Julian Pike discovers a link between Leeds and the CrusadersPENNINE IDENTITY 17 TREASURES OF TOWNELEY A guided tour by curator, Hubert Rigg 20 PUTTING THE WIND UP THE WILLOWS Helen Catlow meets the Saddleworth man who has created a new novel from a children’s classic 22 A QUIET LIFE William Ashworth looks at a typical Victorian who helped create society today 23 A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A new route through the West Pennines with Joe GilmourGETTING THINGS DONE 26 WATCHERS ON THE HILLS Looking after the countryside with Ian Kendall 28 THE BATTLE OF SADDLEWORTH David Chadderton explains how a fine old building is coming to life 30 LEND A HAND Val Owen reports on how Huddersfield is really ‘Getting Things Done’ 31 DOCTORS’ DELIGHT Anne Durnford goes round one of the Pennine’s most unusual gardensREVIEWS 34 EATING OUT At Todmorden 36 PENNINE PUB GUIDE The Three Pigeons at Halifax 38 BOOKS & GUIDES PENNINE GUIDE |
Cover photo: Springs Canal, Skipton by Paul Hatherley 
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