Voluntary Aid Detachment page Edith Cowling Probationer Nurse, Member S.J.A.B. Edith Jane Cowling was the oldest of three children born to Joh Cowling, a brewer's drayman originally from Pateley Bridge, and Annie Cowling nee Withers, from Harbury in Staffordshire. She was born on 12th December 1891 in Keighley. Her younger siblings were Joseph (born 1898)…
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Slack Lane Baptist Church, Oakworth – war memorial
The Slack Lane Baptist Church on Slack Lane, Oakworth has closed in July 2018 after 199 years as a religious chapel. We were contacted to see if we could help with regard to their war memorial which names fourteen men from the Oakworth area who died during the Great War and two men from the…
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Events for 2017
We'll be taking part in a number of events this summer where we've been asked to come along with our stand and display information on local men who served. They are: Haworth 1940's Weekend Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May. Keighley Armed Forces Day Sunday 18th June. Cross Roads Park fun day Saturday 24th June.…
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