Men of Worth Project

Chief Superintendent Foyle is looking well.

Close-up of three red poppy flowers.

Gravestone of the Aske family at Lister Lane Cemetery. The inscription commemorates William Aske, who died in 1896; his wife Lily, who died in 1899; their sons Ernest, who died in 1885 and Charles, who died in 1919. Also Edith Aske, who died in 1932.

Remembering Gunner (Signaller) Charles Parker Aske, Royal Garrison Artillery, "who died in his country's service" on this day in 1919, aged 34 years.
Buried in the family plot at Lister Lane Cemetery.
www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk/charlesparke...

An A3 size board which is one of eight which will be posted around Oakworth to celebrate notable women of the village for International Women's Day on Sunday 8th March 2026. It has a green border and purple writing at the top. A paragraph about Nesta Hoyle with her photo is included and a QR code to take visitors to her biography page.

#IWD
For International Women's Day on Sunday 8th March 2026, members of Women of Worth are putting up a trail of eight information boards about notable women from Oakworth who served in wartime.
Details of the trail are available on the link here.
menofworth.org.uk/womens-day/

Sniggered at London being the 'place at the unfordable river.' Now it's the 'place at the unaffordable river.'

Worth a read up about Phossy jaw as well, for occupational hazards at work. Tragic for those affected.

They should dig a hole at the bottom and add another step, because my OCD says so...

I’m imagining a cast iron spiral staircase going down to an underground labyrinth with masses of shelves,a bit like the wand shop in Harry Potter.

Is that the front door to the shop?

Looking forward to seeing this #International Women's Day trail come to fruition!
#IWD #Oakworth

A woman wearing Edwardian riding attire is riding side saddle on a large dark coloured horse with a white star on its forehead and a white sock on its right back leg. They are standing on a road by a tall stone wall, which is covered in ivy. The wall supports the hillside which slopes away upwards with small saplings and trees in the background.

Margaret Burwin is one of our amazing local women for #Oakworth’s #InternationalWomen’sDay Trail this March. In 1911 she toured the world with Sir Edward Elgar & Sheffield Choral Society. With YMCA in the Great War, she served comforts to soldiers in France, Italy:
menofworth.org.uk/margaret-bur...

Yes, the whole thing was a ripping yarn. Looking forward to series two. Michael’s rainwater butt should be full by then!

Oh, go on then, I’ll watch it again…

Perhaps he's the only man who passed the Army cook's course?
He does sound fascinating!

Celebrating 70 years of educational visits. Hundreds of school groups visit us every year. We are a fully roofed castle with indoor & outdoor picnic areas and free dedicated coach parking. For more information visit the website.

I’m just a teenage dirtbag baby, like you.

I hate you. Bah…

The Blockheads were a superb band, it was a really groundbreaking album and for me, 'Reasons' was perhaps the best from it. I got this on cassette so I could play it on long trips home as I was in the RAF down in South Wales - a five hour+ drive back to Shipley in an 1100 Ford Escort.

Did you turn the volume right up for the start of Plaistow Patricia?

Ooh, not sure but they might still be ok. I suspect that the only way they could reach that area is from dog's feet carrying the signal crayfish eggs from another infected body of water. All the waterfalls would be a barrier to the crayfish but then I suppose the native ones got there from upstream?

In 1984 we (Keighley Sub-Aqua Club) drove up to the campsite right at the top end and stayed overnight for beer and a BBQ. Next day diving and general mucking in the river about in our wetsuits and finishing off with a pub meal on the way home.
Beezley Falls, 10m deep with crays at the bottom.

Can't wait to start. I'm on it just as soon as I've finished watching something else...

Is it sticking though? It's not sticking here in Oakworth. Car roof is clear too, although it had a light covering earlier.

Dame Vera Lynn's wartime notes reveal her comfort for families Imperial War Museums acquires her wartime archive, with some objects going on display this spring.

Today the Imperial War Museum announced the acquisition of Dame Vera Lynn's Second World War archive, inc her diaries, personal items and hundreds of letters between Lynn and her fans. Really delighted for my colleague Simon for his outstanding work on this collection.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A dark oak memorial board with a copper panelled front panel, with raised lettering. There are 21 names listed of former employees who died in the 1914-1918 war. At the top the words are: Leeds Corn Exchange War Memorial 1914 - 1918.

It's a beautiful building and the ceiling just takes your breath away.
Here's their war memorial.

a cartoon character wearing a helmet and goggles is crying while flying Alt: Dick Dastardly, a cartoon character wearing a helmet and goggles is crying while flying.

Drat and double drat. There are 22 names, not 21.

...which is better, right?

When this is added to the Keighley Library archives it will be part of a larger study on the Workhouse here. For example, Keighley Union Workhouse records were transcribed about 20 years ago by members of Keighley History Societies and are in the library archives.

Hi Debs. It came out of nowhere as they’d stored it as a painting rather than a war memorial. I’m so pleased to get all the research completed and we can add it to all the other Workhouse archive material in Keighley Library.

Keighley Union Workhouse - Local war memorials page

Finally managed to complete the research of 21 names on the #Keighley Union #Workhouse roll of honour. Their stories are now online:
menofworth.org.uk/keighley-uni...

Work done in 2018 for Cliffe Castle Museum but now brought up to date (1921 census etc).

I guess this counts as a one-place-study?

I’d give my eye teeth to know the names of those women! There’s so little information available about who they were.
Any chance you know the name of the photographer from the back? I was at a Keighley History Society talk last night about Hall and Siggers, who took many photos in that period.

This photograph came to me from my Great Uncle, Fowler Beanland, who, during the First World War, was a foreman at a munitions factory in Keighley. .....