Chris Helme
Since this photograph was taken outside St Chad’s School in 1937 these children have grown up in an ever changing world.
Students from Victoria School, Rastrick c1957 - caught on camera just before they set off across Gooder Lane to the railway station to travel to London and then on to Wembley stadium to watch an England schoolboy football match.The big question is who are these boys ? If you know or you are one of them please contact me on 01422 - 205763 or my email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ............... It is just about 60 years ago.
Harry Watters, Trombone
Salt River Brass
MD: Patrick Sheridan
Soundset Recordings: SR1070
Lawrence Wright (15.02. 1888 – 19.05.1964) was a British popular music composer and publisher. He was born in Leicester and opened a music shop in the city in 1906. A short time later his first song, "Down By The Stream", was published, and by 1912 he had established the Lawrence Wright Music Co in Denmark Street, London.
He went on to write (or co-write) over 600 songs under his own name and as Horatio Nicholls, including the World War I propaganda song "Are We Downhearted? No!", and would receive an Ivor Novello Award in 1962 for Outstanding Contribution to British Popular Music. He also wrote songs under the pseudonyms of Gene Williams and Betsy O'Hogan,
He was one of the very rare composers of popular music in this period to make a substantial amount of money - it had not been unusual to see composers who had written dozens of hits die in poverty
Our opening march was written by Horatio Nicholls - Enjoy
Long service medals and gold watches presented to retirees by a member of the senior management where you work, did you get one?.
Black Dyke Band
Conducted: Professor Nicholas Childs
Doyen Recording: DOYCD375
The next stage of my new website is now up and running. The online store has most of my publications now available for sale. Purchases can be made via Paypal. They can also be bought using BACs transfer or by what now is being called old fashioned in some circles by cheque - but we are old fashioned here so cheques are most welcome. For further details for payments by either BACs or cheque please contact me via my email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone 07854-755756
During the 1950s, Chris Helme was often asked by relatives: 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' A policeman was always his answer. A child of the Fifties, he was brought up to respect the local police who seemed to know everyone.
All in a Day's Work: 30 Years as Brighouse Bobby is his journey to achieving that ambition culminating with being awarded the British Empire Medal for services to his community in 1990. A local bobby had to deal with everything that happened on his 'patch'. This book takes the reader through a catalogue of sad, humorous, and almost unbelievable incidents in the life of a local policeman. £12.00 + £3 p/p - Published 2015
This fascinating collection of over 200 photographs illustrates some of the historical developments which have shaped the town of Brighouse and its surrounding communities. Informative and detailed captions bring additional colour to the images, exploring the buildings, transport and shops of Brighouse and its surrounding settlements, as well as the close-knit communities which have formed the heart of the area.
This book will rekindle fond memories of the past for anyone who has lived or worked in Brighouse, and will delight those who want to find out more about the colourful history of the town. £12.00 +£3 p/p - Published 2005
Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens, near Brighouse, was the Belle Vue or Alton Towers of West Yorkshire. It opened as a garden in 1880 but with the inclusion of amusements in 1883 it became a hugely popular venue for sunday strollers, local sunday school groups and day trippers from around the north of England for the next seventy-five years.
This collection of more than 180 images, complemented by detailed captions and reminiscences of the Gardens throughout their long history, will delight all who remember visiting as a child and provide a fascinating insight into this vanished, but not-forgotten, institution. £12.00 + £3 p/p - Published 2007.
