October 31st was John's birthday. Two days before Sophie-Anna baked him a cake, the first she had made. Christian and Sarah brought her over with it and as it contained fresh cream we ate it there and then. Well there was enough left for a slice each the next day.
On John's birthday we went to Salt's Mill. had a browse around the shops, had lunch in the diner and
looked around their latest Hockney exhibition there.
On November 4th there was an event at the new town hall extension in Hebden Bridge. It was organised by Julie who wanted to mark and celebrate 40 years of living in Hebden, but it was really about the influx of people from the 70s who helped shape the town. In the afternoon people spoke about their involvement in environmental and housing issues, squatting, childcare and nurseries, whole foods, co-operatives, peace issues, women's groups, music, free press and other alternative media, and arts festivals. People, including me, supplied photos and other archive materials and the local history society was on hand to record it all. Have a look at Hebden Hippies Facebook page to get the idea.
In the evening there was music from local musicians. below they are shown just starting up.
I joined in with a bit of dancing but we left to go home about 9 p.m. so it wasn't really like the old days.
The local church holds a free bonfire and firework display each year. It is always on 5th November whichever day of the week that happens to be. Above is the structure for the bonfire shown from the churchyard. In the days leading up to this John was very frustrated to see the perfectly good wood, much of it in the form of pallets, waiting to be burnt. Another pallet would have been handy for us to store our wood on in the garage.
Here's the same pile from what used to be the school playground and is now the church car park.
Later Christian, Sarah, Sophie-Anna, Gaby and Esmé came along,
As did lots of other people. It is getting more popular each year but is still much smaller than the massive display that the Round Table hold in Hebden Bridge.
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Should have acknowledged Dave Nelson at the keyboard - a stalwart of the Hebden Bridge music scene and a fine pianist across many genre.
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