VIDEOS OF LOCAL INTEREST
HISTORY
Calder Valley Pace Egg Play video, £12
Documentary plus recordings of two versions of the Calder Valley Pace Egg Play in 2004, researched and produced by a group of young people at Calder High School. Includes interviews with one of the leading experts and some of the performers.
   
A Race through Time (video/DVD) - Nick Wilding, DVD £12.99, video £9.99
From the "Tale of Two Towns" team, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd's first road movie - a high-speed fast-film car journey from Cragg Vale to Heptonstall Road shot in 1947 by Kenneth Crabtree with members of the Literary & Scientific Society, placed alongside a modern version shot in autumn 2003. The film also includes archive photographs and commentary and memories from Lloyd Greenwood, Doris Hurst, Donald Crossley and Clara Manning who died in 2003 at the age of 103.
A Tale of Two Towns: A Chronicle of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd (video)
Dir. Nick Wilding, artwork Peter Coles, £7.00
Archive footage, including scenery and surroundings, and interviews with local residents. 1 hour, 28 minutes.
Heptonstall: A Village of Memories - Nick Wilding, DVD, £14.99
Who is the strange and beautiful carving in the far corner of the old St Thomas-a-Becket Church, and what disturbing discovery was made in the loft above it? How did the old dialect affect communication with those from the south, and how did the original Church organ survive the anti-popish onslaught by soldiers of Elizabeth I? "Heptonstall, Village of Memories" embarks onto a fascinating journey into the past and brings to life many tales from long ago, with the usual mix of strange facts, quirky reminiscences and archive stills and video. 1hr22m.
Yorkshire Customs and Traditions Vol. 1, DVD, £14.99
Mytholmroyd Dock Pudding Championship, Saddleworth Brass Band Contest, Bradford Race Walk, Otley Maypole & Morris Dancing, Beltane Festival near Ripon, Gawthorpe Coal Carrying, St John's Well Blessing at Beverley & Harpham, Plague Feast - Hepworth, Skipton Ascension Day, Penny Hedge - Whitby and Burning Bartle at West Witton. 85mins.
The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon (DVD), £19.99
Between 1900-1913, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, based in Blackburn, roamed the country filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. Discovered some seventy years later, the film, discovered and restored by the BFI, includes footage of Halifax amongst many other northern areas.
Electric Edwardians: the Films of Mitchell & Kenyon, DVD, £19.99
A second and more comprehensive selection of highlights from the 'Mitchell And Kenyon Collection' of films of everyday in Edwardian Britain under five distinct themes. This collection is close to that shown at Hebden Picture House and includes: "Tram Ride into Halifax 1902".
Postcard Yorkshire (DVD) (£4.99)
A 35-minute journey through Yorkshire's most inspirational scenery with narration and music, on a colourful DVD packaged to look like a big postcard.
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WALKS
"Walks around Calderdale": from Pennine Country Productions, a series of four videos of
historically-based local walks, 50 mins ea., £11.99 each -
1. Historic Villages and Hilltop Views (Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Boulderclough,
Luddenden, Midgley)
2. Woodland Crags and Secluded Valleys (Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags, Crimsworth
Dean, Pecket Well, Old Town)
3. Ancient Townships and Waterside Mills (Heptonstall, Slack, Colden Valley,
Blackshaw Head, Jumble Hole Clough)
4. Pennine Town and Packhorse Trails (Todmorden, Langfield, Lumbutts, Mankinholes,
Lobb Mill, Cross Stone, Whirlaw Rocks)
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Discovering Calderdale, Part 1 - video/DVD - Glyn Lee & P J Thornton,
£12.99 each
A journey through some of the most interesting towns and villages of Calderdale,
including Norland, Midgley, Luddenden, Cragg Vale and Walsden.
Discovering Calderdale Part 2 (video & DVD) - Peter Thornton and Glyn Lee, £12.99
This addition to the series starts in Todmorden, moves on to Cornholme, Lumbutts and Mankinholes climbs to Stoodley Pike, then continues through Mytholmroyd, Sowerby, Warley, Ripponden and Elland. The commentary is by Glyn Lee and photography - including aerial shots - by Peter Thornton. Due for release on 4 Nov.
   
Bronte Ways Video/DVD, Part 1 - Ray Riches & Peter Thornton, £12.99 ea.
A walk on the Bronte Way from Oakwell Hall ("Shirley country") to Haworth, with live
interviews and spectacular scenery. 52 mins. Part 2 will explore Haworth and "Wuthering
Heights" country more fully, then proceed to Gawthorpe Hall via Wycoller Village ("Jane
Eyre")
Bronte Ways Video/DVD, Part 2 - Ray Riches & Peter Thornton, £12.99 ea.
A walk on the Bronte Way from Haworth via Top Withins ("Wuthering Heights") and Wycoller Village ("Jane Eyre") to Gawthorpe Hall (home of Charlotte Bronte’s friends the Kay-Shuttleworths).
CANAL
A Walk on t'Cut: a Transpennine Journey on the Rochdale Canal
(video £12.99; DVD or US-compatible video £14.99)
A walk along the Rochdale Canal from the centre of Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, showing the changing landscapes, industrial features, boats and wildlife, with interviews and aerial views. From Ray Riches and P J Thornton.
  
Video: A Walk on T'Long Cut : a journey on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal from Leeds to West Marton - Ray Riches and P J Thornton;VHS £12.99
Focuses on the Aire Valley section of the longet man-made waterway in Britain. Includes the Bingley Five Rise Locks, Skipton, East Riddleston Hall, Kirkstall Abbey and Salts Mill, plus interviews.
The South Pennine Ring (video/DVD), DVD £19.99, video £12.99
The Ring, which also includes The Ashton Canal, Sir John Ramsden's Canal and the Calder & Hebble Navigation, takes us across the Pennines from Central Manchester to Huddersfield, follows the Calder Valley to Sowerby Bridge, and brings us back across the Pennines to Manchester. 57 minutes.
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Part 1 video, £12.99
"A heavy duty canal, not for the faint-hearted." This video covers the Eastern section from Leeds to the summit tunnel at Foulridge.
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