Ursula's stories of life 100 years ago

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jan 2017, 11:00 BST
Award winning local storyteller Ursula Holden Gill is leading a free story walk celebrating the lives of people who lived in Hebden Bridge a century ago, writes Paul Clarke.

The walk is part of Hebden Bridge Arts Festival’s lottery funded Who Lived in My Street 1916 project.

And the hour long walk starting at Hebden Bridge Town Hall will reveal how The Hole in t’ Wall pub got its distinctive name, meet the ghosts of Garden Street, remember some shenanigans at the White Swan and visit local pub co-operative The Fox and Goose.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Arts Festival Artistic Director Helen Meller said: “We first worked with Ursula when she created the Gruesome and Grizzly tales of Hebden Bridge for us.