Pennine Heritage Ltd At the Birchcliffe Centre

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Family History Meeting Times 2020Family History meet twice a month, and welcome visitors who are seeking guidance in tracing their family history.Local History Archive Opening Times 2020The Hebden Bridge Local History Archive is open to members of the public on the dates below.For more information please visit the website of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society HEREHeptonstall Trail republishedThis newly republished booklet about the ancient village of Heptonstall contains information and early photos of the village together with a fold out map of the walk. The trail is about one mile in length, and has 29 points of interest. There are two recommended extensions of a further 1/4 mile of easy walking. The whole walk will ideally need about 1 1/1 hours.Copies are available from Pennine Heritage for £4.50  each plus postage and packing.Public Consultation Community SurveyThe Pennine Heritage Resilient Funding consultation is now closed.  Thank you to everyone who took part. Congratulations again to those who won a print from the Pennine Horizons Digital Archive. They were Raj Ladwa, Sue Fenton, Lisa Graydon, Rachel O Hare, Sarah Rowe and Chris X. What a lovely early Christmas present.An afternoon celebrating friendship and harmony between communities through sharing Indian dance/stories culture is being organised at Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge by Calderdale based Annapurna Indian Dance on 17th November from 12.00 noon till 3.00 PM .The event will celebrate colourful DIWALI INDIAN FESTIVAL of Lights and Tickets priced £8.00 for adults and £4.00 for children can be purchased at the door on the day which includes vegetarian lunch . (Tickets can also be bought at the Birchcliffe Centre or at Hebden Bridge Post Office in advance ) All are welcome.The afternoon will present vibrant dance performances involving regional and national dancers with a dance workshop for all to join. Highlight of the afternoon will present a new choreographic dance work from dancer Mathangi Kehsavan based in London. Her project titled “FUNFAIR BHARATANATYAM AFFAIR” has been supported by Arts Council England.Annapurna is the only dance company in Calderdale with a vision to connect communities together through sharing the rich cultural heritage and philosophical ideas from India through their vibrant dance projects. The company ‘s work contributes to creating a more inclusive society and committed to working with people of all ages and abilities.For more information please contactAnnapurna Dance on 07737759783www.annapurnadance.cominfo@annapurnandance.comThe Birchcliffe Centre s BaptistryAn amazing view of the recently cleared out baptistry at the Birchcliffe Centre. The current chapel was built in 1899 with the baptistry an integral part of the full emmersion baptism that is a part of baptist practices. The word ‘baptise’ means to completely dip something under water, in the same way that you would with a sheep dip, and the practice of baptism derives from a passage in the bible, Mark 16:16, He who has believed and has been submerged in water shall be saved . It is a symbolic washing away of previous sins and the start of a new life as part of the church.Before the current chapel was built, there was an earlier chapel erected in 1764 which did not have a baptistry until subscriptions paid for one to be built in their fold in 1819. This piece from the history of the Birchcliffe Baptist Church published in 1899 shows how popular the practice of full emmersion was. Previous to 1819, it had been the rule to perform the ceremony of Baptism in any of the running streams of the locality. Fervent were they in those days! Good old soldiers of Christ! One candidate being so desirous of joining the happy band of Jehovah s followers, that, though seeing the river in which she should be immersed frozen over, she bravely broke the ice around her, and thus entered the fold. If you would like to have a look at the baptistry yourself, please look out for the next Pennine Heritage and Birchcliffe Centre open day.Pennine Heritage Community SurveyThe survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded.Congratulations to the 3 lucky people drawn from our recent survey who win a print from the Pennine Horizons Digital Archive. They are Raj Ladwa, Sue Fenton and Lisa Graydon. That s a job well done! Enjoy choosing your prints folks!We are now able to share the fascinating End of the Roll film about the life and work of pioneering Hebden Bridge photgrapher Alice Longstaff produced recently in partnership with the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.​Alice Longstaff is a remarkable figure in photography. Her career is one of the longest in photographic history, starting in 1921 when she was 14 and continuing until her death in 1992 aged 85. An archive of her photographs and negatives is now cared for by Pennine Heritage at the Birchcliffe Centre.Incredibly, Alice’s photographs are not widely known, even within the photography communities. Very limited selections of photographs were exhibited by Pennine Heritage, as part of last years Hebden Bridge Arts Festival (‘The Lost Negatives’) and long term plans are in place to create a major exhibition and book. In the meantime, volunteers are still uncovering exciting, previously unseen photographs from the vast holdings in the archive, creating a growing body of work and knowledge about Alice’s practice and the history of her subjects and place.As interest in photographic history shift towards the vernacular, documentary testimony and the real, this film will mark a particular moment in the history of the development of the archive, and will celebrate Alice’s talent and photographic eye.The film is narrated by Ian McMillan and produced by Greg Hobson and Pete Rush, in partnership with Pennine Heritage Ltd, the Pennine Horizons Digital Archive and Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.See more of Alice s photographs HERELloyds Banking volunteers working hard at the Birchcliffe CentreA massive thank you to Annis Khalifa and his team from Lloyds Banking who spent yesterday volunteering at the Birchcliffe Centre. Their hard work in the grounds and building was much appreciated !The Open Studios weekend is a great opportunity to visit local artists and craftspeople in Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Heptonstall and Mytholmroyd. This year over 90 artists will be opening their studios and homes. Browse at your leisure, purchase original work direct from established and new talent from this flourishing creative community. Look out for our magenta signs at each of the venues. Admission is free!As part of the open studio’s weekend, Harriet Quilty and Jo Gornall are hosting a musical happening and would like you to join us on Saturday, 6th July at Birchcliffe Centre from 3pm. There will be booze aplenty, great conversation and amazing visual stimulation to feast your eyes upon. On top of all this, there are live acoustics by Inbetween Music – Andrew Daley and Steve Lacey-Marsden. They look forward to entertaining you with clarinet, mandola and probably a few other instruments as well. They love a good tune and have built up a great collection from around the world, some old, some new. Is it folk? Is it jazz? Is it something else? Who cares, it’s going to sound amazing!Harriet Quilty and Josephine Gornall’s art will be available at Phinefibre studio, Birchcliffe Centre, throughout the event. Tea, biscuits and a warm welcome to greet you!Hebden Bridge OPEN GARDENSSATURDAY 6TH JULY AND SUNDAY 7TH JULY 2019The Birchcliffe Centre will be participating again in Hebden Bridge Open Gardens 2019. Please come and have a look around our gardens and grounds all day on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th July 2019.This year the open gardens in Hebden Bridge include a range of unusual gardens on the steep valley sides -hillside terraces, large and small spaces, allotments, quirky clusters and a magical riverside walk. Most gardens are open 11am – 5pm on both days but may close earlier if the weather is poor. Some gardeners are offering refreshments. The gardens are signposted and should be easily located.Download the brochure with map and details of all the gardens HEREThrough Alice s Eyes and The End Of The Roll:  An exhibition and film about the life and work of pioneering Hebden Bridge photographer, Alice LongstaffEnjoy this lovely trailer for the Alice Longstaff End of the Roll short film.The End of the Roll trailer.The film will be screened at the Through Alice s Eyes exhibition at theBirchcliffe Centre and at Hebden Bridge Picture House  after Elevenses on Thur 27 June at 1.15pm and before selected feature films during the FestivalAlice Longstaff is a remarkable figure in photography. Her career is one of the longest in photographic history, starting in 1921 when she was 14 and continuing until her death in 1992 aged 85. An archive of her photographs and negatives is now cared for by Pennine Heritage at the Birchcliffe Centre.Incredibly, Alice s photographs are not widely known, even within the photography communities. Very limited selections of photographs were exhibited by Pennine Heritage, as part of  last years Hebden Bridge Arts Festival  ( The Lost Negatives ) and long term plans are in place to create a major exhibition and book. In the meantime, volunteers are still uncovering exciting, previously unseen photographs from the vast holdings in the archive, creating a growing body of work and knowledge about Alice’s practice and the history of her subjects and place.In partnership with the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, Pennine Heritage will present a selection of around 30 photographs from the digitised works to date with audio during this year’s Arts Festival including music and testimony from those familiar with the Longstaff Collection. These will be largely previously unseen photographs drawn from both her commercial and personal work. The film will be approximately 5 minutes in length and will be shown in the Birchcliffe Centre alongside new prints of the selected works over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd June, as well as being shown at Hebden Bridge Picture House at various times throughout the Festival. In addition, there will be 9 of Alice s photographs displayed in her original shop at 27 West End, Hebden Bridge (now Drew Forsyth Co Bespoke Kitchens )As interest in photographic history shift towards the vernacular, documentary testimony and the real, this film will mark a particular moment in the history of the development of the archive, and will celebrate Alice’s talent and photographic eye.The film is narrated by Ian McMillan and produced by Greg Hobson and Pete Rush, in partnership with Pennine Heritage Ltd, the Pennine Horizons Digital Archive and Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.Contracts for Marketing and Lead Advisor Consultants at Pennine HeritageTwo exciting opportunities have now arisen to work with Pennine Heritage thanks to the generous grant from the Heritage Fund detailed below.  Consultancy briefs have been commissioned to develop and deliver strategies to secure the future of the Birchliffe Centre and Pennine Heritage s Digital Archive. The briefs are forLead project advisor and author of 5 year business planMarketing and engagement reportPlease see more information about the briefs and the project below.Pennine Heritage Resilience ApplicationPennine Heritage Lead Adviser BriefPennine Heritage Marketing BriefThe closing date for applications is Tuesday 28th May 2019. For more information please contact the Chair of Trustees Judith Schofield on 07443844674, or the Vice-Chair Stephen Boyle 07952857828.Pennine Heritage Ltd secures National Lottery supportPennine Heritage is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund of £39,400 from its Resilient Heritage Programme. Made possible by money raised from National Lottery players, the grant will fund our Resilient Future Project. Pennine Heritage manages the Birchcliffe Centre and Hostel in Hebden Bridge and works to promote and conserve the heritage of the Upper Calder Valley and the wider South Pennines. This includes a major historical photographic archive of over 40,000 images dating back to the mid 19th century.This year we celebrate our 40th anniversary, the Resilient Future Project aims to ensure that we build on that foundation, to make an ever stronger contribution to celebrating and recording the heritage of our communities in the years ahead.The project will produce a 5 year Business Plan for the charity, including a detailed technical programme to restore and maintain the Birchcliffe Centre, a new community marketing campaign to get local groups, businesses, residents and visitors more involved in the future use of the Centre and  expert advice to improve our working arrangements. This will increase our income to fund more heritage work in the future. Finally we will invest part of the grant in supporting our volunteers who manage the Pennine Heritage Digital Archive and helping them to prepare an exciting new exhibition drawing on our historic photographic collection.Commenting on the award the Chair of Pennine Heritage, Judith Schofield, said: “We are privileged to receive this award thanks to National Lottery players. It comes at an important time of change for the charity and will help us to meet the challenges and opportunities we face in the years ahead.”About The National Lottery Heritage FundUsing money raised by the National Lottery we inspire, lead and resource the UK’s heritage to create positive and lasting change for people and communities, now and in the future.Follow @HeritageFundUK on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use #NationalLotteryHeritageFundInternational Women’s Day CelebrationSaturday 9th March 2019  2.00pm to 4.00pmCelebrate International Womens Day at Birchcliffe Centre at 2.00pm till 4.00pm on the 9th of March Saturday with the Annapurna Dance Company. Every year they have been celebrating the spirit of International Women’s Day in March with various artists. Everybody is welcome, dance, sing, join in. No experience is needed, just enthusiasm. Samosas, tea and coffee etc.FREE ENTRYFind out more about the Annapurna Dance Company  http://www.annapurnadance.com/AccessibiltyThanks to a generous grant from the LEADER fund almost the whole of the Birchcliffe Centre is now accessible to all.A total of £138 million was made available in England between 2015 and 2020 under the scheme. LEADER is part of the RDPE. It is a French acronym (Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l’Économie Rurale) which roughly translates as ‘Liaison among Actors in Rural Economic Development’ . The scheme was adminstered locally by Pennine Prospects.The grant has allowed access to the ground and lower ground floors of the centre via the Chapel Avenue doors, where en external ramp and two platform lifts have been installed. Accessible toilets have also been created on both floors. This means that everyone can now access reception, the offices, yoga studio and ceramics hub.The main hall continues to be accessed via the doors adjacent to the car park. A grant from the Community Foundation for Calderdale allowed the car park to be resurfaced and the provision of a accessible parking space.Pennine Heritage has an ongoing program of work to make the whole of the centre accessible to all.If you have any further queries about access, please don’t hesitate to contact us.Kinokophone s project ‘Sound as Specimen’ is on view at The Birchcliffe Centre, home of Pennine Heritage in Hebden Bridge.  Please stop by and explore sound spores!In this interactive audio installation, arts collective Kinokophone explore the idea of sounds as collective objects- as sonic specimen to be preserved, displayed, experienced and shared. Are sounds the specimen of daily life, particular expereinces, or traces of a time and place in the world? How can they live on as objects of study and what stories do they tell ?Kinokophone is an artist collective that collects and composes sounds, stores and imagery from around us, unearting the intertwining connections that lie beneath the surface Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:30 13:00Family History Meeting Times 2019Family History meet twice a month, and welcome visitors who are seeking guidance in tracing their family history.Local History Archive Opening Times 2019The Hebden Bridge Local History Archive is open to members of the public on the dates below.Family history course for beginnersHebden Bridge Local History Society will be running a beginners’ family history course from October 2018. The course will cover the records you need to take your English or Welsh ancestry back to around 1840. It will include births, marriages and deaths, censuses, wills, parish registers, military records and much more. It will also cover drawing family trees, sharing information and using the large genealogy databases.It is suitable for complete beginners or anyone who has done a bit of research already. The course will be led by a professional genealogist.Monday evenings 7:30 – 9:30 pm, 1 October – 10 December (with a break for half term)Where: The Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8DGCost: £75 for members of the society and £83 for non-members.If you would like to sign up for the course please contact Anne Mealia, at the Hebden Bridge Local History Societyinfo@evergreenancestry.comHundreds of ‘lost negatives’ shot in the 50s and 60s by pioneering photographer Alice Longstaff have recently come to light. This exhibition previews a selection of the images alongside Nick  Wilding’s film Secretly Pleased (Heroica Theatre’s play about Alice’s life). The exhibition has been curated by The After Alice Project, preserved by Pennine Horizons Digital Archive and is hosted by Pennine Heritage at the Birchcliffe Centre.The exhibition runs from June 23rd to July 1st, 11am to 3pm.  Entry is free.The full collection will be unveiled next year, to accompany the publication of a new book featuring the lost negagtives .For details of other events in the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, please see Hebden Bridge Arts Festival 2018our new exhibition area and shopPlease feel free to pop into the Birchcliffe Centre to have a look at our new exhibition area and shop. We are currently displaying an exhibition featuring artifacts found at Widdop, some of which date back to 6,000BC.We are open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 1pm.Flint blades found near Gorple Reservoir.Part of our exhibition area at Christmas.E-trails and other publications on sale in our shop.Car park resurfacingMany thanks to the Community Foundation for Calderdale for their generous grant to improve accessibility to the Birchcliffe Centre. Our lower car park has now been resurfaced, and marked out into parking bays. It will make a big difference for visitors to the centre.industria art and contemporary photography exhibition 26, 27, 28 August 2017

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