Sowerby Bridge Day

Today started and finished with Sowerby Bridge

For lunch we met a friend at The Moorings situated on Sowerby Bridge Canal Wharf [ or Basin, depends on choice of name ]

For many years we leased the site from British Waterways and started its restoration as our main Canal Tourism Centre in the area.

Shire Cruisers Ltd Canal Holiday Hire, was our venture and now sold on a great success.

The Moorings was the first Pub Restaurant to be opened at the Wharf and has recently undergone a refurbishment and with is new Menu's is attracting a lot of custom.

In the sun one can sit outside bt we prefer to sit where we look out onto the Canal and the view to Wainhouse Tower, a main attraction in the area.

To finish today I went to the monthly lecture of the Halifax Antiquarian Society which was on the history of Sowerby Bridge Town Hall, opened in 1856 by Sir Henry Edwards, with a Masonic Ceremony.

The Hall part was demolished some years ago to become the Car Park for Lloyds Bank which remains in the building as well as the retained Clock Tower, a prominent feature when crossing the Bridge over the River Calder.

The illustrated lecture was given by local historian David Cliff who has also published a book of old photographs of the Town.