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In 1997 we published the first West Yorkshire Speaker Directory, and it has been updated and re-issued every two years. Since that first book was published a North and then a South edition followed. All three have proved to be a great help to all those speakers finders who have to book speakers for monthly and sometimes weekly meetings. With the books being updated every two years the information they contain is as up to date as it possibly can be. We are always looking for new speakers, if you are interested in being included in the next edition please contact us. These books are priced at £7.99 each which also includes p/p.

The Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens, was nestled in the Walterclough Valley on the outskirts of Halifax. It was the old West Riding of Yorkshire’s nineteenth century equivalent of the present day Alton Towers. The book presents a fascinating collection of 180 archive photographs and personal memories to help the reader look back on a bygone age of Sunday school outings. Being able to visually re-capture the nostalgic days of your own youth, or look back to the days when your grandparents were children and see how they spent their youthful days. This book is priced £12.99 + £2 p/p.

Chris Helme has been involved with the brass-band world for more than fifty years, and his collection draws upon that experience to present a fascinating insight into some of the foremost figures in both their own banding area and from the national scene.

Filled with archive photographs this new book celebrates both the triumph and sadness, local life, band life and community success, as well as national recognition.

What Brass Bands Did For Me will bring back many happy memories for those who have been involved with bands at any level over the years. An essential record of life in the mill towns as it once was, and a triumphant celebration of a community activity that lives on into the twenty-first century, it must be a must-have for every lover of music. This book is priced £12.99 + £2 p/p.

Chris Helme

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