HAINWORTH Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School used to celebrate its anniversary – colloquially its "charity" – on the third Sunday in June, when if the weather was fine, services were held outside on the green. Here is an evocative Edwardian occasion, when straw hats were fashionable.
More than 20 years ago a former worshipper recalled Hainworth's between-the-wars charities: "All the men carried forms from the chapel on to the green. A temporary pulpit was fixed to the gate and the harmonium pulled to the doorway."
On Hainworth Charity Sunday "the tiny village was full to overflowing, the sound of the hymns sailing lustily over the hills. It was so uplifting and satisfying. Everyone had 'company'. Tables in all houses had best tablecloths and tea sets filled with homemade bread and cakes."
In 1930 more than 800 attended the evening service.
Both Hainworth photographs have been supplied by Barbara Archer, of North Dean Avenue, Keighley.
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