SPRINGFIELD House, known colloquially as "T'Owd Gawmless" supposedly through having been built in a "gawmless" spot, was a popular hostelry strategically situated between Ingrow and Cullingworth, Harden and Cross Roads. When its licence was transferred to the new nearby Guide Inn in 1930, it was described as "a meeting place of ramblers, travellers, hunstmen, sportsmen and the hardy but fast-dying race of quarry men."

Mr Desmond Jackson, of Thwaties Brow, has supplied this advertising card of a century or so ago, when Springfield House – "The Inn upon the Hill" – was a venue for outdoor games.

Brassey was a variant of quoits played by pitching round pieces of brass or iron. Assuming that the man in the white apron is a waiter to serve drinks, the photograph must represent some of the inn's amenities – the gun is self-evident, while the man on the right is holding a distinctive stick or bat used for the game of knur and spell.

If the "15 minutes from Ingrow and Cullingworth Stations" means time on foot, the clientele must have been fitter then than it would be now!