THIS was how the great barn at East Riddlesden Hall looked on Jubilee Day on May 6, 1935, marking 25 years of the reign of King George V.
Villagers had decorated it and served tea there to residents aged 65 and over.
East Riddlesden Hall had only recently been acquired by the National Trust, thanks to the generosity of Keighley brothers Alderman WA Brigg and County Alderman JJ Brigg.
"I cannot let sentiment interfere with business," a local builder had been quoted as saying in 1933. "I must consider the valuable stone in the house and the surrounding five acres for future building development."
The Brigg brothers had promptly bought hall and grounds and offered them to the National Trust, thereby saving "a distinctive example of Jacobean residential architecture".
Not yet fully prepared for visitors, East Riddlesden Hall was "thrown open to the public at a small charge" on Jubilee Day, when more than 500 took the opportunity to look round.
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