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Queensbury TimesQueensbury TimesQueensbury TimesQueensbury Times September 2010
Delivered free, each month, to 2,500 households in the village.
Featuring John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills
Community Magazine and Business Directory
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Queensbury born business man, Michael
Binns, launched his own company this year
with over 10 years experience in the trade.
His vision is to provide “old fashioned
quality at old fashioned prices”.
Picture Perfect draws on over 20 years
experience of local fitters and builders
within the Queensbury area.
With key contacts in the industry the com-
pany is able to supply quality products at
competitive prices.
The business is based at the Black Dyke
Mills on Brighouse Road, a location Mi-
chael is more than familiar with having
started out there as an apprentice Warp
Twister in 1977.
Michael’s competitive nature has led him
to join many sports teams in the past in-
cluding the Wheatsheaf and Halfway
House football teams, Queensbury rugby
league and Union Croft cricket team.
Today he is Captain of the local Queens-
bury Golf Club.
Picture Perfect not only provides bespoke
designs for conservatories, windows and
doors (with no obligation quotations) but
also assistance with planning applications.
As a member of Certass, all installations
are backed by an independent insurance
guarantee (in addition to the company
guarantee) and comply with current Build-
ing Regulations.
Unit 27, Black Dyke Mills, Brighouse Road, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 1QA
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Welcome to Queensbury TimesWelcome to Queensbury TimesWelcome to Queensbury TimesWelcome to Queensbury Times
WELCOME to the very first edition of Queensbury Times, a new independent community magazine and business direc-
tory.
This is a monthly magazine for the com-munity to share exciting news and views
and local community events.
In this issue we feature the history of John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills built
between 1825 and 1898.
Also the controversial Hazelhurst quarry
development.
Business features include Picture Perfect
(opposite).
Check out the Club and Events pages. Like to sing? Then join the Queensbury
Singers (p11).
Interested in art? Then why not visit the
local art exhibition in September (p10)
Queensbury Times would love to hear from you so please forward your local
events, news and views.
Community Events and Clubs are adver-
tised at no cost.
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web site or posted to you on request.
Look forward to hearing from you!
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Editor: Margaret Patrick
Published by: Queensbury Times
20 Hainsworth Moor Crescent, BD13 2LZ Phone 01274 477680
Issue 1 Issue 1 Issue 1 Issue 1
Contents
Picture Perfect .................................p 2 The History of Foster’s Mill ............p 7 Hazelhurst Quarry Development....p 5 Events.............................................p10 Clubs................................................p11
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Lil’ Mikey’s big brother, Oscar, is doing a Fun Run for his school. It is three miles
in total and Oscar, having just completed the first two miles, is two-thirds of the
way there. As he runs past his mum and dad and Lil’ Mikey, who are all cheering
him on, he looks a little distressed. He is not finding it much fun any more; he has
seen the time and worked out that he is only averaging four miles an hour. He
wanted to average six miles an hour to beat his Personal Best – so he tells himself
he must go a bit faster no matter how worn out he is.
How fast will Oscar have to run the final mile in order to get his average speed for
the whole Fun Run up to six miles per hour?
Lil’ Mikey’s MindbenderLil’ Mikey’s MindbenderLil’ Mikey’s MindbenderLil’ Mikey’s Mindbender The Not-So-Fun Run
As the Fun Run is three miles long, if his overall speed was six miles per hour he would do the whole
run in thirty minutes. However, it has taken him thirty minutes to run the first two miles at four miles
an hour, so he would have to run the final mile in 0 minutes… so no matter how fast he runs, he
would not increase his average speed to six miles per hour, not even with an Olympic sprint!
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Hazelhurst Quarry DevelopmentHazelhurst Quarry DevelopmentHazelhurst Quarry DevelopmentHazelhurst Quarry Development On Friday 23rd July Councillor Michael Walls joined a group of Queensbury residents who are organising themselves to speak out against proposed develop-
ment at Hazelhurst Quarry.
Developers are believed to be planning over 140 houses on the site and they obviously think that Queensbury’s roads, schools and other facilities have got the
capacity to take it!
Residents, however, think that the developers have no idea of the pressure local roads are under – they didn’t even bother invit-ing residents who don’t overlook the site to the original consulta-tion event – and feel that their opinions, and knowledge of the local conditions, should be taken
into account.
The group met at the Omnibus pub in Ambler Thorn to gauge the strength of local feeling and
were delighted to have at least
100 people turn up.
In fact there were so many peo-ple that it was decided to hold a further, more formal, meeting to
better plan the group’s response.
The planning application is ex-pected to be made in mid-August. At this point the No Quarry Build group will be sub-mitting as many detailed objec-
tions as possible.
If you would like to know more about the group or to join in op-posing this development please
contact them:-
Email :
Facebook:
http://tinyurl.com/3a42ros
(Article kindly provided by the No Quarry Build Group).
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The Industrial Revolution
In the early to mid 19th century mechanisa-
tion of the textile industry was rapidly in-
creasing.
As a result, woollen and worsted manufac-
turers were able to make the transition
from domestic based processes to larger
scale factory based processes.
John Foster who, by the early to mid
1830’s employed approximately 700 hand
loom weavers, was no exception:
• He had already mechanised the spin-
ning process by renting a mill & install-
ing his own machinery and employing
40 spinners in the Great Horton area.
• The demand for cloth was increasing
rapidly.
• John Foster decided to consolidate his
business by bringing all his worsted
processes together at one site, partly to
reduce the overhead, but also to accom-
modate other mechanised processes,
e.g. power loom weaving.
• By this time Foster was financially se-
cure and, following his marriage to
Ruth Briggs, Foster had sufficient land
available for building
a mill complex.
• He also owned valu-
able resources such as
coal and clay.
• Other resources such
as stone and sand were available locally
as well.
The Building of the Black Dyke Mills
Building started in January 1835. Sand was
carted from Illingworth Moor; timber was
purchased from a company in Leeds and
lime was purchased in Bradford.
Stone for the walls, flagging the ground
floors and roof tiles was obtained from
local quarries.
Although initially just a spinning mill, an
engine, chimney and warehouse were built
to facilitate the spinning process and stor-
age of wool.
In 1836 Foster installed the first power
looms leading to an increasing demand for
spun yarn and in turn more demand for
power.
A painting of the Black Dyke Mills in 1842
shows that after only seven years the mill
complex had expanded considerably. There
were:
• Three mill chimneys instead of one.
• Additional buildings to the south of the
complex, two and three storeys high.
Two of the buildings, one a mill, each had
three windows at the gable end in a distinc-
tive, but very simplistic Venetian style.
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Initial expansion of the
Black Dyke Mills
A later painting in 1848 shows further ex-
pansion of the mill and two significant
changes:
• Addition of a five storey spinning mill
(with additional roof space, indicated
by the windows and door at the gable
end)
• A new entrance to the mill yard.
The new mill entrance alluded to a Roman
triumphal arch, similar to a structure built
in St. Andrea, Mantua in 1472.
Also very simplistic Venetian windows
flanked the arch.
A painting in 1851 shows the mill complex
had expanded again.
Two new warehouses appear to have re-
placed the two smaller buildings to the
south of the large shed mill.
A plan of the Black Dyke Mill in 1854
shows the weaving and combing sheds not
visible on any of the paintings and the lay-
out of the mill in more detail.
Although the site was clearly designed to
facilitate the manufacture of worsted cloth,
its expansion in a piece-meal fashion meant
that not all processes seamlessly followed
each other:
In 1854 there was a dry house next to the
‘old boiler house’ – probably an indoor
tenter frame.
Across the yard from the dry house were
two large wool warehouses and these
probably stored the washed wool prior to
the preparatory wool combing process,
which appeared to take place on the north
side of the mill next to the weaving sheds.
A small piece warehouse was situated adja-
cent to the large weaving shed (‘old shed’)
and suggests finished cloth was stored
there.
The Spinning Mill
Mills were generally designed to provide
an uninterrupted workspace however the
plan shows that the spinning mill was di-
vided into two areas (in an approximately
6:4 ratio).
This suggests that the original use of the
mill may have been partly for storage (the
smaller area) and partly for spinning. This
was quite common in specialised spinning
mills at that time.
As production increased the mill space
needed to expand. Therefore the new wool
warehouses were built to free up the mill
space being used for storage.
The movement of goods and raw materials
took place internally initially. In the 1848
painting no external staircase was visible.
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The 1854 plan shows the addition of an
external circular staircase, required proba-
bly as a result of the increased flow of ma-
terials through the mill.
This design would also not have en-
croached on valuable workspace within the
mill.
New technology
By 1868 the mill complex had almost dou-
bled in size.
The most striking change was the consoli-
dation of the three mill chimneys into one.
By 1848 Foster had taken advantage of
recent innovative technology known as
compounding or ‘McNaughting’.
This technology combined with the rotative
motion of a beam engine meant that enor-
mous power output was possible.
A comparison of the 1854 & 1868 site
plans show:
• Change of boiler house location to
south west side of site.
• A new mill, about the same size as the
original, had been built into which a
new engine house had been incorpo-
rated providing 2-100 horsepower.
• The two original engine houses remain
(25 & 65 horsepower), but their boiler
houses and chimneys have been re-
moved.
• This suggests that all the engine houses
were in use providing up to 185 horse-
power.
The new chimney was taller than the origi-
nals and built to withstand high winds by
using a common local octagonal design
which provided less resistance to the wind.
In October’s issue part 2 of this article
looks at the introduction of fire-
proofing, privies and the elegant facade
that still adorns the high street today.
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Bibliography:
Giles, Colum and Goodhall, Ian H. (1992)
Yorkshire Textile Mills, London: HMSO.
Sigsworth, Eric. (1958) Black Dyke Mills.
A History, Liverpool University Press.
- N.B. there is a copy of this very engaging
book in the Local History reference sec-
tion of the Queensbury Library. It contains
the plans and paintings referred to in this
article (which for copyright reasons can’t
be reproduced here).
Summerson, John. (1980) The Classical
Language of Architecture, London:
Thames & Hudson Ltd.
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LOCAL ARTISTS PLEASE NOTE!
West End Methodist Church in Queens-
bury is to host an Art Exhibition in
September at which all items are available
for purchase.
On Friday 10th September from 7 pm until
9 pm there will be a Preview Supper for
exhibitors and guests. Admission to this is
by ticket only.
Special guests at that supper are Geoffrey
Knight FIGA BWS and Mrs Denise Ouk-
haba BA.
The exhibition is open to the public from: - 10 am until 4.30 pm on Saturday 11th
- 12 noon until 4.30 pm on Sunday 12th
Admission is free and light lunches and
refreshments are available on both days.
Tickets for the preview supper (£1.50) and
application forms for submission of items
are available from Joan Batty Tel: 01274
410192.
(Application forms for submission are also
available from Picture This, 33 Chapel
Street, Queensbury, tel: 01274 814357).
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QUEENSBURY SINGERS
A new community choir for
Queensbury
We are a small, friendly, informal choir –
recently formed in Queensbury.
We meet every Friday at the Baptist
Chapel on Chapel Street from 7 - 9pm.
We sing all sorts – folk, pop, show songs,
world music, jazz, sacred and gospel (the
group is non-religious).
There are about 26 of us – all ages – and
we want to attract more members.
We don’t audition! If you love singing –
that’s all that matters. Come along and
give it a try.
Contact us by
email [email protected]
or
mobile. 07882 657 072.
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Meets every first Friday of the month at
14.00 in Victoria Hall.
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September marks the start of Autumn and, as the leaves begin to turn, it’s time to start preparing the
garden for the winter ahead...
Round the GardenRound the GardenRound the GardenRound the Garden
You can’t garden by the calendar. Seasons
vary year on year and by region. Spring
arrives later and autumn earlier in Scotland
than it does on the south coast of England.
As the date of the first frost could be after
November 30th or earlier than October 1st,
September is the best time to begin autumn
preparations. The great Geoff Hamilton
said that he always erred on the side of
pessimism with the weather as it seemed
the safest bet!
Here are some of the most important au-
tumnal garden tasks…
This is the time of year to plant new shrubs
and trees. The soil is still warm and they’ll
be poised to sprout early the following
spring.
Take a look at your perennials. Are there
clumps that have grown too large for the
space? Lift them gently with a garden fork
and divide them into two or three. Use
these to fill any gaps you have or swap
them with a fellow gardener for something
different.
Depending on your location you may be
able to stop mowing the lawn. Once you
do, spike it all over and rake out the moss.
You could brush a mixture of two parts
sharp sand and one part fine compost over
the top. This improves the rooting area of
the lawn, fills any hollows and aids drain-
age.
Generally tidy up and remove weeds, an-
nuals and fallen leaves.
Cut down perennials that have finished
flowering. Don’t be too enthusiastic
though. Some grasses and flowers produce
lovely seed heads which look magical on
frosty mornings and provide food for gar-
den birds.
If you have a pond, now is the time to
clean it out and cover it with netting to
prevent leaves falling in.
Consider buying a compost bin if you don’t
have one. The autumn tidy up will provide
lots of material to compost. If you have a
lot of fallen leaves, don’t waste them.
Gather them up (avoiding those with black
spots or mildew), put them in a perforated
dustbin liner and leave them somewhere
sheltered. In the spring you’ll have lovely,
nutritious leaf mould to dig into your soil.
If you have a greenhouse, start closing it at
night. I keep a pot of fresh herbs in mine so
I can pick them through the winter. Parsley
and mint are particularly suitable.
Finally, pot up some early spring flowering
bulbs. It will give you something to look
forward to throughout the winter months.
Hopefully we still have a few more warm
weeks ahead of us yet but, by putting some
work in now, you can relax when the tem-
perature drops in the knowledge that your
garden is all prepared.
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Name a British dish. Roast beef and Yorkshire
pudding? Shepherds’ pie? Spotted dick? Now
ask your child to name a traditional British
dish. Can they?
In recent years we have become a multi-cultural
society and we’ve happily adopted pasta from
Italy, curry from India and noodles from China.
Whilst we should be proud of the fact that
we’ve welcomed and assimilated these new
tastes, we seem to be in danger of forgetting or
ignoring our own national and regional dishes.
It’s a sad fact that many school children (and
almost as many adults) have little or no knowl-
edge of our culinary heritage in spite of it being
rich and varied.
British Food Fortnight exists to put British food
firmly in the spotlight. It aims to encourage us
to enjoy fresh, seasonal produce and regional
dishes. To this end it takes place during harvest
time, which is the traditional time for celebrat-
ing food. This year it also has the additional aim
of helping our children to discover all that’s
wonderful about British food.
The theme is Are you cooking it? Many schools
are participating with the aim of teaching chil-
dren how to prepare simple meals from fresh,
seasonal ingredients.
British Food FortnightBritish Food FortnightBritish Food FortnightBritish Food Fortnight 18th September – 3rd October
There is even a prize for the school which incor-
porates cooking into the curriculum in the most
innovative way.
High street shops, farm shops and delicatessens
will also be joining in, stocking British produce
and running tasting sessions and cookery dem-
onstrations.
One exciting move is the commitment of 3,000
cooks and chefs across the country to go into
schools to help teachers organise practical cook-
ery events. A similar project has run success-
fully across the Channel for several years with
French chefs going into schools to teach the
values behind Gallic cuisine.
With global warming rarely out of the news
these days it’s reassuring to know that buying
locally farmed, seasonal produce is the most eco
-friendly choice too. It’s comforting to know
that by buying British we’re doing our bit to
save the planet.
During British Food Fortnight:
Visit a local farmers’ market. Discover your
local farm shop. Sign up to a local vegetable
box scheme. Visit your local butcher. Shop for
and cook at least one traditional or regional dish
with your children. Visit a participating restau-
rant or pub and try a British dish you’ve never
tried before.
For more information visit
www.britishfoodfortnight.co.uk
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