At Cliffe Ash in Golcar near Huddersfield lies a museum which brings history to life for people of the Colne Valley
Volunteers Anne Hodge and Linda Eastwood in Mrs Pearson's living room, at The Colne Valley Museum in Golcar near Huddersfield, photographed for The Yorkshire Post by Tony Johnson
Colne Valley Museum, a Grade II listed building, is housed in cottages built in the 1840s by a family of independent cloth manufacturers, the Pearsons, whose relatives still live in Golcar. These cottages, named Spring Rock by James and Sally Pearson, were built into the steep hillside, having the traditional entrance for the lower rooms, like our modern front doors, and an entrance to the top floor at the rear of the cottages.Following the death of James Pearson, Spring Rock continued as a family home until 1910, when the end cottage was taken over by the Golcar Socialist Club.
From this, the Colne Valley Museum was formed, and the two adjacent cottages were acquired, one being donated by the Yeadon family.
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