Excerpt from Haworth Past and Present: A History of Haworth, Stanbury Oxenhope

The critic will ask, Why meddle, then? Well, I have this hobby, and it is one that will favourably compare with most hobbies. If this does not disarm him I must plead that each one has his sphere, and that local effusions need all the encouragement they can command. I have pleasure in.

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