https://www.penninehorizons.org/files/original/cfb74c7c7a0c4e77c7ba2817059b0a83.jpg 3ed0a8986206d44a795adbdd3497ad07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice Longstaff - Gallery collection Subject The topic of the resource Classic images of Hebden Bridge and district. Description An account of the resource Alice Longstaff (née Speak) (d. 1992 aged 85) was a remarkable lady. Born at Little Lear Ings farm in Heptonstall on May 16 1907, she started work at 14 years old, in September 1921, as apprentice photographer at the Westerman Studio, 25 West End, Hebden Bridge. Crossley Westerman had established the studio in 1890; on his death in 1918 his daughter Ada took over the business, and it was Ada who trained the young apprentice. Alice remained there for the next 70 years. In 1935 she and her family bought the business, and her brother Clement became the framer and darkroom technician, until he died in 1963. In 1935 Alice married John Longstaff who joined the business as picture framer when Clement died, and they continued to work together until her death in 1992. 0ne of the most frequently-asked questions about the Longstaff Collection is why was it named after Alice, when so many of the photographs in the archive are credited to her predecessor Crossley Westerman? Alice's Album - The Story of a Hebden Bridge Photographer's Studio, has the answer and much more! Copies are still available from local bookshops and online from Hebweb. This 68-page high quality soft-back lavishly illustrated with photographs in colour, sepia and black and white, it tells the story not only of Alice but of Crossley Westerman and his daughter, Ada, too, without whom there would be no collection. Founder of the studio in the early 1890s, Crossley Westerman could have had little inkling of the amazing retailing tradition he had set in motion, ending only with the death, 100 years later, of Alice Longstaff who took over in 1935. It's amazing enough for a business to survive for around a century but for it to be in the hands of only three proprietors makes for a fascinating story which "Alice's Album" tells from beginning to end. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Pennine Horizons Digital Archive Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Longstaff and her predecessors. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Pennine Horizons Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1890 - ca. 1990 Language A language of the resource English (U.K.) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire Type The nature or genre of the resource Documentary Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ALC Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stoodley Pike - ALC00831 Subject The topic of the resource Stoodley Pike Description An account of the resource This eye-catching monument on the Pennine Way stands nearly 1,400 feet above sea level and some 120 feet high on the crest of a windswept hill. It was erected to commemorate the surrender of Paris to the Allied Armies in March 1814: during the Napoleonic Wars the export of cloth was greatly hampered and there was also a genuine fear of a French invasion. Paid for by public subscription, it was completed in 1815, the year of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo. It collapsed in 1854, a fact linked by the superstitious with the outbreak of the Crimean War, but in reality it was struck by lightening. The monument was rebuilt to the design of a local architect, James Green, as an obelisk on a square base. A lightening conductor was added to the structure in 1889.. The weathered inscription reads: STOODLEY PIKE. A BEACON MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. COMMENCED IN 1814 TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF PARIS TO THE ALLIES AND FINISHED AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO WHEN PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1815. BY A STRANGE COINCIDENCE THE PIKE FELL ON THE DAY THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR LEFT LONDON BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF WAR WITH RUSSIA IN 1854. WAS REBUILT WHEN PEACE WAS RESTORED IN 1856. RESTORED AND LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR FIXED 1889. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pennine Horizons Digital Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Pennine Horizons Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection Relation A related resource Pennine Horizons Digital Archive Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TIFF file 8-bit Language A language of the resource English (U.K.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Documentary photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ALC00831.tif Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource No date yet Stoodley Pike