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Moonrakers - Cowling Local History Memories Audio CD's
Moonrakers CD's are prices at £3.00 each or any 2 CD's for £5.00.

David Hoyle - 2 CD - Double Pack is priced at £5.00. Both CD 1 & CD 2 can be supplied as single CD's.

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David Hoyle CD1 + CD2 (Double Pack)
David is a Local Historian & Artist

On the 4th January 2005, David began a session of voice recordings with Moonrakers to capture further history of the village
This is the double CD pack of recordings of David’s memories.

To listen to a sample of CD 1 > Click Here <
Please note: The preview was created to play at Moonrakers events the background music is not on the audio CDs you will receive.
CD 1 - Contains
1. Steam engines, wagons & clogs (4:46)
2. Fried eggs & Banker hands (3:44)
3. Sledging in a coffin (4:45)
4. Royalty (3:53)
5. Churches & Mills (5:37)
6. Hindenburg Airship & Alf Teal Plays (3:03)
7. Snowden’s & Bye Names (8:17)
8. Carr Head (5:40)
9. Broughton Hall Affray (3:43)
10. Recreation & Culture (6:17)
11. Ezra Laycock (1:41)
12. Liberal Club (4:20)
13. The Fun of Fundraising (10:30)
CD 2 - Contains
1. Jollica's Stone Of Broth (12:13)
2. Binn's Steam Engine (12:18)
3. Stairway To Middleton (3:18)
4. Barn Doors & Motorbikes (6:33)
5. Woodland Street Washing Day (3:57)
6. The Vicar Bellows (5:01)
7. Churchill & The Battle For Middleton Spring (4:02)
8. Lizzy's Retribution (3:17)
9. The Whew - Binn's Mill Air Raid Warning (6:15)
10. Air Raid Wardens & Messengers & Shelters (4:15)
11. Police Men (1:41)
12. The Aga Khan's Diamonds (4:12)
Alice Smith - CD
Alice was Cowling Resident & Ickornshaw Methodist Choir Mistress

Alice Died On The 14th April 2007 - Aged 86 Years Old
CD Contains
1. Joining The Choir.
2. The Choir Mistress.
3. The May Festivals.
4. Elijah.
5. Glusburn Choir.
6. Closing Of Ickornshaw.
7. Colne Choir.
Catherine Smith - CD
Catherine is a Cowling Resident & Past Shopkeeper
CD Contains
1. Bar Chapel Youth Club (7:31)
2. Methodist Players (4:17)
3. Laying People Out (3:09)
4. Ratting (2:14)
5. Social Nights & Swithering (2:58)
6. Hatchery & Chicken Masala (4:49)
7. Japanese Sexers (3:10)
8. Political Debates & TV (2:25)
9. The Shift System (2:23)
10. War Evacuees (5:46)
11. The Newspaper Shop (8:04)
12. Byenames (4:01)
13. The Great Snow (3:45)
14. The Shops of Cowling – Part I (7:50)
15. The Shops of Cowling – Part II (6:12)
David Hoyle & Norman Binns - Tales & Cowling Bye-Names - CD
As the village of Cowling grew many of the family names became common throughout the village. As so over a period of time bye-names (nicknames) became a popular way of referring to people.

To explain it from a Cowling point of view on the 24th March 2007 David Hoyle & Norman Binns spent an afternoon with Ken Edgar recording their vocal joint memories of local places and people and Cowling Bye-names.
CD Contains
1 - Introduction.
2 - Paraffin Bread.
3 - Ride An Encyclopaedia.
4 - No Hot Water.
5 - Toffee Apples & Turnips.
6 - Plot Night & Old Tyres.
7 - Number 11 Downing Street.
8 - In Touch With Nature.
9 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 1.
10 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 2.
11 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 3.
12 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 4.
13 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 5.
14 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 6.
15 - Cowling Bye-Names - Part 7.
David Hoyle & Norman Binns - Cowling Shops & Small Businesses in the 1930’s to 1950’s CD
David Hoyle & Norman Binns - Talk About Childhood Memories of Cowling Shops & Small Businesses in the 1930’s to 1950’s

A Printed Shop By Shop Guide Map Is Included Inside The Case With The CD
Map Created & Illustrated By David Hoyle
CD Contains  
1. Benson 'Hey' Poultry
2. Freegate Weaving
3. Berry Joiner
4. Emmott Grocer
5. 'Black Bull' Inn
6. Smithy
7. Pump House
8. Hutchinson Hatchery
9. Hargraves Oatcakes
10. Slaughterhouse
11. Shuttleworth Cobbler
12. Hemmingway Sweets & Baker
13. Smith Butcher
14. Slaughterhouse
15. Cooperative store
16. Various Grocers
17. Waterhouse
18. Snowden Bros Poultry
19. Moorland Grocers
20. Herbalist
21. Hoyle Motor Engineer
22. Smith Plasterer
23. Laycocks Buses
24. Green Butcher
25. Liberal Club
26. Richardson Pharmacy
27. Tate Grocer
28. Scott Newspapers & Antiques
28A. Gott's Builder
29. 'Dan's' Pie & Peas Diner
30. Pickles Confectioner		 31. Smith Confectioner
32. Smith Fish & Chips
33. Cowgill Hatchery
34. Smith Milliner
35. Yorkshire Penny Bank
36. Greenwood Smithy
37. Smith Butcher
38. Carr's Greengrocer
39. Rushton Painter & Decorator
40. Cooperative General Store
41. Shuttleworth Clogs, etc
42. Morehen Clogger
43. Waddington Tailor & Milliner
44. Bancroft Baker
45. Martin's Bank
46. Nelson Greengrocer
47. Bay Horse Stables
48. Springwell Laundry
49. Bay Horse Inn
49A. Emmott & Bradley Joiners
50. Smith Sweets & Baking
50B. Moore Tailor
51. Overend Baker
52. Green Photographer
53. Hallport Grocer & Sweets
54. Redman Fish & Chips
55. Snowden Hatchery & Farm
56. Bannisters Box Shop
57. Post Office
58. Stephenson Hatchery
Press Cuttings - July 2007 - Moonrakers - Cowling Local History Memories Audio CD's

Moonrakers Article - Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Moonrakers Article - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Moonrakers Article - Keighley News
Moonrakers Article - Keighley News

 

We are becoming dialect ‘lummoxes’
Bradford Telegraph and Argus - 16th July 2007

Gert way to preserve Tyke talk.
Keighley News - 19th July 2007
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