Today Sarah and Gill are joined by local author and folklore expert John Billingsley. We'll be asking what does folklore actually mean, which stories do we remember and pass on and which stories do we forget; and what does that mean for folklore. John will also spin us some folk tale yarns from Calderdale including the story of Devil's Rock. 

In our first podcast Sarah and Gill will be talking about window breaking, bribery, corruption and power at the 1835 election in Halifax. 

You can view the poll book from the 1835 election and Benjamin Wilson's Struggles of an Old Chartist at our online visual archive Weaver to Web. https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw

Welcome to History Out Loud, Chat from the Stacks, a brand new podcast from Calderdale Libraries. Join Gill Carpenter and Sarah Rose as we delve deep into our local studies collection.

Our first episode is out on Friday 19th March 2021 and will be looking at the 1835 Halifax election. 

Welcome to History Out Loud; Chat From the Stacks, a brand new podcast from Calderdale Libraries. Join Gill Carpenter, and me Sarah Rose as we delve deep into our local studies collection to discuss topics that have grabbed our attention.

We'll be talking all about window breaking, bribery and corruption at the 1835 election and we'll be talking about Sylvia Plath's time in Calderdale.

We also have a fantastic line up of guests including John Billingsley who will be spinning us some folk tale yarns and Angela Clare who will be talking all things Anne Lister and Shibden Hall.

Our first episode is out on Friday 19th March 2021