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Chapter LXVII. Memorial Window and Font
At a large and influential meeting at the Parish Church it was unanimously agreed that the following should be the memorial to the two dear ladies: —
A window will be placed in the south-west end of the church, with a new font immediately adjoining. A couple of pews will be removed for the purpose, and placed where the old font now stands. The new font will be of white marble, set in a floor of terazza, and will bear the following inscription: “This font was erected by the parishioners and friends to the glory of God and in memory of Catherine Ann, wife of the Rev. H.H. Rose, incumbent of Slaithwaite, who died October 5th, 1904. ‘She hath done what she could.’”
The inscription on the window, the subject of which will be “Faith, Hope and Charity,” would run as follows: “This window was placed by the parishioners and friends to the Glory of God and in memory of Eliza Jane, wife of Mr. W.H. Brook, who died October 17th, 1904. ‘The memory of the just is blessed.’”
The inscription on the old font would be: “This font was placed in the old church during the ministry of the Rev. Robert Meeke. It was transferred to the present building in 1789, and substituted by the present font in 1905.”
Slaithwaite Notes: Past and Present (1905) by John Sugden
- Dedication, Introductions, Etc
- I. Sale of Brook Mills, Etc
- II. Reminiscences
- III. Slaithwaite a Seaport Town
- IV. Gadsbys of Old
- V. Politics (I)
- VI. Varied
- VII. Music
- VIII. Old Slaithwaite: Its Young Workers and Its Homes
- IX. Jacob
- X. A Plucky Fight
- XI. Noted Persons and Conditions
- XII. Then and Now! Reverie and Reminiscence
- XIII. A Policeman's Sad End
- XIV. Politics (II)
- XV. Life's Young Dream Fifty Years Ago
- XVI. Brass Bands
- XVII. Side by Side
- XVIII. Education
- XIX. Sport
- XX. Building Society and Cotton Mill
- XXI. Tabernacle on the Hills
- XXII. An Old Romance of the Colne Valley
- XXIII. The Coronation
- XXIV. Summer in the Valley, Etc
- XXV. A Lingards Tragedy
- XXVI. Honourable Mention
- XXVII. Days of My Youth
- XXVIII. Old Malley
- XXIX. Tom Kirk
- XXX. Bent Ley Silk Mills
- XXXI. D.F.E. Sykes, LL.B
- XXXII. Country Life
- XXXIII. A Lovely Village Lass and her Misfortune
- XXXIV. Courtship and Marriage for the Colne Valley
- XXXV. Sunday Trams
- XXXVI. Success of the Linthwaite Band at Crystal Palace
- XXXVII. Christmas at Slaithwaite - 1902
- XXXVIII. Hunting
- XXXIX. Rival Shows
- XL. Marsden Moor Murders
- XLI. Merry Dale
- XLII. Mossley To-day and in the Days of Old
- XLIII. Old Bookmen
- XLIV. Noted Preachers
- XLV. Manufacturers of Olden Days
- XLVI. Workmen at their Forum
- XLVII. What Lasses Did Fifty Years Ago, and Now
- XLVIII. Johnny, Billy, and Neddy Walker
- XLIX. Variety
- L. An Annual
- LI. Death of Mr. E. Swift: A Friendly Appreciation
- LII. The Political Crisis
- LIII. Conservative Party Prospects
- LIV. What will the Liberals Do?
- LV. What can the Labour Party Do?
- LVI. A National Party
- LVII. Reminiscence of Richard Cobden
- LVIII. Slaithwaite's Progress
- LIX. May Day at Slaithwaite
- LX. Old Folks' Treat at Slaithwaite
- LXI. Deanhead Thump
- LXII. Nothing New
- LXIII. Death of Mrs. W.H. Brook, of Slaithwaite
- LXIV. A Few Selected Letters of Condolence
- LXV. Robert Meeke's Tomb
- LXVI. Local Obituary for 1904
- LXVII. Memorial Window and Font
- LXVIII. Pen and Ink Sketch: Changes in Life
- LXIX. Ye Old Hostelry, or the Red Brook Bogey
- LXX. An Old Slaithwaite Man's Request
- LXXI. Huddersfield Corporation
- LXXII. Mr. Sugden's Retirement