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Chapter LXXII. Mr. Sugden's Retirement
November, 1904.
The Mayor proposed a resolution, thanking the retiring aldermen for their services, and said that Alderman Sugden and Alderman Whitehead, whose places they had filled that morning, gave many years of service on the council with zeal and energy in many directions and assiduity in serving the public in many capacities. He thought it would not be fitting if they did not place on record their sense of the value of their services and regret at their close.
The Deputy Mayor seconded, and said that Alderman Sugden had been a colleague of his for a long series of years, and he was always able to look forward to assistance from him. The same remarks, to some extent, applied to Alderman Whitehead. He was sure the town would heartily appreciate the services they had rendered.
Councillor Beaumont, in supporting the motion, said that Alderman Sugden had deserved well of his town, and he had been treated in a most scandalous manner for conscience’ sake. It was a shame that the Liberal party in that council had kicked him out of the aldermanic bench that day. Mention had been made of his work in regard to the waterworks question. That was only one instance of his many services. He acted in a straightforward and conscientious manner in all he did, and the reward was that the Radical party in the council had deliberately kicked him out, and that, too, at a time when death had taken his daughter from him and he was suffering from his bereavement. His reason for speaking was to emphasise the disgraceful way in which the Radical party treated good servants.
[The above is copied from the proceedings of the Council, with which the author had no concern, and expresses no opinion thereon but one of gratitude to his yet numerous friends, who have been constant in their devotion, and ever faithful. May this continue until and at the last lap, and there comfort and sustain at the end.]
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