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Old 14-12-2010, 11:15   #21
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Re: Shoulder of Mutton, 6 Cross Edge, Green Haworth

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Originally Posted by JCB View Post
My mother used to tell me about the Mayor of Bedlam .
A man was chosen to be Mayor of Bedlam , and each year he would lead the people of Bedlam in procession to the now disused Methodist Chapel just past the Shoulder .

Yes they were rum buggers up there then .
Picked up on a story where one of the preachers hung himself in the vestry of the Methodist chapel after his sermon of "Do as I say:Not do as I do". Wonder if his inquest was held at the Shoulder ?
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