Red House Museum has now closed

Red House Museum is now closed permanently. Its last day of opening to the public was Wednesday 21 December 2016. Kirklees Council included the historic building and its upkeep in a money-saving reorganisation of its Museums Service (along with other museums), thus saving itself the official sum of £531,000. The future of the collections (apart from storage) is not clear at the moment.

The Council is now gathering expressions of interest to take over the running of the building. So, if any readers of this blog know of a community-based group or organisation...  here is the link:

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/community-assets/community-asset-transfers.aspx

A reminder - this is what it was like to walk in at opening time on a typical day:

To Walk Invisible - "experts delighted"

Read this terrific write-up from the Keighley News!

There's also another interesting article about James Norton and his non-appearance here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/10/james-norton-makes-surprise-appearance-bbc-bronte-drama-only/

Remember - it's at 9pm on Thursday 29 December - BBC1 - Watch and record to watch again.

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To Walk Invisible - Preview in Hebden Bridge

Chloe Pirrie, Charlie Murphy and Finn Atkins

"Brontë fans in Yorkshire have the opportunity to be part of a very special preview screening of To Walk Invisible, BBC One’s original one-off drama written and directed by multi BAFTA winner Sally Wainwright, which was filmed in and around Yorkshire." This is part of an announcement to be found on a BBC  page which can be found here.

Sally Wainwright will be there too, in conversation with 5 live's Anna Foster, along with Executive Producer Faith Penhale.

Tickets will be allocated by random draw, with three quarters of them going to West Yorkshire postcodes and a quarter going to the rest of the UK. You can register at any time until Monday 21 November, and you can apply for a maximum of two tickets.

The screening is at Hebden Bridge Picture House 6pm Tuesday 13 December.