THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

Thomas HAIGH (1858-1925)

Sarah HAIGH (1866-1934)

Harry HAIGH (1903-1956)

All three were closely associated with Wainsgate, and are buried in plot B264a. Thomas Haigh was Church Secretary for 21 years and Sunday School teacher and Superintendent for almost 50 years. His wife Sarah (born Bancroft) was a Sunday School teacher for many years, and their son Harry was associated with the Sunday School throughout his life, as scholar, teacher and Superintendent. The chapel clock has a plaque ‘In appreciation of services rendered by Harry Haigh 1931–1956’. Harry was a keen cricketer, and there is a bench dedicated to him at Old Town cricket club. Framed photographs of all three are displayed at Wainsgate.

Harry Haigh

Eddison SUNDERLAND (1893-1925)

The only child of Thomas and Sarah Sunderland, before the war he was employed as a cotton weaver, and from 1915 to 1918 served with the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. In 1922 he married Sarah Elizabeth Greenwood, and died in 1925 at Heath Royd Nursing Home, Halifax, aged 32. He is buried with his parents in plot F800/801, the plot marked by an imposing polished black granite obelisk. He is also commemorated with a small brass plaque in the chapel and a framed photograph displayed at Wainsgate.

Hannah HARGREAVES (1863-1918)

Daughter of Richard and Mary Hargreaves, she probably lived in Wainsgate Lane for her entire life. She never married, and worked as a fustian tailoress. At the end of her life she was living alone in Wainsgate Lane, her parents, brother and sister having predeceased her: all of them are buried in plot A399 at Wainsgate.

The framed photograph of Hannah displayed at Wainsgate is inscribed ‘For 30 years a Faithful Teacher in this Sunday School’.

Ethelbert REDMAN (1880-1918)

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Martha HARWOOD

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James Hervey HORSFALL (1890-1917)

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