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The town
of Holmfirth has achieved fame as the centre of "Last of
the Summer Wine" country. Visitors flock here every year
to follow the footsteps
of Compo, Clegg and Foggy visiting Sid's Cafe and the "Wrinkled
stocking Tea Room" in Compo's bedroom below Nora Batty's
steps.
Holmfirth itself
is an attractive town of steep, narrow alleys, cobbled lanes,
weavers' cottages and handsome old mills. It sits at the confluence
of the Holme and the Ribble, the cotton mills crowding the riverside.
The river Holme bursts it's banks when the Pennine snows melt
too quickly and Holmfirth has witnessed three devestating floods.
The 18thC Holy Trinity Church was rebuilt after the 1777 flood
as an attractive Georgian "preaching Box" with galleries
on 3 sides and painted blue and white.
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