The project is designed to record the history of Slaithwaite, its people, folklore and legend, and in particular to document the history of Moonraking in the village.

We interviewed as many people as possible during 2005, and recorded the conversations ready for archiving. In addition, the legends and folklore were (and still are being ) researched by all possible means.

Local schools were asked to help with this work, as part of their history project, and an archivist is now employed to oversee the assembly of the information.

This can be collected by anyone who wishes to take part. It should be first of all written down either on paper or stored electronically or recorded on tape. Once written, it can be sent to us by post or email. See the Send it to us page for more information.

When the archive is properly assembled, most of the material will be available on this web site for the world to see.

None of this would be possible if it were not for the finance provided by the Heritage Lottery fund, (HLF) who have kindly provided us with a grant that covers 92% of the cost. For more information on HLF, click on their logo to the left of this page.

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