“VILLAGES OF CALDERDALE BY AIR”

Pathways Productions latest film which has been released on November 1^st on our website www.pathwaysvideo.co.uk is an aerial look at 15 villages in Calderdale along with local historical facts about each village.

Long time producer and cameraman Peter Thornton has reverted to be the script writer and presenter and along with his wife Judith and drone operator Mark Sykes have come up with a new look at Calderdale.

The film begins in Portsmouth and Cornholme near Todmorden on the western edge of Calderdale with Peter walking the route informing the viewer of local historical facts about each village, Mankinholes and Lumbutts follow with a flight around Stoodley Pike.

The ancient village of Heptonstall is next on the west to east journey followed by Peter’s birthplace village of Midgley bringing back memories from his childhood, Luddenden which is tucked away in the valley is a beautiful old village and then Cragg Vale famous for the “Coiners” is the next village on our route.

Flying over Baitings and Ryburn reservoirs we visit Rishworth and Ripponden travelling the short distance between the villages by dodging trees on the overgrown railway line using the drone.

Stainland village is found on the hilltop near the boundary with Kirklees and extends down to Holywell Green where another extinct rail line is exposed, Boothtown near Halifax has All Souls Church and the famous Percy Shaw and his Cats Eyes, we visit the factory.

Southowram on the hill above Halifax is a very large village where quarrying has been extensive over the years, Marshalls still dominate the area.

Across the Shibden Valley we come to Northowram and a look at Peter’s home village which takes us via Stone Chair to our final village of Shelf on the Eastern boundary of Calderdale.

This is a complete change of working for Peter who founded Pathways Productions with Ray Riches in 2001, this is the 19^th film in the “Collection” and sees Peter taking centre stage instead of ground camera operator which he has passed over to his wife Judith.

Mark Sykes is a well known aerial photographic drone operator and has stepped into the Pathways team with some fantastic footage, he may be contacted on Facebook at his address

Facebook.com/MarkSykesAerialPhotography