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A ONCE familiar sight in Rawdon the Primitive Methodist Church on Harrogate Road is now long gone. Built in 1866 it played a central role in the community for more than a century until its closure in 1971.The church, which was close to Littlemoor Primary School, was demolished in 1974 and replaced with housing. Before the chapel was built the area's Primitive Methodists met in a small building in Canada Road, which is now two houses. The Primitive Methodists were a 19th century working class movement.Primitive meant "simple" or "relating to an original stage" and this type of Methodism ...

A baritone finds a safe way choirs can sing together again: over car radios Richard Read Baritone-for-hire David Newman was looking forward to a year of singing gigs. Then, in March, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of a choir in Washington state died, and dozens more fell ill after their two-hour practice became a super-spreader event. Concerts were quickly wiped from calendars around the world. "The piercing irony of having to cancel is that the joy this music brings is what we now as a culture need more than ever," said an email Newman received from Wisc...

Baritone-for-hire David Newman was looking forward to a year of singing gigs. Then, in March, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of a choir in Washington state died, and dozens more fell ill after their two-hour practice became a super-spreader event. Concerts were quickly wiped from calendars around the world. “The piercing irony of having to cancel is that the joy this music brings is what we now as a culture need more than ever,” said an email Newman received from Wisconsin’s Madison Bach Musicians. Advertisement Singing had been the centerpiece of his life. It got...