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EXCURSION TO FARNLEY HALL. 
An excursion of the members and associates of the Club 
took place on Wednesday, May 27th, when they paid a visit 
to Farnley Hall, near Otley, the residence of Mr. F. H. Fawkes, 
J.P. The party left Bank Top Station shortly before twelve, 
and reached Ilkley by 2 o’clock. From there an exceedingly 
pleasant drive brought the party to Farnley Hall, the road 
being along the river Wharf, through Denton and Askwith. 
By the kind permission of Mr. Fawkes the party were shown 
through the Hall, which is noted for its unique collection of 
Turner pictures and which contains, in addition, a number 
of valuable paintings by eminent artists and a number of 
exceedingly valuable curios and relics connected with the 
names of Oliver Cromwell, Colonel Fairfax, and other generals 
who took part in the Civil War. The party then returned 
to Ilkley along the other side of the river, and tea was par- 
taken of at the Middleton Hotel. An hour and a half was 
then spent in Ilkley itself, after which the party returned to 
Burnley, arriving a little after ten o’clock. The weather 
was gloriously fine and sunny during the whole of the after- 
noon ; the scenery in the Wharf Valley, which would be 
picturesque on the dullest of days, appeared exceedingly 
beautiful in the sunshine which prevailed, and the excursion 
was one of the most enjoyable which the Club has yet taken. 
