Born: 1 June 1874, RastrickDied: 24 November 1956, Halifax Infirmary (aged 82) John Jagger was the builder and contractor responsible...
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Illustrations by Jane Horton
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Welcome to the Slawit SHOP! Archive Website.
This is where our 18-month Heritage Lottery funded project concludes, celebrating 100 years of the eight shops on Carr Lane. Together, they mark a century since the building was completed in 1925.
Click on the shops above to step through the doors of the last 100 years of each shop’s history — celebrating their past, showcasing their present, and preserving their future.
Click on the shops above to step through the doors of the last 100 years of each shop’s history — celebrating their past, showcasing their present, and preserving their future.
Creative response
Local musician Belinda O’Hooley is a pianist, singer and songwriter from the Colne Valley. She’s also an actor, recently appearing as DCS Liz Thornton in the BAFTA-winning TV drama Happy Valley.
Belinda is best known as one half of O’Hooley & Tidow with her wife Heidi Tidow. Together they’ve been nominated four times for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and wrote the theme song for the BBC/HBO series Gentleman Jack.
Rooted in the Colne Valley, Belinda has written a brand-new song inspired by Slawit and the Parade — a real labour of love celebrating a place and tradition close to her heart. Expect something a little bit different, with her trademark left-field twist.
“Exquisite” ★★★★★ – The Guardian
“Dense, complex, beautifully performed.” ★★★★ – Songlines
About the Project
Slawit SHOP! is a community-led heritage project celebrating 100 years of the Carr Lane Parade shops in Slaithwaite — a row of eight shops that have been at the heart of village life for a century.
Inspired by the 40th anniversary of the Moonraking Festival in 2025, when Carr Lane Parade was lit up as part of the celebrations, the project set out to explore a parade of shops and stories: the people, trades and memories that have shaped this unique place since it was built in the 1920s.
Historical Overview
A Century on Carr Lane: The Life of a Village Parade 1925–2025
If you walk down Carr Lane today, you’re not just popping to the shops.
You’re walking through a hundred years of Slaithwaite history —
and the story of a family named Jagger who laid the foundations for everything you see here.
Articles
Mystery inhabitants of Carr Lane 1925 – 1939
Below is a list of occupants compiled from the electoral registers from 1925 to 1939 (1938 is missing from ancestry...
Learn moreCarr Lane Widening — Colne Valley Guardian, 28 November 1924
An article describing Slaithwaite Council’s plans to widen Carr Lane and the auction of properties that would become the new...
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Designed by Simon Kenworthy (Known Aim)
The Watershed
Slaithwaite Moonraking