If Farsley were a character in a story, what kind of person would they be?

Old. Wise. Someone with a lot of history.

I think they’d be very friendly, warm, fun sociable. A kind person – doesn’t matter which sex. It’s so diverse is Farsley, it could be any age. It’s like what they say about Disneyland. You can be 0 – 99 to enjoy Disneyland and Farsley’s the same.

An old man in a flat cap with a whippet and a woolly jumper – or a lady with a shawl and clogs, running down the hill to get to the Mill on time.

The kind of person who knows the difference between a snicket and a ginnel – someone who knows what a winterhedge is. That’s a clothes airer. They used to hang clothes on the hedges in the Summer but in the Winter it was too damp so they put them on the winterhedge indoors.

Independent. Basically, Farsley people don’t like being controlled. There’s a lot of non-conformist churches for example. They dissented St John’s being built because they thought it would take away their independence. They tried to get subscriptions but they only got ten pounds! I was told that when it was being built the workmen would leave for the night and the locals would come in and take down the stones that they’d been putting up!

It’d be a big warm friendly person. It doesn’t matter about male or female – they’d be like Pudsey Bear or someone like that – someone big and cuddly!

Schizophrenic – is that the word we use now? Or bi-polar. Moving away from its working-class roots. Someone going up in the world.

A Mill -Owner. It’s more male than female. It has a bit of the old working class about it though. It’s a little old-fashioned. That’s not a bad thing but it’s how I see it, as an outsider.

A warm, welcoming person. Interested in you – nosey but you’d feel safe. A bit like Santa Claus. It’s a community. You’d feel embraced by them. If you’d got a problem, you wouldn’t have it for long.

It would be Edwin Woodhouse – A Victorian Crotchety Mill Owner. He represented the liberals in Headingley.

A traditional Yorkshire bloke, who’s suddenly got into Cappucino. He’s moved on from Nescafé.

It’d be a man. Probably be fairly solid and down to earth, but with a sense of humour. And caring – there’s quite a big sense of community here.

Really good-hearted, slightly introverted, quite conservative and a bit suspicious, but open when they warm up to you. A bit like Prince William maybe.