A postcard photographer setting up his tripod a century or so ago was enough to bring everybody out of their cottages at Scar Top, next to Ponden Reservoir.

Glimpsed on the far right is Scartop Chapel, dating from 1818 when it was an undenominational Sunday School but rebuilt in 1869 and taken over by the Wesleyans. Its charity each June is still a traditional local event.

Notice the homely catering establishment of Metcalfe’s Tea Rooms.

In 1906 Cowling Heaton, who had run what was then the Scar Top Refreshment Rooms, had been first to reach the dying Lily Cove, a young lady parachutist from Haworth Gala, who had unbuckled herself from her parachute during her descent, falling into a nearby field.

“She fell like a cart wheel, turning over once or twice,” had been Cowling Heaton’s vivid description. When he had reached her she was still barely alive. “My good woman,” he had said, “If you can speak, do!” – but she died.

The photograph has been supplied by Daisy Tempest, of Bridge Street, Oakworth.