Folklore in Todmorden

A day out in Todmorden, visiting the Folklore Centre there.  This was partly a trip on behalf of the national Folklore Society, for which Richard does some voluntary work. But we were both curious about the centre anyway, and Richard had already met the woman who coordinates it. 
I'm not sure what I expected.  In the event, what we found was a friendly and inviting former shop/industrial building on the main street, complete with a cafe, a library and shelves of secondhand books for sale.  While we were there quite a few people came in and out, combining some book-browsing with a coffee or an early lunch. So the centre seems to be meeting a need for somewhere convivial to meet and chat, as well as for people with more focused interests in folklore.  There's a bit more information here: https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/
For part of its earlier life, the building housed a daily Todmorden newspaper. The remains of some of its pages can be seen, stuck to one of the internal walls (extra).

I had  started the day by listening to BBC reports about the Israeli government planning to move Palestinians out of Rafah and into "camps" that would be built somewhere else in the ravaged Gaza strip.  This would enable the Israeli army to invade Rafah, the reports said.  This language of "camps", in the mouths of Israeli spokesmen, was utterly chilling. I see from a later report on the BBC website that these spokesmen are now referring to "humanitarian islands" instead, for the forcibly displaced and now-starving Palestinian people; a twist that Orwell could have invented.  The BBC report seems to revolve entirely around Israeli perspectives; there are references to Palestinians as being in need of aid, but there is no acknowledgement of any Palestinian voices.  Any prospect of an equitable two-state solution seems to have vanished for ever.