LAND MARK: Honley enjoying fun and games.(Features) From: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) | Date: April 22, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

HONLEY Show was and is an annual event, lasting just one weekend.

But fun all year round was to be had at Hope Bank Pleasure Ground, the brainchild of entrepreneur - and insurance salesman - John Mellor.

The pleasure grounds, on a 30-acre site now occupied by Brook Motors, were converted from a wilderness in 1895 and ran until 1955.

It's hard to imagine, but at their peak, in 1948, they drew crowds of up to 50,000 a time, a number nearly five times t...