Otley Courthouse

Today is our heritage open day. Come along between 10am-4pm to learn all about Otley Courthouse in this year's theme #Peoplepower Entry is free @heritageopenday

Friday at 5 is our whats on guide @heritageopenday @BoxTaleSoup @OtleyFF @otleyscience

Last few tkts for our performance this Saturday 14th September with @BoxTaleSoup and their performance of The Turn of The Screw. Based on the Henry James novella come and hear all about the mystery of Bly House. Tkts are £12 for ages 12+

Over the years Heartbeat filmed at the Courthouse (or should I say Ashfordly Police Station) both interiors and exteriors. Can you name the actors and their respective characters in this photograph? #hiddenhistories

Last few tkts for our talk this Friday with Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator at the Bronte Parsonage museum. Come & hear about Patrick the Minister at Haworth as well as other information about the Brontes that you may not be familiar with. £8 Adults, £7 Courthouse Friends

https://youtu.be/R8tIp409QBM Tomorrow at 7.30pm, Otley Film Society & Parkinsons UK are screening Kinetics, the true story of the friendship between Rose & Lukas following her Parkinsons diagnosis. Followed by a Q&A on Parkinsons. £5 adults, £4 Film Soc members & Courthouse Friends

https://youtu.be/1I5cKmiONDI Our 1st movie matinee of our new season is All is True. Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Starring Judi Dench. £5 for film tea & biccies 12 Sept, 1400

#hiddenhistories These are photographs of the public gallery where the townsfolk of Otley and the surrounding area could witness the proceedings of the court. The Courthouse enables a connection to the past and the ability to be in a space that has seen such a tremendous variety of history helps to link our present to the past in a special way. Imagine for instance sitting in the public gallery and witnessing a loved one, friend or neighbour taking part in a trial as either ...the defendant or perhaps a victim. The gallery is also located directly above where the defendants would be held before the trial, which would have heightened the emotion if you were connected to the defendant.
For more information on the history behind the Courthouse building a leaflet entitled ‘Otley Courthouse Heritage Guide’ is available to purchase for 20p from the Reception desk at the Courthouse. We are also in the process of creating a number of leaflets that detail cases that took place at the Courthouse in honour of the 15th Anniversary of the reopening of the Courthouse as an Arts Centre.
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@BoxTaleSoup will be with us in #Otley on Saturday 14th September with their version of The Turn of the Screw. Tkts are £12 for ages 12+

Join us on Friday 13 September at 7.30pm when Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator at the Bronte Parsonage Museum will be talking about the whole Bronte family and using images from the Museum's collections as illustrations. Tkts are £8 Adults, £7 Friends of Otley Courthouse

The Foreverly Show, Sunday 8th September, 8pm, £10/£12 concessions £12/£15 Adults (in advance/on the door) #otley. Join us for an evening of the very best of The Everly Brothers