Nigel Grizzard

Lunch Bite: The Happy Valley with a Jewish Twist

Description

Sally Wainwright’s brilliant BBC TV drama Happy Valley kept a nation on tenterhooks – but what do you know about the Jews of Happy Valley? Find out who were they and why were they important in this talk from historian and tour guide Nigel Grizzard. 

The Calder Valley is home to a small, yet significant, Jewish community that has made its mark in this historic corner of West Yorkshire. Grizzard tells a story that starts with ‘The life of Sarah’ in the Book of Genesis, takes in the great rabbi and sage known as ‘the Choftez Chaim’, and includes survivors of the Holocaust, pioneering doctors and many more remarkable people. This is a West Yorkshire story you’ll be glad you discovered.

About the Speaker

Nigel Grizzard

Nigel Grizzard

Nigel Grizzard is the West Yorkshire Jewish Heritage Guide. He enjoys taking people round towns and cities and discovering hidden histories. Much of Nigel’s work is in Bradford and in recent years he has undertaken many tours for the descendants of German Jewish immigrants who came to Bradford in the nineteenth century to build the Wool Capital of the World.