The spirit of us

In 1852 there was a flood through Holmfirth when a local reservoir dam breached resulting in the deaths of 81 men, women and children. One of the bodies, that of Sarah Woodcock aged 11, was discovered in a mill dam ditch in 1990 (almost a century and a half later). There have been subsequent floods and even fatal ones but not on that horrific scale.

Now Holmfirth is a vibrant, quaint, tourist town trading largely on it being used for the location of Last of the Summer Wine tv series and this event is long consigned to history apart from a few commemorative plaques, which go largely unnoticed.

I reckon the juxtaposition of happy tourists contrasting with a forlorn, lost girl in a simple white night dress might make for a powerful reminder of that tragedy.

Obviously there won’t be 11 year olds involved in this but it could suit petite, young models able to look darkly haunting.

SFW TF FEMALE