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The poet Levi Haigh was born in Sowerby [22nd August 1861]. The son of George Haigh.
He attended Sowerby National School.
He was the Sowerby village postman, and a popular poet and composer.
He was a member of Steep Lane Baptist Church, and also a preacher and a teacher at Steep Lane Baptist Sunday School for 54 years. He was a deacon of the Church for 45 years, and well known as a local preacher.
Many of his poems celebrated local people and local sights, include one written about John Mitchell's School and Honouring an Organist.
In 1923, he wrote a collection of poems entitled Sowerby District: Reminiscences and Associations.
He published a book of hymns and tunes, and an Ambulance Choral March. He was treasurer of the Calder Valley Poets' Society.
He married 1907, He Married Elizabeth Greenwood [1866-1935].
Elizabeth was born 11th September 1866, the daughter of Martha & Thomas Greenwood of Lane Ends
They had no children.
They lived at 3 Montague Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911].
Elizabeth died 13th February 1935. In her will, she left £100 to Steep Lane Baptist Church on the condition that her grave be kept in order.
Levi died 6 weeks later [25th March 1935].
The couple were buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby
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