|  | In the last 19th Century a "new" industry came to Holmfirth, silent movie films and postcards. James Bamforth was a keen photographer and a talented artist from Holmfirth and became one of the most well known and biggest producer of Life Model slides in Britain. James used the long summer days to paint backdrops and photograph his actors and the dark winter months to produce the thousands of sets of Magic Lantern slides, creating 600 different new slide sets each year. Bamforths also produced early comic postcards and sentimental cards that were sent to loved ones in the First World War. They became well-known for their saucy seaside postcards featuring over-large ladies and hen-pecked husbands. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 brought an end to this new movie industry. But the production of postcards, continued right up until recent years. At its height, sales of the mother-in-law put downs and the seaside double entendres topped 16 million a year. Production has recently been transferred outside the Valley.
 | The cast and crew in the Last of the Summer Wine exhibition. |
Holmfirth is now best known for production of Last of the Summer Wine which started with a pilot season in 1973. Thirty years on, the show is more popular than ever, and is now the longest-running British television sitcom.Holmfirth sees many visitors walking its roads looking for Sid and Ivy's cafe, Nora Batty's House and Clegg's home. Many of Holmfirth's businesses and shops are now geared towards the fans of the programme The guides are often be seen leading a large throng of people to view "Sids Café" and "Noras Steps" and other places made famous in the TV series.
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