Whats on in Huddersfield Local News
Lockwood Virtual Walk
Press Release Join Ian Stevenson (Huddersfield & District Family History Society) and Dave Pattern (Huddersfield Local History Society & Huddersfield Exposed) on Thursday 28th January 2021, 1pm on a virtual walk of Lockwood. See some of the early 19th century buildings which were to be found in this spa village, attracting visitors from all over […] Huddersfield Local History Society …
Christmas Special Journal 2020
As a festive treat to our members, our Journal Editor Rob Piggott has compiled a Christmas Special issue which brings together a selection of archive articles and a tinseled treasure trove of Christmas Past from the local area. A limited number of print copies are now available for purchase. Introduced from Cyril Pearce We took […] Huddersfield Local History Society …
New Book on Highfields
Society members will undoubtedly be familiar with — and probably own a copy of — David Griffith’s well-received The Villas of Edgerton: Home to Huddersfield’s Victorian Elite (2017). Huddersfield Civic Society has now published a companion book… Press Release The story behind the development of Highfields, Huddersfield first suburb, has been told in a new […] Huddersfield Local History Society …
Five years of visceral fear: How terror bred by Yorkshire Ripper made Seventies north the darkest of places
The shock caused by his brutal killings seeped into everyday life: ‘It was like living in a horror movie at times,’ recalls one journalist The Independent – Huddersfield…
New book: Power in the Land
Press Release How Huddersfield bought itself! Huddersfield made history a hundred years ago this month when its Corporation agreed to buy the Ramsden estate, which included the whole of the town centre and over half of the land within the Borough boundary, for £1.3 million. The Ramsden family’s association with Huddersfield began in 1542 when […] Huddersfield Local History Society …
Public Lives: The Woodheads – A Notable Family of Huddersfield
We are pleased to announce that a newly revised edition of Pamela Cooksey’s Public Lives: The Woodheads – A Notable Family of Huddersfield is now available to purchase for £1.00 as a downloadable 74-page PDF e-book. The work was originally published by the Society in 1999 as a paperback booklet. Contents Introduction — page v […] Huddersfield Local History Society …
Man who threatened Sir Keir Starmer dies in prison while awaiting trial for left-wing terror offences
Dominic Noble said the then-Labour leadership candidate was on a list of ‘potential targets’ The Independent – Huddersfield…
Missiles thrown at police as officers break up dozens of parties and make social-distancing plea
Birmingham Police responded to 70 separate gatherings on Saturday night The Independent – Huddersfield…
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