Huddersfield Local History Society is an organisation for anybody and everybody who is interested in the history of our town and its surrounding district.
Huddersfield, England
Joined April 2017
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Another fab publication brought to you by Huddersfield Local History Society. It's a very readable memoir by a Yorkshire suffragist and artist and if you don't cry at the end you have a heart of stone! @HuddsLocalHist @FemsRad @K_IngalaSmith @lsherloc – at Westhampton Beach, NY
Reviving a Yorkshire suffragist's legacy: Florence Lockwood's autobiography returns to print 📓
Co-edited by Dr. Rebecca Gill, Univerity of Huddersfield, and Dr. Janette Martin, Research and Learning Manager @UoMLibrary
Read more about Florence here: ow.ly/lObE50TCZXA
Just to say our 2024-2025 talks programme kicks off on Monday 30 June with Philip Sands' talk, The Kayes of Woodsmen: Climbing the Greasy Pole". Find out more here: facebook.com/events/26582864…
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have been awarded full Museum Accreditation by @ace_national. A huge thank you to our incredible team of staff, volunteers, and our Friends groups whose hard work and dedication have helped make this possible. kirkleestogether.co.uk/2024/…
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Huddersfield Local History Society’s annual Journal is back with a bang – with a feature on the history of Standard Fireworks @HuddsLocalHist
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If you like the banner you can find out more about the artist, Florence Lockwood in the autumn when
@HuddsLocalHist
republishes her autobiography 'An Ordinary Life'. Details will be posted here huddersfieldhistory.org.uk
UK women's suffrage banner (c.1910) designed/handmade by local Huddersfield suffragist Florence Lockwood #WomensArt
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This weekend, 8/9 June, we are showing visitors how to wash the old fashioned way so fingers crossed for a good drying day! We hope visitors will join in. #colnevalleymuseum #washing #victorian
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Bit of random trivia... before the bodies were removed from the vaults, the Medical Officer made sure everyone had extra vaccinations as there was concern that the lead coffins might have sealed in viruses such as smallpox, etc...
Random question of the day... over 80 bodies were in the vaults of the Queen Street Mission (now @thelbt). They were removed in 1970 and likely cremated and interred elsewhere, but doesn't anyone know where? An Examiner article from 1998 gives no clues...
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Timothy and Betsy Bentley gifted money to help build the Queen Street chapel (now the LBT), which was reportedly the largest Wesleyan chapel in the country at the time, and it became known as "the chapel built on beer barrels".
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Another fascinating thread!
#LocalHistory @HuddsHub
A busy couple of days researching local aircraft crashes, transcribing articles and adding biographical details of those who died: huddersfield.exposed/wiki/Ca…
ALT Frederick Dutton (1921-1942)
ALT Harry Fox (1924-1944)
ALT James Vincent Reddington (1925-1944)
ALT Arthur Taylor (1922-1942)
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And a small feature from 2 October 1979 marking the future society's first year. 45 years later @HuddsLocalHist is going from strength to strength and Cyril's still the chair! Well worth becoming a member if you're interested in local history :-) huddersfieldhistory.org.uk
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A transcription of the article is now available here: huddersfield.exposed/p/11c25
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I think this was the birth of @HuddsLocalHist on the evening of 27 September 1978? The word "Workshop" in the name was changed to "Society" in the early 1980s.
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Also found several sketches by noted local artist Marion Rhodes that appeared in the Examiner in the 1930s.
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ALT South Crosland from Devil's Rock
ALT Honley from Netherton
ALT Colne Valley from Spring Grove
ALT Mag Bridge, Magdale, Honley
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A productive morning tracking down all 15 items from the "From an Artist's Sketchbook" series of pen & ink drawings by Noël Spencer that appeared in the Examiner in 1947. huddersfield.exposed/archive…
ALT Longroyd Lane
ALT Baptist Chapel, Lockwood
ALT Pack Horse Yard
ALT Wakefield Road, Silver Street Corner
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Tonight I will be talking about Florence Lockwood, my favourite Yorkshire suffragist with Rebecca Gill. Don't worry if you miss it as when the reprint of her book comes out there will be more talks! @HuddsLocalHist @MarsdenLibrary @StudyLabHistory huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/e… – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
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Wow, sounds like quite a spectacle for the people of #Huddersfield
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May is #LocalHistoryMonth, celebrating the heritage and history of our local communities. Find out more about the history of #Huddersfield, 'the town that bought itself' with @HuddsLocalHist's book 'Power in the Land', free to read at: hud.ac/eboq @BALHNews
ALT Front cover of 'Power in the Land: The Ramsdens and their Huddersfield Estate, 1542−1920' with a background image of the countryside surrounding Huddersfield.
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Glad you enjoyed it and wait till you hear about what they did in Blackburn! Polyp will be in Marsden on 23 May hopefully to launch Courage (and for a photo op at Enoch's grave). Come along @MarsdenLibrary – at Marsden, England
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Looking forward to this evening's #Luddite memorial lecture here @HuddersfieldUni - in association with @HuddsLocalHist Offering further fresh perspectives on researching and writing about the Luddite movement & other West Yorkshire radicals: all welcome huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/e…
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I promise that they will all get scanned eventually, but a couple more issues of "Old West Riding" are now available online. A huge thank you to editors Cyril, Jennifer and Ann-marie (on behalf of her late husband George) for supporting the digitisation!
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