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! huddersfield.exposed/p/14fb

Looking forward to this evening's #Luddite memorial lecture here University of Huddersfield - in association with huddshistory Offering further fresh perspectives on researching and writing about the Luddite movement & other West Yorkshire radicals: all welcome huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/event/29apr202…

michael gledhill huddshistory Tom Paine's Bones 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 FoML

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 huddshistory's book 'Power in the Land', free to read at: hud.ac/eboq BALH

Wow, sounds like quite a spectacle for the people of #Huddersfield

A transcription of the article is now available here: huddersfield.exposed/p/11c25

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/search/

Also found several sketches by noted local artist Marion Rhodes that appeared in the Examiner in the 1930s. huddersfield.exposed/archive/tag/26…

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! huddshistory FoML @StudyLabHistory huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/event/20may202…

I think this was the birth of huddshistory on the evening of 27 September 1978? The word "Workshop" in the name was changed to "Society" in the early 1980s. huddersfieldhistory.org.uk

And a small feature from 2 October 1979 marking the future society's first year. 45 years later huddshistory 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

Another fascinating thread! #LocalHistory Huddersfield Hub

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

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...

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".

If you like the banner you can find out more about the artist, Florence Lockwood in the autumn when huddshistory republishes her autobiography 'An Ordinary Life'. Details will be posted here huddersfieldhistory.org.uk

Huddersfield Local History Society’s annual Journal is back with a bang – with a feature on the history of Standard Fireworks huddshistory huddersfieldhub.co.uk/a-history-of-s…

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have been awarded full Museum Accreditation by Arts Council England. 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/2024/07/26/kir…

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/2658286…

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! huddshistory Huddersfield RF Dr Karen Ingala Smith Lisbet Sherlock