huddshistory

Huddersfield Local History Society is an organisation for anybody and everybody who is interested in the history of our town and its surrounding district.

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

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

[huddshistory @HuddsLocalHist]

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: https://t.co/34P3qZVIhT

[Kirklees Museums @KirkleesMuseums]

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. https://t.co/H7zb9tkpBe

[Huddersfield Hub @HuddsHub]

Huddersfield Local History Society’s annual Journal is back with a bang – with a feature on the history of Standard Fireworks @HuddsLocalHist
https://t.co/Gl2AHpNzkc

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

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 https://t.co/LBe2cBBBbo

[Colne Valley Museum @MuseumGolcar]

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

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

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...

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

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".

[HashtagMeltham @hashtagmeltham]

Another fascinating thread!

#LocalHistory @HuddsHub

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

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 :-) https://t.co/SIrfmlskfU

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

A transcription of the article is now available here: https://t.co/e7VuAScJ0Y

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

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.
https://t.co/SIrfmlrMqm

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

Also found several sketches by noted local artist Marion Rhodes that appeared in the Examiner in the 1930s.
https://t.co/ucz1R6WzB9

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

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. https://t.co/2OPiOOgkjJ

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

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 https://t.co/fRihEMJI75

[Huddersfield & District Family History Society @HDFHS01]

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

[Huddersfield Uni Press - no longer active on X @HudUniPress]

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: https://t.co/T688P5sV3K @BALHNews

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

@michael83095743 @HuddsLocalHist @SbonesTompaine 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

[Prof Tim Thornton @HUD_DVC]

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 https://t.co/V880zxqHss

[Huddersfield Exposed @HuddExposed]

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!
https://t.co/FFOQGElmra