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
  • The Woodhead Families of Pog Ing and Ridings — page 1
  • The Newspaper Proprietor: Joseph Woodhead — page 11
  • The Medical Pioneer: German Sims Woodhead — page 27
  • The Editor: Ernest Woodhead — page 33
  • The Medical Officer of Health: Herbert Miall Woodhead — page 40
  • The Businessman: Arthur Longden Woodhead — page 42
  • The Sportsman: Frank Ellis Woodhead — page 49
  • Additional material on the family of Joseph Woodhead — page 51
  • Additional material on the family of Catherine Woodhead — page 53
  • Sources — page 58
  • The Family Tree — page 61