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Continue reading “Issue 33 of the Society’s Journal”
Author: Dave Pattern
June 2022 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
May 2022 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
The newsletter’s contents include:
- details of upcoming events
- ‘Our Square’ photography competition
- WYAS update
- “The Luddite literary tradition: ‘The Cropper Lads’ and George Taylor” by Richard Hobson
- The Tolson Half Models
April 2022 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
Please note the University’s requirement to pre-book free tickets for the upcoming Annual Luddite Memorial Lecture.
The newsletter’s contents include:
- details of upcoming events
- WYAS Open Days in May
- New local history resources
- “Luddite Bicentenary – Ten Years On” by Alan Brooke
- restoring “The Mikado”
March 2022 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
Please note that we will be returning to face-to-face meetings in March, although the venue will be Huddersfield Town Hall for the first event.
The newsletter’s contents include:
- details of upcoming events
- changes to Local Studies Library opening times
- Discover Huddersfield and the Return of the Family History Fair
- Creating Kirklees: 150 years of local democracy
- The Quarmby Clough Mill Disaster of 22 March 1922
Discover Huddersfield Walks 2022
Discover Huddersfield have released details of their 2022 programme…
GUIDED WALKS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER HUDDERSFIELD’S CULTURE AND HERITAGE
A programme of 20 walks through 2022 has been produced by the Discover Huddersfield partnership. The popular, themed walks, each led by experts in their field, have been growing in popularity since the partnership was formed in 2012.
There will be a choice of previous favourites including the Lion Hunt, Halloween themed ‘Shuddersfield’ and strolls around Edgerton, Birkby and Lindley, as well as new themes including Surprising Springwood, a family discovery walk and a couple of walks around Marsden, organised in conjunction with Marsden History Group. In addition, there will be free four walks organised as part of the Heritage Open Days festival in September.
The first of this season’s walks ‘The Irish in Huddersfield’ on Saturday 19 March, which will be followed by a free showing of the first ever St. Patrick’s Day event in the town.
This will be followed by The Villas of Edgerton on the 27 March led by well-known local historian, David Griffiths.
The walks’ programme 2022 leaflet is now being distributed to information points and libraries around the area as well as the Hello Huddersfield shop in Market Avenue and selected shops and cafes around the town centre, or can be viewed by going to: www.discoverhuddersfield.uk
Walks costing £4 per person (apart from those during Heritage Open Days), usually last between 1.5 – 2 hours, and can be booked through Eventbrite no more than 14 days before each walk. To view all the year’s walks, go to: www.eventbrite.com/cc/discover-huddersfield-guided-walks-programme-2022-120689
In addition, two new trails, the Textile and Greasepaint and Limelight (cinema and theatre) trails are now available, adding to the 16 free leaflets already available.
For further details, including a PDF of the full programme, please go to the Discover Huddersfield website: https://discoverhuddersfield.uk/walks/
February 2022 Newsletter
Our newsletter for February is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
Please note that we will be returning to face-to-face meetings in March, although the venue will be Huddersfield Town Hall for the first event.
January 2022 Newsletter
Our newsletter for January is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
We hope to get back to face-to-face meetings in March – see the newsletter for details
The contents include:
- news, new publications and upcoming events
- update from Kirklees Local Studies Library
- local history themes for 2022
- The Holmfirth Flood of 1852
November 2021 Newsletter
Our newsletter for October is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
The contents include:
- our Chair’s review of the year
- details of upcoming events
- History Day 2021
- “Creating Kirklees”
- new book on Wooldale
- Past Christmases
For members wishing to receive the discount offer on our latest book, please ensure you enter the coupon code from your newsletter email on the checkout page:
October 2021 Newsletter
Our newsletter for October is now available to read online or download in PDF format.
The contents include:
- details of upcoming events
- our latest book: “Colne Valley: A history of a Pennine landscape”
- Heritage Open Days Success
For members wishing to receive the discount offer on our latest book, please ensure you enter the coupon code from your newsletter email on the checkout page:
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