Annual History Day

A SQUARE FOR THE TOWN

Saturday 4th November 2023 (9:30am – 4:30pm)
Brian Jackson House, 2 New North Parade, Huddersfield, HD1 5JP
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Programme

  • 09:30 — Registration and Refreshments
  • 10:00 — Cyril Pearce (HLHS Chair) – Welcome
  • 10.15 — David Griffiths – A Contested Space: Struggles over the Square
  • 11.15 — Break
  • 11:30 — David Wyles – Building the Square: The Power and the Glory
  • 12.30 — Lunch and Book Stalls
  • 14:00 — Susan Major – The Million go Forth: Early Victorian Railway Excursions
  • 15:00 — Refreshments
  • 15:30 — Christine Verguson and Beverley Norris – Book Launch (FREE) “Meet me at Harold Wilson” Stories from St George’s Square
  • 16:15 — Cyril Pearce – Closing remarks

Booking

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