Site Updates

Photograph from Honley Civic Society's "Honley Bridge and Newtown".

Site News: April 2020

Items Added The following can now be read online: Call Me Madam (1957) – Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society Free As Air (1960) – Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society A History…

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Woodhouse Amateur Operatic Society (1938)

Site News: March 2020

Items Added The following can now be read online: Close Quarters (1937) – Huddersfield Thespians The Desert Song (1961) – Huddersfield Amateur Operatic Society The Girl Friend (1958) – Woodhouse Amateur Operatic Society An Ideal…


Site News: February 2020

Items Added The following can now be read online: The Bill’s o’ Jack’s Mystery (1961) – Holmfirth Amateur Dramatic Society The Quaker Girl (1955) – Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society Show Boat (1956)…


Site News: January 2020

Books Added The following can now be read online: Huddersfield Market Hall Jubilee: 1880-1930 (1930) Huddersfield School Board: Annual Report of the Board’s Inspector of Schools for 1882-3 (1883) Through 56 Years: The Complete Playing…


1902 Huddersfield Christmas card

Site News: December 2019

Happy Christmas! If there’s nothing on TV and you fancy some light reading, we have a selection of articles about how Christmas was celebrated in the local area. If you’re taking part in Dry January,…


Site News: November 2019

Books Added The following can now be read online: Proceedings at York Special Commission, January 1813 (1813) The Legends and Traditions of Huddersfield and Its District: Volume II, Part I (1944) by Philip Ahier The…


Site News: October 2019

Books Added The following can now be read online: Railway Wonder: Development of a Town, Part One (1984) by Stanley Chadwick Social Services in Huddersfield (1951) Studies in Local Topography I: The Halls in the…


Site News: September 2019

Over 400 reports by local Medical Officers of Health have been added to the site, covering Huddersfield, Colne Valley, Denby Dale, Farnley Tyas, Holme, Holmfirth, Honley, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Meltham, New Mill, Penistone, Saddleworth, South…


Site News: August 2019

This month’s new books include two booklets relating to Hepworth, which were published by Huddersfield & District Family History Society, and also three out-of-print publications from Honley Civic Society. A huge “thank you” to both…


Site News: July 2019

New Books Added In Memorium: John Catton Moody 1833-1911 by the Rev. A.H. Moncur Sime of Milton Independent Church, Huddersfield. Hue and Cry: Three Yorkshire Murders (1951) by Stanley Chadwick