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Nostalgia: History of the man who carried Emley photograph through the Great War Mar 07 2012

PRIVATE James William Hey received the postcard of Emley Junior FC (left) and took it with him to the 1914-18 war.Read

Home Front: ‘Scouting prepared me for the Navy’ Feb 12 2011

The Examiner recently featured stories of life on the Home Front in Huddersfield during World War Two. Here Marsh man Peter Thornton remembers the role played by scouts in the town. DAVID HIMELFIELD reportsRead

Home Front: Air raid duty readied me for D-Day Jan 22 2011

JACK Armitage’s time as a messenger in the Longwood ARP (Air Raid Precautions) unit was quiet.Read

Charlie Hever and the wartime bomb in Huddersfield Jan 22 2011

HE was an excited 10-year-old boy, caught up in a war.Read

Wartime memories: Elaine Hale recalls her husband’s dangerous bike ride Jan 22 2011

THONGSBRIDGE reader Elaine Hale was only 18 months old when the war started, but has many memories from that era.Read

Former prisoner of war Fritz Polzin who 'fell in love' with Huddersfield dies Jan 20 2011

A MAN who “fell in love” with Huddersfield after being imprisoned here as a German soldier has died.Read

War on the home front: Guarding Blackmoorfoot Reservoir was a crucial job Jan 18 2011

Last week, we carrived evocative articles about Huddersfield during the war. Today we have more memories about the work of the Home Guard in the town.Read

How Huddersfield coped with food rationing during World War II Jan 13 2011

Seventy years ago Huddersfield was at daily risk from German bombers. In our series looking at life on the Home Front, Head Of Content Andrew Hirst looks at how Huddersfield coped with food rationing.Read

Huddersfield's Greenhead Park war memorial - amazing photos of the 1924 unveiling Nov 10 2010

ALL eyes will be on Greenhead Park’s historic war memorial tomorrow.Read

WWI soldiers’ diary from time in Huddersfield War Hospital Nov 09 2010

A FIRST World War diary created by injured troops recuperating in Huddersfield is going under the hammer this month.Read

Readers share their memories of Huddersfield’s prisoner of war camps Jan 19 2010

FOLLOWING our story about Huddersfield’s prisoner of war camp at Castle Hill, several readers contacted us with their memories.Read

Bertram Senior’s memories of a German prisoner of war camp Jan 19 2010

BERTRAM Senior still bears the scars of his time in a prisoner of war camp.Read

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