Huddersfield Examiner - Nostalgia - Huddersfield at War

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMT

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

Home Front: ‘Scouting prepared me for the Navy’

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 reports

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

Charlie Hever and the wartime bomb in Huddersfield

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

How Huddersfield coped with food rationing during World War II

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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

WWI soldiers’ diary from time in Huddersfield War Hospital

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT

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

Readers share their memories of Huddersfield’s prisoner of war camps

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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

Bertram Senior’s memories of a German prisoner of war camp

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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