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Nostalgia: From grassy strip to budget flight hub at Leeds/Bradford airport Oct 31 2012

Leeds Bradford is an airport now synonymous with budget airline Jet2.com but a new book by Alan Phillips reveals a history stretching back before the Second World War. ANDREW HIRST takes a look through its pages.Read

Nostalgia: Great memories of the Glenbourne Players May 02 2012

THIS photograph of the Glenbourne Players sparked some happy memories for Joan McCallum.Read

Nostalgia: Following footsteps of a Luddite victim William Horsfall May 02 2012

PEOPLE can now retrace the final steps of a Huddersfield mill owner killed by Luddites.Read

All Our Yesterdays: Men's bowling from 1985-93 - Are you pictured? Feb 22 2012

MANY a bowler would find it hard to explain exactly why he likes bowling.Read

Huddersfield Giants nostalgia: Six of the best as Lionel Cooper runs riot Feb 14 2012

HUDDERSFIELD ran out 55-7 winners against a depleted Doncaster at Fartown.Read

Thompson takes Memorial crown in 91 Jul 19 2011

YORKSHIRE away team captain Allan Thompson rounded off an impressive run by winning the Jack Horsfield Memorial Trophy at Crosland Moor Liberal Club.Read

Unbeaten Thongsbridge ensure promotion in 91 Jul 19 2011

THONGSBRIDGE B became the first team to clinch a league title in the Huddersfield and District Tennis League season.Read

Remembering Fartown legend Harold Wagstaff Jun 02 2011

A FARTOWN legend is celebrated in a historical journal this month.Read

Richard Bowkett reunited with grandfather’s Fartown memorabilia May 04 2011

A MAN is celebrating after buying back his grandfather’s rugby mementoes from a collector who out-bid him at auction.Read

Huddersfield Giants nostalgia: Fartowners hit new low in 1990 Mar 30 2011

A SHAMEFUL performance from Huddersfield gave caretaker coaches Mick Murphy and Mick Blacker a slap in the face, with a 16-12 home defeat by Bramley all but killing off any hopes of the Fartowners finishing in the top eight.Read

Auction of Fartown legend Len Bowkett’s medals fetches £2,300 Mar 09 2011

THE grandson of a Huddersfield rugby legend has expressed his relief after mementoes from his grandfather’s career were auctioned off to a collector.Read

Huddersfield Giants nostalgia: Fartown set sights on Wembley Mar 08 2011

A FINE team effort booked Fartown a place in the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup as they beat Bradford Northern 17-7.Read

Nostalgia: Huddersfield Barracudas v Rochdale Hornets Mar 02 2011

HUDDERSFIELD Barracudas edged past Rochdale Hornets by one point in a game which was settled by a super drop goal by new captain, Jimmy Johnson.Read

Blast from the Past - Huddersfield breeze past Featherstone Rovers Feb 22 2011

HUDDERSFIELD welcomed Featherstone Rovers to Fartown on an afternoon perfect for rugby league and stormed to a 29-10 victory in front of a crowd of 9,121.Read

Huddersfield Giants: Fartown on song to put dent in their rivals hopes Feb 08 2011

HUDDERSFIELD dented Hunslet’s hopes of a top four finish when the Leeds side came to Fartown looking to keep their play-off hopes alive.Read

Huddersfield Giants nostalgia: Quick-thinking Geoff Stocks seals Fartown win Jan 25 2011

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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

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

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