Huddersfield Examiner - Nostalgia - More Nostalgia

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Nostalgia: Great memories of the Glenbourne Players

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

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

Nostalgia: Following footsteps of a Luddite victim William Horsfall

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

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

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:18:00 GMT

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

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Thompson takes Memorial crown in 91

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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

Unbeaten Thongsbridge ensure promotion in 91

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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

Remembering Fartown legend Harold Wagstaff

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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

Richard Bowkett reunited with grandfather’s Fartown memorabilia

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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

Huddersfield Giants nostalgia: Fartowners hit new low in 1990

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

Huddersfield Giants nostalgia: Fartown set sights on Wembley

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

Nostalgia: Huddersfield Barracudas v Rochdale Hornets

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Blast from the Past - Huddersfield breeze past Featherstone Rovers

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:12:00 GMT

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.

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.