Jul
2008
Articles from 2nd Jul 2008
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‘Cuckoos’ of Berry Brow
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
I KNOW little of the proposed development at Birch House, Berry Brow, but I sympathise with the comments made by your correspondent James Sugden with regard to the ‘twin towers’ of Holme Court and Bishops Court. Read
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Sounds criminal!
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
AT last someone else who thinks that the Pet Shop Boys’ version of "You Were Always On My Mind" is nothing short of criminal (Barry Gibson, Examiner June 25). Read
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Homage to the late, great Kirsty
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
I REFER to Barry Gibson’s column (Examiner June 25) and in particular his comments regarding the Pogues Read
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July 2, 1956
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
THE first test transmissions were made from ITV’s new transmitter at Emley, but pictures in Huddersfield town centre were reported to be poor. Read
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Tired of the loutish behaviour
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
THE youth of today is a common refrain and www.examiner.co.uk forums are no different. The issue of a yobs attacking a school garden in Fixby has seen temperatures raised by exasperated posters. Read
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Carry on using the park
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
AS LAST weekend’s concerts in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield, were so successful and further ones are being talked about for next year why is so much money being spent on St George’s Square to create a concert venue? Read
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CUP WINNERS: Central League were winners of the Area Cricket Council Cup at the Birkby ground of Brook Motors in 1961. They overcame Association League’s 93-9 with the loss of just three wickets. Mr J Goulder, chairman of the Area Council and president of the Evening League is seen with captains H Bowden (Central League) and W Bottonley (Association). (Ex61.2214)
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
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Boosting Beech School
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
I HAVE just returned from another superb, sell-out performance by pupils of Beech Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Golcar. Read
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‘Chess is not a boring game!’
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CHESS, while is arguably my number one passion – except in the immediate aftermath of yet another loss when I determine never to play it again – is not my only passion. Read
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Decades of tyranny, war and misrule
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
ZIMBABWE, a land-locked country in southern Africa, has long been a place of conflict. In 1834, it became the homeland of the Ndebele people, displaced by the Zulus under the command of Shaka. It was called Matabeleland. Read
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Wilf recalls that he went down a bomb in the War Baby competition
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“A kind person would look on her as an over-dressed kleptomaniac. The police call it something else,” says Wilf Read
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MEET Timmy, a handsome black cat who is in need of a new home.
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
The RSPCA foster family who are currently caring for him say that he is about two years old and is a lovely cat with an affectionate and inquisitive nature. Read
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‘When she’s in a bathroom, she’s super affectionate’
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
Student Alexander Stelfox tells us about his very own feline warrior princess, a 12-year-old black cat by the name of Xena Read
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Is it a good idea to have a mortgage and savings linked to changes in the Bank of England base rate? If so, which are the best accounts, or are they all the same? L.M.J.
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
A mortgage with interest that rises or falls in line with the base rate can be very reassuring. Changes tend to be less dramatic than those of a straightforward variable rate home loan. Read
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Postcards from Zimbabwe
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
A supermarket with nothing but bare shelves and a worthless banknote - snapshots of life in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. HILARIE STELFOX met Huddersfield businesswoman Lesley Robinson (pictured with children at the Ethendweni orphanage) who has been a frequent visitor to the country over the past decade and has witnessed first-hand the suffering and hardship caused by Mugabe’s disastrous and inhumane leadership Read
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Our town should have the clear ambition to be the best place on earth to live, work and above all, be happy
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
GREAT towns and cities are created by amazing citizens. Read
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There is life in the rainy regions
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
The North of England - an area which contains many of the UK’s large cities - barely gets a look in on the BBC news, unless we are unfortunate enough to host a particularly grisly murder Read
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All a pointless flying exercise
Jul 02 2008 | Unsorted
HOW much would you pay a man you’ve never met to help him impress his girlfriend? Read
