LifestylegalleryNostalgia: 1985BookmarkShareLifestyleByGavin Castle13:25, 3 MAR 2015Updated13:27, 3 MAR 2015Old time music hall came to Burton Village Hall with a birthday concert performance by local brownie packs. Members of the two Highburton brownie packs, the 6th and 9th Dearne Valley, joined forces to give a concert to mark the 75th anniversary of the guide movement. The show included music hall songs from the Tuesday evening pack, while the Monday evening pack including (from left, back) Emma Verlander, Helen Dawtrey, Kelly Rowlins, Christine Kershaw, Jaime Shaw and (front) Victoria Rowlands and Claire Ellam, devoted their performance to Thinking Day. 5th March 1985.1 of 26A timely reminder... Belinda Dingle (left) and Joanna Brown, both of Almondbury, have already put their clock forward for the start of British Summer Time. Actually BST officially begins at 1.0 tonight, when clocks and watches should be put forward an hour. It finishes at 2.0am on Sunday, October 27. 30th March 1985.2 of 26Huddersfield Scouts staged a five-a-side soccer tournament at Shelley High School over the weekend. Organiser Patrick Marper (centre) is pictured sorting out the order of play with the host team from Shepley Scouts (from left) Jason Senior, Anthony Lucas, Robert Wood, John Eastwood and Oliver Renshaw. The annual contest is now in its fifth year, attracted 16 teams from all over the Huddersfield south-east district and the winners' trophy went to Kirkburton Scouts, who beat Dalton in a penalty shoot-out. District Commissioner Mr Ian Garside and Mr Peter Marper shared the referring. 2nd March 1985.3 of 26Ready for the off! This group of Lepton runners waits for the whistle from Mr Charles Taylor, President of the Huddersfield Save the Children Fund, to start their sponsored job to Lepton. The 10 runners, hoping to raise more than £200 for charity, met on the steps of Greenhead Park Cenotaph to begin their five-mile run. The jogging session was the idea of 14-year-old Elliott Grimes, who was going to do the run along Ð but when he mentioned it to friends several wanted to join in. Mr Taylor said all the money raised would be channelled through the fund's Huddersfield shop to the charity's international headquarters, which helps children all over the world. 2nd March 1985.4 of 26These Milnsbridge Venture Scouts, leaders and Cubs get to work on another car, as part of their weekend car washing scheme to raise money to buy a mini-bus. For the next few months the Scouts are holding car washing sessions on Saturdays and Sundays at their headquarters in Milnsbridge. They are also offering interior cleaning for anyone taking their cars to the HQ between 11am and 5pm. 2nd March 1985.5 of 26These students from Huddersfield New College plan to journey south of the Equator on a major expedition to the rain forests of Africa. The £20,000 trip to Tanzania will enable biology and geography students to do botanical survey work as part of a large-scale project on the area. Nine students and two staff, Dr Kate Wall (left) and Dr Geoff Carr (right), plan to go on the expedition in the summer of 1986. Dr Wall said rain forest areas were fast disappearing, mostly being knocked down by man fro wood, turning areas into partial deserts and causing food shortages. The six-week survey would be used for further study and considering conservation plans. ÒIt is quite an exciting project, but the main problem is a financial oneÓ, she said. Fund-raising started yesterday with a car boot sale at the college. Some of the cost will be met by expedition members. 13th March 1985.6 of 26About 100 scouts from the Huddersfield south-west district competed in a swimming gala at Cambridge Road Baths at the weekend. The annual event, which this year attracted entries from 10 groups within the district, was won by the 9ths Crosland Hill scouts, who finished just one point ahead of the joint runners-up, the 33rd Slaithwaite and 27th Longwood scouts. Pictured with the scouts shield are Paul Murrell (Crosland Hill), Ian Varley (Marsden), Robert Scaife (Parkwood), John Higginbotham (Parkwood), Gary Schofield (Crosland Hill) and Alec Burns (Marsden). The gala was organised by the Crosland Moor section of the Scout Fellowship and certificates were presented to the following class winners by district commissioner Mr Peter Haigh. Freestyle , 11yr: S Haigh (Golcar); 12-13yr: A Hirst (Slaithwaite); 14-15yr: D Carter (Slaithwaite). Backstroke, 11yr: J Hill (Crosland Hill); 12-13yr: R Beck (Longwod); 14-15yr: D Carter (Slaithwaite). Breastroke, 11yr: S Lodge (Parkwood); 12-13yr: D Hirst (Slaithwaite), 14-15yr: R Taylor (Parkwood). Medley winners - Slaithwaite; Novelty races - Golcar. 2nd March 1985.7 of 26Plumbers Arms could only manage a 1-1 draw with bottom club Park in Division IV of the Huddersfield and District Sunday Football League and team back row (left to right) were: I Dickinson, P Dungoan, A Woodward, A Beevers, C Earnshaw, D Tuff, M Frier. Front row: A Dungan, N Miljevic, S Wilkinson, P C Dungan, N Clark, R Taylor. 3rd March 1985.8 of 26Holme Valley cub scouts won't have to wait until next winter to go sledging, thanks to the generosity of Holmfirth and Meltham Lions Club. President Mr Les Hobson (left), who aims to help all scout and guide groups within his area during his year of office, is pictured handing over two of the 15 sledges donated by the Lions to the Assistant District Commissioner for cubs, Mr Les Chadwick (right), with District Commissioner Mr Laurie Minney, Lions PRO Mr Roger Hirst and cubs from the Holme Valley looking on. The presentation was made at Cambridge Road Baths during the interval of the cubs annual swimming gala. 3rd March 1985.9 of 26Colne Valley High School pupil Lynne Woods hands over a few of the 535 jumpers and 15 blankets knitted for the Ethiopia famine appeal. Receiving the jumpers is Oxfam district organiser Mr Ray Maskell, whose organisation will ship the knitted garments to Ethiopia. Pupils, including boys, parents and grandparents have done the knitting. 5th March 1985.10 of 26Top crown green bowler Dennis Mercer demonstrated the latest winter spin-off from his favourite game to an audience of bowls fans at Royds Hall Sports Centre last night. Indoor short mat bowling is played on a mat 15 yards long by just 2 and a half yards wide with a wooden block in front of the jack to prevent players ÒfiringÓ. The Stockport player, whose big successes include the Waterloo handicap at Blackpool and the British Crown Green Merit, showed how the game could he;p experienced players get in practice for the summer season. Sports centre manager Gary Charlesworth said it was also an excellent way for beginners to get into the game. ÒIf sufficient interest shown in the short-mat game at Royds Hall Mr Charlesworth said they might join forces with players from Colne Valley Leisure Centre to start a combined team and perhaps, form a leagueÓ. 5th March 1985.11 of 26Silence was golden for pupils at Lindley Junior School who kept quiet to raise £364 for Ethiopia. The sponsored silence idea cam from fourth-form pupils (from left), Rachel Marsden, Ruth Ellam and Kelley Smith, who involved all their year in the fund-raising. The school has presented the cheque to Mrs Jean Marsden of the Huddersfield Centre of the Royal College of Nursing. She is forwarding the money to the Operation Santa Appeal organised by the Wessex centre of the RCN, to send nurses to Ethiopia. Two nurses have already gone out and the Lindley school's fund-raising will help pay for a third. A further £15 has been raised by Lindley Methodist guides from a Thinking Day silver collection. 7th March 1985.12 of 26The kids from ÒFame2 took to the road aboard one of the floats in Huddersfield Polytechnic's annual rag procession. Students from the Polytechnic Drama Society played the students from the TV series in a procession with an all-American theme. The parade, which included floats from most societies, travelled around the town centre to Greenhead Park. Money raised from the parade and other rag events later in the week will be split among British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, Guides Dogs for the Blind, Across Trust, Association for Spina Bifda and Hydrocephalos, People's Dispensary fro Sick Animals, Action Aid, Help the Aged, Unit 51, LEPRA, Cancer Research and RNLI. 9th March 1985.13 of 26Trying it for size... Thurstonland Beaver Robert Preston with Chief Petty Officer Barry Cole, who is in charge of electronics on HNS Beaver. The 8th Holme Valley scout group has built a relationship with the crew of the Type 22 Frigate, not being refitted in Devonport, and all the boys are honorary crew members. Chief Petty Officer Colne spent the day with the group explaining to them the daily workings of the life on board ship. The Beavers will pay a return visit to the crew of HMS Beaver in July, when they will spend a day on the frigate. The Beavers are hoping to become the first scout group in the country to adopt an RAF plane. They are planning to adopt a Shackleton plane when they visit RAF Lossiemouth near Elgin in Scotland, next month. They will be guests of the 8th Squadron, chosen by the Beavers to forge links because of the number connection. The three-day trip will include a day spent at the base when they will be given the chance to look over the planes. 10th March 1985.14 of 26Brownie of the Year Janet Peaker (right) pictured with runner-up Sarah Robinson and the rest of the 60th Holy Trinity brownie pack. The annual award is judged on most marks awarded during the year for brownie activities. Janet, of Luck Lane, Marsh, and Sarah, of Edgerton, received a cup and shield respectively. The prizes were presented by Mrs Cynthia Johnson, who has recently retired as badge secretary of the Huddersfield West district of the girl guide association. 14th March 1985.15 of 26Kirkheaton Toddlers Group has been presented with a £150 cheque as the winning charitable organisation draw by a Cheshire-based cosmetics company. Mrs Bobbie Collins, managing director of Naturally Yours, of Altrincham, presented the cheque at the special buffet evening at the George Street, Huddersfield. The toddlers group was among charitable and voluntary organisations which held parties to sell products made by the cosmetics firm. The groups have already been given 10% of the takings and the draw was held to see which one would get the extra £150 to spend on items of its own. 14th March 1985.16 of 26These five children of Slaithwaite Junior and Infants School have been presented with T-shirts Ð for their Keep Britain Tidy drawings. From left are Faye Fell, Steven Haigh, Paul Fairburn, Rhys Auty and Linzi Taylor, who are all in the top junior class. They had their drawings selected for prizes after their class was asked to submit drawings of refuse collecting. Recently the school has had a Manpower Services Commission teacher educating children about the Keep Britain Tidy campaigns. 15th March 1985.17 of 26Children and staff from Royds Hall School, Paddock, have been putting their free time to good use by knitting vests and blanket squares to aid youngsters in famine-hit Ethiopia. The school has already produced 20 vests and 10 blankets, with more being turned out every day. A variety of money-making events has also raised £300 for the Save The Children Fund, with fourth-year pupils, Sarah Hackett and Karen Wadsworth staging a 12-hour piano-playing marathon which raised £63. Some of the Royds Hall teachers and kitchen staff have also joined the knitting campaign. 15th March 1985.18 of 26Trevor Hargreaves, in the guise of ÒSupermanÓ helps Mark James (left) and Neill Kirby to launch these balloons for ÒNo Smoking DayÓ tomorrow. The two youngsters from Holly Bank School were among 40 from the school who each released a balloon. Each had a label to be returned, and there will be a prize for the balloon which has travelled furthest. The youngsters were helped by Mrs Jean Dart, Huddersfield's health promotion officer, and by members of the Huddersfield Volunteer's Bureau. 18th March 1985.19 of 26Oakes Majorettes drum major Anne-Marie Rainey is pictured with the rest of the troupe at a sponsored march to raise money for the converted ambulance they have bought. The Majorettes borrowed £500 from Oakes youth club to buy the former ambulance Ð which they used to carry their equipment. They marched for over an hour at Reinwood Junior School, Burffits Road, Oakes Ð and hope to make more than £300. The troupe now needs about six girls to join them as baton twirlers. Corps director Mr Alan Olive said: ÒThey would not need to be able to play any instruments Ð just be keen and prepared to perform with us when the season starts in a few weeks' time.Ó 17th March 1985.20 of 26Members of Ravensthorpe Skating Club aim to raise £1000 sponsorship cash for children's charities by taking part in a roller marathon next month in London. A coach load of skaters and supporters from the Ravensthorpe Club will be travelling to Battersea Park on Sunday, April 14, for what is being billed as the roller skating event of the year. Top skaters from all over the country, including 30 from Ravensthorpe's rink, will be joining in the Platroller Marathon 85. Here some of the local competitors are pictured putting their best feet forward at a training session. In a competition inspired by the success of the London marathon, hundreds of skaters will tackle a course of 26¾ miles in the park will all proceeds shared by Save the Children fund, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and The Children's Society. Club spokesman Mr Gordon Smith said there would be a range of other events, including three-legged and fancy-dress races, a conga team race and races for various age groups. The event is sponsored by the makers of Platignum pens, and is the first of its kind in Britain. 18th March 1985.21 of 26Meltham County Primary School beat other schools from their area in the final of an annual road safety petition. The school retained the shield for the second successive year Ð it was presented by Police Inspector John Haigh. The Meltham County team Ð Gaynor Clegg, Andrew Cronie, Paul Smith, Adrian Chapman and Catherine Speechley Ð beat the top teams from Meltham CE and Helme CE School in a close and high-scoring competition. All the teams received trophies as winners of competitions held within their own schools. The competition was organised by police road safety officer Pc John Bryce. 25th March 1985.22 of 26Getting lost is no hazard to these children of Birkby Junior School. They have just become Yorkshire and Humberside orienteering champions Ð and individual winner Kevin Hoult (right) is pictured with his team-mates (from left) Stephen Crosland, Laura Hatton, Nathan Hutchinson, Alex Vanyuscsak, Azam Khan, James Rudd, Emma Brumfield. 26th March 1985.23 of 26Huddersfield New College bid to retain the West Yorkshire Under 19 Cup when they meet St MichaelÕs (Leeds) in the final at The Shay on Wednesday (7.00). They reached the final by beating All Saints', King James's, Lawnswood and Temple Moor. Pictured are: Back row (from left) Ð manager Melvyn Telfer, Stuart Dawson, Rob Flowers, captain Tim Allison, Rupert Campbell, Keith Manning, Martin Gibson. Front row Ð Jansen Ryder, John Salvini, Mark Trowel, Bruce Jones, Andrew West, Nicholas Ainley. 30th March 1985.24 of 26Deighton moved a step nearer a clean sweep of the Huddersfield and District Basketball League titles when the Demons won the ÒExaminerÓ Rosebowl with a 64-59 victory over Club Ridings Rawthorpe. Captain Terry Roberts was man-of-the-match with 26 points. This victory completed a double for the Demons for they have already won the Division I championship, and their second team bid to follow suit when they play Halifax Falcons in the Handicap Cup final at the end of April. The Devils are already the Division III champions. Pictured with the cup are captains Terry Roberts (right) and Paul Whitworth and their teams. 27th March 1985.25 of 26Pupils of Linthwaite County Junior and Infants School work on dry stone walling their field, which is being turned into a wildlife conservation area. They are (from left) Vicky Scadden, Nichol Taylor, Lee Bottomley and Terry Wood. More than £2,000 is being spent on the field, and the work includes building a pond and planting trees, shrubs and flowers. Funding is by the Parent Teacher's Association, Kirklees, and West Yorkshire Countryside Commission. The project started last September and is now half completed. Headmaster Mr Stretton Hobson said it would be good for science and environmental studies. . 30th March 1985.26 of 26