Lifestylegallery
Nostalgia: A look back at 1990
Budding journalists at Thurstonland First School visited the ExaminerÕs Aspley Works as part of their build-up to the Junior Journalist Competition. The party of 15 pupils were shown around the works by Public Relations Executive, Paul Clark and saw the Examiner come off the press. After watching the video Making Headlines, they put Press Centre Manager Alan Shore in the hot seat at their own press conference. Phil Craddock is pictured showing the dayÕs plates to (from left) Benjamin Armstrong, Becky Cooper, Katrina Brown and Christopher Pearson. 12th October 1990.1 of 20 
Children at Stile Common Nursery School are turning green at a young age. Sixty three and four-year-olds are doing projects about recycling, and their work has included clearing litter at Primrose Hill playground with teacher Hilary Scholes. The youngsters will also visit bottle banks as part of the project. 12th October 1990.2 of 20 
Emley Football Club Team Picture, 13th October 1990.3 of 20 ![]()
All the luck of the draw É Miss Examiner Maureen Wigton draws the winning ticket for a cuddly cat in aid of Kirkwood Hospice. The Tungate family who are pictured from left: Paul, aged 5, Philip, aged 7 and Wendy, aged 10, sold the tickets to raise money after their grandmother had been ill. The youngsters, who live in Lepton, raised about £55 from the sale of 250 tickets to family and friends. 12th October 1990.4 of 20 ![]()
Breaking the strain barrier É these army cadets chose to go up Castle Hill the hard way Ð dragging a Land-Rover. The mighty pull shattered the 13-18-year-olds who performed the sponsored stunt to raise cash for adventure training equipment. The 25 cadets are all members of the Huddersfield Army Cadet Force Detachment (Duke of WellingtonÕs Regiment), which parades at the Drill Hall, St PaulÕs Street, every Monday and Thursday between 7pm and 9pm. Said Sgt Maj Wilf Sanderson: ÒWe need to raise funds during the winter to buy all the outdoor pursuit kit we need during the summer months.Ó Apart from military and adventure training, the Huddersfield cadets have the chance to gain bronze, silver and gold Duke of Edinburgh awards. (7211 or 7229) (Shows two lines of cadets pulling a Land Rover). 15th October 1990.5 of 20 ![]()
Breaking the strain barrier É these army cadets chose to go up Castle Hill the hard way Ð dragging a Land-Rover. The mighty pull shattered the 13-18-year-olds who performed the sponsored stunt to raise cash for adventure training equipment. The 25 cadets are all members of the Huddersfield Army Cadet Force Detachment (Duke of WellingtonÕs Regiment), which parades at the Drill Hall, St PaulÕs Street, every Monday and Thursday between 7pm and 9pm. Said Sgt Maj Wilf Sanderson: ÒWe need to raise funds during the winter to buy all the outdoor pursuit kit we need during the summer months.Ó Apart from military and adventure training, the Huddersfield cadets have the chance to gain bronze, silver and gold Duke of Edinburgh awards. (7211 or 7229) (Shows two lines of cadets pulling a Land Rover). 14th October 1990.6 of 20 ![]()
Teeth, dentists and tooth fairies Ð alias pupils from Moorcross Infants School, Crosland Moor Ð have been helping to promote healthy living. The youngsters took part in a health roadshow, organised by Huddersfield Health Authority at Moorcross, Mount Pleasant and Thornton Lodge schools. The fair promotes all aspects of healthy living, including how to look after your teeth. And with the help of Chol Theatre, the Moorcross pupils dressed s teeth, dentists and a tooth fairy to perform a play on the subject. Pictured are dentist Kathryn Kemp (left) and tooth fairy Louise Henry with the rest of the cast. 15th October 1990.7 of 20 ![]()
Trendsetters É Gone are the days of Al-line skirts and Crimplene blouses Ð fashion conscious Guides and Brownies have a new look. Pictured wearing the new-style uniforms are members of the Netherton company. The new uniforms include hooded sweatshirts, caps and cullotes, with badges being sewn onto sashes instead of shirt sleeves. Guide unform colours now include all shades of blue, Brownie gear comes in yellow and brown and Young Leaders in turquoise shades. Picture shows girls on the steps of a building wearing the new uniforms. 17th October 1990.8 of 20 ![]()
Up, up and away Ð Young leader Co-ordinator Dorothy Bottom helps local Ranger Guides to get their latest appeal off to a flying start with a balloon race from Castle Hill, Almondbury. Guides up and down the country will celebrate the movementÕs 75th birthday next year, and as part of the anniversary celebrations they will undertake a project called Help Africa See. In conjunction with Sight Savers, they aim to buy mobile eye units to send to the African continent. The units cost £12.500 each and Guides in the North East England region hope to raise £85,000. West YorkshireÕ Guides have set their own target of £12,500. 22nd October 1990.9 of 20 ![]()
Easy riders É pupils in year six at Marsden Junior School spent a week cycle training. With the help of road safety officer, Pc John Bryce of Holmfirth police, 26 pupils passed the cycling proficiency certificate. Teacher Mrs Christine Docker, who is also chairman of the Colne Valley Road Safety Committee is pictured presenting certificates to 10-year-old Sam Haigh and fellow pupils, 2nd October 1990.10 of 20 ![]()
Golcar Junior and Infants won the Colne Valley Junior Schools six-a-side soccer competition with a 2-1 extra-time victory over Beech J and I (Golcar) in the final. In the semi-finals they bat Golcar St JohnÕs 2-0. Ten teams entered the competition. Pictured with their trophy are back row (left to right): Chris Rushworth, Matthew Chambers, Steven Walsh, Gavin Armitage. Front row: Ben Hamilton, Adam Johnson, Mathew Lucas. 1st October 1990.11 of 20 ![]()
Ready for lift-off É these children from Scapegoat Hill Junior and InfantsÕ School try out the miniature hot-air balloon they made as part of a project. Sixteen pupils Ð all seven to 11-yeaqr-olds Ð are seen using a hairdryer to fly their balloon, made from tissue paper. They created it as part of a science project on air. 3rd October 1990.12 of 20 ![]()
Children at Fartown High School have been presented with a certificate after raising more than £100 to provide a talking book machine for a blind person. Thirteen to 15-year-olds at the school sold bookmarks to raise the money. They were presented with a certificate to acknowledge their efforts by Mrs Helene Saunders, north region appeals organiser for the RNIB Neena Sharma, Lindsay Hynes and year eight co-ordinator Miss Jayne Russell received the certificate. A further £27 was raised for the RNIB by the 27 members of class 9SHK at the school who organised a sponsored game. Satinder Sandhu and Claire Marshall are pictured handing over a cheque to Mrs Saunders. 5th October 1990.13 of 20 ![]()
Waving goodbye É thatÕs some of the 90 children who were taken on outings by Brighouse and District Lions Club. All of them suffer from the crippling condition known as Arthrogryposis. A conference was held by the national Arthrogyposis Grou at the Forte Hotel, Brighouse, and the children came from all over the country with people attending the conference. Some of the youngsters were taken to the Horses at Work Museum, Halifax, others went on a canal trip at Hebden Bridge and all went to the Yorkshire Mining Museum, between Huddersfield and Wakefield. 6th October 1990.14 of 20 ![]()
Young Fartown High School pups are put through their paces at a dance workshop. Patsy Ricketts a dance teacher and choreographer from Jamaica, visited the school for a workshop on African dance. Patsy Ð pictured with some of the pupils Ð is visiting the area as a guest of the Afrikan PeopleÕs Drum and Dance Project and gave tuition to first-year pupils at the school. 5th October 1990.15 of 20 ![]()
Champion swimmers from the 69 Huddersfield Squadron of the Air Training Corps won two trophies and were runners-up for two other awards at an inter-squadron event. The 16 swimmers from the Huddersfield squadron took on competitors from 17 other teams form the West Riding wing of the ATC. They won the overall trophy and senior male trophy and were runners-up for the male under 16s and female awards. Members of the squadron won 10 individual gold and 12 silver medals. Flt Lt Geoff Castle (left) is pictured with the trophy winners. 8th October 1990.16 of 20 ![]()
A 16-year old Huddersfield Royal Infirmary catering assistant has been elected as the townÕs Youth of the Year. Anthony Horsfall, of St JohnÕs Road, Birkby, was picked by a panel of five judges in a competition sponsored by Huddersfield Lions Club at the Town Hall. Anthony now goes through to the district heat of the Lions International Youth Award. The competition had a £1,500 cash prize for the national winner. Anthony does voluntary work for the elderly at the Sunday luncheon club at the St LukeÕs Hospital Barton unit. He helps take people to the club and to serve the meals. Anthony is pictured with other youth award nominees (from left) Amanda Flynn, Andrew Reilley, Mark Catney, Rachel Miller and Victoria Robinson with Lions president Mr Gerald Higginson. 8th October 1990.17 of 20 ![]()
Oh yes, we did É the Golcar Pantomime group raised £600 charity cash when it staged Mother Goose this Easter. The group involves parents, staff, pupils and friends of Golcar Junior and Infant School. Mother Goose was the fourth panto put on by the group, which have all been based on scripts by Gerry Dolan. The money was split equally between the Education social work department, the Tracey Cromack appeal Ð to buy a communication unit for a local cerebral palsy sufferer Ð the school and the El Alda fund to re-build a Far-Eastern school which was badly damaged in a fire. Tom Senior (front) is pictured with the charity cheques as other pupils who appeared in the panto look on. 9th October 1990.18 of 20 ![]()
Crosland Moor Cubs Mark Heald (left) and Craig Litherland have hit gold. The two 10-year-olds, who have been cubs since they were eight, are pictured with their Gold Arrow Awards. They have 14 badges between them and have attended camps and activity centres to gain their awards. 10th October 1990.19 of 20 ![]()
Games time É Members of Golcar St JohnÕs mothers and toddlers group have given £100 to Golcar St JohnÕs CE Junior and Infant School where they hold their meetings. The money as been used to buy an activity gym mat and maths games for pupils at the school. The group, which caters for children from babies to two-and-a-half, meets each Friday morning and has about 30 members. 12th October 1990.20 of 20
