Two trolleybuses passing one another on Thornhill Road in Longwood in October 1966. The trolleybus on the right is passing the Rose and Crown pub on its way to town and Bradley while the other is heading up the road to the terminus at Dodlee which remains a cobbled road to this day

November 1964 sure looked wet and cold but quiet in this picture taken on Westgate. The No 30 motor bus is seen turning off into New North Road bound for West Vale. Trolleybuses had run to West Vale until November 1961. Note Wah Yan, one of the first Chinese restaurants in Huddersfield town centre

A trolleybus making its way up Somerset Road in Almondbury on a dismally grey day in February 1965. Moldgreen can be seen through the mist and over the wall was Mr Prewer's nursery which was a well-known haunt for gardeners

This was the view inside the Longroyd trolleybus depot in June 1967 with both trolleybuses and their nemesis, motorbuses, side by side. The depot could accommodate 140 buses and was built on the site of the train depot just before the Second World War

People will barely recognise this road layout at Oakes in June 1964. It was before the road was widened and note there weren't even any lines down the middle. The trolleybus is passing Wellington Mills which was, until 1959, occupied by P Martin and Sons but by 1964 had been divided into units

For 23 years from 1940 electric trolleybuses reigned supreme in Huddersfield but a change was looming in the 1960s with more and more fuel-powered buses appearing on our streets. The first routes to make the change were Marsden, Birkby and Crosland Hill. Note how this motor bus outside Timothy Whites chemist shop on John William Street was painted to resemble a trolleybus with the Newsome South and Longwood trolleybuses behind it

Another view of Huddersfield town centre from July 1964 with the No 40 trolleybus from Longwood to Bradley passing from New Street into John William Street

This trolleybus turning out of Northumberland Street into John William Street in October 1964 had come into town from Fixby and was probably on its way to the Longroyd Bridge depot. This bus, No 588, was 16 years old when the photograph was taken in 1965 and 'retired' that July. The soot-blackened offices behind were the Passenger Transport offices

The No 33 trolleybus draws up at Shorehead after negotiating the roundabout on its way to Byram Street from Almondbury. The car showrooms are long gone

Note how soot-blackened Estate Buildings looked on Westgate in May 1964 - it was to be another four years before they were cleaned up. The No 73 trolleybus bound for Outlane is seen waiting at the Market Street traffic lights while the other trolleybuses on the opposite side of the road are the No 72 for Moldgreen and the No 73 for Waterloo

No 40 trolleybus bound for Bradley in 1965 is just passing the Broadway pub on Northgate and Richmond flats at the top of Leeds Road

This is a scene only our older readers will remember. The steeple is from New North Road Baptist Church and the roads in the photograph are New North Road and Trinity Street in April 1965. The buildings from the church to Trinity Street housed shops, offices and Young Women's Christian Association hostel. People may remember Wiley Bros cycle shop, Becktons secondhand shop and Mabel Lickess' florist shop on Trinity Street. All were demolished in the early 1970s to make way for the ring road

This No 73 trolleybus bound for Outlane is seen making a right turn from Railway Street into Westgate in June 1967. Note Cooper Webb and Son's long-established grocery store on the corner

he No 41 trolleybus makes its way up Longwood Road in October 1966 with Cliffe End Road on the right and Meg Lane on the left. At this junction there used to be no less than four corner shops, but all are now gone. The trolleybus was running from Longwood and through through Huddersfield town centre to Bradley, but were replaced by motor buses on this route in July 1967

A trolleybus and a motor vehicle are seen leaving the Longroyd Bridge depot in April 1965 and about to enter St Thomas' Road. The depot was built to house the 140-strong trolleybus fleet and was finished in 1939