I HOPE you all take the chance to tune into our liveblog today from the key Local Development Framework meeting which gets underway at Huddersfield Town Hall at 10am.
It should be a lively – and lengthy – debate about future house-building in the district and I’ll be tweeting updates throughout on the Examiner’s website.
But, in the run-up to this key meeting which will shape Huddersfield for years to come, there’s one thing that’s been troubling me – is it “Grimescar Valley” or “Grimscar Valley”?
I’ve heard the Huddersfield beauty spot pronounced both ways over the past few weeks as I’ve written stories about the controversial proposal to build hundreds of homes in the area.
Most people appear to think “grime” is better than “grim”. The campaign group Save Grimescar Valley appear pretty sure that the word should have an ‘e’ – they’ll need a new banner if they’re wrong.
But there’s a minority, primarily of older people, who refer to the area as “Grimscar”. I noticed Kirklees Council leader Clr Mehboob Khan dropped the ‘e’ during a speech to campaigners at Birchencliffe Cricket Club on Saturday.
Examiner librarian Stephen Carter fished-out an Examiner article from 1961 which talks about the then-Huddersfield Borough Council’s plan to build homes in “Grimscar Valley”.
To further confuse the matter, there’s a Grimescar Road running through the area, but there’s also a Grimscar Avenue nearby.
I’ve asked a couple of the grey beards in the office, and none of them is sure if one spelling is wrong and the other right; if both are acceptable or if it’s a case of “grim” giving way to “grime” over the last 50 years.
Can anyone enlighten me?
