Huddersfield Examiner - Tag - alan brooke

Painting is one of the earliest depictions of Honley

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

AN oil painting of Steps (now known as Magdale) at Honley has returned home after more than 180 years.

Nostalgia: Talks on the Luddites

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

THIS month marks 200 years since Huddersfield Luddites were executed in York ... and a Huddersfield Luddite expert will be talking in the city this weekend.

Family History: Sad end to grand old Holmfirth mill

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Local historian Alan Brooke outlines the history of the latest casualty of our textile past

Nostalgia: Following footsteps of a Luddite victim William Horsfall

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

PEOPLE can now retrace the final steps of a Huddersfield mill owner killed by Luddites.

Huddersfield celebrates the Luddite Uprising with three-day festival

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE Luddites will be celebrated in Huddersfield this weekend on the 200th anniversary of the attack which led to their defeat.

‘Our economic woe is on a Titanic scale’

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

ALL this reminiscing about the Titanic has brought out the sailor in me. We are, after all, renowned as one of the great sea-faring nations.

Chumbawamba to headline concert for Huddersfield Luddites

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

YORKSHIRE Luddites are set to mark their 200th anniversary with a concert.