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‘I’d be homesick at Christmas but it is really a good life here’

IT was a giant leap in the dark when Audrey Weir emigrated with her young family from Huddersfield to Australia in 1970. Read

From Colne Valley to Melbourne

HUDDERSFIELD man Carl Biedukiewicz visited Australia for the first time in 1988 to see his many uncles, aunties and cousins living Down Under. Read

Carl’s in sub-tropical heaven with his new way of life Down Under

LIFE couldn’t be better for Carl Forman in Australia. Read

Joanne was witness to meeting of Cunard’s Queens Down Under

WHEN tens of thousands of sightseers gathered at Sydney Harbour to witness the majestic Cunard liners Queen Elizabeth II and sister ship the new Queen Victoria sail past each other Joanne Clayton was among them. Read

Ex-Ranger Mark’s enjoying his new life in the Antiguan sunshine

A QUARTER of a century or so ago Mark Harrold was a keen footballer in Huddersfield. Read

Singer Iona’s returning to the town where she was brought up

IONA Macdonald’s name is thoroughly Scottish and it’s where she lives now. Read

Sixty years on and Terry and Maria are still so much in love

THEIR love has survived the aftermath of war, migration to a foreign country and battles with cancer. Read

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Yorkshire man finds a very warm welcome in a very cold country

HUDDERSFIELD man Martin Hellawell has only been in Canada for a few weeks – but he is already encouraging others to think about making the big move across the Atlantic. Read

Lost and found – it’s all relative as people research family history

MORE than a quarter of people in the UK have lost contact with a relative but more than half of those would like to find them again, research suggests. Read

Storing up all those memories

"WHERE did I put dad’s old photo album? And whatever happened to the video of that great holiday in Crete?" Read

Guide to Newfoundland

BARBARA Barrett is a woman of distinction in Newfoundland Read

Singing Shepley’s praises from depths of a Canadian snowstorm

MARILYN Haywood still takes a keen interest in her home village of Shepley despite having lived in Canada for many years. Read

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