READER Kevin M Hirst was delighted to read about the White House pub which is on the moors between Meltham and Slaithwaite and has closed after more than 200 years.Read
FAMILY history is a fascinating subject. I’ve delved into mine hoping to find I’m related to some famous person of the past, but my ancestors are poor Irish farmers who escaped the famines of the 19th century to come to England to work in the coal mines.Read
I HAVE just signed an online petition to get Ken Dodd a knighthood. Not that I am a great believer in the honours system, but it seems like he has been overlooked.Read
I’VE had trouble with beds before. On one particular occasion I built the frame of a cast iron day bed from Ikea in the small bedroom only to discover the small bedroom was too small.Read
THREE thousand fans turned up at an Elvis convention in Birmingham to watch 80 tribute acts to compete in the European Elvis Championship: thirty five years after the death of the King.Read
THE White House, the famous old pub on the moors above Meltham, that is now waiting conversion into three houses, was built in 1799 by Joseph Holroyd, the great great great great grandfather of Kate England of Honley.Read
JUST when you thought we had finished with sugar, a reader asks if anyone remembers the Great Huddersfield Sugar Scandal that happened during the Second World War?Read
AT this time of a new year it is always as well to ensure your mental capacities have not been weakened by excessive celebration during the festive season.Read
IT has been predicted that classroom text books will soon be a thing of the past, relegated in the national memory to take their place alongside Tom Brown’s Schooldays and discipline enforced by the cane.Read
