NewsgalleryA look back at October 1985BookmarkShareNewsByFiona Lumb17:41, 6 OCT 2015Updated17:22, 7 OCT 2015A cheque for £144 is presented to Mr Michael Tottle (left) area representative of the Royal National Institute for the Blind by the headmaster of Linthwaite County Primary School, Mr Stretton Hobson. Some 195 pupils raised the money by collecting donations for RNLI postcards. 3rd October 1985.1 of 21Town fan Barry Scarlett, wife Diane and children Bryn and Rachel (six months) celebrate their arrival at Sunderland's Roker Park Ground. It was a very special moment for 30-year-old Barry who has not only completed the full set of 92 League grounds but has seen Town on all of them. 28th September 1985.2 of 21Busy baking - showing how bread was made in the 19th century are (from left) Mrs Sheila Lee, Mr Trevor Polding, Mrs Barbara Robinson and Mrs Carol Swift. Baking was just one of 15 crafts demonstrated at Golcar's Colne Valley Museum for a working craft weekend. Among attractions were hand-loom weaving, spinning, clog-making, basketwork, tatting and pottery. 5th October 1985.3 of 21Romance in the air - the real-life romance that dancer Karina Halstead found during a Caribbean cruise could not have been bettered in a Mills and Boon plot. Karina (18) of Skelmanthorpe, was working as a dancer on a cruise ship when she met Canadian singer Tonio Salci who was playing the piano on board. The couple fell for each other but were parted when Tonio left to fulfil a contract on another ship. But Tonio and Karina kept in touch, and now Karina has received a copy of the singer's first album, Tonio. She is pictured with the record which has two songs dedicated to her called simply, Karina and Karina's Theme. 8th October 1985.4 of 21More than 500 Huddersfield youngsters will be taking part in the second Huddersfield Stage Dance Festival during the half-term week. Four people who will be taking part are Samantha Armitage (front), Louise Adkin (left), Andrew Spencer and Joanne Edinborough. The festival, which has grown considerably since it's first year last year, will feature a heat of the Miss Dance of Great Britain competition and stage the West Yorkshire Senior Ballet Championships. Organiser Mr Roy Adkin said: "The competition has grown considerably since last year. Entrants are mostly local children. There are a wide range of classes, including stage, ballet, tap, solo, duets and trios." 8th October 1985.5 of 21Hole-in-the-heart victim Andrew Marshall put his best foot forward to raise more than £1,000 for charity by walking the Pennine Way. Andrew (third right) is pictured presenting cheques for £510 with (from second left) Town player Simon Webster, accompanying walker Duncan Ralph, and landlord of the Coach and Horses, at Honley, David Woodhead, to Dr Olive Scott of Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, and Mr Ainley Wood of the British Heart Foundation Huddersfield branch. Andrew, 19, of Honley, who six years ago underwent open-heart surgery at Killingbeck , completed the 270 miles from Edale to Kirk Yetholm with Duncan and Jonathan Lee, both of Shepley. The team took just 16 days to complete the walk. 11th October 1985.6 of 21Music and dance from around the world formed part of an evening of multicultural entertainment at Huddersfield Co-op's triangle Community Project. Pictured are some of the people from throughout the Huddersfield area who presented traditional and modern entertainment from various cultures represented in the town. The performance included the Triangle project's own Mutiny on the Dance Floor break dance group, Irish dancing from Helen Masih and Asian songs in Hindi and Punjabi from Ravinder Singh. Scottish songs were performed by Mary Johnston and jazz by Shaun Carter. Punjabi songs were performed with table and harmonium accompaniment by Gobind Singh Sohal and his sister Sharnjit Sohal. Other entertainment included Reggae music, a demonstration of Afro-Caribbean hairstyles and folk music. Ethnic workshop organiser Mr Paul Laws said the evening aimed to get groups to use the centre. 15th October 1985.7 of 21Packing off food for Africa are Linthwaite Church Junior and Infants' School youngsters Nikki Parker, Lucy Batley, Naomi Roberts, Noel Tidbury and Lucy Barton. Pupils collected six sacks of whole white flour, sugar, split peas and lentils for the harvest festival service. The food was for the Band Aid appeal, and nearly 30 youngsters presented a special assembly for World Food Day. 16th October 1985.8 of 21Helping to ensure that aid reaches starving Ethiopian families are Newsome High School pupils Gary Reeves, 14, Amanda Harris, 14, Amanda Smith, 15 and Adrian Ward, 14. They are busy foiling 18 sacks from Band Aid with flour, sugar, dried peas and lentils which will be shipped to Africa in time for Christmas. Lowerhouses Junior and Infant school also sent goods for the Newsome High collection, timed to coincide with the school's harvest festival. Newsome and other schools in the area have joined 8,000 schools and colleges in the UK to support the latest Band Aid appeal, Schools Aid. Seventy-five thousand sacks have been sent out to be filled with dried foodstuffs. At the end of October the sacks with some 2,500 tons of food, will be sent free of charge by British Rail's Red Star parcel service to London and Glasgow, to be shipped to Africa. 17th October 1985.9 of 21Five-year-old Judilk Ashley and David Taylor, six, discover the secret of an apple tree at a harvest service at their school. Children at Birdsedge First School presented songs, poems and readings on the theme of the Harvest of the Trees. Among the produce to illustrate the message was the 'apple tree' made by parent Mrs Jean Colley. At the end of the service, attended by between 30 and 40 parents and friends, the tree and other harvest goods were sold to raise £50 for the Association for the Deaf. The school chose the charity because a young deaf boy - four-year-old Ben Fletcher - attends the school. 17th October 1985.10 of 21Fireman Patrick Mullan (left) and Fireman George Lockwood handing out fire safety leaflets to (from left) Ann McInnis, Michelle McInnis and her two-year-old son, Wayne. Fireman were on Huddersfield piazza to distribute the leaflets as part of their efforts for National Fire Safety Week. The men - accompanied by a station's turntable ladder and a tender - handed out the safety leaflets to shoppers. 14th October 1985.11 of 21Compo - alias actor Bill Owen Ð swapped his scruffy clothes for a smart new suit for the official opening of a new Huddersfield menswear store today. The untidy hero of TV's Last of the Summer Wine cut a dash as he cut the tape to open Marks and Spencer's store on Princess Alexandra Walk. With him were the chain store's colourful clowns, Sarah Jemmett (left) and Amanda Hallas. The star was welcome3d to the opening by store manager Mr Peter Marshall. The firm has doubled the floor space available for men's fashions by transferring menswear from its New Street store to the Piazza. It has also increased its staff by 26. 22nd October 1985.12 of 21James Ashley, of Birdsedge, winner of the piano solo class for under-11s at the Haydn Wood Musical Festival, pictured with second prizewinner Ruth Fletcher, of Slaithwaite (right) and third-placed Melanie Littlewood, of Emley. There are about 200 entries in the competition, which opened at Slaithwaite Leisure Centre this morning and continues tomorrow. Others successful this morning, in the woodwind solo class for under-14s, were Robert Gillespie, of Golcar (first) and Carol Scott, of Slaithwaite (second). 25th October 1985.13 of 21More than 130 children were clowning about at Lindley Library today for an hour of storytelling fun. Slaithwaite library assistant Mrs Enid Blackburn donned this clown costume to help Leisure Services' half-term entertainment. The circus storytime saw the children making clown hats and puppets, juggling and plying games. The free circus show was also on at New Mill today and by the end of the week children at 11 libraries in west Kirklees will have taken part. 23rd October 1985.14 of 21Compo Ð alias actor Bill Owen Ð swapped his scruffy clothes for a smart new suit for the official opening of a new Huddersfield menswear store today. The untidy hero of TV's Last of the Summer Wine cut a dash as he cut the tape to open Marks and Spencer's store on Princess Alexandra Walk. With him were the chain store's colourful clowns, Sarah Jemmett (left) and Amanda Hallas. The star was welcome3d to the opening by store manager Mr Peter Marshall. The firm has doubled the floor space available for men's fashions by transferring menswear from its New Street store to the Piazza. It has also increased its staff by 26. 22nd October 1985.15 of 21All smiles from marathon runner Tony Gill and some of the pupils at the school which will benefit from his efforts. Mr Gill, now a student at Liverpool University, is pictured (left) with children of Rawthorpe CofE Infant and Nursery school, who will benefit by £85 from the sponsorship raised by running the Glasgow marathon. Helping him count the cash he raised are (from left) Amanda Berry, Wayne McKenna, Jay David, Mansha Ayub, Garry Fleming, Claire Bretton and Kuldeep Singh. The school intends to use his sponsorship money to buy equipment which can be used by both disabled youngsters and the other children. 3rd October 1985.16 of 21A total of 76 boys, some of them as young as six, attended the first session of a Rugby League coaching course at Huddersfield's Arena 84 ground and a group of them are seen being shown how to pass the ball by coaches Mick Ward and Simon Kenworthy. Organiser Chris Forster, the district coach under the National Coaching Scheme, said: "The response was fantastic but more boys aged Under 12 are welcome to come to the other three sessions on the next three Saturdays." 12th October 1985.17 of 21Ready for the off - these youngsters were among 30 children who went on a sponsored walk this morning organised by Shelley Pre-School Playgroup. From left are Ben Watson, Susanne Hayes and Matthew Poole. The children, all three or four years old, walked 10 laps around Shelley Methodist Church Hall to raise money to buy new toys for the playgroup. Cakes and toys were on sale and proceeds amounted to £200. 10th October 1985.18 of 21Checking the clues before setting out on a treasure hunt at Marsden are (from left) Nikki Wheeler, Deborah Waggoner and Kelly Wheeler. The event, on a route of about 1&½ miles round the village, was organised to raise funds for a new uniform for Marsden Majorettes and was arranged by Mr Fred Carter with help from Colne Valley Warden David Finnis. 29th September 1985.19 of 21Ready for the off - these youngsters were among the children who went on a sponsored walk this morning organised by Shelley Pre-School Playgroup. The children, all three or four years old, walked 10 laps around Shelley Methodist Church Hall to raise money to buy new toys for the playgroup. Cakes and toys were on sale and proceeds amounted to £200. 10th October 1985.20 of 21Singing out loud - these pupils of Bradley Infants School were among some 150 youngsters taking part in a 20-minute sponsored sing. The children sang about 32 songs to raise money for a school computer. The event raised between £400 and £500. 10th October 1985.21 of 21