LifestylegalleryNostalgia: 1985BookmarkShareLifestyleByGavin Castle12:31, 11 AUG 2015Updated08:52, 12 AUG 2015Helping out with the painting at Holmfirth's Phoenix Youth Centre play-scheme are (from left, back) Julie Keever, Joanne Woods and Mark Roberts and enjoying the painting are (from left) Stephanie and Lindsay Coburn and Frances Sewell. The three-week playscheme is for youngster aged three to 12. It is organised by Mrs Adele Hinchliffe, helped by 12 teenagers from the centre. Youngsters have been enjoying table tennis, painting, craftwork, football and netball, roller skating and swimming. Next week they go on a trip to Flamingoland. 19th August 1985.1 of 24A couple who have lived in the Crosland Moor area all of their lives have celebrated their golden wedding. Mr Hubert Lockwood and his wife, Lily, of Blackmoorfoot Road, were married 50 years ago at St Barnabas' Parish Church, Crosland Moor. Both were brought up on the Crosland Moor area. Mr Lockwood spent much of his working life at Jonson's quarry as a crane driver and also worked as a postman before he retired. Mrs Lockwood worked as a weaver at Ramsden Brothers, of Crosland Moor, for 30 years. She is chairman of Crosland Moor Townswomen's Guild social studies group, and is a member of Park Road Methodist Church Women's Fellowship. The couple, who have a daughter and two grandchildren, have lived at their present address for about 14 years. Mr and Mrs Lockwood celebrated at the home of a neighbour and went out for a family meal. 2nd August 1985.2 of 24Youngest member of Sherwood RJ Majorettes, eight-year-old Tracey Eastwood, presents flowers to the oldest resident of Brooklands Flats, 90-year-old Mrs Ellen Asquith. Mrs Asquith opened a summer fair at the Bradley flats, the first event of its kind. The event helped to raise funds for extra facilities for the old people's community building. 20th August 1985.3 of 24Going Dutch - Mr Ricky Senior (centre) has taken this 1850 100ft Metz turntable ladder to an international rally in Holland - where it will be among vintage vehicles from throughout the world. With him on the trip are his wife, Linda (right), and 11-year-old son Richard and friends Stephen Shaw (left0 and Robert Womersley, both fire engine enthusiasts. The vehicle is a Dennis F27, which was used in Aberdeen until it came out of service this last year. Ricky who lives at Barden Lane, Shelley, also has an old Huddersfield water tender which dates back to the 1950s and a Nottinghamshire Metz 100ft turntable ladder from the same period. Ricky, who is works manager for a Shelley commercial bodywork firm, take part in rallies throughout the summer. 14th August 1985.4 of 24Kirkheaton paraded the Heavy Woollen Cup before Saturday's Huddersfield League Section A match against Bradley Mills. Pictured are (from left): Back row - scorer Michael Calvert, Brian Collier, Geoff Barnard, Gary Hodgson, Nigel Staples, Stephen Pamment, Tony Slack, wicketkeeper Shaun Woodams. Front row - Carl Brady, Ian Rangeley, captain Alan Stephenson, Partha Sen, Steven Hall. 10th August 1985.5 of 24Mrs Marjorie Kershaw, chairman of Huddersfield Famine Relief, accepts a £43 cheque from Helen and David Phayer (left) and Richard Calvert. The money was raised by the three children and a friend, Damon Jones, who all live in the Kirkheaton area, with a garden party and bring-and-buy stall. The cheque was presented at the Famine Relief Shop in Queen Street, Huddersfield. 14th August 1985.6 of 24Dancers Zecky Mortimer (left) and Victoria Yates put a kick into their routine at a talent competition in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield. They were among winners in the section (11-16yrs) of the competition, organised as part of this yearÕs Kirklees Summer Festival. Other senior winners were Deborah and Sharon Munt, who sang with guitar accompaniment; singers Tina and Carol Kimberly; and dancers Deborah Williamson and Caroline Gabanski. Junior winners (under 10yrs) were: Simon and Victoria Ray, comedy and impressions; recorder player Tracy Lowe, and singer Louise Francis. Some 30 children took part in the event. 8th August 1985.7 of 24Four-year-old Alistair Black and his sister Katherine (5) get together with a huge teddy on the tombola stall at Mirfield Round Table Gala. It was just one of the many attractions at the event, opened at Mirfield Agricultural Showground by Table president Mr Gawain Cole. Displays were given by Paddock Super Troupers, and Dizzy Footwork, of Mirfield, gave a break-dancing display. A tug-o-war competition was won by the Travellers' Rest pub, Upper Hopton, and the runner-up was the Airedale Heifer, of Mirfield. 10th August 1985.8 of 24Heave-Ho - The landlord of the Shepherd's Rest pub, Hinchliffe Mill, Mr Ian McKie, puts his team of pub regulars to work - but it is all in a good cause. The team was undertaking a sponsored 'lorry pull,' and aims to raise at least £1,000 for the Bradford Fire Disaster Appeal. They heaved the lorry - complete with members of the Hinchliffe Mill Band on the back - on a five mile route. The total weight was five tons. Leading the procession were the Golden Girl Majorettes, and an old steam engine brought up the rear. The fundraising is going on all day and ends in a disco at the ShepherdÕs Rest tonight. 17th August 1985.9 of 24Gary Kaye has designs on a top fashion career, and in just over a week he will be heading for Paris to try to bring his ambition to life by getting a job there. Gary, 22, of Thorpe Green Drive, Golcar, has already made an impression on one famous fashion house. He has received an award of £300 in cash from Courtelle for his design of five women's outfits for next autumn. He won the 1985 Courtelle Award for designing outfits for Courtelle's Hennes retail group, which caters for the 20-35 year-old working woman who is looking for casual daywear or street clothes. Winning the award provided Gary with a double celebration. He has also just gained a first-class honours degree in fashion design at Newcastle Polytechnic. 8th August 1985.10 of 24Cubs and Scouts from the St Mark's Church group at Longwood set a shining example with their fundraising effort this morning when they cleaned the boots of Town's first team squad. The boots which kicked off the new season so successfully against Millwall on Saturday were polished to perfection as 15 boys held a belated Job Week moneymaking effort toward their group's £150 membership fee for the Scout Association. Pictured putting their feet up while Aaron Johnson (left), Edward Burhouse and their colleagues get to work on their footwear are club captain Paul Jones (right) and closed season new signing David Cork. Group leader Mr David Verlander said there was no shortage of volunteers for the visit to Leeds Road, which included a guided tour behind the scenes at the ground with the club's promotions manager, Steve Kindon. 'It's not so much the money they raise - they are also doing something to help other people,' he said. 19th August 1985.11 of 24Meltham's Ashley Fieldsend is on key to pick up a national award in a young organise of the year competition. Thirteen-year-old Ashley has qualified for the October final in Sheffield, after coming top of his section in a qualifier in Barnsley. And Ashley, of Moor View, could get the chance to play on Sheffield's Radio Hallam as part of his prize in the Foxes Junior Organist of the Year competition. Ashley has been playing the organ for more than four years and is taught by Honley organist David Bintley. This is the first time Ashley has entered a competition but he has no fears about playing in public - Woods music shop, in Huddersfield town centre, let him play on their latest range of organs. 8th August 1985.12 of 24Patients and staff from St Luke's Hospital, Crosland Moor, were presented with gifts for six wards by members of the Huddersfield branch of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Pictured at the presentation are Thomas Reginald Smith with (from left) Sister Catherine Brown, Kath Hirst and Evelyn Lodge of the WRVS, Amy Williams and WRVS members Joan Williams and Muriel Sandford., The gifts, which included a number of pictures, electric shavers, a wall clock and cassette recorder, were brought with money made from the WRVS trolley which tours the wards selling sweets, drinks and toiletries. 21st August 1985.13 of 24Two-year-old Victoria Smith get to grips with this balloon at a summer fair held to raise funds for the Kirklees hospice appeal. The event, at Beaumont Park, was opened by Kirklees Deputy Mayor Clr Jack Brooke, and featured fancy dress and decorated bicycle competitions. BMX racing, Linthwaite Brass Band, Meltham Majorettes, Netherton Ladies' Keep Fit, and visits from the Jungle Bus and a fire safety caravan. 24th August 1985.14 of 24Lesley Walshaw, the 17-year-old England junior squash international from the Huddersfield Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, received a national award from club chairman Colin Graham. She was voted Dettol Deep Fresh Showersoap Player of the Month for August in the magazine, 'Squash Player International'. The Edgerton member was laid low with pleurisy at the beginning of last season but recovered in determined fashion to lead Huddersfield to the Yorkshire and Humberside Women's Squash League championship and to gain England honours in the junior home internationals. Lesley also won the Edgerton club ladiesÕ championship. 11th August 1985.15 of 24Mr Felix Dodds (centre), a national chairman of the Young Liberals, was guest of honour at a meeting at Marsh Liberal Club to launch a Young Liberals branch in Huddersfield. With him are (from left) Dave Betts, Virginia Knox, Andrew Cooper, Elinor Green, Roy Blockley and Noel Nowosielski. Mr Dodds, who travelled from London, spoke about the history of the Liberal movement and its future. Meeting organiser and chairman Mr Andrew Cooper said previous Young Liberal groups in Huddersfield had petered out, but they were confident of establishing a strong, new group. One thousand letters had been sent out inviting new voters to the meeting, and it was hoped to form a group which would enjoy social as well as political activities. 8th August 1985.16 of 24Defeated Paddock Shield finalists Elland seconds are pictured before the match at Broad Oak. Back row (from left) - Iain Hardy, Richard Whiteoak, Robert Gledhill, Vin Mylett, Robin Whiteley, Robin Firth, Ron Hardy. Front row - scorer Paul Thornton, Lee Smith, Mick Bottomley, Martin Shaw, Roger France (capt), Alan Marsden, scorer Karl Glendenning. 18th August 1985.17 of 24Former Huddersfield Rugby Union Club president Leonard Cowburn (plus 5) beat former Huddersfield, Wales and Other Nationalities scrum-half Billy Banks (owes 5) 15-12 in the final of the Huddersfield Rugby League Players' Association bowling handicap at Arena 84. The losing semi-finalists were former Wakefield referee Ronnie Moore and Hull Ex-Players' Association member John Goulding. Pictured above are (left to right) Billy Banks, Huddersfield Rugby League Club Players' Association secretary Mick Rhodes, president Ray Markham and chairman Ken Senior. 4thAugust 1985.18 of 24Oxfam area sales organiser Patricia Nuttall shows two of the hand-crafted items sold to raise money for the charity at a meeting of Crosland Hill Methodist Church Bright Hour. Most of them are made in Third World countries, and some are the work of handicapped people in Britain. The items also include pine kitchen accessories, rugs, carpets and jewellery, and are sold through catalogues and house parties. A talk promoting the goods was given at the meeting, which was attended by some 40 Bright Hour members. 7th August 1985.19 of 24Mr David Bownas (left), manager of the Huddersfield branch of the National Provincial Building Society, receives the West Yorkshire Region's Branch Challenge Trophy from Mr John A Broadbent, regional manager's assistant. Looking on are staff members. The trophy is awarded every three months after investment returns and patterns of business are looked at by the board of directors. 1st August 1985.20 of 24Dancer Sally French puts Justin Trueman (centre back) and Curtis Paxman and Kauser Habib (front) through their body-popping paces at the Co-op Triangle Community Project in Huddersfield. Twenty-three-year-old Sally, from Lepton, will teach dancing part-time at the centre along with Franklin Castle (back left) and Jay Bell (back right). Classes at the New Street centre have been so successful that numbers attending the Wednesday sessions have had to be limited to 60. Other classes at the centre include study skills and starting in September are discussion groups for women. 7th August 1985.21 of 24Tempting customers to buy from the Mirfield Hospice support group cake stall are (from left) Peggy Senior, Sheila Halliwell, Mary Taylor and Pearl Surfleet. The event, at Mirfield market outside the Black Bull pub raised £38 for the Kirkwood Hospice Appeal. All the cakes were made by member or friends of the group. 3rd August 1985.22 of 24Hostess Mrs Marion Peel (centre) with helpers (Mrs Mary Howe (left) and mIss Marian Sheppard at the open day which raised £212 for Methodist Homes for the Aged. The annual open day was held at a Methodist home at Grosvenor Road, Elland. Money raised at such events helps to build more homes for the elderly. The event featured a coffee day and bring-and-buy stall. 6th August 1985.23 of 24A tall story! 6ft 7in Terry Roberts gives a helping hand to Ulyn Gay - she's only 5ft 4in - as the Deighton Demons get down to practice for a new basketball season. 3rd August 1985.24 of 24