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Nostalgia: Young people making the news back in 1992
Pupils at Cowlersley Primary School got together to raise money with a sponsored wheel day. Pupils from the school and nursery - some in fancy dress - joined their teachers to make full circuits of a course in the playground on wheels. All sorts of vehicles from roller skates to prams were chosen for the course and even the headmistress joined in, dressed as Nora Batty and pushing a shopping basket.18th March 1992.1 of 19 
Energy past and present is the theme of an exhibition at the Tolson Memorial Museum. Thomas and Samuel Weston, of Meltham, are pictured learning about a Wimshurst machine for generating static electricity. With them is Alan Murray, of Kirklees Museum Services. The exhibition has been organised as part of Kirklees Green Festival and is called Power for the People: energy in the Home, past and present 28th February 1992.2 of 19 
Cheque out... Honley Children's Drama Group, which meets at the village's Trinity Church, pictured with the ¿42 cheque which they presented to the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. The money was raised at a Christmas Nativity play at the church. 29th February 1992.3 of 19 ![]()
Let there be light... the thrills and spills of the circus came to Slaithwaite for the ninth Moonraking festival. The extra day of 1992 was chosen to commemorate a local legend which says villagers tried to rake the reflection of the moon from the surface of the canal. This giant moon was pulled along in the procession. Home-made lanterns lit up the way. 29th February 1992.4 of 19 ![]()
A mine of information... that's these pupils from Golcar Junior, Infants and Nursery School, who dressed up as Miners Through The Ages. Jennifer Asquith is seen showing a Davy lamp to classmates, who took part in a school assembly and presented musing and drama on mining. Thirty 11-years-olds from the school studied mining, and visited the Yorkshire Mining Museum, near Grange Moor. 13th March 1992.5 of 19 ![]()
Parent's, teachers and pupils from Newsome Junior School ready to start the Bilberry Walk, a four-mile ramble round Holmfirth based on the tragic flood which swamped the village in 1852, claiming 80 lives. Voluntary countryside officer Nigel Burton lead 61 members of Newsome's School Association on the walk, which included a picnic lunch. The route took them from Bilberry Dam, Digley to the village centre. The continued to Hinchliffe Mill and Perseverance Mill, the sites of numerous deaths when the dam burst it's embankment. 15th March 1992.6 of 19 ![]()
Let there be light... the thrills and spills of the circus came to Slaithwaite for the ninth Moonraking festival. The extra day of 1992 was chosen to commemorate a local legend which says villagers tried to rake the reflection of the moon from the surface of the canal. This giant moon was pulled along in the procession. Home-made lanterns lit up the way. 29th February 1992.7 of 19 ![]()
Let there be light... the thrills and spills of the circus came to Slaithwaite for the ninth Moonraking festival. The extra day of 1992 was chosen to commemorate a local legend which says villagers tried to rake the reflection of the moon from the surface of the canal. This giant moon was pulled along in the procession. Home-made lanterns lit up the way. 29th February 1992.8 of 19 ![]()
Play days... The Merry Go Round nursery, Ray Street, celebrates it's first birthday with a party. Games, a party tea and a visit from children's entertainer John Oakley all helped the 13 children at the nursery mark the occasion. The private nursery, for children between two and five years, is run for the benefit of children whose parents are taking courses at the Ray Street Enterprise Centre and those whose parents work in the town centre. 4th March 1992.9 of 19 ![]()
Huddersfield Choral Society contralto Jane Hobson joins the Children's Choir for a special charity concert at the weekend. Most of the proceeds from the event at Dalton St Paul¿ Church are going to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary's Heart Appeal. The rest will be given to the Church and the Choir Fund. One highlight of the evening was a cornet duet by brother and sister Liam and Lucy Rothery. 8th March 1992.10 of 19 ![]()
Ten years on... Mrs Lesley Holmes (right), leader of St John's playgroup in Golcar, is pictured with Mrs Catherine Nethercoats - who made the birthday cake - and the children enjoying the group's 10th birthday celebrations. Around 75 children attended the special party - which included tea and games - at St John's Junior and Infant School. The playgroup caters for children between two-and-a-half and four-and-a-half and Mrs Holmes has run it for eight years. 9th March 1992.11 of 19 ![]()
Fund-raising is child's play - that's what pupils at Almondbury Infant School have discovered. Pupils at the school and nursery raised £340 for Help the Aged. Nursery pupils were sponsored for their movement lessons and pupils at the school completed games sheets provided by the charity. They were given lists of activities and paid money according to how many they were able to complete. 9th March 1992.12 of 19 ![]()
Children from Meltham Church of England Junior and Infants School have been taking road safety lessons on a special exhibition bus. Holmfirth road safety officer PC John Bryce has been working with children all this week. He is pictured with pupils of class 14 and teacher Tina Warden outside the bus. 12th March 1992.13 of 19 ![]()
Cubs beat the challenge... these six 10-year-old Cubs from the 6th Holme Valley pack have been awarded the movement's highest honour. The boys - who are (from left) John Cunningham, James Goodall, Matthew Robinson, Tom Humphries, Ben Tankard and James Heaton - are the first form Honley's Atlas pack to achieve the Adventure Crest award, which has replaced the Gold Arrow. To earn the award they took part in a range of activities, these included tackling an assault course, abseiling and night hikes. The boys also had to display leadership qualities. 28th March 1992.14 of 19 ![]()
Pizza the action... pupils of Kirkburton Middle School are pictured in their latest production, War and Pizza. Written by head of English at Thornhill High School Andrew Walker, the play tells the story of a trade battle between a corner cafe and a pizza takeaway. Around 70 children are taking part in the show which opened last night and continues at the school tonight and tomorrow. 17th March 1992.15 of 19 ![]()
These kind-hearted Colne Valley High School youngsters have given a boost to charity. The first years organised a half-hour lunchtime sponsored silence - and for their efforts have raised £150 for the Royal National Institute for the Blind. The sponsored event followed a talk by a RNIB speaker, which was part of a topic on disabilities in the community. 19th March 1992.16 of 19 ![]()
Emley First School staged the first reading of Bill Forde's latest story, Douglas The Dragon III, Mirfield probation officer Mr Forde has spent the last two years touring Kirklees schools with his stories with a message and has enlisted many celebrities to read them. Douglas III was inspired by the re-organisation of school in Mirfield. The event also included a presentation of ¿90 for Huddersfield Royal Infirmary¿ special care baby unit, raised through sales of a Douglas song cassette. Mr Forde (l) is pictured with Emley First School headteacher Mr Stuart Merry (c) and Mr Paul Jay, of the Trustee Savings Bank, which sponsored recordings of songs based on Mr Forde's stories. 19th March 1992.17 of 19 ![]()
Youngsters from schools throughout Kirklees, pictured here making lanterns, have taken part in a Wacky Winter Weekend. The weekend, at Cliffe House, Shelley, is organised annually by the Kirklees Countryside Service. It aims to promote energy and environmental conservation and around 30 children, aged between 8 and 11 took part. The weekend included workshops, lantern making, environmental discussions and walks along an energy theme. 21st March 1992.18 of 19 ![]()
The last clean-up... Betty Smith is pictured on her retirement as cleaner at Wellhouse First School, Mirfield. Mrs Smith, 60, was a cleaner at the former Lee Green School, Mirfield, for 20 years. When it closed in 1982 she moved to Wellhouse. Mrs Smith, who lives near the former school in Lee Green, received an engraved cut-glass vase as a retirement gift and a bouquet. She enjoys knitting, dancing and gardening. 27th March 1992.19 of 19
