LifestylegalleryHuddersfield nostalgia 1991BookmarkShareLifestyleByAndrew Robinson14:22, 10 NOV 2016Toasting the past - the 19th Huddersfield (Golcar Church) Brownie pack is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. A special thanksgiving service is being held to mark the anniversary and these commemorative mugs have also been made. Guest of honour at the Golcar Parish Church service on November 24 will be former Golcar Brownie Mrs Jane Garside, chief commissioner for the Girl Guides Association in the UK and Commonwealth, Pictured getting ready for the celebrations are (from left) nine-year-old Rebecca Heap, former Brown Owl Margaret Thompson, Brown Owl Margaret Shaw and seven-year-old Melissa Livingstone. 13th November 1991.1 of 28The 2nd Huddersfield Company Boys Brigade held its awards and display evening at Moldgreen United Reformed Church. The company was inspected by Dr A L G Smith, a former member, and 93 boys aged between six and 16 years were on parade. Special guest Mr Graham Leslie, associate chairman of Huddersfield town, presented the awards. The Hugh Leslie Cup for the best boy n the junior section was presented to the company in memory of Mr Leslie's father, who was a Boys' Brigade member. It was awarded to James Schofield and the runner-up was Christopher Scott. The Ken and Muriel Sheard Shield, awarded to the best anchor boy, went to Andrew Morgan, with Matthew Gibson as runner-up. The Ross Thomson Cup, awarded to the best boy in the company section, went to David Fox. The runners-up were Alistair Ray and Jonathan Douglas. 13th November 1991.2 of 28Story time - polar walker Robert Swann arrived in style to launch a Kirklees schools project. Mr Swann, who has walked to the North and South poles, has been chosen by the United Nations to be an ambassador for children's environmental projects. He was invited to Emley First School to launch a green story writing project - and arrived in a one-off vintage Hispano Sulza car. Children are being asked to draw inspiration from the world around them to write stories with an environmental image which will be published next year. Local storyteller Bill Forde has already donated two stories for the collection. Robert Swann is pictured (centre) with the car's restorer Dearden Briggs and youngster Peter Emms. 14th November 1991.3 of 28Holidays are here again - students market the delights of England at an exhibition at Huddersfield Technical College. Shown are from left: Abi Sutcliffe, Fleur Mainwaring, Becci Walker and Donna Turner. The first year B-TEC travel and tourism students prepared the exhibition as part of their course work. Joint course tutor Mrs Linda Downs, said it covered three areas: travel geography, travel services and people within organisations. The youngsters had to research their chosen area, get display material and present it. 14th November 1991.4 of 28It has been a golden few weeks for Greenhead Gym Club at the Nationals but while the rest of her Greenhead club members show off their glittering trophies, all Joanne Crowther has to show for her efforts are a pair of crutches following an accident on beam. From left: Sarah Williams, Nicola Ginnever, Johanna Stansfield and Joanne Carratt. 14th November 1991.5 of 28A new £200,000 extension at Shelley First School has nearly doubled its facilities. The school has been calling for refurbishment and a new extension for nearly 10 years and work which began in January has now been completed in a design in keeping with the original school building. The extension provides a new hall, administration block, music room, library, staff and resources rooms. The existing hall will be converted into a classroom. Although the school is now able to use its new facilities, the official opening will not be until the end of January. Parents are fund-raising to stock the new library. 15th November 1991.6 of 28Hi ho, hi ho - five Huddersfield dancers are to perform in Doncaster Civic Theatre's production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs next month. The girls, all pupils of the Clare Doosey School of Dancing in Kirkheaton, auditioned during the October half-term break. Pictured (back, from left) are Louise Mulvihill, 12, of Kirkheaton, Caroline Burgess, nine, of Upper Hopton, and Janine Mellor, 11, of Kirkheaton. Front are Donna Hardcastle (left), nine, of Lepton, and Helen Shaw, 10, of Almondbury. 18th November 1991.7 of 28Return trip when Kirklees Mayoress, Mrs Eileen O'Donovan visited Cambridge Road Day Nursery for their pantomime she said she would like to make a return visit. Now Mrs O'Donovan has spent a morning at the nursery and joined in typical activities Ð as well as making the best of the wintery spell with sledging and building a snowman. She is pictured at the construction table, 12th February 1991.8 of 28Having a flipping good time at the annual Golden Pancake Challenge race are Yorkshire cricketers Ashley Metcalfe (left), Arnie Sidebottom (centre) and artist Ashley Jackson. The celebrity team was taking part in today's Shrove Tuesday race organised by Brighouse's Forte Hotel to raise money for charity. Teams raced with pans and pancakes along an obstacle course competing for the Golden Pan Trophy presented to the winning team. Returning today to defend the title they won last year was the team from Holly Bank Teacher Training Centre. 12th February 1991.9 of 28Members of the Northern Ballet visited St Patrick's Primary School at Birkby. Wit the help of exercise and dance, the ballet group spent a day taking fourth year pupils through the love story of Romeo and Juliet. The pupils will also be going to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre to see a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet tomorrow and next term will carry on their studies of Shakespeare and drama. Pictured is Greta Dawson, of the Northern Ballet, with a class of young dancers , 14th February 1991.10 of 28Members of the Northern Ballet visited St Patrick's Primary School at Birkby. Wit the help of exercise and dance, the ballet group spent a day taking fourth year pupils through the love story of Romeo and Juliet. The pupils will also be going to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre to see a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet tomorrow and next term will carry on their studies of Shakespeare and drama. Pictured is Greta Dawson, of the Northern Ballet, with a class of young dancers , 14th February 1991.11 of 28Members of the Northern Ballet visited St Patrick's Primary School at Birkby. Wit the help of exercise and dance, the ballet group spent a day taking fourth year pupils through the love story of Romeo and Juliet. The pupils will also be going to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre to see a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet tomorrow and next term will carry on their studies of Shakespeare and drama. Pictured is Greta Dawson, of the Northern Ballet, with a class of young dancers , 14th February 1991.12 of 28Nine Cub packs took part in the annual Huddersfield South-West district chess competition. Pictured at the event at Marsden Scout group's headquarters in the village's United Reformed Church are (from left) Karl Turrell, Luke Moghaddam, Oliver Stephenson, Matthew Johnson and Philip Rawnsley. The winner was Crosland Hill Cub Paul Trueman, with Longwood's Luke Moghaddam second and Crosland Hill's Neil Burling third. The trophy and certificates were presented by District Commissioner Geoff Ramm, 17th February 1991.13 of 28Members of the Northern Ballet visited St Patrick's Primary School at Birkby. Wit the help of exercise and dance, the ballet group spent a day taking fourth year pupils through the love story of Romeo and Juliet. The pupils will also be going to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre to see a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet tomorrow and next term will carry on their studies of Shakespeare and drama. Pictured is Greta Dawson, of the Northern Ballet, with a class of young dancers , 14th February 1991.14 of 28Staff nurse Dawne Halstead (right) and nursery nurse Karen Rigby are pictured with (from left): Andrew and Nicola Baker, Thomas Senior and Ross MacKenzie, who were attending a pre-admissions club run at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. It allows children and their parents to talk through what will happen when they have their operations. 2nd November 1991.15 of 28Luke Robinson has a new addition to his wardrobe after winning a Stop Press competition. Luke won one of new design sweatshirts in the Stop Press Stranger Danger Competition. He received his prize from Huddersfield police juvenile liaison officer, WPc Sue Harrison at a special presentation ceremony at his school, Scissett Middle. 4th November 1991.16 of 28Youngsters who have enjoyed the antics of Douglas the Dragon will soon be able to listen to a musical tape featuring the character. Emley First School pupils - whose headmaster will sing on the tape - perform their own version of the song. They are (from left) Melissa Ward, Caroline Oates, Claire Newsham, Peter Emms, Jenny Lomax, Jaspreet Johal and Louise Price, 4th November 1991.17 of 28Pot luck - Robert Jones, 12, of Lowerhouses, has two broken wrists in plaster which he hopes will raise money for Children in Need. Robert, of Hall Cross Road - a pupil of Newsome High School - will charge people to sign his pots. He broke his wrists when he fell off a swing on Bonfire Night. He is determined that charity should benefit from his misfortune. He will charge £2 to sign the wrist which is most badly broken, with £1 for the less serious fracture. 8th November 1991.18 of 28In fine voice - winners of the girls' vocal solo 11 years and under at the Haydn Wood Music Festival, from left: Olivia Fleming (first), Laura Roberts (second) and Lucie Roberts (third). All three come from Honley. Picture shows the girls, the one in the middle has glasses and two of them are holding certificates. 8th November 1991.19 of 28Future stars line up for the camera at the 8th annual Stage Dance Festival, Birchencliffe. They are pictured with organisers of the event, Ray Spencer (front) and Roy Adkin, 8th November 1991.20 of 28Consultant James Campbell received a £400 cheque for the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary's Gift Trust from women who are having or have benefited from fertility treatment. Shown from the left are Mrs Elizabeth Aspinall, Mrs Jayne Lofthouse, Mrs Nicky Howie with baby Matthew and Mrs Vivienne Ball. The women held a jewellery party, car boot sale and other events to raise the money. 8th November 1991.21 of 28Mrs Sue Rogers, national president of the NASUWT, is pictured (centre) with Huddersfield association honorary secretary Mrs Mavis Garnett (left), Kirklees federation deputy secretary Mrs Barbara Jones (right) and pupils at Paddock Junior School. 11th November 1991.22 of 28Youngsters ready to take the audience at Newsome South Methodist Church bazaar on a visit to Weatherland in the company of the Snow Queen. Sixteen children from the junior church presented the play with a rainbow theme at the start of the annual fundraiser. Miss Margaret Love, J C Queen, opened the event with the help of her attendants Jane Ramsay and Andrew Murray. Mrs B Bell welcomed and Mrs Joan Turner played the piano 9th November 1991.23 of 28Eleven-year-old Leanne Sharples (left) has been crowned as the Sunday School Queen of St Bartholomew's Church, Meltham. Leanne, who is a pupil of Honley High School is a member of the church Pathfinders group, the 118th Meltham Guides and is a keen horsewoman. She was crowned at the church's annual autumn fair and her first official engagement will be at the Sunday School's prize-giving ceremony on December 1. She will be attended by eight-year-old Rebecca Whiting (centre), Charlotte Carter, three (right) and the page boy will be Andrew Petty, five. 11th November 1991.24 of 28Eleven-year-old Leanne Sharples has been crowned as the Sunday School Queen of St Bartholomew's Church, Meltham. Leanne, who is a pupil of Honley High School is a member of the church Pathfinders group, the 118th Meltham Guides and is a keen horsewoman. She was crowned at the church's annual autumn fair and her first official engagement will be at the Sunday School's prize-giving ceremony on December 1. 11th November 1991.25 of 28Five-a-side football proved a real success for four Huddersfield Technical College students. Ian Perkins, David Brook, Philip Harrison and Robert Wilson, are all on a BTec leisure studies course. As part of the course they have to organise leisure activities and hit upon the idea of an inter-departmental five-a-side competition. The idea was so successful 30 teams from different college departments wanted to take part even though there was only room for 14 at the event, held at Huddersfield's Sikh Sports Centre. The four are now planning to set up an inter-departmental league at the college next year. 12th November 1991.26 of 28Head-turners - two stylists from a Huddersfield salon have won awards. Paul Burrell and Alex Wood, of Briers salon in King Street, were successful in the National Hairdressing Federation competition held in Brighouse. Paul, 18, won the New Man and all electric clipper cut classes, while Alex, 19, was runner-up in the all electric clipper cut. Both are former day release students at Huddersfield Technical College, 12th November 1991.27 of 28Take a break - pupils at Berry Brow Infant School held a coffee afternoon for parents and raised charity cash at the same time. Following recent coursework on toys, the school's youngest pupils decided to do their bit for the Examiner Christmas Toy Appeal. As well as making biscuits for their guests, the four to six year olds provided entertainment including songs and a puppet show. Teachers Mrs Melody Hirst (left) and Mrs Cathryn Robertson are pictured pausing for a breather with young helpers Andrew Hancox and Jane Ramsay, 12th November 1991.28 of 28