STUDIO 58, The Caledonian, The Arctic, The Curzon, The Alassio ...

The names will be familiar to people of certain generations, brought up in Huddersfield's coffee bar years.

Memories of the old-style bars were rekindled at the weekend with reports in the Examiner of today's crop of new-style coffee shops, modelled on the Friends-style meeting places from the United States.

But how many recall the glory days of the 50s, 60s and 70s in Huddersfield, when the day's teenagers would meet to kill an hour or two over a coffee, a milkshake or a Coke?

Most have long since vanished, but several have left lasting memories.

Studio 58 ran from 1959 to the early 1980s in a back yard off New Street.

It was a regular haunt for town centre workers, particularly people working for the courts and the council.

It also boasted regular art displays from students at Huddersfield Technical College and was run for years by partners Stan Hulley and Ken Bamforth.

At the opposite end of town was the Alassio in Railway Street, which survived even longer.

A trawl through the Examiner archives also revealed a fascinating little tale about the Curzon snack bar, run by John Tomasso and his daughter, Rita.

In 1956 they banned Teddy boys and their girlfriends from the premises after finding a cigarette burn on one of the seats!

People with longer memories will remember the days of Whitfields cafe in Ramsden Street, of the Santa Maria.

And many evenings were spent in the Caledonian coffee bar in Westgate - which is still open as a cafe.