Huddersfield Exposed
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Exploring the history of the Huddersfield (UK) area. Account run by Dave (Library Systems Manager, University of Huddersfield).
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I love that they felt the need to spell out what the speciality was in "The Steak and Salad Grill Room" 😁
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I love that they felt the need to spell out what the speciality was in "The Steak and Salad Grill Room" 😁
Castle left Huddersfield to study at the Royal Academy of Art (1964-67) before going on to design iconic film posters for Stanley Kubrick and Tim Burton, and work on album covers for Bowie, Pulp and others.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Castle left Huddersfield to study at the Royal Academy of Art (1964-67) before going on to design iconic film posters for Stanley Kubrick and Tim Burton, and work on album covers for Bowie, Pulp and others.
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The answer is in this sadly rather poor quality newspaper photograph from 1964. Apparently the "Sidewalk" coffee house was in what's now Vox Bar. The mural shows "American culture [...] with smashed automobiles" and was created by Philip Castle when he was an art student at Huddersfield.
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The answer is in this sadly rather poor quality newspaper photograph from 1964. Apparently the "Sidewalk" coffee house was in what's now Vox Bar. The mural shows "American culture [...] with smashed automobiles" and was created by Philip Castle when he was an art student at Huddersfield.
Pub quiz trivia time! What links Wood Street in Huddersfield to both Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and this Pulp album cover?
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Pub quiz trivia time! What links Wood Street in Huddersfield to both Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and this Pulp album cover?
I had my fingers crossed that the 50th anniversary of the 1852 Holmfirth Flood in 1902 might have prompted a newspaper journalist to seek out eyewitness stories from survivors and indeed that's what happened.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I had my fingers crossed that the 50th anniversary of the 1852 Holmfirth Flood in 1902 might have prompted a newspaper journalist to seek out eyewitness stories from survivors and indeed that's what happened.
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Richard's father James Shackleton had a narrow escape. He lived with daughter Mary in a house opposite the White Hart Inn in Holmfirth. Landlord William Dyson ran across the rapidly flooding street and encouraged James to come inside the inn for safety and he gave Mary a piggy back thru the water.
January 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Richard's father James Shackleton had a narrow escape. He lived with daughter Mary in a house opposite the White Hart Inn in Holmfirth. Landlord William Dyson ran across the rapidly flooding street and encouraged James to come inside the inn for safety and he gave Mary a piggy back thru the water.
Very pleased to have rooted out another eyewitness account of the 1852 Holmfirth Flood -- this time from George Hirst, the son of Mary Hirst whose Bible was salvaged several weeks after the flood on 21 April with the rusty imprint of her reading glasses inside.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Very pleased to have rooted out another eyewitness account of the 1852 Holmfirth Flood -- this time from George Hirst, the son of Mary Hirst whose Bible was salvaged several weeks after the flood on 21 April with the rusty imprint of her reading glasses inside.
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From 1934, aka "the good ol' days when you could blow local landmarks up to make way for quarries" 💥
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
From 1934, aka "the good ol' days when you could blow local landmarks up to make way for quarries" 💥
Hats off to Oldfield & Studdard of Kirkgate, Huddersfield, for this terrible pun in January 1934! Interest in Nessie had started to grow after a sighting in July 1933 by George Spicer and his wife. A few months after this advert appeared, the famous (hoax) "Surgeon's Photo" was taken.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Hats off to Oldfield & Studdard of Kirkgate, Huddersfield, for this terrible pun in January 1934! Interest in Nessie had started to grow after a sighting in July 1933 by George Spicer and his wife. A few months after this advert appeared, the famous (hoax) "Surgeon's Photo" was taken.
Speaking of newspaper typos, for some reason the Huddersfield Examiner kept printing the surname of John Ashall (one of the 1852 flood victims) as "Ashole" 😳
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Speaking of newspaper typos, for some reason the Huddersfield Examiner kept printing the surname of John Ashall (one of the 1852 flood victims) as "Ashole" 😳
"The Village of Holmfirth, from Victoria Bridge" and "Scene Opposite the Wesleyan Chapel".
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"The Village of Holmfirth, from Victoria Bridge" and "Scene Opposite the Wesleyan Chapel".
"Remains of Bridge and Site of Toll House" and "View from Mill Hill towards Victoria Bridge".
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Remains of Bridge and Site of Toll House" and "View from Mill Hill towards Victoria Bridge".
"Ruins of Broadbent's (Charlesworth's) Mill" and "The Lower Mill".
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Ruins of Broadbent's (Charlesworth's) Mill" and "The Lower Mill".
"Broadhead's Mill" and "Remains of the Upper Bridge".
December 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Broadhead's Mill" and "Remains of the Upper Bridge".
"Water Street and Hinchliffe's Mill" and "The Upper Mill, Showing the Remains of the Dye House".
December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Water Street and Hinchliffe's Mill" and "The Upper Mill, Showing the Remains of the Dye House".
"Remains of Dighley Mill" and "Remains of Holme Bridge".
December 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Remains of Dighley Mill" and "Remains of Holme Bridge".
"View of the Bilberry Reservoir, Looking down the Valley, Shewing the Remains of the Embankment" and "View of the Reservoir from Below, Looking Towards the Hills".
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"View of the Bilberry Reservoir, Looking down the Valley, Shewing the Remains of the Embankment" and "View of the Reservoir from Below, Looking Towards the Hills".
This has a degree of "artistic licence" and I'm unsure if it actually represents anywhere in the Upper Holme Valley?
December 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This has a degree of "artistic licence" and I'm unsure if it actually represents anywhere in the Upper Holme Valley?
Hope you don't have to rescue the little ginger idiot from too many trees! 🙀
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hope you don't have to rescue the little ginger idiot from too many trees! 🙀
A couple of photos of the Karrier Works' First World War Roll of Honour. Firstly in situ in the Karrier Motors Ltd offices in Huddersfield and then in the workshop/museum of Geoff Lumb at Golcar back in 2020. I believe it's now on display in Huddersfield Drill Hall.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A couple of photos of the Karrier Works' First World War Roll of Honour. Firstly in situ in the Karrier Motors Ltd offices in Huddersfield and then in the workshop/museum of Geoff Lumb at Golcar back in 2020. I believe it's now on display in Huddersfield Drill Hall.
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Peace on Earth and goodwill to all men... unless they're the men from the neighbouring township, in which case Christmas Day is an excuse to put on your clogs and give them a violent kicking! ⚽🤕
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Peace on Earth and goodwill to all men... unless they're the men from the neighbouring township, in which case Christmas Day is an excuse to put on your clogs and give them a violent kicking! ⚽🤕
Or you could just spruce up a normal postcard with a bit of glue and glitter, as Edwin did for Hilda 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Or you could just spruce up a normal postcard with a bit of glue and glitter, as Edwin did for Hilda 🎄
An undated photo postcard.
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December 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
An undated photo postcard.
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As featured on a Bamforth & Co. Ltd. (Holmfirth) song postcard from the early 1900s.
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
As featured on a Bamforth & Co. Ltd. (Holmfirth) song postcard from the early 1900s.