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Huddersfield Local History Society is for anybody and everybody interested in the history of the town and its surrounding district. Talks, Publications including an annual Journal and much more. https://huddersfieldhistory.org.uk
Our first talk of the season, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN'S THRICE CHAMPIONS: 100 YEARS ON revisits the glory years of Huddersfield Town FC in the 1920s.
Monday 26 January, Oastler building, Huddersfield University, 7.30pm. All welcome - more details here: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/event/hudder...
Huddersfield Town’s Thrice Champions: 100 Years On – Huddersfield Local History Society
A presentation by local historian James Chisem.
www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Pen & Sword have a 50% off sale on *all* titles

Buying direct really helps authors and indy publishers! Going to link my titles in the thread below - first up:

Britain's Iron Chancellor, the autobiog of Philip Snowden, the most *Yorkshire* man in UK politics, 1st & most controversial Labour CofE
Britain’s Iron Chancellor
PHILIP SNOWDEN was a proud Yorkshireman, a founding father of the Labour Party, its first Chancellor of the Exchequer and eventually was seen as a…
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January 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Wonderful project and memorial to much missed George Redmonds and David Hey. Many entries help clarify words in Wills, not just in #Yorkshire! @balhnews.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social
If you're tuned in to BBC Radio York you might catch some discussion of the Yorkshire Historical Dictionary project by former Project Archivist Alexandra Medcalf. Alex will be discussing Yorkshire place names at 12.15pm today!

You can find the dictionary here: yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Always great to see digitisations made freely available online! I scanned the HLHS back run of newsletters and journals a few years ago: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/publications...
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM