HCS and Huddersfield Local History Society invited photographer Neil Horsley to give a presentation of his work showing how old mills have been transformed in and around Huddersfield as part of the 2025 Heritage Open Days festival. The talk took place at the Brian Jackson Centre in Huddersfield on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, and follows…
By David Wyles I’ll begin by saying that if you weren’t able to join Huddersfield Civic Society colleagues and friends on this tour of the mill’s archives I urge you to go at some point. Sunnybank Mills produced fine worsted cloth and the carefully preserved archive is so much more than a dusty record of…
Huddersfield Civic Society at St John The Baptist Church on a visit to Penistone on May 2025
Around 30 members of Huddersfield Civic Society were treated to a fascinating talk and tour of the University of Huddersfield’s Daphne Steele Building. Led by Tim Hosker the University’s Director of Estates and Facilities, the talk and tour on Thursday, May 15, was arranged by HCS President Bernard Ainsworth, a member of both the University…