Kevin Trickett, MBE, President of Wakefield Civic Society, led 20 HCS members and friends on a walk covering Westgate and the many yards and passages that lead off this historic thoroughfare. Covering an area that has seen improvements as part of a 4-year High Street Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) initiative funded by Historic England and…
People had the chance to find out how Huddersfield Civic Society tries to protect the town’s heritage and the role we play in its future. Society members set up a stall in Kingsgate shopping centre on Friday, June 21, 2024 so people could chat to us about what we do for the town. Local history…
“Fascinating” is just one of many adjectives you could use to describe the talk given by Susan Meadwell – HD1 Developments Ltd’s Project Director for St George’s Quarter, who is charged with bringing the hugely iconic railway warehouse adjacent to Huddersfield Railway Station back into beneficial use. Around 40 Huddersfield Civic Society members and guests…
Massive work will soon start on railway bridges in Huddersfield as part of the £10 billion project to upgrade and transform the railway line between York and Manchester. Details of the upcoming Transpennine Route Upgrade work and how complex it will be was revealed by Network Rail’s Paul Sumner to a meeting of Huddersfield Civic…