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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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To be found in part of the area known as "Salford" on the southern side of the river at Lockwood. Solid is believed to have the same derivation, meaning a place with willow trees (which I think still grow on the river bank?)
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Getting over 99% for "Performance" in the Lighthouse test with a WordPress site is tricky but doable. Plus you get a nice little animated firework display if you get the full house of 100% for all tests 😁
September 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Here's a list of local buildings attributed to Kaye (compiled by historian Edward J. Law): huddersfield.exposed/s/312
Joseph Kaye (c.1779-1858) - Huddersfield Exposed: Exploring the History of the Huddersfield Area
huddersfield.exposed
September 12, 2026 at 8:54 AM
There's also a free talk on Wednesday evening about Joseph Kaye, aka "The Builder of Huddersfield".
huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/event/herita...
September 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
You should have jumped past the AI bollocks stuff and gone straight to the assessment like I did 😉
September 4, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The @huddersfieldhistory.org.uk web site has an excellent page on migration
huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/huddersfield...

"If you go back far enough, local history becomes the story of successive migrations to the area we now call Huddersfield."
Migrations – Huddersfield Local History Society
Huddersfield Local History Society is a membership organisation for anybody and everybody interested in the history of the town.
huddersfieldhistory.org.uk
September 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Also, and I hate to break this news to any local Reform voters and councillors, but the town's university very proudly traces it roots back to a foreign immigrant who arrived by boat and who couldn't speak of word of English.
huddersfield.exposed/s/7322
news-archive.hud.ac.uk/news/2016/de...
September 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A reminder, if one was needed, that Huddersfield hosted the UK's first ever National Pride march back in 1981. I can only assume that the Kirklees Reform councillors despise our town's amazing history almost as much as they hate the monarchy.
kirkleestogether.co.uk/2022/02/02/n...
New exhibition launches in Huddersfield to mark LGBT+ History Month - Kirklees Together
As part of LGBT+ History Month a shop in Huddersfield Town Centre is being used for a unique exhibition which remembers when Pride came to Huddersfield in 1981. The Gemini Club was opened in 1976 in H...
kirkleestogether.co.uk
September 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Ron continued to the run The Sair until his death in October 2016 aged 79, after which his son Jim took over. They'll be celebrating Ron's life at the pub on 10 October, so why not pop in? 🍻
huddersfieldhub.co.uk/inside-the-1...
September 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Just checked in the archives... the pub continued to be called the New Inn until circa 1982 when it was purchased by Ron and Pat Crabtree. They decided to rename it to The Sair. Ron was one of the three brewers at the West Riding Brewery, along with Ken Williamson and David Jessop.
September 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
...with "Saar" being a reference to where he was from (I think it means "noisy river"?). The next landlord Eli wasn't related to John but chose to inherit the surname/nickname and became Eli of the Saar.
September 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Surely that's something AI should be doing for you to allow you to be more productive? *SARCASM*
August 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I can't believe you didn't know that books have many spines, as shown here on the UK Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals web site 😜
August 18, 2026 at 7:40 AM