West Yorkshire Collection

A female worker at Kumficar factory, Halifax in West Yorkshire. June 1959

A group of female workers at John Mackintosh sweet factory. Halifax in West Yorkshire. June 1959

Call of the wild... pupils of Stile Common Junior School performed a musical extravaganza at Newsome High School to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund

Interviewer Anne Mountfield with youngsters destined to appear on TV. A BBC film crew spent two days at Moor End High School, Crosland Moor

Honley Show. A bird in the hand... Margaret Mottram, of the Thurlstone Owl Sanctuary, shows a young tawny owl to Adam and Ben Whitehead, of Golcar. 11th June 1988

General scenes of Lumb Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire. 17th September 1971

Nina Hossain is pictured in conference with her team of pupils and staff from Newsome High School who turned journalist for the day to publish their own newspaper

General views of Hepworths Tailors, Leeds. 13th December 1967

Picture shows the staff of J. S. Blair, corset manufacturers
Picture shows the staff of J.S.Blair, corset manufacturers, on a staff picnic to Handcastle Crags in West Yorkshire. Picture taken circa 1st June 1906

HRH The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. 22nd March 1982. The Princess is on a walkabout saying hello to the locals

Champagne-style shopping - Mrs Winifred Haigh and her husband Jack (left) were the first of 50 customers presented with free bottles of champagne after spending £ 200 or more at Huddersfields

Wembley, here we come! On parade outside Deighton Sports Centre are members of Outlane Marching Ambassadors, one of three youth bands from Yorkshire who have won their way to the British

Mrs Norma Whitehouse aged 25, telephonist at Kumficar. Halifax in West Yorkshire. June 1959

Robert Howarth aged 17 working at Crossleys factory. Halifax in West Yorkshire. 9th June 1959

A group of dancers at the Victoria Ballroom. Halifax in West Yorkshire. 10th June 1959

A group of workers at Crossleys factory. Halifax in West Yorkshire. June 1959

Publicans of the Hare and Hounds, Marsden, Brian and Jean Tillotson (centre), help the children and parents celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Yorks marriage. 23rd July 1986

Residents of Fenay Lea Drive, Waterloo, enjoy themselves in spite of the weather, to celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Yorks marriage. 23rd July 1986

Even the rain couldn t dampen the royal wedding fever as people took to the streets to celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Yorks marriage

Food, glorious food helps the street party at Browning Road, Sheepridge, go with a swing. Celebrations for the wedding of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah Ferguson. 23rd July 1986

Miners of the Bullclliffe Colliery near Wakefield seen here coming off shift. 30th July 1963

Essex joined the Yorkshire-Lancashire waterway at Marsden yesterday. Pop star, actor and patron of Huddersfield Canal Society David Essex was at Tunnel End Canal

Some 200 Sea Cadets from all over West Yorkshire paraded through Huddersfield as part of the celebrations for Trafalgar Day, Some 25 Huddersfield cadets took part in the event

Competitors for the great Lawn Mower Grand Prix line-up on the Sands Hatch starting grid, waiting for Holmfirth Round Table chairman Mr Trevor Coldwell to drop the chequered flag

The retiring president of Huddersfield Womens Luncheon Club, Mrs Jean Gee (left), hands over the badge of office to successor Mrs Eileen Broadbent

Piles of paper, these pupils from Almondbury High School have been helping to collect six tons of paper for recycling as part of a major scheme

Kirkburton Karate Club had success at the Northern Championships in Sheffield with second and third places in individual competition and a second place in a team event

Paddocks Limelight Majorette Show Troupe scooped two top prizes at the recent 6th Universal Carnival Championships, at Bridlington

Brown Owl Mrs Kathleen Charlesworth has said goodbye to the 3rd (Kirkburton West) Lepton Methodist Brownies after 16 years

Zoe Cook (left) and Sarah Bull were star performers when six pupils of the Pam Strickland and Adele Taylor school of dancing went on a weeks holiday to Kent to brush up on their ballet, tap

Holly Bank School headteacher Mr Trevor Hodkinson accepts this £; 70 cheque from children in Norristhorpe Avenue, Liversedge

Retiring music teacher Miss Janet Beaumont takes the baton for the last time at the third annual music festival St Davids School, Marsh

A venture involving several hundred children has produced a multicoloured display of work. Pupils from state schools - Rawthorpe High, Moldgreen Junior and Infants, Dalton Infants, Dalton Juniors

Shine on... These cheeky Brownies couldn t resist waylaying Peter Boswell, of Moldgreen, to give his shoes a quick brush up on the first day of Brownie smile week

A fitness challenge day Kirkburton Karate Club raised over £; 1000 for Huddersfield Royal Infirmarys special care baby unit

Musicians in Honley High Schools senior orchestra came home the victorious from the National Festival of Music for Youth - after beating their own colleagues in the orchestra final

Children at South Crosland CE Junior School have every reason to be very proud of themselves. They organised a sponsored three-legged walk to raise money for a special hearing device for 11-year-old

Miss Examiner Madeleine Garbutt (left) is presented with a £1
Miss Examiner Madeleine Garbutt (left) is presented with a £ 1, 266 cheque for our appeal. The money was raised by about 50 pupils of the York Dance Studios, Milnsbridge

The piper calls the tune... these young hopefuls from Honley High School are aiming to gain a place in the National Festival of Music for Youth in London

The Variety Club of Great Britain - the celebrities charity organization - has presented a minibus to Nortonthorpe Hall School, Scissett

Caring for the environment... Three schools in Rawthorpe combined together to spend a day on " litter alert" Rawthorpe Infant

Pond dipping... pupils of Sheepridges Ashbrow Junior School (from left) Marcus Bennett, Jason Swales, Sabrina Barrett and Matthew Crowther discover life at the bottom of Meltham Mills dam

Honley High School won two top awards at the National festival of Music for Youth in London. Assistant music teacher Miss Felicity Storer is pictured with some of the youngsters who took part

Headmaster Mr Peter Middleton (pictured), of Meltham CofE Primary School, presented Gold Arrows - the top awards for Cubs - to these youngsters from the area

Dining in style... retiring dinner lady Mrs Edna Maloney gets the VIP treatment during her last lunch hour at Berry Brow Infants and Nursery School

Working with Welephant... West Yorkshire Fire Services safety conscious friend visited Rowley Hill playgroup. The visit was arranged by care trainee Clair Hannam

Youngsters from the 2nd Huddersfield Boys Brigade took to the water to raise money. Captain-elect of the group Mr Eddie Keating (right)

Lands Lane, in the centre of Leeds precinct, West Yorkshire. 22nd January 1973

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