English Heritage have launched their Britain From Above web site, and have released 115,000 pictures taken in the 1920s & 1930s
Below are a few images of Huddersfield
Broadfield Woollen Mills – 1929
Huddersfield Land Rover Centre is now located just above the river in the top right of this picture.
1969 Maltese Bedford Bus
Lloyds Promo Bus
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Huddersfield Town Centre – 1928
The round building in the left of the picture is the “Cloth Hall”
In 1765 a commodious cloth-hall was erected for the buyers and sellers of the Huddersfield manufactures by Sir John Ramsden ; it was enlarged by his son in 1780. This edifice is circular ; it is two stories high, and 880 yards in circumference. It has a diametrical avenue of stalls one story high, which divides the interior into two semicircles. The main building is divided on the one side into separate compartments or shops, and on the other into open stalls. The light is wholly admitted from within ; protection is thus afforded against fire and depredation. Upwards of six hundred manufacturers, chiefly from country parts, attend this hall each market-day (Tuesday), and the sales are conducted under certain regulations prescribed by a governing body. The doors are opened in the morning, and closed at half-past twelve ; they are again opened at three in the afternoon for the removal of cloth. In addition to this public mart a great number of the traders, chiefly in fancy goods, have warerooms in various parts of the town. This neighbourhood was one of the centres of the system of Luddism in 1812.
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Castle Hill – Huddersfield1926
Castle Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated on a hilltop overlookingHuddersfield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees . It has been settled for at least 4,000 years. Experts regard it as one of Yorkshire’s most important early Iron Age hill forts. The summit of Castle Hill is by far the most conspicuous landmark in Huddersfield. The Hill has been a place of recreation for hundreds of years and the easily discernible remains of past occupation have made it a subject for legend, speculation and scientific study.
Karrier Motor Works 1926
The firm of Karrier Motors at Huddersfield builds commercial vehicles. It was established in 1920, owns extensive modern works and is one of the leading concerns in the industry. The capital is £650,000 and 2,000 men are employed in making motor lorries of all types, and also road-sweeping machines.
