‘The Stones of Huddersfield’: evening walk

Alison Tymon

West Yorkshire Geology Trust

HUDDERSFIELD CIVIC SOCIETY

INVITATION TO MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS

‘THE STONES OF HUDDERSFIELD’

7.00pm Tuesday 14^th May 2013

Meet by the Harold Wilson Statue, St. George’s Square

EVENING WALK

Our evening walk will be led by Alison Tymon, former teacher of geology at Greenhead College and acknowledged as a leading authority in the building stones of our town. Alison is Vice Chairman of Huddersfield Geology Group and a member of West Yorkshire Geology Trust. She has taken a key role in the development of various publications and trails including ‘The Rocks and Landscapes of Huddersfield’, ‘Guide to the Building Stones of Huddersfield’, and two geological trails around Castle Hill.

The evening will comprise a short walk from St George’s Square, to Market Square and along New Street to see the use of local sandstones and imported igneous and metamorphic rocks for the construction and decoration of Huddersfield’s civic and commercial buildings.

It would be useful to bring a magnifying glass if you have one, to see the details of the rocks more clearly.

Those who have seen the recent heritage trail produced by HCS and Huddersfield Local History Society will gain an even greater insight into the building materials that have helped shape our town.

A ‘not to be missed’ event.

HCS Speaker & Events Programme 2013

Tuesday 14^th May 2013, 7.00pm

‘The Stones of Huddersfield’: evening walk

Alison Tymon

West Yorkshire Geology Trust

Monday 17^th June 2013, 6.00pm

Johnson Wellfield Quarries evening tour followed by supper at the Sands House PH.

£7.00 HCS members’ £8.00 guests

Monday 15^th July 2013, 6.30pm

Evening tour to One17 AD offices, Housing Development & Arbitrage Bridge Mills.

Saturday 17^th August 2013, 9.00am

Day Coach Excursion: Pontefract (Townscape Heritage Initiative and Castle) & Castleford (River Bridge)

£25.00 per person Inc morning coffee & lunch

Monday 16^th September 2013

‘Migrant Spaces and Place Memories: The Post War Huddersfield Polish Community’

Frank Grombir

Monday 21^st October 2013

Evening seminar ‘Designs For 21st Century Living’. Details to be confirmed

Monday 18^th November 2013

Local Rail Developments

Paul Salveson

Monday 16^th December 2013: Christmas Social - Wilf Lunn

Tall tales and unusual objects from Wilf’s collection.

All Welcome

Huddersfield Heritage

A town centre trail

The self-guided trail can be followed with a free colour guide and map available from local libraries and information centres. The handy guide gives both visitors and local people an introduction to the features and history of the town. The initiative has been developed by a partnership of Huddersfield Civic Society and Huddersfield Local History Society with funding from the Huddersfield Area Committee of Kirklees Council.

The Heritage Trail is being developed further with an interpretation board in St Georges Square, building plaques are being designed and phone apps are being considered. Other Huddersfield town centre trails are being prepared for launch later in the year.

Huddersfield Heritage is to boost tourism in the town centre

• To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning.
  
  
• To stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the town and its surroundings.
  
  
• To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historical interest.
  
  
• To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publicity and promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.

Refused

Appeal Dismissed