Centenary celebrations

THIS special parade marked 100 years of Huddersfield having its own elected council.

Huddersfield County Borough Centenary Pageant on June 22, 1968, featured many organisations from across the town capturing its heritage and history and this is the second of two All Our Yesterdays specials featuring it.

The pageant was a centenary of the Charter of Incorporation – issued July 7, 1868 – which brought all the local boards together including Moldgreen, Marsh and Lindley to form the town as one administration able to levy rates.

It led to the council which first met on September 7, 1868.

Much of the Examiner’s photographic archive is now being stored at Heritage Quay, the archive service at the University of Huddersfield.

Copies of images in All Our Yesterdays can be bought online simply by putting into Google Huddersfield Examiner, buy a photo and it will take you straight to our site. To find other photographs from the Examiner between 1948-1984 contact Heritage Quay to arrange to search the photographers diaries. To find out more go to www. heritagequay.org/examiner, phone 01484 473168 or email archives@hud.ac.uk

The photos have been provided by Huddersfield Civic Society chairman Chris Marsden who would like to hear about people’s memories of that day. He can be contacted on 07425 402601 or email him at c_marsden@hotmail.com