Comments on: Longwood Tower, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire: A Stump and a Thump https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Longwood Sing returns – Hear Here Huddersfield https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-9958 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:24:01 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-9958 […] Great weather for this year’s Longwood Sing (resumed post-plague, and now in its 149th year) on 11/09/2022. Most of the crowd (me included) saw no need to wear black today. Golcar Band kicked things off with an instrumental of what sounded like All People That on Earth do Dwell. Things continued with All Things Bright and Beautiful, which was my cue to leave (religion’s not my thing). Interesting to see this wonderful space being used – it’s Huddersfield’s version of the Minack Theatre, but with views of the Colne Valley instead of the sea. There are lots of historic photos online of the amphitheatre, adjacent tower, and past Longwood Sing events, as well as interesting articles including: https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/. […]

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-5835 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:27:14 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-5835 In reply to Julie.

Hello Julie. That’s a great extra piece of information, and I can see exactly where the name came from! Thanks for getting in touch.

]]> By: Julie https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-5834 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:24:52 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-5834 This used to be known locally as the ‘pork pie’ as it was roughly the shape of one.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-2152 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:17:57 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-2152 In reply to Gwyn Headley.

Never did trust that lot! But good to know there are still discoveries to be made.

]]> By: Gwyn Headley https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-2151 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:37:51 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-2151 Love the poem! Oddly enough I can’t find this mentioned in my ebook ‘Follies of West Yorkshire’, by Gwyn Headley, Wim Meulenkamp and Karen Lynch. They know nothing, that lot.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-2143 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 15:21:08 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-2143 In reply to Gand.

There’s a photo somewhere which I can’t now find, but I’m pretty sure he was wearing his trusty Mac!

]]> By: Gand https://thefollyflaneuse.com/longwood-tower-huddersfield-west-yorkshire-a-stump-and-a-thump/#comment-2139 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:09:52 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3438#comment-2139 Hope Harold Wilson was wearing his Gannex. Its windy enough up there to blow your pipe right out.

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