Hudderspuddle as we fondly call it is where I lived until 18yrs.
It was a thriving textile town in it's heyday, now with the demise of the industry & the old mills being converted into luxury apartments it was looking rather grubby. However our good friends Jenny& Keith are anything but of course. I have known Jenny since we wore our starched white aprons with our names embroidered on the front which we painstakingly did in needlework, before we were let loose in Mrs Beeches kitchen to learn the secrets of making scotch eggs & baked apples.
We had a lovely weekend exploring old haunts outside the town, John was definitely not keen to see my old haunts inside the town, (neither was I much) We went to Holmfirth where "Last of the summer wine" was filmed & eventually found "Norah Batty's Steps" & "Sid's Caf"
Like everywhere it seems places are re-creating themselves & what we once thought as rather grim workers towns have transformed themselves with boutique shops & trendy coffee shops.
The same day after a rather circuitous route (this time courtesy of Gina, whose sense of direction & map reading skills were novel to say the least) we went up to "Castle Hill" which definitely was an old haunt. There used to be a pub with a night club up there which is now demolished. Just the Victorian tower which was built in 1899 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her reign & the fantastic views remain
