Public places

Posted by Peter Davies

I was chatting recently with a friend and colleague at the University of Huddersfield, Dr John Hargreaves, who has written extensively about the history of Halifax. He said that he had spotted two of our long-term, framed cricket displays at venues he had been visiting: Dewsbury Town Hall (history of cricket in Dewsbury) and Halifax Library (history of cricket in Calderdale). He was impressed by the fact that we had planted these permanent displays in such high-profile public places. Which was great to hear! In fact, this has been the philosophy of the whole project: to disseminate our research in visible, accessible spots. After all, our research is worthless if it doesn't end up in the public domain. Hence, these two displays, and others, and the website etc. John also said that Halifax Civic Society had referred to some of our findings in their display on ethnic minorities in Halifax at Halifax Town Hall. All this was great to hear.