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Huddersfield Media Centre project
The Media Centre is a business centre and a community of digital, media and creative and supporting industry businesses in the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield, England, with 65 managed office spaces and Flex, a dedicated co-working and hot desk area for freelancers and remote workers. It offers flexible workspace solutions, Virtual Office packages and meeting room hire.
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Beaumont Street Studios
Beaumont Street Studios (BSS) was an English nonprofit community music centre and radio station. Founded in 1985 by the Huddersfield West Indian Association, it closed in 2010.
164 m
George Hotel, Huddersfield
The George Hotel in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, is a Grade II* listed building, designed by William Wallen, with an Italianate façade. It was built in 1848–50.
The hotel is famous as the birthplace of rugby league football in 1895. Memorabilia recalling the meeting can be found throughout the hotel as well as in the Heritage Centre.
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Huddersfield factory fire
The Huddersfield factory fire occurred on 31 October 1941 in the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, inside the H Booth & Son factory. The fire was caused by a smoker's pipe left alight inside a raincoat pocket when work had just commenced. It destroyed the building and killed 49, most of them women and young girls. Many were left trapped in the upper floors of the five storey building as it did not have a fire escape.
In November 2012, a memorial was unveiled on the site to commemorate 71 years since the disaster.
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Rugby League Heritage Centre
The Rugby League Heritage Centre was formerly located in the basement of the George Hotel, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It was the first rugby league heritage museum and was significantly influenced by Sky Sports presenter and former Great Britain international Mike Stephenson.