Changes.PERHAPS the greatest change to local politics in recent years was the Local Government Reorganisation that came into being on April 1, 1974. This saw the end of the county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield, along with the municipal boroughs of Batley and Spenborough and the urban districts of Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward along the floor of the valley. , Denby Dale, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham and Mirfield, and their amalgamation into a new administrative area - Kirklees. On that day, the last mayor of Huddersfield, Clr John Mernagh, handed over the public reins of power to Clr Reg Hartley, first mayor of Kirklees. None of this political shuffling had any effect on protest movements such as CND CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament CND n abbr (= Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) → plataforma pro desarme nuclear CND (Brit) n abbr (= , the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament “CND” redirects here. For other uses, see CND (disambiguation). In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europe's largest single-issue peace campaign. , who are pictured below waving placards (and probably shouting) in John William Street, Huddersfield in 1962. CAPTION(S): * CHAIN OF OFFICE: Kirklees' mayor John Mernagh and mayoress Connie Wanless, pictured in 1993. John was also the last mayor of Huddersfield, in 1973/4. (tmcHUD121009mernagh) * HOPEFUL: Clr Reg Hartley, as an election candidate in April, 1953. He went on to become Kirklees' first mayor in 1974 (Examiner ref: 53-1557, TmcHUD071009-ke09534) CAMPAIGNERS: Yorkshire Youth and CND march in Huddersfield in 1962 |
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