The week that was 1982.

Byline: Denis Kilcommons ,

Fines totalling almost pounds 4,000 were imposed on 23 Huddersfield men for their part in a two-day gang war in which they had massed fights at Outlane, Paddock and Salendine Nook.

Senator Edward Kennedy , the early favourite to win the Democratic Party's nomination forthe 1984 Presidential election, announced he would not be standing.

National unemployment rose by 14,018 in November. The total out of work was said to be 3,063,026. These Government figures are the first to be counted by a new method which includes only jobless people claiming state benefits. Labour's Shadow Employment Secretary accused the Tories of fiddling the fugures.

A 10-vehicle pile-up on the M62 because of ice caused police to close part of the motorway at Ainley Top.

Christmas shows were being advertised: Russ Abbot was in Cinderella at Bradford lhambra with Dustin Gee and Les Dennis, Whitesnake were appearing in Leeds and attractions at Huddersfield Polytechnic included the Roy Harper Band and Mari Wilson and the Wilsations.

A six-year-old three-bedroom semi- detached house at Lindley cost pounds 21,750 while a four-bedroom detached at Scholes was pounds 29,500.

Saturday night television offered Juliet Bravo, Three Of A Kind and Shogun on BBC1; Game For Laugh, the Saturday Night Thriller Where Is Betty Buchus starring John Thaw on YTV; and Upstairs, Downstairs on Channel 4.

Huddersfield Town, who were second in the Third Division, lost 1-0 in the fourth round of Milk Cup through a disputed penalty against First Division Arsenal at Highbury.