Wednesday 29 July 2009

Dewsbury Town Hall to feature in latest BBC Drama


Dewsbury Town Hall is to star in a new drama called Spanish Flu - The Forgotten Fallen.

Wednesday 5th August @ 9pm on BBC4

Over the past few months the Town Halls management team have been working closely with Screen Yorkshire and Hardy Pictures to secure this filming at Dewsbury Town Hall.

The whole building was used for a ten day period and was overrun with more than 70 cast and crew!

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Spanish Flu – The Forgotten Fallen is a new drama illuminating one doctor's pioneering efforts to protect the people of Manchester from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, starring Bill Paterson (Little Dorrit and Criminal Justice), Mark Gatiss (League Of Gentlemen and Doctor Who), Charlotte Riley (The Take and Wuthering Heights) and Kenneth Cranham (Rome and The Lavender List).

Set against the background of the Armistice in November 1918, as millions of exhausted soldiers return home from the Great War, the film tells the little known story of Dr James Niven (Bill Paterson), Manchester's Medical Officer of Health for 30 years, and his heroic efforts to combat a second wave of fatal influenza as it spreads across the city of Manchester and the UK.

Dr Niven has built his career protecting the welfare of Manchester's most vulnerable people, from the factory workers to the slum dwellers. But, just as Manchester's fighting heroes are returning home and crowds of men, women and children gather to celebrate the end of the Great War, Niven realises that it will take all of his energy and expertise to limit the spread of this mysterious infection.

Facing resistance from both the city and his fellow medical officials, Dr Niven, statistician Ernest Dunks (Mark Gatiss) and their secretary Peggy Lytton (Charlotte Riley) struggle to understand the evolving virus; to communicate the urgent need for action to the establishment and the media; and to pull together scarce resources to alleviate its impact on the poorest in society.
And as they battle against complacency, inertia and red tape, the gravity of the unfolding crisis hits home when Peggy's family start to succumb to the virus.

Inspired by Dr Niven's own accounts and documented facts, the film pays a rare tribute to the estimated 70 million forgotten fallen who died from Spanish influenza across the world.
Dr Niven's heroism continues to resonate today with many of his conclusions, instructions and discoveries echoed by modern advice and procedures for pandemic flu.

Monday 20 July 2009

Refurbishment work starts today at Huddersfield Town Hall and also Batley Town Hall

We are delighted to announce that refurbishment work at Huddersfield Town Hall and Batley Town Hall has commenced today.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN HALL
This summer Huddersfield Town Hall has £1m allocated to the refurbishment of meeting rooms 1, 2 and 3 plus the corridors outside these areas. Other areas of redecoration include the staircase and the corridor leading to the Council Chamber and Reception Room.

Also the ornate ceilings in the main concert hall will undergo detailed inspections before further phases of refurbishment go ahead.

From late September 2009 the meeting rooms will be offering 21st Century comfort, style and technology in beautiful Victorian surroundings.

BATLEY TOWN HALL
The scaffolding is will start to go up later this week at Batley Town Hall before a full external refurbishment of the building this summer and autumn.

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Huddersfield Town Refurb Update 20.07.09 - Refurb commences today! The Corridors and Staircase await their makeover...
















Huddersfield Town Refurb Update 20.07.09 - Refurb commences today! Meeting Rooms 1&2 Cleared






















Thursday 9 July 2009

Behind the Scene Tour of Dewsbury Town Hall

























Fancy a sneaky peak behind the scenes at Dewsbury Town Hall on Saturday 25th July?
Discover fascinating facts about this spectacular Victorian building in the heart of the Dewsbury.

Day: Sat 25th July 2009
Time: 10.00am or 11.30am
Duration: 1 Hour
Number of places per tour: 15 please book in advance

To book please call Dewsbury Town Hall Box Office on 01924 324501

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Hudderfield Town Halls unveils proposed new look for Conference Rooms....

Autumn 2009 Huddersfield Town Hall will launch its brand new fully refurbished meeting and conference rooms.

They will offering 21st Century comfort, style and technology in beautiful Victorian surroundings.

Facilities will include:-
Integrated Projector & Screens
Full Sound System
Internet Access
Video Conferencing
Webcasting Facilities
Infra Red Hard of Hearing System

For further details of availability and our competitive pricing please contact the Town Halls Booking Office on 01484 221900