Mar 27, 2024 | Industry, Kirkheaton
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, made the first telephone call in March 1876 to his assistant Thomas Watson who was just 100 feet away. The following year the first telephones were installed in Britain after Bell stayed with the Bayly family at...
Jan 10, 2024 | Category, Kirkheaton, Local Government, People
The postal service in England was first opened to the public by Charles 1 in 1635. The modern postal system began with the introduction of adhesive postage stamps in 1840. The first post office in Huddersfield was opened on New St. in 1830 moving to the much larger...
