 - Last login: 13 hours agoYorkie1962
- Frank is a 46 year old single guy from Huddersfield, England, UK.
- Likes 96 pages, 8 videos, 5 photos • 31 fans • Received 13 reviews
- Member since Nov 26, 2007
Hi folks. Thank you for checking out my Stumble page.
I'm a yorkshire lad here to checkout Stumble and with a bit of luck find some interesting sites and maybe make a few friends along the way.
I work for the local council as a cleaner and caretaker, I have three daughters and two grandchildren, I separated from my wife back in 2006.
I dabble in photography, I'm not very good at it but I enjoy it. I like walking in the local countryside, collecting local amateur art, and spending as much time as I can with my family.
Please feel free to contact me, review my blog, or add me as a friend. Us Yorkshire folk are friendly so don't be shy. lol
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Here is a photo of Castle Hill in Huddersfield which I took a couple of years or so ago.
Standing over 900 feet above sea level Castle Hill dominates the local landscape, providing spectacular, often windswept views.
The history of human activity on the hill goes back over 4000 years. The site was developed as an iron age hill fort, surrounded by defensive ditches and ramparts. In the Middle Ages there was a castle on the hill, of which the well remains. The present tower was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.
Perched on Castle Hill overlooking Huddersfield, the tower was completed in 1899 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. The corner-stone of the tower was laid on 25 June 1898 by Mr John Frechville Ramsden and was officially opened by the Earl of Scarborough on 24 June 1899. The walls of the tower are four feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two feet at the top. The tower was renovated in 1960 when the top seven feet were removed. It reaches the height of almost 997 feet above sea level. Victoria Tower is open to the public on certain days of the year.
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