Original upload date: Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 22:14:12 GMT
James Mason turns again to Huddersfield
Documentation 1972
Directed by Patrick Boyle
Looking back in 1972 for the documentary Home James, he says his mother's attitude to the town rubbed off on h
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im: "She was always reaching for a grander way of life that was more than could be expected of Huddersfield." By this time he'd come to value Huddersfield people: "To me it's the way they talk, the way they build, the way they live their lives" and above all, it's what they do with their time off. The town's rich musical tradition, the trips to nearby Holy Trinity Church and rugby league were all part of Mason's own childhood.
And, in its turn, the town has paid its own homage to this great actor. In 2004 another very well-known Huddersfield thespian Patrick Stewart unveiled a bust of Mason which now has pride of place in the foyer of the town's Lawrence Batley Theatre. There's a blue plaque on Huddersfield Library and there's another plaque across the road from Croft House which was demolished in the 1970s. There's even a close named after him in the same street!
