Adwick-Upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire
Adwick-Upon-Dearne maps
Historic maps of Adwick-Upon-Dearne and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Adwick-Upon-Dearne maps
Adwick-Upon-Dearne photos
We have no photos of Adwick-Upon-Dearne, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Bolton-Upon-Dearne, Goldthorpe, Swinton, Wath-Upon-Dearne, Thurnscoe, Conisbrough, RawmarshAdwick-Upon-Dearne books
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I was staying at my Aunt Margaret's, and I met a lovely young man called Charley (Chuck )Senior. I lost touch with him soon after. I recently came across an old photo of Chuck, me, Maureen and my cousin Brian Westcott. I had the best Xmas of my life. Are any of you still around? I believe it was Wath-on-Dearne, where... [more]
Shared on 07 October 2008
My father Albert F. Bassford was born in 1923 in Bolton upon Dearne although he always thought it was spelled Bolton on Durn. I am assuming that since we couldn't find it spelled the way he thought it must be this spelling. He spoke of a girl his age that he played with every day, her family owned a little pub... [more]
Shared on 23 August 2008
Goldthorpe the Miners Welfare Hall
Ooh, I remember going to the Goldthopre Welfare Hall to see musicals staged there by the South Yorkshire Musical Comedy Society in the 1960s when they moved from their former home, the Mexborough Empire Cinema, in 1963, I think it was. I certainly remember seeing 'The Vagabond King', 'White Horse Inn','Chu Chin Chow', 'Rose Marie', 'Naughty Marietta' 'The New Moon' and... [more]
Shared on 06 October 2009
Panto's at the Welfare Hall 1960's
I have just found this site and was amazed at the photo of the Welfare Hall circa 1960. My dad, Henry Dilkes, and his great friend Sid Robinson were the mainstays of the pantos in the early 1960s, with Henry mainly being the comic/Dame with Sid being the straight man, but with a fab singing voice. I have a few photos... [more]
Shared on 04 August 2009
Extracts From Adwick-Upon-Dearne & South Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Adwick-Upon-Dearne, inspired by Frith photos.
Just south of the abbey's cliffs lie these rocks, which show the inroads made by the alum mining industry during the previous centuries. Before the chemists discovered a simpler method of fixing the dyes used in cloth manufacturing, alum was successfully used for this purpose. It had first to be extracted from rich mineral-bearing stone. This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and... [more]
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The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool. Bathing machines were still in use at this time, as we see on the right.
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Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates. Alum was a chemical used in tanning leather and in the dyeworks to fix the dye used in the weaving industry. It was mined and extracted from local stone in the Whitby district,... [more]
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