West Witton

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redmire children

My great great grandparents arrived in Redmire in the 1840s or thereabouts.  
This photo was taken in 1929 when my mother would have been about nine or ten.  She was born in Redmire in 1921 to George and Ellenor Miller who had five more children William, Ethel, Lillian, John and Mary.  The family were all stonemasons through the census years.  My interest is in this photo.  The girl with the longest hair resembles my eldest daughter.  Can anyone name her or her family?   I would be very grateful.  I myself spent quite a few times up there in the summer holidays and stayed with my grandad and uncle John at the Railway Cottages where they lived.  Has anyone got any ...read more here
A memory of Redmire contributed by josiephine bell

Autons of Leyburn

My gggggrandfather,lived At Hammer Gate in 1841.
His son James moved with his family to Grove Square.1851
James's brother William lived at 24 Market place in 1861
The family of James Autons then moved to 74 Commercial Square1861
Only my gggg Uncle William stayed in Leyburn .He was a Solicitors Clerk.
He and his wife.ran the Stamp office at 43 High St, they were also Glass and China Dealers. 1891.In 1901 uncle William moved to 6 Commerial Sq
Some of my cousins lived at Grove Square.
A memory of Leyburn contributed by First name Last name

Norman Barber - watchmaker and jeweller

The jaguar on the right belonged to Norman Barber and was parked outside his shop in Leyburn. At this time my husband, Cedric Barber, was probably in class at Leyburn County Primary School (now an old peoples' home). Cedric's second cousin, Janet Green, lives a short distance from the scene of this photograph.
A memory of Leyburn contributed by JEAN BARBER

The Past

This picture reminds me of the days spent in East Witton at my grandfathers house it was on the right as you look up the green with the pub behind you, it had a archway and it was a working farm there was no electricity and the water came from two pumps in the village green one at the top and one at the bottom.

He kept sheep and he had two sheep dogs one of them was a trainee because he would always be larking around in the kitchen just as any good puppy would.

As a family we spent our time on holiday there and enjoyed walking next to the river collecting fresh watercress also in the ...read more here
A memory of East Witton contributed by Dave Kirby