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Balby maps
Historic maps of Balby and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Balby maps
Balby photos
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Doncaster| Sprotbrough| Wadworth| New Rossington| Conisbrough| Bentley| Armthorpe| Tickhill| Maltby| Harworth| Skellow| Bircotes| Bawtry| Bramley| Wickersley
Balby area books
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Memories of Balby
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Warmsworth 1933-1950
My name is Gordon Giles, originally from Warmsworth, but now living in north Wales. When I was 6 months old my parents moved to 6 Gleeb Street, Warmsworth. This was June 1933. I lived there until 1950. We then moved to Balby. I have great memories of going to school in the village, I also remember the people who lived in Gleeb Street, there was Mr Longley, he was a carpenter and made coffins in his workshop at 3 Gleeb Street. At the bottom of the street was a greengrocer called Mr Guest, he had a horse and cart and went round selling fruit and veg. I was friends with their grandson Geoff Norman. We used to play cricket together. I used to visit most houses in Gleeb Street, Mr and Mrs Ashmore at no 2, they sold soft drinks, there was Mrs Day at no 4> It was a nice quiet street to live in. After my father died, he was Thomas Giles, we moved to Westmoorland Street, Balby. I now... Read more
Old Rectory of The White Church
As a child I lived on Croft Road, Balby during the 1970's. My sisters and I attended Nightingale school while Mr Hillaby was Headmaster. We used to go on nature walks to the overgrown garden of the derelict old rectory behind the school. The eerie boarded up old house and pet graves really captured our imagination. I would love to see an old photograph of the house and learn more about its history and occupants.
Sunday at The Dell
During the long summer Sundays of 1947, the pleasures that were afforded by many Doncastrians were few and far between.Sunday, being a non-work day for the man of the house (if not the woman, Sunday dinner to make, pots to wash, beds to make, etc.). He just might decide to take his family for a walk, this of course was after a pleasurable lunchtime drink, his Sunday dinner and an afternoon nap. The kids were sent to Sunday School at the local church in order to make this afternoon nap possible and if he woke up in a good mood and the sun was shining, the decision was taken, "Let's all go for a walk". Of course, it was themother's job to wash and dress the kids, change the babies nappy, make up a bottle of baby food in case she got hungry (sister in our case), prepare a few sandwiches, put an extra nappy and powder in the pram and all this had to be done before she could... Read more
My Father at Doncaster Grammar School
My father John Granville Turner attended Doncaster Grammar School in the 1910s. He was born in 1904 so would have started in the early 1910s, I assume. He was for a time a boy soprano at the school. He also spent at least one Christmas at Shibden Hall but there is no record of him there so I wonder if he visited to sing, as I believe the owner at that time invited a choir to sing carols. If anybody has any knowledge which could confirm he attended the school or visited Shibden - or refute both - I and the rest of the family would be very interested. He died in 1964 and all his immediate family which lived in the Halifax/Tickhill area are now deceased. Incidently, he took my brother and myself to Shibden Hall around 1955 but my only memories are of being scared that the floor didn't look very safe, and of a bus which had crashed off whatever hill we climbing and was at lying... Read more
Wedding Reception at The Dell Cafe
My wife and I were married on the 31/12/60, our wedding took place at St. John's Church, Balby, which is approximately half a mile from the Dell Cafe.The Dell Cafe was the chosen venue for the wedding reception. We decided to visit the location on the day we celebrated our Golden Wedding. Although the Dell Cafe is no longer there, its original location in the grounds of Hexthorpe Flatts can be found by the concrete foundation on which it stood, along with the steps leading up to it. As for as we know it was owned by the then Doncaster Borough Council but we have no idea when it was closed and done away with. At the time of our marriage we lived in Balby in Alexandra Road. We moved to Bessacarr in 1977 where we are still residing. Our daughter gave us a copy of the associated print as a memento which we have on dislpay along with other golden wedding memorobilia, it now serves as a constant reminder... Read more
The Regent Hotel
My memory is from a far newer place in Doncaster, that being the Regent Hotel. I was invited to a wedding which was there and found it most enjoyable. http://hotelroomsdoncaster.co.uk/
Illuminations
Does anyone remember the illuminations in the Dell at Hexthorpe Flatts? I can remember seeing them in the 1950s. I lived on Urban Road and Beaconsfield Road, both of which are in Hexthorpe. I now reside in Canada.
