Bawtry, South Yorkshire

RAF Camp

I lived here on the RAF camp in a Nissen hut married quarters. I had my first baby in Worksop Hospital. I used to walk from the camp down to the village to collect my weekly RAF wife's allowance further along the road and then pushing the pram would park it outside of the bakers on  the small parade of shops... [more]

Watch on the Great North Road

My parents lived at Sprotborough and were great motorcycle and sidecar enthusiasts although by 1968, the Triumph Speed Twin and sidecar had given way to a Morris Minor, later to be replaced with a Triumph Herald.  On Friday or Saturday evenings their favourite outing would be to Bawtry.  Parking in the Market Place as in this photograph, they would simply sit... [more]

Yorkshire Living Memories

This view shows a virtually-deserted Market Place at Bawtry, with a 'half-timbered' Morris Minor prominently parked by the old Buttercross. Bawtry was once an important coaching stop on the old Great North Road, where horses were changed on the journey north to Scotland. It had also been an important port on the River Idle since Roman times, linking to the Humber.... [more]

Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories

Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years. It was here that Henry II and Malcolm of Scotland reached an agreement to hand Peveril back to the English crown, whereupon Henry had the fortress rebuilt and added a keep.... [more]

Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories

The caverns at Castleton were, and still are, a popular day out for people from the Sheffield area. Here we have the entrance to the Speedwell Cavern, and Winnats Pass is little more than a track for sheep. Speedwell's history goes back to the 18th century, when a shaft was driven underground in the search for lead ore. The cavern's... [more]