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Beeston maps
Historic maps of Beeston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Beeston maps
Beeston photos
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Beeston area books
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Memories of Beeston
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Beeston School
I also went to Beeston school and remember Mr Shipman and Miss Booth, the rumour amongst the kids was that they were secret lovers! My dad also went to this school in the 1940s and 1950s and was taught by Mr Shipman, and my grandad went there just after the First World War. When I started the school it was the old building, then I transferred to the new modern school which was built behind it.
Beeston School
I used to go to Beeston school and remember happy days. My teacher was called Mrs Spencer, she was really strict and used to scare me. There was also a teacher called Mr Shipman, a bit of a tonge twister. I have been looking for a picture of the school, can anyone help me?
Chesters
l lived in Chester Place with the little veg shop on the corner. Across the road was another street (I don't know what this was called), it had a undetakers tucked away in the corner. We would hang the washing out across the road, l remember trying to get the kids' nappies dry and having words with the woman next door as l put some out on a Sunday morning, not to her liking ah ah. Our house was the only one in the street that relay tv put a box up, don't know what it was for but gave up £2 a year for it. Trudie O'Hara.
West Yorkshire memories
Holbeck
In the 1890's my grandfather, James William Brown, son of George Brown and Eliza Moverly, went to Holbeck Day school. I am looking for any information about the family or the school that anyone can give me Thank you in advance.
Family History
Sarah Levene and John William Bailey great grand parents.
Born And Bred in Wortley
I spent my childhood in Wortley, born and bred around th church of St John's the Evangelist at 35a Dixon Lane. I went to school at Upper Wortley and spent many happy hours around Wortley and "The Rec". We moved down to 200 Whitehall Road - closer to Elland Road - around 1955-56 (John Charles). Just noticed photo of community grave in St John's of 11 children killed in a fire on New Year's Day 1891 - one of whom "Tingle" was a relative of mine. Ah, the days of technology, I would never have known otherwise. I had a job as a kid at Gallons Grocery at the base of Dixon Lane - opposite the fish'n chip shop which I believe, is still there. It was a working class suburb and all happy childhood memories are still there. I moved to Australia in 1959 after the death of my mother. Still living in Melbourne (2011).
Born And Bred in Wortley, Leeds..
I was born in Wortley in 1947, went to Upper wortley School, then Silver Royd CS, then worked at Yorkshire Engineering Supplies in Upper Wortley Road. I met my husband in the Hanover Arms, Lower Wortley Road. I got married at St John's, Dixon Lane in 1968, and lived in Waveney Road. I had two sons who both went to Upper Wortley, then to Thornhill School, which I don't think is there any more. I used to also used to work at Cliff House School, Fawcett Lane, which was a boys' school. I have many memories of the rec', chip shops, dance hall etc. It was a great place to live, had many friends who I am still in touch with. I am now in New Zealand but get home as much as possible.
