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Belle Isle maps
Historic maps of Belle Isle and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Belle Isle maps
Belle Isle photos
We have no photos of Belle Isle, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Rothwell| Morley| Leeds| Headingley| Roundhay| Kirkstall Abbey| Far Headingley| Birstall| Batley| Altofts| Ossett| Wakefield| Normanton| Adel| Garforth| Dewsbury| Farsley| Heckmondwike| Horsforth| Rawdon
Belle Isle area books
Displaying 1 of 28 books about Belle Isle and the local area. View all books for this area
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Memories of Belle Isle
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School Days
I remember moving from a one up one down back to back house in Hunslet at the age of approx 4 years to a brand new council house in Newhall Road, Belle Isle. I had a great time, my father borrowed a pony and trap, and we went back to Hunslet to dig up our privett hedge to transport it to the new house, my sisters weren't allowed only me because I was a man (4 years old). I was born 1952 so this would have been 1956/57. I remember walking to school, infants and primary at Windmill Road School, which was a distance for little legs. Summer seemed to be forever and we were never indoors, always out playing in the cornfields, exploring the streams, damming them up, building dens around Middleton old colliery and the land towards the woods. I stayed there until 1967 when the family moved to Doncaster, because of my father's work.
West Yorkshire memories
The Happy Days
I was born in Maceado Square, Hunslet, not a blade of grass to be seen, the small house was behind Winterburns store, everyone shopped there, along with Cardis's pork butchers. Pub opposite. Trams stopped at Balm Road, Miggy was not even thought of yet, used to have loads of fun on the pit heaps, still smouldering, with all the sulpher they used to spread on it. Half way up the hill was the CWS brush works, plenty of fun there, then under the bridge railway I think to the fish and chip shop up the steep steps, well worth the climb for a pen'oth with scraps. Me gran lived in a one-up one-down with attic and an outside toilet! Uncle used to sweep chimneys in his spare time and brought all the soot to Gran's bit of garden and spread it, nothing ever grew in it. Milk was delivered in a hand-held pail with lid and put into your own jug, they didn't do bottles in them days. Ice-cream man... Read more
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.
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?
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.
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.
