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Birstall photos

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Birstall maps

Historic maps of Birstall and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Birstall maps

Birstall map

Historic map of Birstall

West Yorkshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire

Birstall map

Historic Map of any Birstall postcode

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Birstall books

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Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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Ilkley Town and City Memories
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Yorkshire County Memories
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Birstall books
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Memories of Birstall

Birstall memories
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Birstall life, 1970

Does anybody remember Clifford the milkman, he had a barrel in a yard that he used as a dog kennel in the village. Or the Co-op in the village, I think it was that sold record players and I  think shirts folded up, and kept in drawers behind the counter. I was 4 at the time of these memories. The dry... [more]

Shared on 27 October 2008 by Patricia Breakell.

Growing up in Birstall in the sixties

My memory of the market square was catching the bus in in the middle of the square to go to Batley and Dewsbury on Saturday shopping with my mother. My mother buying fresh tripe from a blue trailer parked in the square across from Bond Street. Living on The Mount (the houses have been torn down now) and going to primary... [more]

Shared on 09 April 2008 by Kathy Sturhahn.

Cinema on a Saturday as a boy

I grew up in Driglington late 50s/ 60s and remember going to watch Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy, now that was another lifetime ago.
As I got a bit older lots of us drig lads used to visit a coffee shop in the main street - cannot remember its name, and met lots of Birstall girls there.  I also remember the... [more]

Shared on 30 April 2007

An industrial village

Having grown up in Birstall I have a fondness for this little market town in West Yorkshire, situated approximately 8 miles from Leeds and centrally placed for easy access to other major towns Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield.

Fifty years ago Birstall was a thriving village, where everyone knew everybody else (and their business!). There were several mills in the... [more]

Shared on 17 February 2007 by Jennifer Ineson.

West Yorkshire memories

Royal Hotel

Does anyone remember the Royal Hotel in Batley, it was on a corner I think of Bradford Road and a road that went up a very steep hill to a village. Lived there from 1963-1965 and went to Park Road School. Looking for a photo of the pub if anyone has one. Remember traffic lights being outside on the corner and... [more]

Shared on 21 January 2009 by Sandra Browne.

LIFE IN BATLEY 1938 to 1948 royel navy to1955 to New ZEALAND 1956 royal new zealand navy to 1962to1988 new zealand prison service retired now resided in westaustralia andthat is another story w a clark BCL02059@bigpond.net.au

THE WAR YEARS WAR WEPONSWEEK ANDALLTHEWAR SAVINGS WEEKS VE NIGHT VJ NIGHTSWORKING AT THE BUS COMPANY IN THE SAVEL TOWN DEP OF THE YORKSHIRE WOOLEN DISTRICT TRANSPORT THE ARMY CADET CORP AT THE WARICK ROAD SCHOOL & THE DRILL SHED ON BRADFORD ROAD

Shared on 06 January 2008 by Arnold Clark.

rosies

does any one remember rosies cheap shop on commercial street we all used to go there for our cheap things

Shared on 10 November 2007 by Gillian Walker.

Heckmondwike in the early 1960s

I remember the market so well, it was the heart of Heckmondwike. You could buy anything from it, including clothes, meat and veg. The pork pies sold there were beautiful, and the beef dripping. I remember buying a dress from Rothery's stall, she let me take it home to try on. It was the height of fashion for me then, in... [more]

Shared on 16 January 2009 by Jan Mason.

Extracts From Birstall & West Yorkshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Birstall, inspired by Frith photos.

Bradford Photographic Memories

The park boasted three acres of ornamental water, landscaped into sinuous curves. In the distance rowers are rounding a wooded island. In 1926 the boating was leased to Mr Fred Falkingham, who maintained a trim fleet of rowing-boats for visitors, as well a motor-launch. Manoeuvring the dinghy in such a tight space must have been a little daunting.

This is an extract from Bradford Photographic Memories.
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Leeds Pocket Album

Severely modern and uncompromising in its architecture, this grammar school symbolised the progressive educational changes of the post-war period. In 1966 proposals were put forward to reorganise the education system within 15 years. It was decreed that all children aged 11 to 18 years would attend comprehensive schools. In the interim period comprehensives were split between those taking 11 to 13 year olds, and those taking 13... [more]

This is an extract from Leeds Pocket Album.
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Leeds Pocket Album

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings. Even after taking transportation costs into account, cheap labour enabled the Italians to undersell heavy-woollen Yorkshire-made products.

This is an extract from Leeds Pocket Album.
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