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Burley Woodhead maps
Historic maps of Burley Woodhead and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Burley Woodhead maps
Burley Woodhead photos
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St. Philips School
At this time (1950) I became a pupil at the above school. The playground was truly superb and it has very recently become a permanent green space for the use of the village. This ground has in it a ha-ha and we younsters (I was 9) used to pretend that it was a shelter to protect us from arrows and spears being hurled at us from the fort (school). Unfortunately the school closed down in the mid 1950s. The building is Burley House, a well known large Georgian house at the junction of the old Otley Road with the roads from Guiseley and Ilkley and is now offices. One thing I do remember is that on this junction was an RAC box and often there was a patrolman complete with motorbike on duty at it. He was always kind to us and let us inspect his motorbike and sidecar (don't touch anything). School itself was fine and I progressed quite well although it turned out I was not a scholar.... Read more
Mrs Cladd
Anyone remember Mrs Cladd who lived in a converted railway carriage - at least I think thats what it was - just up from Fairfax Hall, opposite the house called Farthings? She was an old lady who grew what we now call cherry tomatoes, but they were a delicious novelty then, and she sold them for a shilling a pound. Am I right in thinking her house was replaced by the working mens club? We left Menston in 1964 to move south to Portsmouth but over the years I have passed through the village many times when in the area on walking holidays.
Menston Fire Station
I had heard that there was a fire station, probably in the area of the Fox and Hounds public house. I recall a conversation with my father, sadly no longer with us, and he gave me an old set of keys, telling me they were for the fire station next to the Fox and Hounds. Information on the keys indicate that my father was a fireman prior to call up in the Second World War. I would just like to know if anyone can recall this or even has a photo of it.
Maurice Garforth, The 'Pot Man'
Does anyone remember the red wagon laden with pots and pans?
Great Times
We used to live in Yeadon in a council house, and when my Dad came out of the Army as an Officer he bought a plot in Hawksworth Lane (number 54). He had a house built by Prior who built all the Tranmere Park Estate between Hawksworth Lane and Harry Ramsdens. Every Sunday, I would don my football boots and go to the 'tip' (a filled in tip) and play and play football all afternoon with boys from the houses in Hawksworth Lane (Brian Armstrong, Alan and Martin Long and the village (Lesley Brown, Len Briggs - sorry there were quite a few but I forget the names). I do recall a group of girls came up from Esholt to watch - Margaret and Carol Jeffrey, the others I also 'forget' - what a shame and how sad. Anyway, if anyone wants to get in touch try: blackwellken@supanet.com
Born There in 1943
I was born in The Semon Emergency Hospital August 1943 and often wondered what it looked like and why I was actually born there and not in Bradford which is where my birth mother lived at the time, unless she was visiting Ilkley and was taken there as an emergency. I was adopted soon after birth. But have since met up with my half siblings. Both birth parent and adoptive parents are now deceased and so I never found out how I came to be born there.
Semon Emergency Maternity Hospital
I was born at the Semon Emergency Maternity Hospital in 1943 even though my parents lived in Bradford at the time.
I have always assumed this was because of the threat of bombing during the war, though I have never been sure if this is correct.
I viewed an map of Ilkley at the time recently and noted where the Hospital once stood, and have since been to see the location and wondered what it must have looked like in the surrounding area at that time.
It would be interesting to know if any records still exist of the births at the Hospital.
