Crayke, North Yorkshire

Childhood

Kilburn was always a magical place for me as a child, lying as it does beneath the hillside where the White Horse is carved. As children we would cycle the seven miles from our home village to spend the day on and around the horse. A visit to 'Mousey Thompson's 'workshop was often included. I also remember earlier... [more]

High Kilburn

I visited High Kilburn with my mother in 1987. She lived there as a young lady. Her name is Laetitia (Thompson) Lewis. Her parents were Lionel and Alice Thompson. We visited the house where she used to live and then went down to Kilburn and through some other villages before returning to Everingham where my uncle lived... [more]

The Atkinson Family

My Grandma, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton-on Ouse in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper there for a number of years and the family lived in the house in the photograph. Joan was the eldest of four children, three of whom were born at Linton-on-Ouse including Betty and Ian. The youngest child, June, was born when the family moved... [more]

Atkinsons of Linton

My mother, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton lock in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper. She lived there for a few years before the family moved to Haxby.

Linton Lock, Linton on Ouse

My family, the Wilkinsons, were Lockeepers from 1851, and left between 1891 and 1901.

Living at Linton Lock

My grandfather Bertie Dawson was the Lock Keeper for several years.  I also lived there from around 1953 for 3 years, very happy memories !

Linton-on-Ouse Lock

My ancestor, the Atkinson family lived in this house on the 1901 census, other family members controlled a lock in Leeds

Memories of my time at Newton On Ouse

I was born at Newton On Ouse in March 1928. At the age of five I attended the local school whose headmaster was Alf Bradbury. Also at the age of five I began visiting Village Farm that was owned by Mathew Clark. The main attraction was that Mr Clark had a motor car but could not drive but his son George... [more]