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The Market And Caddy's
My memories of Dewsbury as a girl in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The market. The butcher my mum used (who flirted outrageously with her, and most likely every housewife in town, which she loved and I'm sure always made her buy extra sausage!). Traipsing round while my mum bought everything we needed for Sunday dinner, and some mid week meals until my legs ached! If my nanna was in tow, she wanted tripe, which after trying myself I never understood her love of it. (Yuk!) Then after going to a shop to pay money on furniture and telly, OFF TO CADDY'S - YIPEEE! My beautiful big sister Julie carried on the tradition of the Saturday Dewsbury trip and cut out the boring bits and filled it with coffee and a vanilla slice in a cafe, Toffee Smiths on the market for sweeties then OFF TO CADDY'S - for an organge ice, tall glass, fizzy orange, scoop of Caddy's, long spoon and straw! Bliss! Do you remember the foamy bubbles... Read more
Saturday Afternoon Shopping
I remember Dewsbury on Saturday afternoons when everyone was shopping for bargains in the market and shops. You couldn't move for people and trying to go round Woolworths was a nightmare! Everywhere was heaving with people and yet there were very few disruptions of fights - they were reserved for Saturday night after dancing in the Town Hall. I was born in 1948 in Dewsbury - Savile Town - and apart from living in Leeds for 2 years have been a resident of Dewsbury all my life, I now live in Staincliffe. There have been many, many changes and not all for the better. At the time of the photos, in the 1960s, Dewsbury was a County Borough and when it changed to Kirklees the town started to change. There have been new buildings and improvements in some areas but it doesn't have the 'vibe' it had all those years ago. Even the market doesn't have the variety of goods it used to sell.....remember 'Aka Bilk'... Read more
Pictures
I have some pictures from the late 1940-50s of Batley and Dewsbury. Pictures of fabric mills and Chrismas party plus the house we lived in, in Upper Batley etc.. . Are you interested in same. Thank you.. Richard, Plainview, NY USA
Woolies !
I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51
I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive.
I was born in Dewsbury, Staincliffe to be exact, in 1957 and then lived in Princess Road, Chickenley for a while, in a house that used to be next to the cricket field, but isn't any more as they've built on the field since. I went to school there, before moving to Bradford due to change in my Dad's job on the buses. He started to work out of Bradford, where the YWD stored a bus or two to serve the Sheffield route.
My family came back to Dewsbury Moor in 1973. I started my first job at Woolworths (in the picture on Northgate) and remember that one of my first jobs of the day was to light the gas lights in the shop - yes, in 1974! It was the 'Three Day Week' and... Read more
What Was The Public House Called?
From this photo there was a public house in front of the town hall over the road but I cannot remember what that was called, could anybody help?
My Home Town
I was born in Ravensthorpe in 1937, went to school at St Saviour's infants and the Secondary Modern school until I was 15 years of age. I began working at Hartley Bros, a leather mill at the bottom of Scout Hill, later I worked at MKM mills down Calder Road. I joined the army in 1956 in the KOYLI along with many other lads from the area and served in Cyprus and Germany. I returned to the area upon de-mob and married my present wife who comes from Clckheaton, our first home was at Ravensthorpe Road, Thornhill Lees and we later moved to homes near Crown Flatts and later at Shawcraoss. In the 1960s Dewsbury was a thriving town and far cleaner than it is at the moment. One of my fondest memories is the twice a week markets days of Wednesday and Saturdays and visiting the many well known public houses, with my main ports of call being The Market House and The Little Saddle. Also in those days the... Read more
Victoria School For Boys
Just to correct Richard Parkin. During our time at the Vic. between 54-58 The headmaster was Mr Sleigh (without the T) who came from Halifax each day, but the hardest (strictest) teacher was Mr Moorehouse, followed by Mr Smith the rugby and metalwork teacher. But by golly, it was a good school for future men!!
Dewsbury Swimming Baths
Wow... I learned how to swim in this place! Going with the school once a week. One time when I was changing back to my clothes someone stole my swimming costume! Mr Grimes was the swim teacher. I believe he continued for many years. I also remember going without the school later on...
