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Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Featherstone maps
Historic maps of Featherstone and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Featherstone maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire
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Featherstone books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Featherstone and the local area. View all Featherstone books
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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5 Featherstone photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Featherstone
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I was born in Featherstone in 1956 and lived there until 1962 when we moved to Hampshire. My dad was also born there. We lived at 46 Market Street and my grandparents lived at 64 Featherstone Lane, on the corner of Gordon Street. I believe my great-grandparents lived in Featherstone Lane too. My grandfather (Arthur Haigh) was a miner all his... [more]
Shared on 03 February 2008
A Good Time To Be Living In Featherstone
I was 10 when Featherstone Rovers beat Wigan and Leigh in getting to the Wembley final. We lived in the school house immediately opposite the entrance on Post Office Road. What a wonderful period in history of the town.
I was born on Vicarage Lane and schooled at Regent Street and then George Street Junior School. Eventually Normanton Grammer school.
I... [more]
Shared on 15 May 2007
It is Green lane but I remember this spot as Cressys Corner,my dad Bill Atkinson used to sit on the seat during the day Until the Green Lane Club opened ,Then after dark it was a favorate spot for us to gather,As IRecall lBill Major Colin Jaques Keith Bullock Carl Farington Pat Sutton to name but a few ,I live in... [more]
Shared on 16 December 2007
WHEN I WAS A KID THIS WAS THE SITE OF A FARM IN THE 1940s ( I think it belonged to farmer Copley). THE BIG HOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND BELONGED TO DR MARJERY. THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE BUT THE SURGERY WAS KNOCKED DOWN, AND WAS RESITED NEXT TO ST THOMAS' CHURCH.
Shared on 01 March 2007
Growing up in North Featherstone
I remember a happy childhood, playing in the streets with my best friends Joyce Dean, Linda Perry & Maureen Beaumont amongst many, we had quite a large gang,
playing rounders or sitting around telling ghost stories, we also used to take peoples babies for a walk and go to Pontefract Park.The school we attended was Gordon Street and my favourite teacher... [more]
Shared on 31 December 2007
West Yorkshire memories
The shop (bottom left, with pram outside) was Babyland, the town's toy shop since at least the 1920's. My father bought his first bicycle there when he began work at the age of 14 in 1928.
Shared on 05 March 2009
I remember climbing onto the roof of the Grammar School - I was in the fifth form, so this would be 1964 or 1965 - and scratching my name on the slates there, underneath my dad's name. He must have done it about 1932. And organising a Review when I was in the sixth form, with the money raised going towards... [more]
Shared on 25 August 2008
I was born in 1952 and was raised in Cheesecake Inn. This was the original name for the farm next to the Church. When I was growing up there it was called Church Farm. I have many happy memories growing up in Kirkthorpe.
I spent many hours in Sycamore Cottage with the lady who lived there (Rose Richardson) and her... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2008
Extracts From Featherstone & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Featherstone, inspired by Frith photos.
Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories
Just off Hardwick Road is Girnhill Infants' School, which opened on 30 April 1960 to accommodate youngsters from the huge housing estate which partly replaced the earlier Coal Board houses seen in the background. Many of these are now boarded up awaiting demolition, marking an end to the area's rich but harsh mining history.
This is an extract from Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories.
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Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories
This Grade II listed building was built about 1824 for Thomas Hall, a West Riding magistrate from Castleford. The stone building was originally called Purston Lodge, but it was renamed Featherstone Hall on the death of the owner. After a succession of owners and tenants, the estate was sold to Featherstone Council in 1930 for £3,600, after which it was used as the Town... [more]
This is an extract from Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories.
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Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories
Looking towards the Bull Ring from Union Street, we see (right) the rebuilt Strafford Hotel and the former shops, now a café bar. At the centre is the magnificent Cloth Hall building at the head of Cross Street. The Bull Ring is now partly pedestrianised, offering a relaxed starting point for a walk to the cathedral.
This is an extract from Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories.
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