Greengates, The River Aire c.1960
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Photo of Greengates, The River Aire c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Greengates

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Greengates

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My compliments, Francis. I grew up in Langdale Road, Ravenscliffe 1947-58. Your pictures brought lots of memories back: " the 2penny Rush" - first two rows at Greengates Flicks only cost 2 pennies; cycling along the Canal to Apperley Bridge; the RAF Truck that picked us up at Greengates to take us to RAF - ATC 2168 (Yeadon) Squadron Airfield. All the best for your initiative. Albert ps Yeadon started a 58 year Aviation career, that I'm still leading.
I was born in Laisterdyke but moved to Greengates when I was about 4 years old, this would have been in 1962. I can remember walking up Redcar Road with my dad and brothers towards our new home on Rowlestone Rise. My first school was Brookfield, we lived opposite the school gates, then up to Eccleshill North.(Mr.Butler was the headmaster, he always had a cane stuck down his pantleg!). I can remember cows in the ...see more
I'm 12 at this time, my mum still lives at Riccall Nook, I live up the road. I remember my nan's house at Rombury Shaw. I was looking out of the window watching people coming out of the Oddfellows pub at 2 in the Saturday morning, it used to play music most weekends. My nan was the best, the people on Greengates are still the best. Lots of the old have past on but you can never find any where else to live.
The Seven Stars pub & Mr Kiplings across the road, just before the dip into Apperley Bridge.