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Halton maps
Historic maps of Halton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Halton maps
Halton photos
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Roundhay| Garforth| Rothwell| Leeds| Thorner| Kippax| Headingley| Far Headingley| Adel| Kirkstall Abbey| Morley| Bramham| Castleford
Halton area books
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Memories of Halton
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Halton Village
I arrived in Halton in 1957 age 6 .My memories are the shops and pubs in Halton. Harold fish shop was the most popular fish shop in Halton. There was Halton Institute where I went to dancing class, Miss Fraser ran it - she produced shows. It kept me out of mischief and being a shy child it helped alot. The three pubs were known as top ole, middle ole and bottom ole - otherwise the Woodman, Travellers (and at the back of the Travellers were the railway carriages which we loved to play in - and a sand pit) and Irwin Arms. Our Doctors were Dr Young, (who used to bring his Pekenese to work - it was a nasty little thing) Dr Mattock and Dr Ramsey was the junior partner at the time. They were in Gilsyke House which was situated where Boots chemist and the other shops are now. There was no supermarket at that time - the nearest thing we had was... Read more
West Yorkshire memories
Queen's Visit
After opening Seacroft town centre, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visited my family in Kentmere Avenue. I have lots of pictures.
Steve Lyons, Canada
Swilly Common
Hi, I lived in Swilly and the Common was the posh end even though my parents had their own business.
The Happy Days
I was born in Maceado Square, Hunslet, not a blade of grass to be seen, the small house was behind Winterburns store, everyone shopped there, along with Cardis's pork butchers. Pub opposite. Trams stopped at Balm Road, Miggy was not even thought of yet, used to have loads of fun on the pit heaps, still smouldering, with all the sulpher they used to spread on it. Half way up the hill was the CWS brush works, plenty of fun there, then under the bridge railway I think to the fish and chip shop up the steep steps, well worth the climb for a pen'oth with scraps. Me gran lived in a one-up one-down with attic and an outside toilet! Uncle used to sweep chimneys in his spare time and brought all the soot to Gran's bit of garden and spread it, nothing ever grew in it. Milk was delivered in a hand-held pail with lid and put into your own jug, they didn't do bottles in them days. Ice-cream man... Read more
Grandad's Young Sister Constance Norfolk Married at St Martin's Church in 1918
Although our family surname is Norfolk we all came originally from Yorkshire! Great-Grandad was James Henry Norfolk who was born in Dunkeswick, near Harewood, in 1845. He was the first of four generations of Norfolk family bank managers down to me, born 1945, exactly one hundred years later almost to the week! Great-Grandad had five children and the youngest was Constance Maud Norfolk, born in 1887 in Ilkley. Constance was the baby of the family arriving long after her parents' marriage in 1873. I have little knowledge of my Great-Aunt Constance apart from her getting married in 1918 at St Martin's Church in Potternewton to Norman Rostron although I have heard the family rumour of a tragic early death. St Martin's is the Church of England parish church just off Chapeltown Road, and was consecrated in 1881 for Potternewton parish so it was new when Constance was born and she would have been one of the early baptisms there. St Martin's Church is unusual because it... Read more
Ninelands Primary School
I was only thinking about my early education recently, then one evening I stumbled across this photo of my old school. I was only a baby when my family, along with thousands over the years, moved to the commuter (only it wasn't called that then) village of Garforth. I remember my first morning at this school, it must have been in 1967 when I would have been four going on five. I went for the morning, and hid in the wendy house because I was having such a good time I didn't want to leave! The infants at that time were housed on the ground floor and each classroom had a door so that the kids could play outside with the water or the sand easily. It was a fantastic school with some amazing teachers; Mr Pritchard was the headmaster and he had some unique ideas on education, for example ballroom dancing and an introduction to music with a pianist who used to regularly visit us (I can't remember his... Read more
Barley Hill Road School
I was born in Springfield Place, Selby Road, Garforth and we had to walk through the fields to go to Barley Hill Road School. I followed my older brother one day and I was only just 3, the teachers took me home. After doing this on a number of occasions they decided I could stay at school. We used to have a sleep in the afternoon on little camp beds. My Aunty lived in one of the houses next to the school. We left Garforth in 1952 and went to live in Woodlesford where I stayed until I married. I now live in Kippax.
Barbara Walton nee Milner
