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Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire
Heckmondwike maps
Historic maps of Heckmondwike and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Heckmondwike maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire
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Heckmondwike books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Heckmondwike and the local area. View all Heckmondwike 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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6 Heckmondwike photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Heckmondwike
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In the 1950s there were two cinemas, 'The Pavilion' and 'The Palace' and every Christmas there was the famous Heckmondwike Illuminations which ran for the full length of the town and attracted thousands of visitors from a wide area. For many years my grandfather George Arthur Fisher ran a greengrocer's stall on the market.
Shared on 28 October 2008
Heckmondwike in the early 1960s
I remember the market so well, it was the heart of Heckmondwike. You could buy anything from it, including clothes, meat and veg. The pork pies sold there were beautiful, and the beef dripping. I remember buying a dress from Rothery's stall, she let me take it home to try on. It was the height of fashion for me then, in... [more]
Shared on 16 January 2009
West Yorkshire memories
Does anyone remember the Royal Hotel in Batley, it was on a corner I think of Bradford Road and a road that went up a very steep hill to a village. Lived there from 1963-1965 and went to Park Road School. Looking for a photo of the pub if anyone has one. Remember traffic lights being outside on the corner and... [more]
Shared on 21 January 2009
THE WAR YEARS WAR WEPONSWEEK ANDALLTHEWAR SAVINGS WEEKS VE NIGHT VJ NIGHTSWORKING AT THE BUS COMPANY IN THE SAVEL TOWN DEP OF THE YORKSHIRE WOOLEN DISTRICT TRANSPORT THE ARMY CADET CORP AT THE WARICK ROAD SCHOOL & THE DRILL SHED ON BRADFORD ROAD
Shared on 06 January 2008
does any one remember rosies cheap shop on commercial street we all used to go there for our cheap things
Shared on 10 November 2007
My uncle and aunt, Frank and Lilian Simpson (nee Wilson)used to live over looking the Spen Valley in a terraced house on a hill at the bottom of which was Rawfolds Mill. Is the photo H199022 this road and is the wall on left the entrance to the terrace houses? If not, is there a map showing this terrace,... [more]
Shared on 11 October 2009
It sits opposite Roberttown community centre and it used to be a school but it's been renovated now to an apartment block. Luckily, it still resembles my old infants school - I live in America now but I have such fond memories of my childhood growing up in Roberttown. This was before Roberttown Grange was built too, I think that was... [more]
Shared on 22 June 2009
Does anybody remember Clifford the milkman, he had a barrel in a yard that he used as a dog kennel in the village. Or the Co-op in the village, I think it was that sold record players and I think shirts folded up, and kept in drawers behind the counter. I was 4 at the time of these memories. The dry... [more]
Shared on 27 October 2008
Extracts From Heckmondwike & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Heckmondwike, inspired by Frith photos.
The pavements of Market Street were crowded with pram-pushing mothers shopping for the week's provisions. Another of the region's many woollen manufacturing towns, Heckmondwike still exhibits the same no-nonsense, down-to-earth air which characterises this part of the county.
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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Busy market stalls cluster around the Victorian clock-topped monument in the Market Square of Heckmondwike on a summer afternoon. The Red Lion public house is on the right, while the factory chimney in the background is a reminder of the town's industrial base.
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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West Yorkshire Photographic Memories
Long the centre of the town's social and political life, the Market Square contained many inns, including the George and Dragon, the Woodman, the Red Lion and the Brown Cow. Another popular place in the winter months was George Scott's blacksmiths shop. The forge lit up the whole street at night-time.
This is an extract from West Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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