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High Eldwick maps
Historic maps of High Eldwick and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all High Eldwick maps
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Eldwick| Baildon| Bingley| Saltaire| Shipley| Guiseley| Burley In Wharfedale| Harden| Ilkley| Apperley Bridge| Greengates| Yeadon| Otley| Rawdon| Keighley| Calverley| Bradford| Addingham| Farsley| Silsden
High Eldwick area books
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The Ballad of Davy Crockett
When we went to "Dick's" for lunch, there would be me, my kid sister, my parents and my maternal grandparents plus Mum's youngest sister. She was only 5 years older than me- "Auntie Betsy"- and more like a big sister. She was the prodigy of the family, learning to play the piano, and Grandma always used to pressure a reluctant Betsy to play something on the pub piano. This was at the time when Fess Parker was hitting the screens as Davy Crockett, and the theme tune was one of Betsy's special pieces. Unfortunately, one particular key on the pub piano was way out of tune. For those who remember the tune, the intro was sort of.."da dum di dum dum dum, dum di dum dum.." The bum note was on the fourth dum- it must have been an octave out- and the bar was crowded. It brought the house down, much to Auntie Betsy's mortification!
Sunday Treats
When I was a kid in the 50s, we often used to walk across Shipley Glen, having first travelled on the Glen Tram, to "Dick's" for Sunday lunch- it was always very popular- and catch the bus home from the bottom of the hill- the terminus was the Acorn Inn. A special treat was to go by bus to Bingley, where there was a fleet of vintage Rolls Royce taxis outside the railway station, and the whole family could pile into one taxi for the long uphill ride to Dick Hudson's.
Great Times
We used to live in Yeadon in a council house, and when my Dad came out of the Army as an Officer he bought a plot in Hawksworth Lane (number 54). He had a house built by Prior who built all the Tranmere Park Estate between Hawksworth Lane and Harry Ramsdens. Every Sunday, I would don my football boots and go to the 'tip' (a filled in tip) and play and play football all afternoon with boys from the houses in Hawksworth Lane (Brian Armstrong, Alan and Martin Long and the village (Lesley Brown, Len Briggs - sorry there were quite a few but I forget the names). I do recall a group of girls came up from Esholt to watch - Margaret and Carol Jeffrey, the others I also 'forget' - what a shame and how sad. Anyway, if anyone wants to get in touch try: blackwellken@supanet.com
Growing up in Baildon.
Being born in 1928 and born in Rose cottage on Brook hill, low Baildon, it is a delight to see all the photos of Baildon, have not been back there for quite some time, but memories are refreshed with the photos. lived at 19 Station road untill the first day of WW2 moved into a counsil house on cliffe Avenue, was away from there for several years serving in the Royal Navy, but loved to return there on leave, left good old Baildon to emigrate to the USA, in 1957 and returned many times to visit.
Langley Residential School Fairfield Drive Baildon
My name is Steve Gill and I lived at the Langley Residential School in Baildon
from 1961 to 1962.
If anybody remembers me could they please get in touch. I remember a good
mate called John Laycock and a girl called Sandra.
The Staff were mainly nurses and we had a school teacher who taught us music
and made sure everybody participated in her favourite sport which was archery.
We used to have trips out and I clearly remember visiting York and Whitby.
Langley School (heart Hospital) BAILDON
My sister was employed as a nurse?? at this BIG house around 1955/56. One Christmas the management invited me via my sister Beryl Carter to play my trumpet for all the children many with heart problems. I slept overnight and had a great time as it was Christmas Eve. I remember I had to catch the bus home on my own from Shipley to Greengates because my sister was on duty that Christmas day.
My Years at Langley School
Hiya to anyone who was at Langley School from the 1950s to 1961. All in all I spent most of my school life there. My friends there were Hilda Makin, who sadly died in the 1960s, Margaret, I think it was Green, Denise Holt, Lilly Clark, just to name a few. Also the boys, Partick Sisck, Trevor Jackson, Cyril Oxsey, Stanley Cordenly, Gerald Peel, Allan Jowett. I also remember David Both and not forgeting Ronald Barker, who was there for 18 months. If anyone remembers me feel free to get in touch, and all the best to you all for Christmas.
Carol Barker.
