Hillam, North Yorkshire

Roadhouse Family pre 1840

I have never had the pleasure of visiting Monk Fryston but my eldest son Brett did while he was in school here in Canada. He was part of the Harrogate Music Festival in the 80's. Dear friends, Pam & Harry Roebuck of LumbyHill looked after Brett while he visited the town. Pam died on a few years ago but before she... [more]

My Mother's Memories of Ledsham

I would sometimes go to Downing Street if I had a day in London but I always worked at Chartwell. They were very nice people to work for, Mrs Churchill never wanted me to leave, I can't remember why I did.

Mother, Pop Gamble and Charles had gone to Yorkshire to live at a little place called Ledsham, as Mr... [more]

CHILDHOOD DAYS

I was born in Ryther in 1956 in the house that my parents still live in on Mill Lane.

I have lots of happy memories of my school days at the primary school which has now been converted into a house.

We had lots of adventures especially in the floods which happened every year then. The milkman used... [more]

Clock Cafe

I remember the Clock Cafe. It was a favourite. Mum used to take me there as a child. The fireplaces were huge and had oodles of brasses hanging everywhere. The tables were large and had big chairs around them. The waitresses wore little black dresses and white aprons over the top. Sometimes when I think back at it I can smell... [more]

memory

I was 11 when this photograph was taken and lived in Buller Street.
The land where the Gypsy Moth was built had previously been a green space where a bonfire was held every November.

Buses

I had forgotten that the buses used to use the area in front of the abbey as a terminus.
I lived in Selby from my birth in 1954 until 1972. I frequently caught a bus from the corner of Buller Street & Flaxley Road to school on Abbotts Road.
Most of the buses in Selby were green, but the East... [more]

Memories

I was a pupil here from 1960 to 68.
Who can add to the following list of teachers?
Mr Crossland (headmaster)
Mr Taylor
Mr Perry
Miss Atkinson
Miss Read (everyone was affraid of her)
Miss Booth (she was not a teacher, but was loved by everyone)
Miss Wormold

Flaxley Road

This photograph brings back so many memories. As a child I lived in Buller Street until 1972.
I spent many happy Saturdays at the Ritz cinema, seen here in the right background.
How civilised this looks. I recently went back to look at my "roots", Flaxley Road is now a traffic nightmare and the whole area is in decline. The only... [more]