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Kirkhamgate maps
Historic maps of Kirkhamgate and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Kirkhamgate maps
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Kirkhamgate area books
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Memories of Kirkhamgate
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Market Place
I was brought up in Ossett from 1948 to 1966 when I joined the armed forces. I remember very well every Saturday afternoon we would go to the palladium picture house opposite the town hall. We did not have a bus station at that time so all buses would park around the town hall. Shops that spring to mind were Inghams sports on station road, Fords toy shop, and good fish and chip shops, and many others. Every Spring Bank Holiday we would all gather for the big parade from Gawthorp about a mile away to Ossett town center. With bands playing, horses, decorated wagons and fancy dress, it was a sight to see. There were public toilets underground in front of the town hall, they were closed about 1961 - not demolished, just covered over. As far as I am aware they are still there. We lived down Queens Drive and would walk home down Intake Lane, past the open cast mine and over the railway crossing. Gradually we saw... Read more
Leaving
My ealiest memory was the time I spent in my grandmother,s house. I believe the street where she lived was in South Ossett. As far as I know the street is no longer there. My maiden name was Hewitt.
Chickenley Hall
Hello. My father lived at Chickenley Hall in the 1940s as he was adopted and brought to the home by the Armitage family. He eventually came to Scarborough, North Yorkshire and has started to write his memoirs which are still in production. What's been written so far has been put onto Facebook by myself. Anyone who would like to help with any info, please feel free to contact me.
Mum
Hello, my mum was born in 1957, her mum Margaret Hanson married into the Armitage family, my mum was adopted roughly in the 1960s along with her full brother, her mum Margaret emigrated to Australia and later had another son by the name of Robert Armitage who we know has been trying to find my mum. Her full brother (unsure of his name) is apparently living in London, he was never adopted acording to records, there was a post in 2007 from a guy called JJ on the Ancestry site looking for a lady with my mum's exact date of birth, who wanted to find her, any information would be gratefully received, thanks.
Being Nostalgic
My memories of Chickenley was learning how mutch we depended on each other, neighbours were important, we all used to go to the tip (football/recreation ground) to play our games. I now live in Mirfield, I am retired, and looking back I know we had it hard compared today but I think we were better people. We used to live at Princess Road opposite the school.
My Chickenley Childhood
I was born in 1982 and spent my life until 1995/96 growing up in Cchickenley. My memory is the long hot summers, playing in the fields that looked out over Thornhill with all friends and family and jumping into the hay stacked for us by the farmer. We all knew each other and looked out for one another.....only going home when we were hungry, the rest of the time was adventures!! We used to wait for 'Joe and his green van' selling sweets and bread. My nan and grandad worked at the cricket club in Chickenley and we used to go there for Bonfire Nights, Halloween and Christmas parties, fairs in the summer and good old jumble sales!! Chickenley has changed now but I wouldn't change my childhood down there in the 1980s for the world. My family was the Chadwicks and Chambers and we were all so close and the community was child friendly, playing out an hour after opening our Christmas prezzies and showing off our new toys.... Read more
Chickenley Hall
My mother, now in her 90s, was a Stephenson, from the family who owned Chickenley Hall. We have no photos of the building, and as it was let during her childhood, she never visited it. (She grew up in Scarborough instead).
Does anybody have any memories of the Hall building itself, inside or out ? She would love to know more about it.
