Leadgate Memories

Year: 1970

Leadgate Memories

Welcome to all.
Most of my life was spent in Leadgate where I enjoyed living. I moved to a beautiful village called Milborne Port near a nice town called Sherborne in Dorset. I am married to a beautiful women called Caroline who came from Farmborough. I have worked for a construction firm in Yeovil for 25 years.

I did make a lot of friends in Leadgate, I was still a member of Leadgate Club until a few years ago, I was a member for over 20 odd years. I used to live at Watling Bungalows. My dad William (Bill) Yallop lived with my brother Trevor at Dunelm Close (both deceased). My grandfather and grandmother also lived at Leadgate, Guy and Ethel Westall. My great grandmother also lived there, we called her Little Nanna, her surname was Ringer. My uncle Brian (Westall) and auntie Maureen (Bayles) lived in Leadgate.

I worked at Hounsgills Plate Mill (British Steel) for 5 years untill it closed down. I used to go drinking in the Sportmans Arms, Back O The Shaft and The Commercial. The lads at the time I was there, when we went to see Newcastle United play home and away or often sat on a bench outside Gordon's second hand shop drinking cider until opening time, the lads are Adrian Pooley(who I grew up with), Paul Watson, Paul Wilson, Steve and Frank Castleline, Kevin Toole, John Stelling (great times). I was also a paperboy for Les Temple (he would tell me off because I was waiting outside the shop for him to open so I could deliver my papers morning and evening, he would always say I was too early), a lovely man. The butchers on the corner used to sell great pork sandwiches and pease pudding!! It had a lot of pubs for a small village.
Everyone I knew, I hope they are all well.