Hessle, The Foreshore c.1955
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H467304
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H467304
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Memories of Hessle, the Foreshore c1955
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They were happy years of playing in the street with pals (not many cars then), playing down the foreshore and in the many parks nearby.
Itlings Lane was a fun place to go bramble picking, scrumping, making hideouts and rope swings over the ditch (covered over now).
Another place to go to was little Switzerland - woodland, open fields and a chalk quarry. It was a young ...see more
I remember going there on many occasions in the late 50’s and early 60’s. Catching the bus from Hessle Road (we lived in Bean Street) and this was a great day out for kids “in the country” The method we used of getting to the quarry was to go under a low, dingy and usually muddy tunnel/bridge actually under the railway line. The “pond” in the quarry was full of newts and collecting brambles and eating them was always ...see more
Mrs Hazel Homes moved the riding school from a farm (Mr and Mrs Wiles) Cottingham to Hessle. Date approx 1954. Does anyone remember?
She had 2 sons Jeremy and Nigel.
My grandparents lived in a cottage fronting the River Humber where the Humber Bridge is now. My grandfather worked in the whitening mill near what was then called LITTLE SWITZERLAND. It is now, I believe, a country park. Their name was DIXON and they were my late mother's parents. We used to spend our holidays there every year, including the war years, and I can remember the light ship nearly opposite the cottage. ...see more
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