Born And Bred in Wortley

I spent my childhood in Wortley, born and bred around th church of St John's the Evangelist at 35a Dixon Lane. I went to school at Upper Wortley and spent many happy hours around Wortley and "The Rec". We moved down to 200 Whitehall Road - closer to Elland Road - around 1955-56 (John Charles). Just noticed photo of community grave in St John's of 11 children killed in a fire on New Year's Day 1891 - one of whom "Tingle" was a relative of mine. Ah, the days of technology, I would never have known otherwise. I had a job as a kid at Gallons Grocery at the base of Dixon Lane - opposite the fish'n chip shop which I believe, is still there. It was a working class suburb and all happy childhood memories are still there. I moved to Australia in 1959 after the death of my mother. Still living in Melbourne (2011).