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Historic maps of Morley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Morley maps
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Memories of Morley
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ROOMS LANE ST BERNARD''s
I was born on Room's Lane in one of three cottages near to the train station. My father worked for Roland Humphry. We moved to St Bernard's not long after I was born, the house was the previous horseman's home, My dad worked with his horse most of the time and I would sit at the end of the field and wait for dad to finish, when I was able to have a ride home on her. St Bernards had two rows of houses with a shop which seemed to sell everything. When it got close to bonfire night all the children of St Bernards would get together and go chumping. When the big night came, the shop would stay open and we would have pie and peas and jacket taties. When you look around it's hard to believe that there was a train station, a mill and the mill houses. I have just learnt today that the old chapel at... Read more
Ducking Stool
When I was a small child, I remember the remains of an old ducking stool by the large pond which was at the Queen Street side of the park.
Morley District
Members may be interested in the Morley Family History Group http://wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morleyfhg/
Particularly the Morley List details on joining on the index page. The list is open to all those with interests in Morley not only family history.
Morley Market
I fondly remember being taken to the market by a lovely girl from Tingley, a Miss Maureen Peatfield. Being a lad from the very north of England I had never seen as much activity. The thing that surprised me the most was the girls all had their hair in big rollers with all sorts of head scarves wrapped around them. I also remember she bought a piece of cloth (was it dog's tooth?) and when went out to the Ship in Leeds that night she had made a skirt out of it. Unfortunately as a young lad, probably due to not being able to lay out the money for the travel, I became parted from Maureen (my fault), but I will never forget the friendliness of all the people I met there. I do hope she and her family are all well, especially the ones on the flower stall at the entrance to Leeds Market (keep fighting to keep it open). David.
Looking For Phyllis Wilson -Morley 1937
My grandmother was a pen pal to Phyllis Wilson from 1937-1944. The first letters are from 1937. Phyllis was 15 and a student at Morley Grammar School.
Looking for anyone who knew Phyllis and knows if she was married and her married name. Wondering if my grandmother's letter survived the years as Phyllis' letters did in my grandmother's cedar chest.
If Phyllis had children I am sure they would love to see the many letters she sent to my grandmother in Ohio.
Tingley in The Late 1950s
I remember visiting Tingley in the late 1950s and staying at a house opposite the Scarboro Arms. I have tried using Google but the area has changed so much it was difficult to identify exactly the area. The people were called Peatfield and they had a beautiful daughter called Maureen and a son called, I believe, David. They had relatives that had a stall in the old market in Leeds. I do hope Maureen and David are still with us. It was such a lovely area in those days.
Rooms Lane
I lived in Rooms Lane, Morley, from birth to 23 years of age (1935 to 1959). My grandfather had built a pair of semi-detached houses there, one for himself and grandma and one for my family. In those days you could walk past Tetley's farm and down the rough track to the main Leeds Road at the bottom. There were about four families with cars when I was a child, the only other forms of transport being the horse drawn carts carrying greengroceries, coal etc. Our milk was delivered from Tetleys by cart too. Reading the memory of Morley Grammar School reminded me that Mr Hulbert, the headmaster, also lived in Rooms Lane. His wife ran a little kindergarten school from home. Another MGS teacher lived nearby, I forget his name but he was a Welshman. I went to St Peter's School as a young child and I remember hanging poppies on the Lych Gate around Remembrance Sunday. I used to play in the graveyard after school too!
The Thistlewoods. In Response to Paul Brown
I well remember the name as I lived to the rear of the Albert Terrace, at number 11, and the Thistlewoods lived on the front on the Britannia Road. Elsie, Harry and Bob, I am sure those were the names. I often made unannounced visits as I did to several houses on the block, most times being made very welcome with the odd treat coming my way...jam tart, a bit of bread and drippin maybe...eee life was good back yonder! It was with great fondness of memory that I think back to Elsie, Harry and Bob. I must add though I did not always gain entry, I would sometimes find the door bolted and the shout would go out "Come back later were avin a bath", and it did strike me even at the age of 4 that they did seem to get the tin bath out at some funny times of the day... Lovely memories.
