Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire

The Railway Runs by their Doorstep

41 years of their 50 years of married life, Mr & Mrs Joshua Turner of 1 Station Cottages, Hebden Bridge had more than 200 trains a day passing by their doorstep, the trains never caused them any trouble. Their home was just below the platform of Hebden Bridge Station. Mr & Mrs Turner were natives of Halifax. They had 13 children. Two of their daughters served in the Womens Land Army.

wadsworth joyce

I was born derrick wadswoth, but never knew my mother.Iwas adopted by Cyril&Dorothy wright,ifound out this from my mate.Ihave recently found my birth family,and found I have 1brother 1 sister 1 half brother and 3 half sisters.

Place where I was born

I know this part of Sowerby so well as I was born in one of the cottages in the centre left of the photo. Grandma lived in the end house and my parents in the middle one. On recent visits the place has altered somewhat and is spoilt by too many cars parked around the greens, but such is progress.

Sowerby the place I was born

This picture evokes happy memories of the village where I was born and lived for the first twenty two years of my life.  I have visited it often over the past forty years whenever I was in Yorkshire, and I still find it a lovely place to be.  Maybe it has become just a little too pristine, and unfortunately not improved by the many cars which line its avenue.