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Netherton maps
Historic maps of Netherton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Netherton maps
Netherton photos
We have no photos of Netherton, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
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Netherton area books
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Memories of Netherton
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1944 Stationed in Osset
On behalf of my father Charlie Comitti. He was courting and young girl called Doreen Morris. She had three sisters and one brother. They lived in Netherton Village. Tragically she was killed whilst walking out, a chap ran into her riding a push bike. He has very fond memories of her and her family.
West Yorkshire memories
Allen Priests Mill
In 1969 I worked at Allen Priests Mill as a twister, I also did winding. On my first day I was taught to twist on a Prince Smith, Ann was the name of the person who taught me, I have forgotten her surname, she had a friend called Christine. I then worked downstairs on the Alma machines,with Linda Dutton, Sadie Wheelwright, Pat and Carol. Our foreman was called Lewis Chapman, he died in 1971/72, and Dennis took over from Lewis. Some other people I knew were Doreen Dyson who had a daughter called Maxine, Bernadette who was Irish, we became friends, I was also a friend to Linda and Sadie. Sadie had an accident in 1972/73 when she lost part of a finger, she retired shortley after that, she had a sister who also worked at Allen Priests, her name was Ruth. I used to live at 3 Bath Street opposite Allen Priest houses. I left Allen Priests in 1974 after getting married and moved to Scotland. If I... Read more
St Luke Hospital Blackmoorfoot Road
1948
Slaithwaite, Global Thread Factory
Can anyone remember the address of this Thread Factory in Slaithwaite in the 70s???
History of Netherthong
I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, entertainment, clubs and activities, role of Netherthong lads in the war and as further information becomes available I add, revise and update. Because NT in the early days was a very small village, there is little information available. One of my ongoing chapters is titled Odds and Bods and I list it below. Whilst writing and researching this history I kept coming across items of information that were either entertaining, informative or relevant to the times that NT was growing up in but they didn't seem to fit comfortably into any of the main chapters. This chapter seems as good a place as any for them. One feature of the Holmfirth Express was how it combined news both local, national and international along with sport and detailed reports of social activities. In the early days it was... Read more
Netherthong Public Houses - Part 1
This chapter is a work in progress and as it is more than the 1000 words allowed in this memory, I have split it into 2 sections. The current title is : Public House, inn, alehouse, tavern, pothouse, beer house, boozer, local, gin palace, saloon, honky-tonk, shebeen, snug, taproom. No township or hamlet could hold its head up high unless it had a number of the above establishments and Netherthong was no exception. From the early times Netherthong has boasted a total of 5 named public houses plus a further two in Thongsbridge, which for a long period was part of the parish of Netherthong. There was also a number of un-named beerhouses located at Deanhouse, a beer-house being licensed to sell beer but not spirits. The earliest reference to inns is in the 1848 Directory which listed the Clothiers, Queen's Arms, and the Rose & Crown but there can be no doubt that one or more of the three had to have been in... Read more
Netherthong Public Houses Part 2
This is the second part of my ongoing research into the public houses in Netherthong. There is reference to two inns in Thongsbridge in 1853 - the Rose & Crown publican Hiram Earnshaw, and the Royal Oak with publican Ellen Bray. By 1857, the Rose & Crown had closed and Hiram Earnshaw had moved and taken over the Royal Oak. In 1870 the publican had changed to Walker Fenton and in 1901 it was being run by Maria Esther Walker. That was the last recorded reference. We do know that the Royal Oak was closed in 2004 and was converted into flats. The final mystery relates to the Cricketers. There are no references to it by name in any of the Directories other than that there was a beer house in Deanhouse . However there was an unnamed public house shown in the 1932 Ordnance Survey map in the building where the current Cricketer's Arms is located. The building is dated as being early C18. In 1853... Read more
