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Memories of Newton On Ouse
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Working Days Then Retirement
After attending Newton village school from the age of 5 to 14, I found employment at a place called Tholthorpe where a new airfield was being built. Being 12 miles from my home I had to use a bicycle to get there and back. This was fine during the Spring and summer months but was a devil in winter. However I enjoyed my 18months there where I witnessed an airfield being built from start to finish at which point in time two bomber squadrons arrivedm complete with their fourty Halifax bombers.
My next move was to another airfield at Linton-on-Ouse which thankfully was only 1 mile from my home. This was an exciting period as I witnessed the two Canadian bomber squadrons taking part in bombing missions almost every night. Sadly many of these Haliax aircraft failed to return whilst other crashed locally. It was one of the latter that crashed into cottages in the Back Lane at Newton which resulted in 6 airmen being killed but two others... Read more
Memories of my Time at Newton On Ouse
I was born at Newton On Ouse in March 1928. At the age of five I attended the local school whose headmaster was Alf Bradbury. Also at the age of five I began visiting Village Farm that was owned by Mathew Clark. The main attraction was that Mr Clark had a motor car but could not drive but his son George could. George was courting a girl named Annie Bell that lived at Melbourne and used to take me with him when he went to see Annie. Needless to say I had to sit in the car for about two hours before he was ready to return home.
Harvest time was the best period on the farm because for one thing it was always warm besides which the binder that cut and baled the corn kept breaking the wooden connecting rod which meant a dash into York by the car, with me as passenger, to buy a new one from Bushells.
I also went with the Clarks on... Read more
North Yorkshire memories
Living at Linton Lock
My grandfather Bertie Dawson was the Lock Keeper for several years. I also lived there from around 1953 for 3 years, very happy memories !
Linton-On-Ouse Lock
My ancestor, the Atkinson family lived in this house on the 1901 census, other family members controlled a lock in Leeds
Linton Lock, Linton on Ouse
My family, the Wilkinsons, were Lockeepers from 1851, and left between 1891 and 1901.
Atkinsons of Linton
My mother, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton lock in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper. She lived there for a few years before the family moved to Haxby.
The Atkinson Family
My Grandma, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton-on Ouse in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper there for a number of years and the family lived in the house in the photograph. Joan was the eldest of four children, three of whom were born at Linton-on-Ouse including Betty and Ian. The youngest child, June, was born when the family moved to Haxby. Joan's mum, Edna, used to make her own icecream in the kitchen on hot summer days. In the winter the house occassionally used to flood and the family had to escape from the rising waters in a boat which was tied at the back door.
