Doodlebug
I lived in Norland for just over 50 years and remember the war years quite well, and the night the doodlebug came over and came down on a farm in Sowerby. We had a few army places including the glasshouse on Walton Street in Sowerby Bridge, we used to watch the prisoners getting drilled up and down the parade ground and the sergeant screaming at them. I also remember the railway that went up the Ryburn valley as far as Rishworth, carrying mainly coal and livestock, and I knew one of the contribitors on this site (Monica Sekulka ,and also her mum and dad). We had some happy times, things for a lot of people were bad but we always had plenty of food on the table as there was a lot of blackmarket dealing going on and I think my dad was in the middle of some of the action. Keith Marsden.
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RE: RE: Doodlebug
Thank you for sharing this, my Grandma (Kathleen Hayes nee:Fishwick) told me her memory of the Doodlebug and recollections of events around the area.
Although I am from Cleckheaton I feel my roots are fixed firmly in and around Sowerby Bridge. Reading your memories and visualizing it in my head gave me a sense of familiarity as if I had been there myself.
Thank you, I shall now be smiling for the rest of the day.
Alix
Comment from Alix Rhodes on Saturday, 21st August 2010.