Pickwood Scar c1955, Norland
Pickwood Scar c1955, Norland Ref: N261045
Memories of Pickwood Scar c1955, Norland
Pickwood Scar
I'm pleased to have discovered this view of Pickwood Scar - one which is impossible to get nowadays as the trees have grown up so much in the area in the foreground. A lot of the cottages in the background were demolished some years ago. I live just round the corner and walk up Dye House Lane (on the left) most days - it looks to have been much better maintained back in the 50s. Up until 1946 it was marked as a road on OS maps and must still appear as such on some SatNavs judging from the occasional vehicle that tries to get through despite the No Through Road sign!
Norland & local memories
Read and share memories of Norland and West Yorkshire inspired by Frith photos.
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.
