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Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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Ilkley Town and City Memories
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Yorkshire County Memories
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Memories of Notton
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its a small village with great past dick turpin jim_morrison@hotmail.co.ukin hood battle of the roses
Shared on 11 May 2008
West Yorkshire memories
Please does anyone remember a shop owned by my grandparents in this area, under the name of either BROADHURST or APPLEYARD? I would be very grateful if anyone could recall the names. Winefred Broadhurst was my grandmother born in 1900. Thankyou very much. debasket42@aol.com
Shared on 30 March 2009
It seems like forever ago that I lived in Royston. I remember it with fondness, Notton woods, the long summer days lasting forever, riding our motorcycles down the lines. I will cherish living there all my life.
Shared on 15 October 2008
My great childhood days in Royston
I lived at number 2 Church Street, Royston, in a rented house owned by the Co-op. I went to Midland Road Primary and Junior School. As a small child I was taught to play the violin by Tom Wright. My father was the manager of trhe Co-op hardware store on Midland Road. My entire family on my mother's side lived in... [more]
Shared on 24 September 2008
Extracts From Notton & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Notton, inspired by Frith photos.
Just south of the abbey's cliffs lie these rocks, which show the inroads made by the alum mining industry during the previous centuries. Before the chemists discovered a simpler method of fixing the dyes used in cloth manufacturing, alum was successfully used for this purpose. It had first to be extracted from rich mineral-bearing stone. This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and... [more]
This is an extract from Whitby Photographic Memories.
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The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool. Bathing machines were still in use at this time, as we see on the right.
This is an extract from Whitby Photographic Memories.
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Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates. Alum was a chemical used in tanning leather and in the dyeworks to fix the dye used in the weaving industry. It was mined and extracted from local stone in the Whitby district,... [more]
This is an extract from Whitby Photographic Memories.
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