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Oakworth photos

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Oakworth maps

Historic maps of Oakworth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Oakworth maps

Oakworth map

Historic map of Oakworth

West Yorkshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire

Oakworth map

Historic Map of any Oakworth postcode

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Oakworth books

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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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Oakworth books
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Memories of Oakworth

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West Yorkshire memories

eastwood school

I went to this school at the age I believe around 7-8yrs old. I would like to know if anyone out there went to the same school. My name was  Sylvia Rooke. In fact I think the headmaster's last name was Rooke. I lived in Keighley till 1955 then moved to canada, my email address is    sylviarosiek@yahoo.com  if you have... [more]

Shared on 12 February 2008 by Sylvia Rosiek.

School and friends

My name then was Barrett. I remember living on Walton Street, Holmebridge. My best friend then was Dorothy Hobson, we lived at no 6 and she lived at no 18 I think. I went to the council school where the headmaster was Mr Laycock. My best teacher was Mrs Baker. And I remember going to the sweet shop next to the... [more]

Shared on 28 April 2009 by Elaine Oconnor.

Friends

It could have been earlier or even later....my memories of a girl called Elaine Potter and us playing tea parties at her house with her dad's homemade apple wine........Yvonne Blackie I think lived in the Rectory.....I think we were about 5 or 6 years old.....my name was Lynn Carney then and we lived in Wighill Street...when we first moved to Sutton-in... [more]

Shared on 25 September 2008 by Lynn Mann.

Big snow

I was 12 years old that year, and we could not get to school for the big drifts.

Shared on 14 September 2008

Early years of my life

I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own.
I remember the shop owned by Mrs Hay, with a daughter Eunice, and my friend was Jennifer Midgely.We went... [more]

Shared on 01 April 2008 by Christine Elliot.

Teacher Training College

I was so excited to come here - the start of the rest of my life. The night time views over the valley - so many lights - were thrilling. I couldn't wait to get out and walk all round the area, the air was so clear I grew an inch! For the first time I had central... [more]

Shared on 09 May 2007 by Julia Cormack.

The ballad of Davy Crockett

When we went to "Dick's" for lunch, there would be me, my kid sister, my parents and my maternal grandparents plus Mum's youngest sister. She was only 5 years older than me- "Auntie Betsy"- and more like a big sister. She was the prodigy of the family, learning to play the piano, and Grandma always used to pressure a reluctant Betsy... [more]

Shared on 06 March 2007 by Pete Widdows.

Sunday treats

When I was a kid in the 50s, we often used to walk across Shipley Glen, having first travelled on the Glen Tram, to "Dick's" for Sunday lunch- it was always very popular- and catch the bus home from the bottom of the hill- the terminus was the Acorn Inn. A special treat was to go by bus to Bingley, where... [more]

Shared on 06 March 2007 by Pete Widdows.

Extracts From Oakworth & West Yorkshire books

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Ilkley Town and City Memories

It is well worth the effort to climb up these rocks: you're on top of the world, if a little weary and overheated. Luckily, just below refreshments are to hand at the Cow and Calf Inn, formerly known as the Highfield.

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Ilkley Town and City Memories

In this photograph you can see the top of the Semon Convalescent Home just beyond the reservoir. A fair walk westwards then brings you to the Swastika Stone, which is unique in this country. Other examples have been found in Tossene in Sweden and Mycenae in Greece and all depict fertility and religious symbols. The council placed the iron railing around... [more]

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Ilkley Town and City Memories

Up above the Cow and Calf rocks is more evidence of quarrying, but in this photograph the heather softens the scene for the Edwardian picnickers taking in the valley view, top right.

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