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Pannal maps
Historic maps of Pannal and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Pannal maps
Pannal photos
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Kirkby Overblow| Harrogate| Spofforth| Harewood| Oak Beck| Knaresborough| Hampsthwaite| East Keswick| Collingham| Ripley| Wetherby| Birstwith| Burnt Yates
Pannal area books
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Memories of Pannal
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North Yorkshire memories
Harrogate Station Square
Here is Station Square appearing as its architects intended, an open airy town centre piece. The gardens in the foreground are the Coronation Gardens of c.1953, which complimented the Victorian square admirably. Just as this picture was being taken, the lovely old and deliberately 'low roofed' railway station was being totally ruined by the new overscale Station Tower and new station foyer. Looks like Checks' Cafe in the background is boarded up and it wouldn't be too many years hence that the Market Hall and the Coronation Gardens (and their useful public conveniences) would be swept away in the name of progress, with the gross criminal loss a bit later of the re-buildable Victorian Lowther Arcade and the West Yorkshire Road Car Co bus station, where we all met our dates on a Saturday night under the clock. Harrogate needs to move with the times but didn't deserve this onslaught. These are some of the fond memories of a 1950-born Harrogate child coupled with a heavy heart!
George James McConney
Ironically this picture represents two important monuments relating to my maternal uncle. At St. Peter's Church on the right is where he sang as a choir boy. The war memorial on the left immortalizes his death in 1943 at age 20. His name appears on the side facing the church. He served in 1st Airborne, Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals and gave his life in Tunisia. He grew up nearby on Harlow Moor Drive. I bought this picture on my visit to Harrogate in 2005 and it hangs in my Mum's bedroom.
Montpellier Night Club
Montpelier night club down the hill from the war memorial. Does anyone remember the club in the 1960s? The night club was one of best late night spots in Yorkshire. Dance floor, meals, bar and gaming room. Cabaret artists each week. 5 bob to get in, 1/9d half a pint. Very dear in those days. Jimmy Cummings was the pianist, Jim Overton the compere and singer, Mick Kean drummer. The club went downhill in the early 1970s and was sold. But in the 1960s it was great. Does anyone remember or have any photos?
Saturday Dance Nights
Does anyone remember the Saturday dances at the Grand Hotel? I loved the Jazz dances, especially Acker Bilk, The Temperance Seven and others. The dance floor moved and we hopped jived. What a lovely memory!
Pen Pal
I remember corresponding with a lad named Malcolm Richardson at 2 Claro Ave
County Estate during WWII. I have often wondered if he is still alive and where he is. I understand that children were brought from the larger cities to Harrogate to protect them from the bombing by the Germans. I was a school boy in the US and names were given to us by the Red Cross so that we might correspond with each other.
Church on Kings Road?
Does anybody have a picture of the church on Kings Road that was knocked down to build the International Hotel?
Muriel Currie''s Memory of Living in Harrogate.
I remember working at the Stylo shoe store on Cambridge Street, also at the Timpsons shoe store on Cambridge Street and later on at the Robert Hirst raincoat factory in Oatlands. Hello to anyone who remembers me, my E-Mail address is: smokeycat66@yahoo.com My home address is 2960 Gold Rush Lane, Heritage Ranch, Paso Robles, California 93446, U.S.A. I would like to hear from you.
