Southgate

A Memory of Pontefract.

I have lived in Pontefract for most of my life. I was born in 1958. At the age of 3 to 4 years of age I lived with my parents and two younger sisters in a very large detached house on Southgate. It was directly opposite what is now the Dentists, near Stringers garage. Our house was next to what was I believe was a sweet factory. That building has now been renovated and sells carpets. I started at the infants school at the side of the bus station.
I distinctly remember the lay out of that large house. It had a beautiful stained glass door. On entering the room to the right had a very large fireplace with brass fenders. There was a living room and a kitchen. Upstairs there were four bedrooms, one en suite and a bathroom and toilet.
A word has always stuck in my memory "ingsnook". I don't know whether this was the name of the house.
If anyone could enlighten me about this house I would be most grateful.
It was demolished around 1962/3 to make way for the very last block of flats to be built.