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A Long Time
Born there in 1918, moved away in 1971. Had a lot of happy times plus not so happy, which is normal in life. Mr Heaps was the old schoolmaster, Miss Mings the lady teacher, many a slap with her butter slapper, a crime today, discipline in my time, no pussy footting as now. Age now 93, happy days.
Builders Yard
The year 1977 onwards we lived in Barwick, we were called Fletcher and related to the Kirks who were builders on Potterton Lane. My grandma lived next door opposite the churchyard. My mother Betty was a Kirk. We played footy on Carrfield Road, had friends called Richard Warrington, Martin Coates, Andrea Mouncey, Martyn Fletcher and me, aka Darren. Went to Barwick junior and infants school, Mr Naylor was headmaster. Does anybody else recall these memories? Please post.
Queen's Visit
After opening Seacroft town centre, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visited my family in Kentmere Avenue. I have lots of pictures.
Steve Lyons, Canada
The Norfolk Family
I am John Howard Norfolk and although I have never lived in Yorkshire I know that my Norfolk family were farmers, millers and tanners in Harewood and nearby Wharfedale villages for many hundreds of years until the late 1800's. I have found records of my Norfolk family living in the parish going back to the early 1600's.
I have visited the church in Harewood and found several family graves - how alarming it is to see a tombstone with your own name, John Norfolk, on it !
Some of the family lived in Harewood Mill and others in the nearby hamlet of Dunkeswick. Looking at the area in modern times at so much farmland and parkland it is hard to believe that in centuries past there were so many inhabitants and worshippers at the church.
I believe that the last of my family to be raised in the parish was my great-grandfather James Henry Norfolk who moved to Leeds and then London. If... Read more
Childhood Memories
I was born in Harewood in 1971 and lived 14 amazingly happy childhood years there!!
My father was born there in 1947 and he has amazing tales of his childhood too!!
My memories were of taking a picnic and heading out on adventures to "the rockies" with tunnels and caves; now I understand they were built by the landscape artist Capability Brown. We would venture deep into the woods to "the roman pool" and catch tadpoles and newts, a few accidents with us falling in!! Then before dusk it would be a trip to the castle to climb up the steep, spiral staircase to the top of the world!!! I think it was falcons that used to nest up there, but it was a breathtaking view!!
These memories will never leave me!!!!
My Grandmother
I remember talk about my grandma May who worked at Harewood House about 1918-19, she became pregnant with my father who was born in 1920. She was banished from the House, forbidden ever to reveal the father's name. i often wonder who my grandfather was!
Forgotten Memories
I was born at N o6 Henconner Road, Leeds 7, on November 26th 1951. My primary school was Chapel Allerton County Primary, and I vaguely remember the trams running through Chapel Allerton as they passed the school. The tram depot was just a little further down the road. I remember the police station on the corner near the shops because we used to pass by on our way to the dinner-hall just round the corner, come rain or shine. The hall itself was (I think) a Methodist Chapel. We would be seated on one long bench, behind a high, long table, and were only allowed to move when told. Some sort of soft metal jugs full of water were on the table, along with the cutlery. There used to be an allotment at the end of Henconner Road, but now I think it belongs to Stainbeck Lane High School. Many a sunny afternoon I have wondered into the vast rows of cabbages, potatoes, beans and most of all peas, which we... Read more
