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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
Memories of West Yorkshire
Halton Village
I arrived in Halton in 1957 age 6 .My memories are the shops and pubs in Halton. Harold fish shop was the most popular fish shop in Halton. There was Halton Institute where I went to dancing class, Miss Fraser ran it - she produced shows. It kept me out of mischief and being a shy child it helped alot. The three pubs were known as top ole, middle ole and bottom ole - otherwise the Woodman, Travellers (and at the back of the Travellers were the railway carriages which we loved to play in - and a sand pit) and Irwin Arms. Our Doctors were Dr Young, (who used to bring his Pekenese to work - it was a nasty little thing) Dr Mattock and Dr Ramsey was the junior partner at the time. They were in Gilsyke House which was situated where Boots chemist and the other shops are now. There was no supermarket at that time - the nearest thing we had was... Read more
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.
Grandad's Young Sister Constance Norfolk Married at St Martin's Church in 1918
Although our family surname is Norfolk we all came originally from Yorkshire! Great-Grandad was James Henry Norfolk who was born in Dunkeswick, near Harewood, in 1845. He was the first of four generations of Norfolk family bank managers down to me, born 1945, exactly one hundred years later almost to the week! Great-Grandad had five children and the youngest was Constance Maud Norfolk, born in 1887 in Ilkley. Constance was the baby of the family arriving long after her parents' marriage in 1873. I have little knowledge of my Great-Aunt Constance apart from her getting married in 1918 at St Martin's Church in Potternewton to Norman Rostron although I have heard the family rumour of a tragic early death. St Martin's is the Church of England parish church just off Chapeltown Road, and was consecrated in 1881 for Potternewton parish so it was new when Constance was born and she would have been one of the early baptisms there. St Martin's Church is unusual because it... Read more
Swilly Common
Hi, I lived in Swilly and the Common was the posh end even though my parents had their own business.
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
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