Skelton-On-Ure
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Map of North Yorkshire
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Skelton-On-Ure books (23 available)
Harrogate Town Walk Guide
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Skelton-On-Ure memories
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"Anne's Cafe"
I was born in Annes Cafe Boroughbridge in 1940 (we were lodging there). Dad used to have a few beers in the Crown and the Three Greyhounds during WW2.
Mum and Dad told me they used to go "skinny dipping" in the "fish ladders?"*
we moved from Boroughbridge to Merseyside sometime between 1940 and 1945 I will have to research exactly when.
Does anyone where the "fish ladders" are or were?
A memory of Boroughbridge contributed by James Tannock
Saturday visits to the Spa Baths
Many Saturdays would find my friends and I catching a bus for the 11 miles journey to Ripon. It was the nearest swimming place for us and how we enjoyed the day out. If we had a few coppers left we would buy beans on toast at a local cafe and think ourselves very grown up. Now I live in far away Australia, but still love to visit the town every year or so, as our daughter and family made it their home.
A memory of Ripon contributed by Margaret O'Mahony
6th birthday party
My grandparents lived in the large house that you can mainly see on the bridge (with the three windows on the second floor) throughout the 1950,s and 60's. I was told that Mary Queen of Scotts made her way through the basement of the house to find refuge in the house of sanctuary which was at that time situated behind the property. An original door which she passed through was still present at the time of my grandparent's residency there, which had a heart shape carved out of it. This door always intrigued me as a child. I spent many happy hours in the house, and in particular I can remember my 6th birthday party which my grandmother arranged for me. ...read more here
A memory of Ripon contributed by Dawn Paton
New Website
Here in Helperby we have hosted a great Hidden Gardens every July. And this year it will be even better.
Last year was great , the weather hot and the strawberrys were very tasty.
But we wanted to share more of Helperby with everyone. so we made a village website, for the people who live there. They can add what they want. Talk in the forums and post events in the calendar.
Please have a look, as currently we are building a gallery of photos taken by the people who live there.
www.helperby.org.uk
A memory of Helperby contributed by Helen Jarvis
Extracts From Skelton-On-Ure & North Yorkshire books
The old model petrol pump looks rather incongruous standing in front of the house doorway. On the green, which consisted of nearly two acres of land, there was once a horse pond and a maypole; the horse pond was replaced with a drinking trough for cattle. The lady looks ready to pull down the sun awnings!
An extract from from"York Photographic Memories,".
Once known as Vicar’s Lane and then Little Alice Lane, the street branches off to Minster Yard, where the Theatre Royal opened in 1730 - it was the first theatre in York. The road to the front of the houses is now much wider, and there is a small park opposite the college.
An extract from from"York Photographic Memories,".
The covered way at the side of J Todd’s Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested. The grocer’s became an office for the National Trust in 1903. It was situated where College Street joins Goodramgate on the eastern side.
An extract from from"York Photographic Memories,".
To the left of the street is a gate, erected in 1766, which leads to Holy Trinity Church. The houses here, on what is called Our Lady’s Row, are amongst the oldest in England - they are early 14th-century. To the right of this view is the Sanderson’s Temperance Hotel, now long gone. Shops now line this side of the street.
An extract from from"York Photographic Memories,".
This view was taken from King’s Square. The street was originally part of the Roman city’s main road, or Via Principalis. The pawnbroker has gone; instead there is a modern shopping block housing the furniture shop of Stevens and Goodall.
An extract from from"York Photographic Memories,".