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Map of West Yorkshire
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Ogden books (15 available)
Whitby Photographic Memories
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Guisborough Photographic Memories
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Ogden memories
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West Yorkshire memories
Big snow
I was 12 years old that year, and we could not get to school for the big drifts.
Gibbet railings
The old railings that used to surround the gibbet, which I think are now in Bankfield Museum, were made by one of my Great-Great Grandfathers.
A memory of Halifax contributed by christine mcphail
Mackintosh Homes
I can remember going to visit a lady who lived in the corner house here. It always fascinated me that she had a clock on her mantlepiece with a lady that sat on a swing that used to swing back and forward.
A memory of Halifax contributed by christine mcphail
Shop at Entrance to Halifax Market Hall 1896
Charles Wilson Aked b.1859 was joint proprietor of this mens' outfitters shop. He had married Florence Edna Wadsworth in 1895 and they had 2 daughters Florence Gertrude and Constance, later Mrs Cockcroft. Charles sister Kate Helena Aked had married James Mitchell my grandfather and had an Accountants, Estate Agents and Insurance Brokers business which a few years later moved into premises nearby at 15 Commercial Street, Halifax.
A memory of Halifax contributed by Malcolm Mitchell
Extracts From Ogden & West Yorkshire books
It is well worth the effort to climb up these rocks: you’re on top of the world, if a little weary and overheated. Luckily, just below refreshments are to hand at the Cow and Calf Inn, formerly known as the Highfield.
An extract from from"Ilkley Town and City Memories".
In this photograph you can see the top of the Semon Convalescent Home just beyond the reservoir. A fair walk westwards then brings you to the Swastika Stone, which is unique in this country. Other examples have been found in Tossene in Sweden and Mycenae in Greece and all depict fertility and religious symbols. The council placed the iron railing around the site in 1913.
An extract from from"Ilkley Town and City Memories".
Up above the Cow and Calf rocks is more evidence of quarrying, but in this photograph the heather softens the scene for the Edwardian picnickers taking in the valley view, top right.
An extract from from"Ilkley Town and City Memories".
This young man looks out from between these famous rocks towards the magnificent estate of Denton Park.
An extract from from"Ilkley Town and City Memories".
Behind the Cow and Calf rocks is this desolate valley from where most of the stone to build the town was quarried. Hangingstone Quarry was the site of a huge enterprise that saw the destruction of the giant Bull Rock. The massive rocks were taken down Cowpasture Road to stone breaking yards around Ash Grove.
An extract from from"Ilkley Town and City Memories".