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1947, South End Ref. NPO834669
1897, South End Ref. RNE834669
1895, South Field Ref. RNE834703
1924, South Field Ref. POP834703
1903-1908, South End Ref. RNC834669
1947, South Field Ref. NPO834703
1903-1908, South Field Ref. RNC834703
1924, South End Ref. POP834669
1924, West End Ref. POP864045
1947, West End Ref. NPO864045
1903-1908, West End Ref. RNC864045
1895, West End Ref. RNE864045

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Memories

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Campsall South Yorkshire Nr Doncaster

I lived in Campsall with my dad Joseph (Joe) Smith, my brother Terry and sister Jeanette. My father worked down Askern pit for many years till he retired at the age of around 55. He passed away in 2009 ...Read more

A memory of Campsall in 1974 by Graham Smith

St.Augustines Abbey School/College,Grange Road

My elder brother and I, attended the school between 1961-1969 as day-boys. I cannot find out why the school left Ramsgate to take premises in Westgate-on-Sea, and why the buildings in Ramsgate were ...Read more

A memory of Ramsgate in 1973 by Joe Logan

Bryannman Hotel Good Times Good Money

I was sent to Lower Bynamman in 1970, to work building up a huge 2400 Marion excavator for Sir Lindsey Parkinson at the GCG (Tyor Gwaith?) opencast site. I lodged at the Bryannam hotel with Dez and ...Read more

A memory of Lower Brynamman in 1970 by Paul Leavett

Four Years Old

My earliest memories were in Fulford, York, at the tail end of the 1960s before my parents moved me to South Yorkshire at the age of six in 1971. My father worked at what was then called the Labour Exchange in York. He was later ...Read more

A memory of Fulford in 1969 by Timothy Mann

My Christening

I was christened here in April 1966. I was born December 1965 - lots of my relatives' funeral services have been held here and it was also where my parents got married in 1956. I now live near Caerphilly in South Wales. My ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1966 by Tracy Gurner

Up From Brum

The picture reminds of the year that my wife and I moved from Birmingham to Richmond and bought a house on what was then the new Shepherds Estate on the Darlington Road.  We soon came to love Richmond, N Yorkshire and that area for ...Read more

A memory of Richmond in 1965 by Terry King

Too Short A Stay!

I lived in Kirby Hill for one year from 1965 to 66, I was a 13 year old boy. I absolutely  loved my time there and have many happy memories. My Mother and Father bought the Shoulder of Mutton in 1965 taking ...Read more

A memory of Kirby Hill in 1965 by John Wood

Whittlebury Reunion 2013

The second modern day Whittlebury School reunion has been arranged for Saturday 5th October 2013 at 12:00 hrs for 13:00 hrs at “The Atrium” which is part of the Whittlebury Park golf club (the same place as ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1963 by Tony Wood

Sir G Richards

I was but a young lad of 13 when I were to stay in a small village called Oare with my brother-in-law and sister within a cottage of which was named the China Cottages. The cottages originally had ceilings as low as five ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1963 by Roland Mitchell

My Dads Shop

I always remember my dad's tuck shop in Idle, we were the end cottage on Albion Road next to the school. I was only 5 years old when we moved away but it's funny how memories, even at such a young age, stay with you. I remember walking ...Read more

A memory of Idle in 1963 by Christine Collins Nee Furby

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Captions

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Caption For Barnsley, Aerial View C1966

This aerial view of the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley centres on the imposing white stone Town Hall with its monolithic central clock tower.

Caption For Delph, Rosehill C1955

Though within the parish of Rochdale, Saddleworth lay in the extreme south-west of the West Riding of Yorkshire and was long talked of as the part of Yorkshire where Lancastrians lived.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Castle C1965

The tall, cylindrical keep with its six massive buttresses was built about 1180 by Henry II's half-brother, Hamelin Plantagenet, and still comes as a surprise as you approach this small South Yorkshire

Caption For Skelmanthorpe, Commercial Road C1955

Two chums (right) march down Commercial Road, in the South Yorkshire colliery village of Skelmanthorpe.

Caption For Rawmarsh, Parish Church And Market C1965

Rawmarsh is a former colliery town north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire.

Caption For New Rossington, King Avenue C1955

New Rossington, a village lying to the south of Doncaster, was created when the colliery was sunk into the rich South Yorkshire coalfield.

Caption For Oldcotes, Main Street C1965

Still close to the Yorkshire county boundary and south- west of Harworth, Oldcotes village is situated at the crossroads of the A634 and A60; Main Street runs east from the A60 Doncaster Road

Caption For Woodhouse, The Cross And Old Cross Daggers C1960

The restored cross in the centre of Woodhouse, a South Yorkshire village east of Sheffield, stands on an ancient stepped base and now features a sundial and a weathervane.

Caption For South Kirkby, The Green C1965

The newly-cut village green at South Kirkby, near Hemsworth, gives a neat, urban appearance to this former West Yorkshire mining village.

Caption For Cononley, Baptist Chapel C1965

Non-conformist places of worship, such as this Baptist chapel erected in 1876 at Cononley, just south of Skipton in Airedale, are common in the villages of the Yorkshire Dales, reflecting the stubbornly

Caption For New Rossington, The Colliery, West End Lane C1955

The winding gear and smoke-belching chimney of the colliery dominate the end of the council houses of West End Lane, New Rossington, at a time when coal was still king in South Yorkshire.

Caption For Hoyland, Elsecar Main Colliery C1960

Elsecar was one of the many collieries which formerly existed in the South Yorkshire coalfield around the village of Hoyland.

Caption For Finningley, The Pond C1955

Once many villages were clustered around the village pond, and this shot of Finningley in South Yorkshire shows it was no exception.

Caption For Sprotbrough, The Village C1960

The commanding tower of the village parish church overlooks the quiet South Yorkshire village of Sprotbrough, now divorced from the neighbouring town of Doncaster by the busy A1M motorway.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Castle From The River 1895

When the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal was modernised in the early 1980s, several locks were re-sited and enlarged, and this was one of them.

Caption For Goldthorpe, The Miners Welfare Hall C1960

The 'Miners' Welfare' was the community and cultural centre for many South Yorkshire and other coal mining villages.

Caption For Walsden, Church And Lock C1960

Walsden is a former woollen town in the Calder Gap between Yorkshire and Lancashire, just to the south of Todmorden.

Caption For Runswick, Bay 1927

Perhaps the fisherman is yarning to the children about the hob (a Yorkshire goblin) who is said to live in the hollows to the south of the village.

Caption For Runswick, Bay 1927

Perhaps the fisherman is yarning to the children about the hob (a Yorkshire goblin) who is said to live in the hollows to the south of the village.

Caption For Normanton, High Street C1955

This view shows a virtually-deserted High Street in the undistinguished former colliery town of Normanton, three miles north of Wakefield in South Yorkshire.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

Caption For Scarborough, The Sands And The Harbour 1890

The sheer volume of boats in the South Bay is amazing.

Caption For Thorne, King Street C1955

Thorne was an important inland port linking the South Yorkshire coalfield and the River Don with the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Humber via the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.