Early Childhood
My father was the manager at the bottom tannery in Shaw Mills and we lived in Sunny Lea from 1955 - 1960. Although I was only 6 when we left, I have numerous vivid memories of that idyllic time and feel privileged to have lived there.
My sister and I used to walk up to Hardcastle's farm to get eggs and our mother wasn't very pleased when we brought a kitten home instead!
On Saturdays we were allowed to walk down to Miss Stead's shop to spend our pocket money.
We went to Sunday school at the methodist chapel and were close friends of the Petches who lived next door on Millbank Terrace.
What a wonderful start to life!
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RE: RE: Early Childhood
The world's first instant coffee is believed to have been manufactured in Shaw Mills by Randall Gibson, from Farsley, who took over High Mill for food production in 1931. It was called "Bantam". Like the earliest Nescafe, which came on to the market in Britain in the late 1940s, it was hygroscopic and went solid as soon as it was exposed to the air. It is said that somewhere in the area is a dump where the unsold tins were thrown into a hole and covered over.
See: http://www.nidderdalepages.net/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=227&Itemid=1
This information comes from a VERY reliable and local source. Does anyone have any further details we can add and then share? Please get in touch simon@nidderdalepages.com
Comment from Simon Pearson on Wednesday, 28th September 2011.