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Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire
Skelmanthorpe maps
Historic maps of Skelmanthorpe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Skelmanthorpe maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire
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Skelmanthorpe books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Skelmanthorpe and the local area. View all Skelmanthorpe books
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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Ilkley Town and City Memories
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Yorkshire County Memories
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Memories of Skelmanthorpe
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This was my school transported from Birdsedge to school each day, quite a trip. Lots of great memories, 1949-50-51- those were the years I attended. I remember the school flat we got to play house for a whole week and miss the regular classes.
Doreen Osborne
Shared on 11 February 2009
I was born 1949 in Huddersfield and lived in Skelmanthorpe until 1970. I was delighted to see the photos of Skelmanthorpe taken in the fifties. It brought back wonderful childhood memories of things that I'd already forgotten. I remembered going to Bower's Newsagent to pay for our papers once every week, the chemist shop next door and then there was a... [more]
Shared on 23 March 2008
West Yorkshire memories
I was born in Huddersfield and lived in Clayton West until I got married in 1973. I lived in The Royds with my parent where my father was the local postman, in fact many of my relations lived in The Royds or near by.
My fondest memories of the village are fishing in the dams which were located just of Bilham... [more]
Shared on 31 August 2009
Just down the road from the Shoulder of Mutton pub was Ackroyds coffee bar. In the 60s we young ones would meet, listen to the juke box, drinking frothy coffee.
The horse and cart outside the pub belonged to Herman Wood the local milkman. The cart was a daily sight outside the pub.
Shared on 11 November 2006
Hi, I am living in Ireland now. I spent many a good night in the Farmer's Boy pub, I was called 'Irish' by name, some day I hope to holiday in your lovely village.
Shared on 06 February 2009
The large 3-storey building to the right of centre, was the village grocery store at 91 Lane Head Road. My father purchased it in 1961 from Frank Armitage. He sold it in 1984 when he retired. At the rear were stables, groceries used to be delivered by horse drawn cart, but my father used a Ford Thames van, until in 1966... [more]
Shared on 21 August 2007
The building to the right of centre of this photo was Dyson's Fish & Chip Shop in the 1960s and 1970s. The caption says Main Road, but this road the A629 had several names. one was Penistone Road, but at this point it was known as Abbey Road South, before becoming Lane Head Road.
Shared on 21 August 2007
Extracts From Skelmanthorpe & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Skelmanthorpe, inspired by Frith photos.
Two chums (right) march down Commercial Road, in the South Yorkshire colliery village of Skelmanthorpe. Skelmanthorpe, between Holmfirth and Barnsley, is a village of Scandinavian descent, as witnessed by its name, which means 'Skelmer's village in a valley'.
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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Huddersfield - A History & Celebration
While those firms weaving khaki thrived, the post-war depression and the gold standard crisis quelled any optimism. Employers tried to slash costs by wage cutting, leading to some 20,000 textile workers striking for several months in 1925 and in 1930. However, it was generally agreed that Huddersfield was not so badly affected as other areas, mainly due to the diversity of its industry. The textile trade itself was not reliant... [more]
This is an extract from Huddersfield - A History & Celebration.
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Huddersfield - A History & Celebration
There are also plans to demolish the council flats at Rashcliffe and Southgate and, although the latter in particular are notorious eyesores, there is concern that this will lead to a further reduction of housing stock.
This is an extract from Huddersfield - A History & Celebration.
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