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Upper Denby maps
Historic maps of Upper Denby and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Upper Denby maps
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Denby Dale| Skelmanthorpe| Thurlstone| Shepley| Penistone| Clayton West| Cawthorne| Silkstone| Kirkburton| Kexborough| Midhopestones| Holmfirth| Darton| Thurgoland| Stocksbridge| Deepcar| Wortley| Huddersfield
Upper Denby area books
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West Yorkshire memories
Greenfeeds Corn Mill & Prospect Pub
Greenfeeds on the right of the picture is where I lived. The premises were owned by my family since the early 1800's and at that time they also owned the Prospect Pub. My great grandfather also had tenants renting properties he owned up the High St, the road leading up to the viaduct.
Lived There
Denby Dale is where I use to live untill 1994.
War Years
I was born in 1941 and as a child, lived at Park Head Row, Birdsedge. There was little traffic then and we used to play hopscotch on the main road. Around the age of three, whilst swinging on our garden gate, I vividly remember the unusual sight of a convoy of khaki army trucks entering the village. I watched in awe as they turned right at the Crown pub and headed up Park Head Row. As they passed our house, one of the soldiers smiled and shouted to me in an American drawl, "Ya want some gum chum," as he tossed a small packet towards me. This was the first time I had ever seen long strips of Spearmint gum. My father took us walking on Sundays all the way up Park Head to the crossroads where we turned left and carried on past Rusby Wood which was known locally as the 'bilberry wood' but after those army trucks arrived, we never went that way for some time. Later,... Read more
Baby Jane
I remember severe winters growing up in Birdsedge, they were beautiful and exciting but harsh. My little sister was born in Jauary 1963. My parents were the caretakers of the primary school in the village. I remember my dad in his coat and scarf coming to get me out of the infant class to take me home, I looked up at him and asked where we were going and he told me I had a baby sister and I could choose her name - the choice was between Jane and Sally, I chose Jane. It was a freezing day but I felt warm inside because I had a new sister.
Childhood Memories
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 greengrocer nearby called Wraggs if I remember rightly. Also a small pretty little shop called Lawton's who sold mirrors and plates etc. We also visited the Savoy picture house once a week although the films were over one year old before they got to Skelmanthorpe. It didn't matter because no one had colour TV in those days so the picture house was something special. I went to the county primary school in Skelmanthorpe and later to Honley Grammar School. I've been living in Germany since 1970 so I have no idea what happened to all the friends I had during my childhood. Maybe someone who reads this can... Read more
Scissett School
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
Sheply Village Center
This photo could have been taken from my bedroom window. I lived in Shepley from 1961 to 1983. On the left is The Black Bull pub, on the right is the Conservative club, which became the youth club.
