Greasbrough, The Town c.1965
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G111004
Photo ref:
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The skyline is dominated by the pinnacled tower of St Mary's church, built in 1826 to the designs of Charles Watson and J P Pritchett. The font cover is Jacobean, and once belonged to All Saints', Rotherham.
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Lived on coach rd in the 60s remember my grandparents living in cottages think they may have also been on coach rd was 6 years old when we moved but love looking at the old photos.
I was born on Church St, Greasbrough, gran and granddad lived close by in a row of cottages alongside the top club now a car park? My father worked in the local pits and we moved several times. At age 10 we moved back to Church St into the house next door to where I was born. I remember walking with my granddad around the Dam, talking to the fishermen. Walking past the game-keepers cottage by the bridge between ...see more
Born and bred in Coach Road Greasborough, memories of the infamous club and the many famous acts that my father was lucky enough to play the organ for. Tom Jones, Frankie Vaughan, Shirley Bassey. I even remember some shows being on TV, not sure if it was local or national???? Moved to Green St to the Old Crown Cottages. There are many photographs of Church Street that show the war memorial and our old house but I do not have any that I can show.
On Nov. 8, 1848, a family of Jacksons (my forebears) landed in Philadelphia. Their point of origin was Liverpool, and their former place of residence was Greasbrough, Yorkshire. Over the years, the name 'Greasbrough' evolved into what American ears interpreted as 'Grisbrook' which is not all that different what I found was Greasbrough's ancient name: Gresbrook or Gresbroc. Anyway, ...see more
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