Nostalgic memories of Harworth's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I was born in worksop but my early life was spent in harworth, my name is Adrian Cutts (Godley originally). my father and the rest of his large family were from the Tickhill and Harworth areas. my dad unfortunately passed when i was 5 in 1971 during his employ at the glass bulbs factory (not at work or work related), His name was John Wilfred (wilf) Godley. the few people i can remember from my dads ...see more
Firstly, my grandad John (Jacky) Gibson was very much a regular at the Blacksmiths and my nanna, Mary Ann, worked as a tea lady at the glass bulbs and my mom worked on Durdy's farm.. My mom met my dad at the Blacksmiths..Wish I could wind the clock back to the good old day's.....
Has anyone old photos of Harworth from 1945 (ish). My mother was brought up there and lived in a house called Weybourne, she was married from the church in April 1945. Any photos of the house would be good, and is it still there? My mother was Sheila Peck and her uncle had a chemist shop in Bircotes.
My cousin has recently been doing some family tree and has discovered that our family with the name Haslehurst farmed there in the early to mid 1800's at least. I was wondering if there are still any people living in Harworth with the name Haslehurst and if so could let me know.
The large Horse Chestnut tree to the right was very popular when conkers were in season with boys searching the ground and throwing whatever came to hand at the tree to try and dislodge the nuts that were temptingly out of reach. At school play times serious competitions took place to see who had the best conker. I remember the walled playground being littered with the broken remains. Harworth sits ...see more
Hi.  I moved into the Gamecock in 1963 with my parents Norman and Jean Bennett and my brother Bryan, I was only two years old. My parents were landlord and land lady. Bartons grocers was next door, there was no Gamecock Field as we Know it today and no Grange View. Grange View was built about 1967 and the park was developed early 1970. The Wimpy estate as we know it was built when I was seven. I can just remember ...see more
To start with, I do not know Harworth, but my grandparents lived there for a while around 1924. I am told they taught at the sunday school, but I think it might have been at a chapel, not the church. Does anyone have an idea if there was a Methodist chapel in the village at that time, and if there would be any records from that period in existance? They were called Knight and lived with relatives called Williams.