1941 Air Raids

A Memory of Horsforth.

The family moved to Horsforth from Armley in 1938. I was only 1yr old so cannot remember the move. Mum and Dad bought a house at no 15 Charles Street.

My earliest memories must have been in March 1941, the nights that Leeds and Kirkstall Forge were bombed. The houses in Charles Street do not have celars, but I do remember hearing the air raid warning and going down the cellars in Rose Ave, and I still remember the white walls and the damp smell. Dad was an air raid warden.

My Mother use to work in the fish and chip shop at the bottom of Fink Hill, and also worked at the Glenroyal Cinema on New Road Side. She use to get complimentary tickets which I used on Saturday Afternoons.