Kippax, High Street c.1965
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Situated just to the east of Leeds, the village of Kippax was the scene of much coal mining since 1410. The estate surrounding the old Kippax Hall contained many unusual black deer. The house, built in yellow stone, was 600 feet in length, but it was demolished owing to mining subsidence in 1965. The one-time owner, Sir John Slingsby, is said to have discovered the sulphur springs in Harrogate.

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My father, Douglas Aubrey Dixon, also known as 'Reginald' lived with his father, Temple Dixon, at 'Westholme' Westfield Lane - No.81. My paternal grandfather bought the house for £385 in June, 1935. Temple Dixon was a retired railway detective having worked his way up the ladder so-to- speak from working as a porter and ticket collector at Mirfield station (1901 census). I returned to Kippax with my ...see more
My Great Grandmother, Ana Louisa Clayton, can be found on the 1881 census working in the Old Tree. The old cinema is hidden on the right. I watched "whistle down the wind" there with my sister which must have been not long before it closed. My wife worked in the "old" Co-op on the left Bob Clayton