Mapplewell, Spring Lane c.1955
Photo ref: M152005
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Photo ref: M152005
Photo of Mapplewell, Spring Lane c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Mapplewell

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Mapplewell

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Never been to Mapplewell or Barnsley or Wombwell. Could have lived there though, if I'd been brave enough. My memory is about a man. At that time he lived in Mapplewell, later he moved to Wombwell, Windmill Road. I was 17 he was 30. We tried for about two years, but in these two years I was fighting against my mother's will. She did not approve with my choice for this man. I had to break up and that was against my ...see more