Nostalgic memories of Normanton's local history
Share your own memories of Normanton and read what others have said
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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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 28 in total
We lived in the last house at the bottom of benson Lane, next to the fields, great memory's, attended normanton infants school and normanton Common, my brother Frank went to normanton grammar school. Remember living in the back to back terraces, the outside toilets at home and at the school. Playing in the fields next to our house, also playing in haw Hill Park, lots of times, my sister wendy falling in the pond one day ...see more
I lived on pontefract road at the top of goodhope row and moved to Mackinnon Avenue when compulsory purchase of the loscoe village was made for the build of the M62. The Creswells lived about half way down Mackinnon and i can remember a Gail Williams visiting them with her parents amd a younger sister who had extra an finger on each hand, I thought they emigrated to Malaysia.
I remember my Grand-dad taking me to the park in my push chair when I was about 3 years old. I used to sit and watch him play bowls with his friends. We might then go and feed the ducks in the pond before returning home.
I was only a toddler at the time but my Granddad, who I lived with, used to take me to the park when he was going to play bowls with his friends. I used to sit in my pram and take it all in. This was during the war years.
i was born and grew up in park row, near the pit where my dad worked all his life, my parents were Elsie and Crispin Ellis, I went to normanton common and normanton modern school from where i left in 1963, i love normanton, but the old town before the motorway.
I was born in Clifton street Normanton in 1938 and Smirthwaite park was my "back garden". We played football until we dropped and cricket in the summer and when the ball bounced there was no telling where it would go. Great fun. Long walks up Newland Lane to Goosehill, and Kirkthorpe.
I loved Normanton Empire and the Majestic and a bit further afield the Grand across from Haw Hill Park another great place.
I remember as a lad,every Sunday morning trying to get a game of soccer in Smirthwaite parl,there must have been 20 a side in them days,and the bowling matches,where the women would put on tea and buns ,and most of the older men seemed to wear 3 piece suits,fob watches and smoked a pipe,I remember a great sense of community from them days although now retired,I rember it well,and St Johns colliery sports days,with beer ...see more
I went to Normanton Grammar School 1969 - 76. The Girl's High School had merged with the boy's Grammar School before then and the Girl's High School became the 'Lower School' ie 1st to 3rd years.
Later, lived opposite on Church Lane and saw it demolished for housing, approx early 1990's. Sad.
Mike Shepherd.
I lived on Beckbridge Estate in the very last prefab the communal hut was at the bottom of our garden. We were the last family to leave the estate when the prefabs were bulldozed. We went to live in Altofts.
Rex Greens opposite the Union fixed gear carrier bike ( or butcher bike) hale rain or shine start at Norwood Street zig zag across Castleford Road,Snydale Road, The Grove Dalefeild area and then through Woodhouse Estate finishing at Kingsway. 2s 6p/week