Nostalgic memories of Pickering's local history
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Risebourgh Hall was once a magnificent house and home about 3 miles from Thornton Le Dale and four miles from Pickering North Yorkshire. It stands on Risebourgh Hill and commands sweeping views across Ryedale from its imposing position.
The Hall was a beautiful old stone building, part of which dates back to the 16th century.
In its hey day Risebourgh Hall would have been the pinicle of elegance ...see more
This is where we used to go and play in the 1960 's , we used to spend hour's in the water here , sometimes there could be up to 30 of us . On a SUNDAY morning DAD and me went down here with the car , and it was driven in to the water for it's weekly WASH . There is a bridge now to drive your car over , and it is against the LAW to wash your car in the river . As we got older we moved further up river to what we called MILL ...see more
Burgate is where the Castle Cinema used to be. That brings back lots of happy memories of days gone by. I went to the cinema as a child, and then worked there, on the projectors with Ron Rich. The White Horse pub was across the road from the cinema, Alan Judson had it when I worked on the projector's. R V Roger had a flower shop in this street, has had Mrs Champion with her china shop etc. At the top of ...see more
Not seen this picture for a long , long time . When I lived up POTTER HILL I used to go this way to get to the ROOKER'S . From POTTER HILL you headed towards BECON PARK , then branched off right , along a lane , think it was called COULTMAN'S CUT , that led to where this photo was taken , looking toward's the RAILWAY and the CASTLE . I used to go this way to play at the ROOKER'S , and we went to roll our easter egg's ...see more
I was born at 53 Potter Hill, it was great in those day's. Mrs Jones had the shop at the top of Potter Hill, same row as the Church was on. We were 4 doors away from Codge Frank, the chicken and egg man. Nita was at the fish and chip shop, think her name was Aires, but don't know if that is spelt correctly. We played lot's of games in the street's in those days, as not many cars about. We played kick the can, and ...see more
WOW , this picture brings back HAPPY DAYS . My gran lived in EASTGATE , 116 , ADA ELLERBY a proper gran like they were in the olden days . My paper round started in EASTGATE and finished at MALTON ROAD CROSSING . 120 DROPS EACH MORNING for FRED BOAK . We got ice cream and JUSO'S from MR DOUGLAS'S shop , ice cream was brill think it was EBOR from YORK . Used to play sport with a little coloured lad that lived at ...see more
My auntie and uncle Peggy and Raymond Cook used to own a riding school, they called it Beck Isle Ponies, can anyone else remember them? I lost touch with them when I was only little.
This picture brings back very happy memories for me, as it shows my grandparents' (Arthur and Madge Douglas) shop and cafe (Cum agen Cafe) where we spent many, many happy times. Pickering certainly has changed since then. On the left is the old Labour Exchange above which was a flat where Olive Watson used to live, then Cum Agen Cafe (now a vets), then what is now the Crossways Hotel (used to be grain shop run by ...see more