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I was born on Gibb lane near Mount Tabor, there was a water pump outside the houses where my mother used to have to go outside for water at one time My uncle Norman Jones was the curator at Bankfield Museum for a year or two. He had 2 sons ,Stuart and Raymond and a daughter Barbara.

A memory of Halifax by William Marshall

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.

A memory of Normanton by fennemoreisabel

I was 10 when Featherstone Rovers beat Wigan and Leigh in getting to the Wembley final.  We lived in the school house immediately opposite the entrance on Post Office Road.  What a wonderful period in ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone in 1952 by Neil Wilford

The shop (bottom left, with pram outside) was Babyland, the town's toy shop since at least the 1920's. My father bought his first bicycle there when he began work at the age of 14 in 1928.

A memory of Normanton by Philip Hammond

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 ...Read more

A memory of Normanton by malcolmstroud

As a child I lived just a couple of hundred yards from that zebra crossing. Out of shot on the left was the Pavilion cinema - many happy memories spent there, though I had a stronger bond with the Palace, the other picture house in town ...Read more

A memory of Heckmondwike

The Beta class was never a teacher's favourite, but we enjoyed being just that little bit riotous. I remember cycling to school and leaving the bicycle in the bicycle shed and it was always there ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1961 by Sandra Calvert Yates

I lived in Loscoe 1964 - 1967. My mum was Eunice Cresswell and came from a family of 9. Her family lived in Goodhope Row, Normanton. I remember going to the Blue Bell woods, I went to Normanton infant school, walked across ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1960 by Gail Rozvaczy Nee Williams