Up The Rovers

A Memory of Featherstone.

I moved to Featherstone in 1953. I lived at the police station opposite the crescent. It is now an education establishment of some sort. I remember Goodes fish and chip shop, it was the best. I used to play on the slag heaps looking for fossils and dodging the spots that were smoking. When Rovers played it was a massive deal. If we played Australia the school closed. I remember the miners boots clattering down the road from Station Lane past the police station towards Pontefract. The kids wore boots most of the time, shoes were a non starter. I remember Foxes shop on the corner of Station Lane and Girnhill Lane. I, like most other kids, did not want to go near the square gang down by the baths. Mrs Hotchkiss had the fruit and veg shop. The paper shop is still there on the opposite side of the street from the old police station.