Nostalgic memories of Guiseley's local history

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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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Rinti also layed ln the front door so everybody had to step over him,my name is Derek W and I worked Behind the bar for Fred , he taught me the bar trade in 1962 I was then 18
My mother-in-law was Edith Winnifred Clarke (known as Winn), born in Guiseley in 1916 and whose family, the Morrells ran the Guiseley Post Office from the late 1800s. She remembered as a youngster standing on the drawers below the counter so she could reach to help serve stamps etc. Her mother Edith Clarke died in 1930 and I think her sister may have ...see more
My uncle Mr. Fred Wilson was for many years the landlord of The Cross Inn which can be partially seen at the top of the picture. His Alsatian Rinti used to lay down in front of the stocks and stop the traffic.