Hessle, The Church c.1965
Photo ref:
H467006
Photo ref:
H467006
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A Selection of Memories from Hessle
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Hessle
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The sweet shop down Prestongate was the place where my mum bought a quarter of sweets before we went to the Plaza cinema. A quarter of sweets is only four ounces . They were weighed out on scales, tipped in a triangular paper bag and the lid put back on the glass sweet jar. Rows of jars lined the shelves. Would it be liquorice or mint humbugs or midget gems or toffee? When sweets came off ration in the fifties, long ...see more
They were happy years of playing in the street with pals (not many cars then), playing down the foreshore and in the many parks nearby.
Itlings Lane was a fun place to go bramble picking, scrumping, making hideouts and rope swings over the ditch (covered over now).
Another place to go to was little Switzerland - woodland, open fields and a chalk quarry. It was a young ...see more
I remember going there on many occasions in the late 50’s and early 60’s. Catching the bus from Hessle Road (we lived in Bean Street) and this was a great day out for kids “in the country” The method we used of getting to the quarry was to go under a low, dingy and usually muddy tunnel/bridge actually under the railway line. The “pond” in the quarry was full of newts and collecting brambles and eating them was ...see more
My grandmother ran the candy store on Prestongate for many years. Many happy memories. There was Audreys next door and Pillings TV rental on the corner.
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