Pontefract, Market Place c.1965
Photo ref:
P155039
Photo ref:
P155039
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Development along the market place grew in medieval times when wealthy merchants invested in some very grand houses. Here we see the façade of the Market Hall (left), and in the distance the Town Hall (1785) and Assembly Rooms (1882). The newsagents W H Smith (right) later moved to the old premises of the house furnishers, England.
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A Selection of Memories from Pontefract
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 Pontefract
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Born in December 1957 my maiden name was Kemp I must have started in Mrs Padgets class St Joseph's circa 1962. i remember the alphabet in pictures around the wall A is for apple B is for ball, C is for cat & D is for dog etc…I can still work my way through the images for every letter. There was also a Wendy house corner that I loved playing in. We lived on Crag Mount Halfpenny Lane and ...see more
I claimed the walls in this picture in 1955 I was 10 years old two of us did it myself and best friend Goef Eastwood now deceased, sorry to say, we claimed it so far and we was so scared , we could not turn back so we had to go on and finish the climb, I still shake when I think what we did, great days, we went on to climb many more dangerous buildings.including the old Methodist church that was in Horse Fair,
I was a Brownie as a young girl and a very accomplished one too. I had an armful of Badges which had been ever so carefully sewn all the way down the sleeve of my uniform by my Mother.
As a Brownie i took part in the Remembrance day service each year. All the Youth organisations took place along with the Colliery bands and of course those who had fought in the wars and survived and current members of The ...see more
I was born in Pontefract. Christened and Married, as were my parents, in All Saints Church in Pontefract by the Reverand Fawkes, now diseased.
I went to Chequerfield infants then Willow park junior school and Pontefract and district Girls High school( the brown knicker school) I would catch a bus into town, strangely enough from the very bus stop I live directly next to now,and then walk up to England's. ...see more
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