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memory of a very wealthy city. Beautiful shops- Brown Muffs, busbys, claydons, mathias robinson. Barclays bank international division was in Bradford but not in Leeds because the overseas dealings with all wool ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by christine676

This was around 1950. Me Ma had a sister who was my Aunt Lilly, she married a Yorkshire man from Leeds who was my Uncle Jack and they had one daughter called Jean who was a year or so older than me and they lived in Gipton, Leeds ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1950 by Jimmy Burrows

Does anyone remember Hart's Department Store which used to be next to Matthias Robinsons? I remember going to Leeds from Ilkley on many Saturday afternoons - pre-war - the car was parked behind Lewis's! Shopping done and afternoon tea taken ...Read more

A memory of Leeds in 1930 by Betty Burton

It's funny your sweet memories of that time, because it was the same time I was there aged 8 only my memories were of being caned 18 swipes on hands and ass by that sick headmaster from another age, stripped naked and thrown into ...Read more

A memory of Barwick in 1973 by Lucien Ramalho

We moved to Yeadon in 1961 when I was 7, my dad worked for Timothy Whites Chemists who had their head office in Leeds. We moved into a new house 2 Whackhouse Close and I went to Westfield Primary which was just across the road. I loved that school, ...Read more

A memory of Yeadon by anne_54

I was born in Barking 25.04.1921 and I am now 92! I had four sisters and one brother. We all lived in Fanshaw Avenue with our parents, so anyone that reads this of that era, can relate to the shops and the ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Winifred Lines

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

I started Woodlesford school about 1957, i remember been in my first class with a teacher called Miss Sawyer ( i think it was spelt ). Also a boy called David Goodwin i seem to belive that was his name. i loved play time at that ...Read more

A memory of Woodlesford by kennethfowler25

I was raised in Grenoside (born 1949) and had an idyllic childhood. My brother and I were heartbroken when dad got a job in Leeds and we moved there in 1959. We left our Grandparents but continued to make the 2 hour trip (before M1 was ...Read more

A memory of Grenoside by usercp6695

My father, Douglas Aubrey Dixon, also known as 'Reginald' lived with his father, Temple Dixon, at 'Westholme' Westfield Lane - No.81. My paternal grandfather bought the house for £385 in June, 1935. Temple Dixon was a ...Read more

A memory of Kippax in 1940 by Geoffrey Dixon Hamilton