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Going To School
This path was a lifeline to me when I was going to school on my bike. As you look at this picture there was houses to the left and Halton Brow and corn fields to the right. I came down this path on my bike and up Boston Avenue to ...Read more
A memory of Halton by
My Memories Of Salford
I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1951 by
What A Bike Ride!
I was born in Whitwell (Herts) in April 1949 and started my schooling at St Pauls Walden CE School in September 1953. This the hill on which I lived. As I grew older I used to ride my bike to school (very little ...Read more
A memory of Whitwell in 1955 by
My Family
My grandfather, grandmother and mother came to America in 1923; Harold Hubert, Violet Mary (Abbott), Mary Doreen Shrimpton. My grandmother (Violet) was born in 1896 in Dalton-in-Furness and bought a small three handled cup while on vacation in Frizington in 1902.
A memory of Frizington in 1900 by
The Anastasia Spaceship Ride
I first saw the spaceship ride when I was eight. Myself and two sisters, Audrey and Janet lived at Whitby Road Childrens' Home (formely Whitby Road Union Workhouse). In short, our family had been broken apart by ...Read more
A memory of Scarborough in 1953 by
Halton Gorse Cottages And Castle Road
I too spent my school holidays in Halton village, my grandparents were Lillian and Benjamin Atkinson, they lived in Gorse Cottages, you had to go up the steps from the underpass to get to it, or down the steps ...Read more
A memory of Halton in 1955 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
My Memories Of Kirkheaton
Kirkheaton was such a great place to live, I went to infant school at the bottom of Fields Way (I lived on Fields Way till I was 19 years old), I also went to Kirkheaton C of E School and can remember most of the ...Read more
A memory of Kirkheaton in 1956 by
Bearmans
Bearmans was the big department store on the site which is now occupied by the Coop or Leo's. I remember the toy department at Christmas was fantastic with an enormous model train layout in the centre of the floor which would take ...Read more
A memory of Leytonstone in 1956
Church Going Memories.
I lived in Malton for many years and as a schoolboy sang in the church choir. Services alternated on Sundays between St Leonard's Church (the one with a spire) and the older St Michael's church in the Market Place. St Leonard's ...Read more
A memory of Malton by
Captions
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The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, which is filled with cars in this photograph.
The offices of the local newspaper, The Malton Gazette, are on the left, and a newspaper van is parked opposite.
The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, filled with cars in this picture.
This village was built along a stretch of the old Roman road between Malton and Hovingham. Its Norman church can be seen in the middle distance.
This elegant little suspension or 'swing bridge' over the River Derwent is a pleasing feature of the Plain of York village of Huttons Ambo, near Malton.
Polar bears, brown bears and black bears were all kept in the same rather basic enclosure at the Flamingo Zoo Park at Kirby Misperton, between York and Malton, when this picture was taken.
The ford and footbridge are in the centre of the estate village of Settrington, three miles east of Malton.
The small hamlet of Swinton, west of Malton on the B1257, above the wide valley of the River Rye, was completely deserted when the Frith photographer called on a summer's day.
The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.
The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.
Here we see a quaint corner of this little village near Malton.
The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.
The village's tranquillity even belies its distance of only four miles from Malton. Langton is a centre for the training of racehorses, and has produced many notable winners through the years.
East of Malton we find the mostly Victorian village of Rillington - its development followed the arrival of the railway.
Dalton was growing quite rapidly in the 1960s, and there was the occasional need for the fire brigade. The firemen of Dalton were all volunteers.
The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.
The two statues guarding the hospital entrance are James Watt, right, and John Dalton, left. The Dalton statue was a bronze copy of the marble one by Chantry that stands in the town hall entrance.
It's amazing to think that Halton is now the centre of the modern town once more; history has turned full circle.
Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.
The old Calton burial ground just beyond is where the philosopher David Hume is buried.
Barnston appears in the Domesday Book as 'Bernestone', then held by William Fitz-Nigel, second Baron of Halton.
In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars. The monument was started in 1822, but the money ran out and it was never completed.
On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.
The building was used briefly in the 1980s to house the Halton Chemical Industry Museum.
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