York Town, London Road 1901
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Photo of York Town, London Road 1901

More about this scene

This lodge was built in 1831 after an outbreak of cholera in the area, so as to protect the officer cadets. Today, the gates are permanently closed, for security reasons. At one time, the cadets pulled an old cannon, just inside the gate, across the London Road after their passing out parade.

A Selection of Memories from York Town

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 York Town

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i went to work at s-n stationery in must been 1974-5 further down from Yorktown was the industrial estate worked in Riviln factory -Arthur and Freds factory we did clothes for early marks and spencer then worked for factory called electro Acostic industries we made speakers . we backed on to dirt track which now is Black-water valley road. in those days we used to paddle our feet in cool water walking across ...see more