Audry Speight, Popplewell & Fred Barrett – 1940s
A memory from Audry Speight who is a committee member of AHS, was born in 1927 and lives in Yeadon.
Jack Brayshaw
Brian Triffitt, My Playground – 1936 Onwards
I was born at number 28 Bingley Lands, Guiseley, in March 1936, now the site of Frank Parkinson retirement homes off Kelcliffe Lane.
Christopher Walton, My Great Grandparents, The Parkers – 1930s
… their daughter Clair Parker was landlady of the Peacock from 1939, but worked their since 1935.
Allen Hill, My Granddad, Alfred Hill, 1914 – Onward
My Granddad Alfred Hill ( shown below in uniform), tried to avoid conscription in the great war as he had five small children.
Brian Triffitt, Mitchell Yeadon’s Quarry – Undated
Mitchell Yeadon’s quarry was just a little way up Carlton Lane after the allotments that stood there in those days,
Brian Triffitt, Memories of a Guiseley Lad – Undated
Wills Gill is a hidden corner of Guiseley, ask people where it is and most folk in Guiseley have probably never heard of it, never mind tell you where it is.
David Kitchen, Kathleen Kitchen, Deceased, 1926 – 2013
Kathleen Kitchen died this week. She had reached the age of eighty seven years.
Brian Triffitt, Guiseley Quarries – Undated
The smallest quarry was right at the top left hand corner of Moor Lane, where now stands a row of green farm buildings.
Valerie Ryan, Emsley’s Store, Rawdon – 1930s Onward
They often sat in a small room overlooking the shop and answered phone calls from customers and suppliers telephone number Rawdon 51!
Jean Lillian Luty, Childhood Memories – c1940/50s
I can remember that it was really tiny inside the house virtually a one up and down, with a tiny landing bedroom, and an outside privy.
