Mauds Road
Mauds Road was located behind the Clothiers Arms, the properties were demolished in 1966 when Harper Lane was rerouted to the High Street and the bus bay created. The Lecture Hall on the High Street is in the background….
Jack Brayshaw
Chapel Hill Wesleyan Methodists, 1766 – 1970 (2)
Rear view of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel situated on Chapel Hill, it was demolished soon after 1955….
Benton Congregational Church, 1846 – 1972 (1)
The site for this church was part of the grounds of Benton Park, it was given by Robert Milligan whose family lived there, he himself lived at Acacia House. The building was…
Benton Congregational Church, 1846 – 1972 (2)
A view of the Sunday School…
High Royds Hospital (2)
An interior corridor inside the hospital complex.
St. Oswald’s Bells – 1946 (2)
A bell suspended by the church clock as it is being lowered from the church tower….
St. Oswald’s Bells – 1946 (1)
Gillet & Johnston Ltd, Bell Founders & Clockmakers of Croyden, the lorry holds nine bells from the church, eight old bells from St. Oswald’s and in the top right …
Aireborough Boys, 1914 – 1918 (14)
Newspaper cuttings from Aireborough for 1915 – 1916 – of local lads, sadly some who gave all….
High Street 1860 to present (05)
1930 – On the left edge is Ben Brown’s greengrocers, goods are displayed outside the shop a delivery bicycle is also outside.
On the wall facing a notice lists the advantages of Yeadon Picture…
Kendall, Family Album – c1895/1917
This photo album was a gift made to Mrs Emily Kendall. It was an event to have a photo taken in the early days of photography, the resulting images were treasured….
