Carlo Harrison, Written by my Auntie Mabel, (Deceased) Undated (3)
The public roads in Yorkshire consisted of narrow lanes called pack-horse roads.
David Horner & Roger Brayshaw, Aireborough Clarion Cycle Club – 1950s
I had no particular interest in cycling at the age of 16 other than using a bike as a means of transport between…
Dr. Neil Clifton, Aireborough Grammar School, 1946 – 1948
My early schooling was at Horsforth St. Margaret’s C of E School, still at that time known to all and sundry as Horsforth National School.
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.
John Smith & John Denison, A Piece of History, Accra – 1949
Here is a picture of John Smith and I reading the Wharfedale & Airedale Observer.
Paul Metcalf – Rawdon National School Fire – 1951
I started scool at the age of five in 1949, I was very familiar with the school then because my grandparents Albert and Annie Wilkinson were the school …
Philip Walker, William Machell – c1950s Onward
Prior to buying Low Mill, William Machell was a local scrap dealer with a small yard on the end of Saxon Buildings and Well lane near the Old Dog mill in Yeadon.
Willy Machell & My Dad – 1950s
After the war when the Avro shut down and everyone was laid off, many Yeadon folk suddenly found themselves out of work.
