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.
Audrey Speight, nee Barrett – School Days 1933
My school days started in 1933 at the new Guiseley Modern School on Oxford Road, Guiseley.
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.
Bill Wilcox, My Ancestors, 1970 – 2013
I suppose all this started as a young boy in Liverpool and listening to stories from our mother about her uncle Joe from Yorkshire.
Brian Firth, Olly The Owl – 1958 (1)
I was probably about 11 years old when I found Olly, which would make it around 1958.
Brian Firth, Olly The Owl – 1958 (3)
He has been really quiet, hasn’t been eating normally and definitely not allowing me to pick him up.
Brian Firth, Olly The Owl – 1958 (4)
I think it was early one Saturday or Sunday morning when the police turned up.
Brian Firth, Olly The Owl -1958 (5)
On this fateful day I put Olly in his box to go over to the fields for a bit of exercise.
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.
Brian Triffitt, Harry Ramsden’s – 1952
Nearly 10,000 people swarmed into the White Cross district of Guiseley tonight for Harry Ramsdens “Big Fry” .
