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Collier Family of Nether Yeadon – 17th & 18th Century

The Collier Family of Nether Yeadon, a study by Oliver Pickering of Menston.

Dave Kitchen, Arthur Smith (Upper End Farm) – c1900s

Arthur Smith had been a tenant at Upper End Farm and that he was killed in the first World War.

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…

David Kitchen, Kathleen Kitchen, Deceased, 1926 – 2013

Kathleen Kitchen died this week. She had reached the age of eighty seven years.

Death of Adelaide Neilson -1880

Adelaide Neilson although born in Leeds was brought up and lived in Guiseley with her family,…

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.

Grange Farm, Rawdon, 1920s – 1940s

Here we see Renie Long with pet dogs, on the left called Toby, mid 1930s.

Ian White, Yeadon Town Hall Drawing – 2006

A Signwriter from Guiseley, Ian White had put his artistic talents to use to brighten up the bar at Yeadon Town Hall.

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 Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (1)

I and another even younger than I, Brian Walsh, were accepted as junior members of the South View ‘gang’ …

John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (2)

One thing we kids were interested in was aircraft crashes which we would visit hoping for souvenirs.

John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (3)

I was astonished to find that a stick of bombs had been dropped by a lone raider.