My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (9)
Bonfire Night was good for me since it was also my birthday which meant that I would have bought extra fireworks from cash presents.
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, Springhead Mill Cloth Team – 1960s
The chap called Jack with the question mark after his name must be one of the toughest and unluckiest men I have ever met.
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.
Rachel Glyn, nee Glendinning, My First Day at Junior School – 1987
… the first thing she told us was to look at the words on the wall opposite the door. In big capital letters, we saw ‘TRY’.
Railway Line to Yeadon – 1881
It was said that if the railway was made coal would probably be about 1/-d per ton cheaper”
Sam Brown, Bell-Ringer, Guiseley – 1934
He was born in 1849 and if looks could count for anything he will still be pulling his weight in 1949,
Sam Kilburn, Home Guard & Royal Navy Memories, 1939 – 1945
I altered my birth certificate and off I went to the recruiting office in Vicar Lane, Leeds where I was interviewed by a big…
Shirley Margaret Bork, nee Bailey, Early Music 1939 – 1945
When we were called into the main hall, to be given a talk, it was usually about collecting salvage for …
Smallpox in Yeadon – 1837
In the spring of 1837, Isabella Yeadon who was John’s granddaughter had a severe form of Smallpox.
South View School, 1905 – 1915
I haven’t any pictures but I went there from being about three years old until leaving at the age of thirteen in 1915.
