Letters Home, George & Ralph Teale, 1915 – 1916
If you have any interest in the First World War, if you have any interest in what happens when you send a Rawdon lad to fight in foreign lands, then read these letters.
Margaret Kilburn, nee Hardy Story – 1927
…she went to Aireborough Grammar School until she was 16 when she left and started at Bingley …
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (1)
The top photo is John aged Two and a half and this photo is John aged four …
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (2)
The photograph is John aged about 8 with his parents and sister at Morecambe.
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (3)
On the was my sister and I received our first ‘sex education’ lesson when we passed a field where a cow was giving birth.
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (4)
Very early on, by rote, we learned our ‘times table’ up to 12x, I think that if you asked any of my generation a ‘times by’ question they would answer it instantly.
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (6)
Those who could went swimming here, not for me, I could not swim.
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (7)
No vacuum cleaners then for general cleaning and the stone cellar steps and floors were a down on the knees job with a scrubbing brush.
My Childhood Memories, John Denison, 1926 – 1939 (8)
Mam was religious quite the opposite to Dad even receiving regular visits from the Rev. Tindall.
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.
Railway Line to Yeadon – 1881
It was said that if the railway was made coal would probably be about 1/-d per ton cheaper”
