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Sedgwick, W – 1925

Mr W Sedgwick was President of Rawdon Industrial Co-operative Society (RICS).

Sellars, Family – 1947

Val Ryan (nee Hoare) 1952 on the left Val with cat Timpuss, in the background is a car which belonged to Mr Sellars plus a bungalow which was the home of Edith and Norman Freeborn.

Sittle, Thomas – 1897

Thomas Sittle, schoolmaster at the Friends School with a penny farthing bicycle.

Smith, John Kirby, 1869-1953 – Photographer & Tobacconists

To me this is what our Aireborough history is all about, read on and enjoy what has been discovered from this photograph of two octagonal religious…

Squires, Roy – 1970s

Donated by Marion Thomas, this is Crompton Parkinson’s agricultural show winner, her late father Roy Squires at Larkfield Avenue, with his prize winning chrysanthemums plus other trophies.

Stansfield, Charles Edward – 1897

Charles Edward Stansfield who was a master at the Friends School 1887-1889….

Stott, Bryan & Sheila – 2014

AHS Dinner, Rawdon. Sheila and Bryan Stott relaxing after dinner at Peasehill House.

Tams, George & Family – c1913

…The family home was a stone house on what is now Layton Avenue, around 1900, this area behind…

Taylor, Syd – 1949

Group of Yeadon boys on holiday in Blackpool, they included Peter McCann, Eric…

Teale, John – c1870

On the left is John Teale, Grandfather of David Teale who donated the image. John was born on the 6th April 1855…

Thistlethwaite, W – Undated

Mr W Thistlethwaite was the treasurer for Rawdon Friends School (Quaker) Old…

Thomas, Albert Smithson – Undated

Albert Smithson Thomas outside his fish and chip shop and restaurant at the corner of New Road Side and South Street. In addition, he also ran a car hire…

Thompson, Frank – Medals 1919

Courtesy of the Library of the Religious Society of Friends.

Thompson, James Reverend – Undated

…Reverend Thomson was in his thirties when with Benton Congregationalists,…

Verity, Hedley – Undated

Hedley Verity, famous spin bowler who lived in Rawdon. He was commissioned into the Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment in the Second World War and drafted to the Middle East. He was captured and interned…