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Memories
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Church Going Memories.
I lived in Malton for many years and as a schoolboy sang in the church choir. Services alternated on Sundays between St Leonard's Church (the one with a spire) and the older St Michael's church in the Market Place. St Leonard's ...Read more
A memory of Malton by
Memories Of The Queen!
I remember the Queen riding through Wheatly Hill and the flag waving. It was 1960 so I was 4 at the time. I remember trudging through the snow along a main street to go to school - this must have been Wheatley Hill school and ...Read more
A memory of Wheatley Hill by
My Memories Of Kirkheaton
Kirkheaton was such a great place to live, I went to infant school at the bottom of Fields Way (I lived on Fields Way till I was 19 years old), I also went to Kirkheaton C of E School and can remember most of the teachers ...Read more
A memory of Kirkheaton in 1956 by
Bearmans
Bearmans was the big department store on the site which is now occupied by the Coop or Leo's. I remember the toy department at Christmas was fantastic with an enormous model train layout in the centre of the floor which would take you ...Read more
A memory of Leytonstone in 1956
Halton Gorse Cottages And Castle Road
I too spent my school holidays in Halton village, my grandparents were Lillian and Benjamin Atkinson, they lived in Gorse Cottages, you had to go up the steps from the underpass to get to it, or down the steps ...Read more
A memory of Halton in 1955 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Ww1 Soldier In Long Marston
I have postcards of Long Marston circa 1914/15 sent by my grandfather while he was serving in the Northumberland Fusiliers (WW1) .On the back of one he has written "this is where we parade every morning, ...Read more
A memory of Long Marston in 1910 by
Orpington Mystery 1960s
Hi there, I'm trying to verify a memory relatiing to a haunted house! Does anyone remember hearing of a builder who suffered an accident while working on a property in Dalton Way in the 1960's? Please contact me if you ...Read more
A memory of Orpington by
Lymm Parochial C Of E School
We moved to Lymm from Altrincham soon after the war when my mother remarried (she was a war widow). It was lovely having a new Council house which had a bathroom and inside toilet - I had been used to an outside toilet and ...Read more
A memory of Lymm in 1947 by
Family Life
I was 3 years of age when my dad came home from the army (national service). We didn't have a car or much money, so my mum, dad and myself took long walks, Upholland, Dalton, Newburgher, Parbold. When I was tired my dad carried me on his ...Read more
A memory of Wigan in 1947 by
Captions
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The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, which is filled with cars in this photograph.
The offices of the local newspaper, The Malton Gazette, are on the left, and a newspaper van is parked opposite.
The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, filled with cars in this picture.
This village was built along a stretch of the old Roman road between Malton and Hovingham.
This elegant little suspension or 'swing bridge' over the River Derwent is a pleasing feature of the Plain of York village of Huttons Ambo, near Malton.
Polar bears, brown bears and black bears were all kept in the same rather basic enclosure at the Flamingo Zoo Park at Kirby Misperton, between York and Malton, when this picture was taken.
The small hamlet of Swinton, west of Malton on the B1257, above the wide valley of the River Rye, was completely deserted when the Frith photographer called on a summer's day.
The ford and footbridge are in the centre of the estate village of Settrington, three miles east of Malton.
The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.
Here we see a quaint corner of this little village near Malton.
The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.
The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.
The village's tranquillity even belies its distance of only four miles from Malton.
East of Malton we find the mostly Victorian village of Rillington - its development followed the arrival of the railway.
Dalton was growing quite rapidly in the 1960s, and there was the occasional need for the fire brigade.
The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.
It's amazing to think that Halton is now the centre of the modern town once more; history has turned full circle.
The two statues guarding the hospital entrance are James Watt, right, and John Dalton, left.
Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.
The old Calton burial ground just beyond is where the philosopher David Hume is buried.
Barnston appears in the Domesday Book as 'Bernestone', then held by William Fitz-Nigel, second Baron of Halton.
In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars.
The building was used briefly in the 1980s to house the Halton Chemical Industry Museum.
On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.
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