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Happy Days of Youth.
I lived at 10 Whitfield Road, Fulwood, and went to Birkdale Prep School. Used to spend hours playing around Forge Dam, and renting a rowboat if I got an allowance.
When winter came we would toboggan down the hills in the area. I now live near Knoxville, Tennessee, but I often think of the old home town.
A memory of Fulwood contributed by Michael Oyler
Weddings & Christenings
The Parish Church at Hemsworth is where my parents were married and where me and my twin sisters were christened. In 1959 I was a bridesmaid for my aunt when she got married. The last time I was in the church was for my cousin's funeral a few years ago. I have a copy of this photograph on my lounge wall in my Wakefield home.
Jean Johnson (nee Aston)
A memory of Hemsworth contributed by David Johnson
Waiting for the bus
As a small child and a grown woman with children of my own I remember waiting for the Wakefield bus after a visit to my grandparents. Some times it would be the West Riding bus, at other times it was the United one. Until his death in 1973 Grandad, whenever possible, would walk us down to the bus stop and wait with us until the bus came.
By Jean Johnson (nee Aston)
A memory of Hemsworth contributed by David Johnson
Unsettled Times
I have very vivid memories of the war years as it was coming to an end. I was born in Cambridge Street in The Sportdman's public house, which up to the present time is the only pub left on Cambridge Street. Where the John Lewis store now stands on the corner of Barkers Pool/ Cambridge St there was a firm called, The Steel City Works, that got bombed, oh don't I remember the sounds around that night!!!. I remember the City Hall getting hit by the tracer bullets, I still think we were lucky not to have the City Hall bombed. I am now in my 68th year and as I walk around the city centre, memories still stick with me ...read more here
A memory of Sheffield contributed by David Rowe
Extracts From Brimfield & Shropshire books
KING ATHELWOLD of England dies, leaving
his baby daughter, Goldborough. The appointed
King, Godrich, Earl of Cornwall, takes care of
Goldborough, and promises to fulfil the dead
King’s wish - to marry Goldborough to the
strongest man in England when she is of age.
Meanwhile, King Birkabeyn of Denmark dies,
and Earl Godard is given the job of caring for the
baby Havelock and his two sisters. But Godard,
wishing to rule, kills the King’s daughters and
instructs a local warrior and fisherman, Grim, to
drown Havelock at sea. Grim tries to follow the
Earl’s instructions, but he cannot face killing the
baby; he takes him from the water and goes home.
Grim and his wife decide to bring the baby up as
one of their own.
That night they see a ray of light shining out of
the baby’s mouth as he sleeps, and they discover
a royal birthmark on his shoulder. Realising the
baby’s royal heritage and the danger they may
be in, Grim and his family pack their belongings
and set sail for England. When they land on
British soil they found the town of Grimsby.
Havelock grows up and goes to work in Lincoln.
While there, he wins a shot-put competition.
(The stone he threw still lies within the walls of
Lincoln Castle). Havelock gains the reputation
of being the strongest man in England.
Godrich, Earl of Cornwall hears of Havelock,
and introduces Goldborough to him to keep the
dead King’s wish. Goldborough and Havelock
marry in Lincoln and return home to Grimsby.
That night, Goldborough dreams about Havelock
becoming King and sees the light shining from his
mouth in slumber. The next day Grim confirms
Havelock’s birthright and Havelock returns to
Denmark to claim his throne. Havelock returns
in victory, and he and Goldborough become
King and Queen of Denmark and England. They
have fifteen children and reign happily together
for 60 years.
A copy of the 13th-century text of ‘The Lay of
Havelock the Dane’, a 3001-line rhyming poem
telling the legend, can be found in Grimsby
public library.
An extract from from"Humberside Photographic Memories".
Tourism seems to be taking over now. There is a stone marker on the weedy green, in the foreground. It is a reminder of a famous battle in 1066 when King Harold of England defeated Harald of Norway. It has always been overshadowed by a more famous battle that took place north of Hastings.
An extract from from"Humberside Photographic Memories".
A herd of Shorthorn cattle is driven down the main street of West Witton, which stands at the eastern entrance to Wensleydale. West Witton lies in the shadow of Pen Hill on the southern side of the dale. In the distance on the extreme right we can just see the 16th-century tower of the parish church of St Bartholomew.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".
The centrepiece of West Burton’s village green in Wensleydale is this stepped obelisk, dated 1802. In this photograph, a group of people all carrying walking sticks (perhaps they were ramblers?) take a rest on the steps, as the greystone cottages, now part of a Conservation Area, cluster around the greensward in the background.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".
Another market day, this time in Skipton, the ancient gateway town to the eastern Dales. Note the Dales farmers and their wives sitting lined up to the right of the statue, perhaps waiting for a bus. The pinnacled Perpendicular tower of the parish church of the Holy Trinity fills the background, with the war memorial on the right.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".