YORKSHIRE MEMORIES
Write to: Yorkshire Memories, 21 Bassett Close,
Selby, YO8 9XG
Today, more than at any previous time, writing and publishing your childhood
memories is easier than ever to accomplish. More and more people are
using the latest technology to help them compile their own memories and to
publish them either online or in more traditional form.
Since
May 2000, I have been urging local people to compile their memories of the town of Knottingley
in West Yorkshire and in March 2005 I began including memories of the
Yorkshire town of Pontefract
to what has now become a substantial online collection of personal
recollections.
The following personal recollections are featured here on the Images of
Yorkshire website.
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LIFE IN THE BRITISH ARMY - Bill Hawksford
Bill Hawksford recalls his experiences of his
days in the armed forces between 1947 and 1949, many of them in and
around Yorkshire. A comprehensive collection of 23 chapters. |
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CHILDHOOD - by Susan Aaron
Susan Aaron was born in Knottingley, West Yorkshire and this wonderful
account of her childhood is sure to delight everyone. |
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MEMORIES OF LEEDS - by Lilian Dailey
A series of accounts relating the memories of Lilian Dailey around Leeds. |
The
following personal memories are
featured on the Knottingley and Pontefract
websites.
PONTEFRACT
Recollections
of Pontefract - Ken Briggs
Memories of Pontefract Girls High School 1950s - Christine Rhodes
Memories of Pontefract Workhouse - Audrey Milner
Tribute to Gillian Lesley Askew - Jean Norfolk
Kathleen Haigh Remembered - Margaret Penny
Growing up in Star Yard, Pontefract - Doreen Gibson
KNOTTINGLEY
Letter
From The Front - Andrew Bell
Sunday School Days Part One - Roger Ellis
Who
Can Forget... - Flo Pawson
Memoirs
of Jack Aaron - Jack Aaron
Memories
of Wartime Service - Ernest Murgatroyd
Wanderings of a Lifetime - Thomas Fordham
I urge you to submit
your own personal memories from your own particular area of Yorkshire for publication in
this section of the Images of Yorkshire web site. If you have an interesting story to
share, I would like to hear from you. You can contact me by e-mail
or by post at the address listed at the top of this page.
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