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YORKSHIRE MEMORIES
Write to: Yorkshire Memories, 21 Bassett Close, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 9XG

Today, more than at any previous time, writing and publishing your childhood memories has never been easier 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 compiling people's 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.

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.

Childhood - by Susan Aaron
Susan Aaron was born in Knottingley, West Yorkshire and this wonderful account of her childhood is sure to delight everyone.

Memories of Leeds - by Lilian Dailey
A series of accounts relating the memories of Lilian Dailey around Leeds.

The following recent additions to my collection of personal memories are featured on the Knottingley and Pontefract websites and have also been published in the monthly Digest Magazines.

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 would urge you to submit your own personal memories from your part of Yorkshire for display 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 above address.

 

 
 

 


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