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 - Mark Cudine -
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What a great site. Love the old buildings and what a shame most have
been knocked down. Modern Morley is not a patch on the old photos.
Progress is not always better. |
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 - Eric G Howgate -
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I have just come across this website and it has brought back many
memories for me living in Morley in the late 1940s, then moving to
Gildersome. What took my interest was H Cartlidges farm at
Topcliffe. It was there that my uncle Dick Richard Gash worked and
also at the Grange Farm Churwell. H Cartlidge had 2 sons, Alec and
Douglas Cartlidge, who took over the running of the farms. This is
just one of my memories of Morley. |
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 - Liz McGowan -
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My Mum's side of the family are long-standing Morley residents.
My Grandma and Grandad were Sam and Lillian Jarvis who owned Tingley
Bar Fisheries in the 50's and 60's. As a small girl I
remember 'helping' in the shop! My Dad, David Cave, was a
milkman in Morley from the 70's. I used to collect milk money
every Friday and met some lovely, friendly people. |
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 - Lorna Davis -
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I also remember Butterworth & Pilkington stationers in Fountain
Street. I was born in 1935 & lived in Rooms Lane and went to St
Peter's. Churwell & Peel Street schools. My dad, Baden Tipling,
was a local Gas meter inspector. Does anyone remember a Co-op Pageant
performed in the Town Hall in the 1940s? |
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 - Carole Adam -
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Can anyone out there remember a bread shop on Middleton Road, Morley
called "Spivey's"? In the late 1950's I used to be
sent to Spivey's on a Saturday morning to collect two small
Hovis loaves that had been ordered by my Aunt who lived in Jubilee
Terrace.
Also can anyone remember the stationer's Butterworth & Pilkington
in Fountain Street? I remember being in that shop in the 1950's
and it seemed to me like Aladdin's cave.
Carole Adam( formerly Bates) |
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 - Carole Adam -
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My mother, Lily Bates (1925-2005) worked in the Co-op Cafe, on Albion
Street, Morley in the early 1960's. She also worked serving
refreshments in the Coop Bingo Hall situated on the first floor of
buildings opposite on Albion Street. |
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 - William Ainley -
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Reply to Julie Maxfield
I Iived at no.9 Oldroyd Buildings in the mid 1940's. A row of old
one up and one down back to back terrace houses off Albert Road. The
bottom two houses were newer and it could have been a shop previously,
but not when I lived there. |
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 - mary palmer -
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Thank you for your lovely informative website and photos. My
Mum's family all lived in "Churrill" off Hartley St,
they were called Lockwood/Shackleton and also related to the Nunn
family. My grandad's uncle Tom Lockwood, along with wife Lillian,
were landlords of the orig Old Golden Fleece (t'middle oil) and
my great aunt Florence Annie Shackleton (of Grange Tce) used to wait
on there on Sat nights. All the ladies of the family worked as
woollen weavers at Scarth's Mill (Laneside Mills). |
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 - Kerry Price -
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I wish all places were so keen on their local history. This site has
an overwhelming amount of information. I did not have to look anywhere
else for my research on Morley. Great stuff, keep it up! |
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 - tom -
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I came across your site after a quick search for info on the early
rhubarb trade. Keep up the work on the archive. Thanks for all your
work. Sites like this are important resources and a joy to stumble
across as well as being much appreciated locally. |
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 - Susan Wintrop -
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Call off the hounds! The mystery "grand daughter" has been
identified. The Stead reputation is still intact thanks to excellent
geneological sleuthing. |
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 - Judy Brown -
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- Full address: Camberwell South Victoria Australia
- Subject: Churwell Cooperative Society
I saw your request about Morley Coops and it tied into my research for
a William Hall b1850 who was listed on the 1911 census as employed as
Treasurer of the Churwell Cooperative Society. My grandfather was
living with the family after his parents died in 1906 (they were
cousins) |
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 - Robert Walker -
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- Full address: batley con club branch rd batley
- Postcode: wf17 5sb
- Subject: The Brunswick Morley
Having read an article regarding the Brunswick, let me fill in the
blank space from Hilary leaving in June 1999. That was the day me and
my wife took over on a 5 year tenancy from White Rose Inns. In 2003
Punch Taverns bought them out. After the 5 years, in June 2004, we
left and the pub closed down shortly afterwards. Any more info please
contact myself. |
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 - Martin B Corns -
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27/03/12,
I was born in Morley Hall July 1944, within a few minutes of one of
your photograph subjects (Albert Slingsby). I left Morley with my
family in 1957. My grandparents Fred and Elsie Brearey remained in
Morley until their deaths 1970 & 1981 respectively. I have visited
Morley very rarely since their deaths, I now think a visit well
overdue. Congratulations on your web site.
Regards Martin B Corns. |
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 - Brian Barker -
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- Subject: Land Army questions
My mother, Winifred Barker (nee Kemp) was born in Morley and worked as
a land girl at Howley Hall Farm during the war. |
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 - Stewart Scott -
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I was born in Churwell 1950, went to Churwell School and Morley
Grammar School. We had the butchers shop in Churwell and went to Back
Green Chapel. I remember Chris Hidle. |
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 - Ronnie Eyre -
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I'm a Morley boy and very proud of it. I left with my parents
when I was 11, but I come back often to watch Leeds and to see family.
I'm now 52 and I will never forget my roots. Morley is in my
heart for ever. Take care Morley folk. |
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 - Susan Wintrop -
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Apparently my grandfather Laurence Stead, (originally from Morley and
the Printing Works then sent to Canada, in early 1900's) had a
granddaughter who visited London in the early 1960's. We always
thought I was the only granddaughter!!! This person would be in her
70's now and maybe my half sister or a cousin! I know it's a
longshot but as an only child, this quest may have wonderful
consequences. Thank you for any memories or leads.
Susan |
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 - Brian Asquith -
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One of two famous neighbours was miner Nat Thewlis the weight lifter,
a tiny but very strong man. In summer behind the British Legion he
showed we young boys his medals and how to lift weights safely. He
didn't make the 1936 Olympics but was very prominent in the
sport. His wife was huge and he was so small. The other neighbour was
miner Albert Woollin, who became Mayor of Morley. His wife baked
lovely bread which she very generously gave to neighbours, I remember
her flat cake with affection. |
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 - Brian Asquith -
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My grandfather Harry Asquith worked at Topcliffe mine, he was injured
and then worked as a screener. In the Red Wood near our shop Thirlmere
Stores was an old mineshaft where we young boys lobbed stones over the
parapet to hear them thundering down the shaft. The larger the stone
the noisier it became. The reservoir was built about the time the Red
Mine shaft was sunk and restricted mining activity, so it was never
used and the owners applied unsuccessfully to the House of Lords for
recompense. |
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 - MargaretDavison -
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Great site, especially for Morley folk living in foreign
lands ie outside Yorkshire! |
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 - Kristy Rabbitt -
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A huge thank you to Clive for giving a series of wonderful talks
yesterday to our energetic (!) year 7s (11-12 year olds) about the
history of Morley High School with some wonderful photos. I'm
told that there was a lot of enthusiastic chatter afterwards! Many
thanks, Kristy (Morley High Librarian) |
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 - Clive McManus -
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I've just had a brief sojourn through the site and it looks
really nice. Congratulations. |
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