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Midget Submarine and why I have not published
Keith Dickinson
This 4 man mini submarine named the “SPRAT” sailed up the river Aire to Leeds between 1950 and 1960. FINALLY RESOLVED IN 2020 – UPDATED 2025 The subject of a…
Allerton Bywater War Memorial Names
Allerton Bywater War Memorial DEDICATEDTO THEHEROIC MENFROM THE PARISHOFALLERTONBYWATERWHO FELL IN THEGREAT WAR1914 – 1919 RESURGAM ERECTED BYPARISHONERS1920 ALSO IN MEMORY OF WORKINGMEN AT ALLERTON BYWATERCOLLIERIES WHO WERE RESIDING OUTSIDE…
ALLERTON BYWATER COLLIERY’S ROLL OF HONOUR
Allerton Bywater Colliery’s Roll of Honour, a commemorative plaque that lists the names of one hundred and ten employees of the colliery who lost their lives in the First World…
Bowers Allerton War Memorial
War Memorials in the Wakefield area. Bowers Allerton War Memorial BOWERS ALLERTONGREAT PRESTONANDHOLLINGHURSTDISTRICTSWAR MEMORIAL TO THEGLORY OF GODIN LOVING MEMORYOF THOSE WHO GAVETHEIR LIVESIN THE GREAT WAR1914 – 1918FROM THESE…
Allerton Bywater War Memorial
Allerton Bywater War Memorial Junction of Station Road and Main Street The monument was Erected in 1920 in memory of the men who fell in the 1914-18 war. It is…
Sammy
The Bland and Davison Bland Families: A Comprehensive History of Kippax Park
Mick
Introduction Kippax Park, located in Yorkshire, stands as a testament to the rise, fall, and transformation of one of England’s notable landed families—the Blands and later the Davison Blands. For…
Cath Schofield Interview – June 12th 2025
Interview taken place on the 12th June 2025 at Bowers Mission Hall.
David Schofield Interview
Interview taken place on the 14th May 2025 at Bowers Mission Hall. David is interviewed by Sammy and talks about his life and his hopes for the future.
GREAT PRESTON HALL and WORKHOUSE.
From the original article by Keith Wallace The Lowther family of Swillington, Great and Little Preston descended from the Lowther’s of Lowther in Westmoreland. Sir John Lowther had three sons,…