yorkshire

Hornsea

04/06/201208/04/2015 By shendy1 Comment

Whenever we stayed with my father's parents in Yorkshire, we went to the beach at Hornsea. I don't remember it ever being particularly warm - let's face it, the North Sea isn't known for it's tropical temperatures. And I'm so pleased to find this This is one of the machines they use for making rock - I remember being fascinated by the way it span!...

Humber Bridge

04/06/201208/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

As I think I've mentioned before, I've never seen the Humber Bridge complete. This is what the pylons looked like in 1974....

Summer 1973

08/01/201212/04/2020 By shendy2 Comments

Pics from our summer holiday in 1973 - a trip up north, which will have been to stay with my father's parents near Hull. We went a bit further north, as well. The Transporter Bridge in Middlesborough - to be honest, until I saw this I never knew I'd been there. A couple for any Dr Who fans out there - an exhibition in Stockton-on-Tees. Not sure whether they supplied a sofa to hide behind. One of me and the Brother with our father - no idea where we are! A great piece of 1970s fashion sir! Skidby Mill near hull - I remember going there several times - pretty sure it was a functioning mill. Ah yes, a quick google and here it is. These last two show a fairly uninspiring set of workings and a bloody great hole in the ground. This building site became the Humber Bridge - there are some more pics to come from 1974, but I've never seen the bridge...

26/12/201012/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

A couple of colour shots of Yorkshire from summer 1965. Lower Falls, Asygarth The Shambles, York Rievaulx Abbey - this is actually from 1971, as the chronological order of the slides leave something to be desired at times....

Landing the Catch, Whitby

31/12/200912/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

This was taken in July 1957, but something about the way they look makes it look way older than that....

Hill Crest, Cottingham

31/12/200912/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

My father at home in Cottingham in July 1957. I see he's looking at "The Family Of Man" - a hugely important photography exhibition, first shown at MOMA in New York in 1955 - see the Wikipedia entry....

Garden Fete, De La Pole Hospital, Cottingham. 25/08/1956

04/10/200912/04/2020 By shendy1 Comment

These are from the summer fete at De La Pole Hospital in Cottingham (near Hull), where my grandfather worked.Here we have Mr Hudson judging the lovely ankles competition.And this is the view from the other side of the screen!...

Hutton-le-Hole

04/09/200912/04/2020 By shendy3 Comments

From Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire - August 1955, but looks almost timeless....

Scarborough, 1955

04/09/200912/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

Scarborough harbour from the early part of 1955....

"Malham, 1950"

01/09/200912/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

From a trip to Malham in the Yorkshire Dales in 1950, quite possibly Youth Hostelling.Not really sure where this waterfall is, as a quick Google search for waterfalls in Malham doesn't come back with anything looking much like this. It would seem that Malham is close to Gordale Scar (it's not an area I know at all), but there is a different photo that looks like the waterfall there. Any ideas anyone?...