Parish History
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The Second Contribution is a set of pictures from R Goodrum - click here to view the 7 pictures. He also sent the picture of the football team - see below Lee's list below.
Text supplied by R Goodrum as key to his 7 pictures
Top Left From canal bridge towards West Haddlesey.
Top Right Rescuing hens.
Row 2 Left Rescuing hens. Could be Harold Brunyard?
Row 2 Right Near the canal I think. (Could be towards Burn
Row 3 Left From outside Haddlesey House towards The Gables. My mother, Rhoda Goodrum (nee Davison) is wheeling the bike.
Row 4 Right Near the Pool's farm looking towards Birkin Road.
Bottom The road outside Jim Pool's farm, West Haddlesey. Barbara Pool is the young woman sitting in the boat.
A first contribution is from Lee Jeffrey, who named some more of the people on Lee's photos
1. Potato Harvest Potato Harvest These 5 people are farming for potatoes in Haddlesey (L-R) Edie Poole - Mrs Atkinson - Joe Davison - Mr Killingbeck - Vince Davison. Joe and Vince Davison were Lee's mother-in-law's grandad and uncle.
2. Floods of 1946/7 - West Haddlesey - A floods a The house on the left is directly opposite the George & Dragon Pub. The house was to become the village post office in the 1950s. Lee's mother-in-law lived in this house through her childhood.
3. Floods of 1946/7 - B Floods B Looking down the road with the George & Dragon on our left. The farm at the end is Gable Farm
4. George & Dragon pub in the 1960s George & Dragon in 60s This is taken from the upstairs window of the Post Office. There was a shop in the George & Dragon, the recent opening is therefore a renewal.
The door & window on the gable end was the shop [Notice the "new" Eggborough power station in the background].
5. Chapel in Chapel Haddlesey Chapel Haddlesey Chapel Taken in 1966 - it is thought that this is the last wedding to take place at the chapel. as it later became a house and then it was the dressmaking studio for the present Cllr M Skirrow. In this picture the bride is Lee Jeffrey's mother in law.
6. Football Team 1947/48 Football Team Supplied by R Goodrum
Standing L to R: George Jackson, Sid Ing, Len Goodrum, W Smith, ? Hepworth, A Stocker, Les Goodrum, Arthur Bilham.
Kneeling L to R: Arthur Goodrum, K Bradley, Taffy Evans, J Bell, F Binks, H Darley.
Thanks to Lee for these pictures, for more on Hirst Courtney and Temple Hirst go to Hirst Courtney website