PERSONAL MEMORIES AND RECOLLECTIONS
Here you will find a collection of personal
recollections of Knottingley and Ferrybridge that have been
submitted to us since we first constructed this website back in May
2000. The publication of the Knottingley and Ferrybridge Digest
magazine from September 2003 until October 2007 aroused additional
interest and resulted in more people choosing to record
their memories of the town and send them to us for publication.
Have you come here looking for our new Pontefract Memories? - You need to be here Pontefract Memories
Also of interest:
Letters Pages from 2000-2007 Letters submitted to us between 2000 and 2007
Memories of Frank Webster Chambers
Memories Contents:
From Poland to Knottingley - Mrs Mary Crawford
The Patti Nicholls Story - Pat Wilson interviewed by Delna Evans
Quarries and Bikes - Steve Wood
Knottingley will always be 'Home' - Lynn King
Memories of a Knottla Lad - John Kidd
Memories of School Days - John Kidd
Selby Technical College 1962-1967 - John Kidd
Memoirs of Jack Aaron - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 2 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 3 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 4 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 5 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 6 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 7 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 8 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 9 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 10 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 11 - Jack Aaron
Memories of Ferrybridge - Jack Gosney
Growing Up in England Lane - Peter Bartle-Smith
Growing Up in England Lane - Ken Rhodes
Blacksmith's Shop, Knottingley - Renee Huby
A True 'Knottlerite' - Ernest Rathmell
The Legend of the Iron Man - Roger Ellis
In the Beginning - Of My Family, Friends and other Pets - Part One - Roger Ellis
In the Beginning - Of My Family, Friends and other Pets - Part Two - Roger Ellis
Sunday School Days Part One - Roger Ellis
Sunday School Days Part Two - Roger Ellis
School Days is Happy Daze Part One - Roger Ellis
School Days is Happy Daze Part Two - Roger Ellis
School Days is Happy Daze Part Three - Roger Ellis
Teachers of the 70s - Mike Edwards
My Knottingley - Mike Edwards
My Knottingley II - Mike Edwards
Africans and Communists - Mike Edwards
Stranger Things Can Happen at Sea - Mike Edwards
Knottingley Compatriots - Mike Edwards
Happy Days - Mike Edwards
Notes on the First World War- Cynthia Wake
Who Can Forget... - Flo Pawson
Memories of Wartime Service - Ernest Murgatroyd
Wanderings of a Lifetime - Thomas Fordham
Memories of Knottingley 1947-1957 - Ian Swift
William - A Constant Companion - Jean Norfolk
William - Part One - Jean Norfolk
William - Part Two - Jean Norfolk
William - Part Three - Jean Norfolk
Christmas at Cattle Laithe - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 1 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 2 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 3 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 4 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 5 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Holmes' Printers, Pontefract - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Frank Smithey - Interviewed by Maurice Haigh
The Bismarck Episode - Part One - Sam Wood
The Bismarck Episode - Part Two - Sam Wood
Ferrybridge The Way I Saw It - Mo Harrison
Past Memories - Roy Stone
The Patti Nicholls Story - Pat Wilson interviewed by Delna Evans
Quarries and Bikes - Steve Wood
Knottingley will always be 'Home' - Lynn King
Memories of a Knottla Lad - John Kidd
Memories of School Days - John Kidd
Selby Technical College 1962-1967 - John Kidd
Memoirs of Jack Aaron - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 2 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 3 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 4 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 5 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 6 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 7 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 8 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 9 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 10 - Jack Aaron
Memoirs of Jack Aaron Chapter 11 - Jack Aaron
Memories of Ferrybridge - Jack Gosney
Growing Up in England Lane - Peter Bartle-Smith
Growing Up in England Lane - Ken Rhodes
Blacksmith's Shop, Knottingley - Renee Huby
A True 'Knottlerite' - Ernest Rathmell
The Legend of the Iron Man - Roger Ellis
In the Beginning - Of My Family, Friends and other Pets - Part One - Roger Ellis
In the Beginning - Of My Family, Friends and other Pets - Part Two - Roger Ellis
Sunday School Days Part One - Roger Ellis
Sunday School Days Part Two - Roger Ellis
School Days is Happy Daze Part One - Roger Ellis
School Days is Happy Daze Part Two - Roger Ellis
School Days is Happy Daze Part Three - Roger Ellis
Teachers of the 70s - Mike Edwards
My Knottingley - Mike Edwards
My Knottingley II - Mike Edwards
Africans and Communists - Mike Edwards
Stranger Things Can Happen at Sea - Mike Edwards
Knottingley Compatriots - Mike Edwards
Happy Days - Mike Edwards
Notes on the First World War- Cynthia Wake
Who Can Forget... - Flo Pawson
Memories of Wartime Service - Ernest Murgatroyd
Wanderings of a Lifetime - Thomas Fordham
Memories of Knottingley 1947-1957 - Ian Swift
William - A Constant Companion - Jean Norfolk
William - Part One - Jean Norfolk
William - Part Two - Jean Norfolk
William - Part Three - Jean Norfolk
Christmas at Cattle Laithe - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 1 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 2 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 3 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 4 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Cattle Laithe Pt. 5 - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Holmes' Printers, Pontefract - Jean Norfolk
Memories of Frank Smithey - Interviewed by Maurice Haigh
The Bismarck Episode - Part One - Sam Wood
The Bismarck Episode - Part Two - Sam Wood
Ferrybridge The Way I Saw It - Mo Harrison
Past Memories - Roy Stone
Thankyou Mr. Sinatra - Mrs L. Neal
Food For Thought - Sarah Henshaw
Willow Garth - Memories & Recent History - Kenneth Burden
A Knottingley Son - Herbert 'Wire' Hughes interviewed by Maurice Haigh
All in a Days Work - Glassmaking - Fred Taylor
'C for Charlie' - 51 Squadron, Snaith - Joyce Crabtree
Wartime Memories of John Louth
Memories of Knottingley - Maurice Haigh
More Memories of Knottingley - Maurice Haigh
Final Thoughts - Maurice Haigh
Conclusions - Maurice Haigh
Knottingley at War - Maurice Haigh
Recollections of the Palace Cinema - Robert Marsden Wood
Growing up in 1970s Knottingley - Nigel Huby
Letter From The Front - Andrew Bell
Of Bowmen - Andrew Bell
Echoes of the Past - Myth or History - Andrew G. Bell
Memories - 'Reach Your Potential' - Andrew G. Bell
A Knottingley Titanic Connection - Eric Houlder
Memories of Brotherton Part One - Robert Milner
Memories of Brotherton Part Two - Robert Milner
My Memories as an Evacuee to Knottingley - Michael Burgis
Memories of Ropewalk School 1938-42 - Joyce Bell
'Hello Dolly' - Joyce Bell
Aire Street - Joyce Bell
From Knottingley to Great Parndon - Don Aaron
Memories of My Native Yorkshire - Frank Lodge
Real Character and Community Spirit - Rev. Sam Doubtfire
Childhood Memories - William Mowbray
My Memories - L. Wayman
From Tug to Tug - The Reminiscences of a Water Baby - Nellie Gale
When War Was Declared - Ron Byram
Happy Memories of Ferrybridge Library Centre - Paul Hansom
Memories of my Father James Wright - Linda Rutter
Wartime Memories of Ferrybridge - Shirley Bedford
Memories of The Picture Palace - Maud Hall
Memories of Quarry Avenue - Mrs A. D. Groves
The Soldier and The Sergeant - Bill Hawksford
Memories of the Salem Congregational Church - Dorothy Posnett
Childhood Memories of Knottingley - Louie Hayes
Back To My Roots - Pat Reece
Memories of an Outsider - Barry Chapman
Part of My Youth - Molly Aaron (nee Rhodes)
The 1950's Boys from The Square - David Box
Memory - And Very Firm Hand - Mrs D. Lightowler
Memories - Pat Towell
Memories - H. Dawson
Memories of Knottingley - Garth Blackburn
Childhood Memories of Knottingley - Sue Gilson
My Childhood - George Barker
My Memories - Gertrude Howarth
My Childhood - Kath Spence
Childhood - Susan Aaron
Nostalgia - Thomas Hanson
My Recollections of Knottingley - Paul Dean
My Memories of Knottingley - Michael Norfolk
More Memories of Knottingley - Michael Norfolk
Memories of Knottingley - Dave Malcolm
Food For Thought - Sarah Henshaw
Willow Garth - Memories & Recent History - Kenneth Burden
A Knottingley Son - Herbert 'Wire' Hughes interviewed by Maurice Haigh
All in a Days Work - Glassmaking - Fred Taylor
'C for Charlie' - 51 Squadron, Snaith - Joyce Crabtree
Wartime Memories of John Louth
Memories of Knottingley - Maurice Haigh
More Memories of Knottingley - Maurice Haigh
Final Thoughts - Maurice Haigh
Conclusions - Maurice Haigh
Knottingley at War - Maurice Haigh
Recollections of the Palace Cinema - Robert Marsden Wood
Growing up in 1970s Knottingley - Nigel Huby
Letter From The Front - Andrew Bell
Of Bowmen - Andrew Bell
Echoes of the Past - Myth or History - Andrew G. Bell
Memories - 'Reach Your Potential' - Andrew G. Bell
A Knottingley Titanic Connection - Eric Houlder
Memories of Brotherton Part One - Robert Milner
Memories of Brotherton Part Two - Robert Milner
My Memories as an Evacuee to Knottingley - Michael Burgis
Memories of Ropewalk School 1938-42 - Joyce Bell
'Hello Dolly' - Joyce Bell
Aire Street - Joyce Bell
From Knottingley to Great Parndon - Don Aaron
Memories of My Native Yorkshire - Frank Lodge
Real Character and Community Spirit - Rev. Sam Doubtfire
Childhood Memories - William Mowbray
My Memories - L. Wayman
From Tug to Tug - The Reminiscences of a Water Baby - Nellie Gale
When War Was Declared - Ron Byram
Happy Memories of Ferrybridge Library Centre - Paul Hansom
Memories of my Father James Wright - Linda Rutter
Wartime Memories of Ferrybridge - Shirley Bedford
Memories of The Picture Palace - Maud Hall
Memories of Quarry Avenue - Mrs A. D. Groves
The Soldier and The Sergeant - Bill Hawksford
Memories of the Salem Congregational Church - Dorothy Posnett
Childhood Memories of Knottingley - Louie Hayes
Back To My Roots - Pat Reece
Memories of an Outsider - Barry Chapman
Part of My Youth - Molly Aaron (nee Rhodes)
The 1950's Boys from The Square - David Box
Memory - And Very Firm Hand - Mrs D. Lightowler
Memories - Pat Towell
Memories - H. Dawson
Memories of Knottingley - Garth Blackburn
Childhood Memories of Knottingley - Sue Gilson
My Childhood - George Barker
My Memories - Gertrude Howarth
My Childhood - Kath Spence
Childhood - Susan Aaron
Nostalgia - Thomas Hanson
My Recollections of Knottingley - Paul Dean
My Memories of Knottingley - Michael Norfolk
More Memories of Knottingley - Michael Norfolk
Memories of Knottingley - Dave Malcolm