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Brough Aircraft
Factory Visit
Mr Robert Blackburn Of Bowcliffe Hall owned this factory and a visit was
arranged for the Bramham Derby and Joan Club in the 1950's. Mesdames
Eastwood Tindall Wright Peacock Levitt, Smith, Clayton Almond, Alcock,
Harrison, Mr 'and Mrs Ware .Mr and Mrs Bullard, Mr and Mrs Dalton, Mr
Winterburn and .Mr Scott.
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Old Folks' Shelter
Lady Bingley (seated) performed the opening ceremony on 17 April 1900.
It was built by men of the village. Visible on the picture from left to
right are The Hon Mrs Lane Fox, Mrs ,Jones, Mrs Clayton, Col Lane Fox and Mr
Webster. It is owned and maintained by the Parish Council and is used now
for Parish Council Meetings and by the Senior Citizens as a meeting place.
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Aerial View of The Village , Early 1950's
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Aerial View of The Village
Showing the work on the first by-pass of the village in the early
1960's.
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Aerial View of The Village, Early 1950's
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Cows in Ledger's Field
The field is now part of the A1, but used to be where the children of
the village did their sledging.
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A Cottage on
Almshouse Hill in 1955 and 1965
Many of the cottages in Bramham have been converted and modernised over the
years, as these clippings from newspapers show. The photograph above
appeared in The Express on 14 October 1955, and the one opposite illustrated
an article by Ronald Wilkinson in an unidentified newspaper, probably in
1965.
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Cottage on Town
Hill.
This Cottage wax
built in 1701 and the photograph wars taken about 1955. before modernization
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Town Hill and The
Crag
This view‑ from Bramham Parish Church tower shows the houses on The Crag and
Town Hill, now demolished. The stone archway on The Crag can he seen
adjoining the former coaching inn. This photograph was taken in the
mid‑1950’s.
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