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Wetherby Road
The shop just visible on the left is Tate's, a general store and before that
Miss Brown's sweetshop. Just around the corner on the opposite side of Back
Street, Mr and Mrs Bowman kept a fruit and vegetable shop.
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Front Street in the 1960's
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The Great North Road
On the left is the Village School. Further down can be seen the original
garage building which was erected after the First World War. Before this Mr
Sanderson sold petrol in cans which were stored in a brick shed on the same
site. In those days petrol was only sold in cans as there were no petrol
pumps. Mr Sanderson used to carry cans of petrol in a cart up to Bramham
Cross Roads in the 1920's to sell to those taking part in the RAC Rally, as
they had gathered up too much speed to stop in the village. Inside this
building Mr Sanderson repaired and built bicycles and radios and sold
batteries. The present garage building placed further back was erected in
1954. On the right of the picture is a house whose front room was used as a
doctor's surgery until after the Second World War. The shop in the
photograph was a tailor's which specialised in riding garments and
countrymen's clothes.
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Jubilee Works
Originally these premises were used by Mr Hudson, a corn dealer, and then by
Ross Wood, a farmer, to grind cattle food and store implements for Laurel
Grove Farm and Prospect Farm. In 1936 Batty's named it Jubilee Works and
manufactured purpose‑made joinery there. During the Second World War Higgs
and Hill, a Leeds building firm, subcontracted Batty's to make doors for
the Barracks in Gibraltar. When Mr Batty retired he sold the lease to Higg's
and Hill who used the premises to store plant and service their machinery.
They later moved out,
and it was
bought for housing.
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The Barn on Front
Street.
Taken before it was converted into houses. It is said that this is one of
the oldest buildings in Bramham. The slope down to the beck is one of two
cattle watering places in the village. The other, half‑way down Low Way, is
now enclosed.
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