2. The 1940s were dominated by
the Second World War. Whilst
many family members were
away fighting in foreign parts the
war really came home to our
area on the 22 November 1940.
This was when a German bomber
dropped a single 220lb bomb
which devasted 537 houses in
the Hanson Lane and Crossley
Terrace area in the heart of the
most densely populated part of
Halifax.
A total of 11 people were killed
and a further 10 needed hospital
treatment.
6. Rationing started
8 January 1940
Rationing is something
that everyone who lived
through that era will
remember. Mothers in
particular as it was they
who had to try and
provide meals for a
growing family.
When did food rationing stop?
Fourteen years of food rationing in Britain ended at
midnight on 4 July 1954, when restrictions on the sale and
purchase of meat and bacon were lifted. This happened
nine years after the end of the war
8. Dig for Victory was
something that many families
did during the war. If this was
not in their own garden many
people took the opportunity
of starting an allotment.
Many parks were turned over
for use as allotments.
Even during the 1960s at my
secondary school we had
weekly gardening lessons did
you?
9. Gardening lessons at school. This was something
that was taught at secondary modern schools
10. A march past led by the Navy stretches down The
Headrow as far as the eye can see, for Ark Royal week
15. At the end of the war General Alfred Jodl signed the
instruments of unconditional surrender on 7 May 1945
in Reims as the representative of Admiral Karl Doenitz
30. Who can remember these ?
With their frozen pipes and
the big key kept on a length
of string usually with a large
bobbin attached to it . This
made it easier to find just in
case you dropped it in the
deep snow if having to
made that emergency visit
during the night.
31. Ladies can you
remember the
first washer you
had ?
OR the first
modern
domestic
appliance ?
32. 1952 saw the launch of a
new kind of vacuum
cleaner, the
'Constellation', which
floated like a hovercraft.
Hoover designed it so you
could place the vacuum
cleaner in the centre of
the room and then work
around it
1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Hoover Junior
41. No health and safety rules about conkers back in
the 50s
42. For most boys football was played in the streets
with a couple of pullovers used as goal posts and
then all trying to be the new Stanley Matthews.
43. Unlike today where girls do play football very
successfully. Back in the 1950s they stuck to games
like skipping. Once again most of these games were
played in the streets
46. Leeds children from the
1950s playing on a swing
with the all too familiar
mill chimney in the back
ground bellowing out
black smoke.
47. Family viewing in the 1950s – commercial TV
arrived 22 September 1955
48. Muffin the Mule with
Annette Mills
The television
started to pull
children away from
the street games to
watching to what
many called ‘The
Goggle Box’
Bill and Ben the Flowerpot
Men with Little Weed
49. Television programmes we grew up with
With 432 30 minute episodes it ran from
9 July 1955 – 1 May 1976
50. Ran from 1957 to 1967 Ran from 1955 to 1967
Ran from 1955 to 1961 Originally ran from 1955 to 1959
53. CINEMA NAMES
Essoldo – what does this mean
Esther, SOLomon and his daughter, Dorothy Sheckman
Odeon – what does this mean?
Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation
Why did the old time cinemas tend to have short
names :
1. Rex 2. Roxy 3. Royal, 4. Gem, 5. Regent, 6. Grand
7. Ritz and the 8. Rio etc...
Short names - the illuminated sign outside was cheaper
54. The Saturday morning visit
to the pictures to see the
next episode of Flash
Gordon – will he survive or
not? – to have your ABC
Minors membership badge
was a must back in the
1950s
64. Your spiritual needs as well as your social
needs were taken care of at the Church and
Chapel as seen here in 1949
65. This local Chapel was
thriving but with changing
times and with a
dwindling congregations
this like many other
chapels was demolished.
Sunday School was the
second home for most
local children at Lane
Head. During the 1950s
many other activities
took place at the chapel.
66. Easter events,
concerts and
Christmas
pantomimes were
events that all the
Sunday School
children looked
forward to each
year.
67. All the Sunday School children pose for this 1953
chapel photograph – did you have as coat like these
children are wearing ?
69. Can you remember your first motor car or the first
time you were taken in one?
70. We can all remember the age of steam – the diesel
train was beginning to replace the age of the steam
engine by the end of the 50s
71. D Day – Diesel Day 2 November 1959
The first diesel trains to rumble in to Halifax,
Greetland, Elland and Brighouse stations was on
this day the beginning of a new era.
72. This collection of images date back to 60
years ago which for some of us is a life
time. But for some of you those days will
seem only like yesterday.
I hope these few images have brought
you back some happy memories from
your childhood days.
Hold on to those memories for as long as
you can they are very precious.
The 1940s were dominated by the Second World War. Whilst many family members were away fighting in foreign parts the war really came home to our area on the 22 November 1940.
This was when a German bomber dropped a single 220lb bomb which devasted 537 houses in the Hanson Lane and Crossley Terrace area in the heart of the most densely populated part of Halifax.
A total of 11 people were killed and a further 10 needed hospital treatment.
Rationing started 8 January 1940
Rationing is something that everyone who lived through that era will remember. Mothers in particular as it was they who had to try and provide meals for a growing family.
When did food rationing stop?
Fourteen years of food rationing in Britain ended at midnight on 4 July 1954, when restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat and bacon were lifted. This happened nine years after the end of the war
Gardening lessons at school. This was something that was taught at secondary modern schools
Wartime parade in Thornton Square Brighouse
How many of you can remember wearing a gas mask?
How many of you can remember the Anderson Shelters ?
The War Is Finally Over
At the end of the war General Alfred Jodl signed the instruments of unconditional surrender on 7 May 1945 in Reims as the representative of Admiral Karl Doenitz
VE Day in Halifax – May 8th 1945
The crowd at the Halifax Town Hall listening to the Declaration
Then of course there was the more local celebrations – here at Larkhill Terrace which is now part of the car park outside Brighouse Parish Church
Now the war was over the world as we knew it was about to change
Some of the ladies at GEC Bailiffe Bridge who did war work –
Would these changes in the work place continue ?
Women in work
Did your mother have a job ?
Many ladies actively looked for work after the war life at home for many families was gradually changing
Housing in the 1940s and early 1950s
Little Woodhouse, Rastrick put on demolition order 1956
Stoney Place, Rastrick put on demolition order 1956
Inside a 1940s early 50s kitchen
The 1950s kitchen cupboard
Bath time for some children in the 1950s
Bath time for some more children in the 1950s
The old tin bath is back in fashion
Who can remember these ?
With their frozen pipes and the big key kept on a length of string usually with a large bobbin attached to it . This made it easier to find just in case you dropped it in the deep snow if having to made that emergency visit during the night
Ladies can you remember the first washer you had ?
OR the first modern domestic appliance ?
1952 saw the launch of a new kind of vacuum cleaner, the 'Constellation', which floated like a hovercraft. Hoover designed it so you could place the vacuum cleaner in the centre of the room and then work around it
1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Hoover Junior
Can you remember the prefabs ?
Chapel Croft Rastrick
A major housing development in
Field Lane Rastrick
Another very large housing development at Stoney Lane Lightcliffe between 1949 - 1953
You could even go and look at a model of the new houses that were being built
Within no time at all the open green fields had all gone and the building work started.
New housing estates saw the building of new schools - Cliffe Hill School Lightcliffe
Looking back at the street games of the 1950s
No health and safety rules about conkers back in the 50s
For most boys football was played in the streets with a couple of pullovers used as goal posts and then all trying be the new Stanley Matthews
Unlike today where girls do play football very successfully back in the 1950s they stuck to games like skipping. Once again most of these games were played in the streets
...or even hop scotch and hoopla
The television started to pull children away from the street games to watching to what many called ‘The Goggle Box’
Muffin the Mule with Annette Mills
Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men with Little Weed