David Kidd

Exley Head Village History (eBook, ePUB)

Part 1. Oakworth Road

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What was it like, living in a tiny hillside village in your great-grandparents' day? Perhaps your ancestors lived here, above busy Keighley town? This fascinating guidebook, in four parts, recreates the flavour of life in a hamlet overlooking Worth Valley in West Yorkshire. Part One includes the families Barker, Bolton, Brogden, Clapham, Feather, Jowett. Laycock, Lister, Midgley, Pickard, Steel, Whitfield and a dozen more.

We praise those who converted the common land of Branshaw Moor into good farmland by pure manual labour. They created soil of lasting value yet were themselves never far from poverty and the Workhouse. Indeed, in 1834 the speech of the visiting Commissioner of the Poor Law Amendment Act so infuriated the populace that he had to flee, clothing torn, amidst shouts and hisses.

But we also value their social get-togethers, their joys, relationships and farewells. In our big group photo, celebrating the Coronation in 1953, one hundred and twenty of us have been identified. Is that your great-grandma with her playmates? Did she tell you they dared each other to paddle through a little tunnel under Oakworth Road? This book is unique in that it proudly records every ancestral family through generations, with dates in searchable lists, along with pictures of the houses where they lived. But also all records their life experience: the cricket pitch up Occupation Lane, their Grammar School three centuries before Oakbank School.

To re-create the unique taste of life in this old village, join our tour of historical landmarks guided by photos maps and documents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Goldenaer
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780990703105
• Artikelnr.: 53352666

Autorenporträt

The author, David Kidd, was born in Exley Head and spent his childhood at 130 Wheathead Lane, Holden Street near Hoyle Fold, but when he was a teenager his father, Fred Kidd, moved house to other places to be nearer his jobs, however they all came back to Exley Head every weekend to see and hear what was going on from the many relatives. Moving away was a loss to them, but thinking about it later they realized it gave them a clearer memory of what it used to be like before modernization swept over the village. When Fred retired he moved back to nearby here and worked on recording this history however he died in 2000 with it unfinished. This book is the completion of the late Dr. Fred Kidd's aim. His son David earned a degree in Graphic Design and has been practising book design and illustration for 35 years. He describes his work as simple, professional and elegant; and strives to maintain clear communication of the concepts and deliver a creative solution. Kidd worked for thirty years producing books for these educational publishers: Blackie & Son of Glasgow W & R Chambers of Edinburgh Oxford University Press University of California Department of Agriculture Addison Wesley Kidd drew diagrams and illustration for these subjects University level: agriculture, biology, science of music Popular books: perspective drawing for cartoonists School level: mathematics, computer literacy Professional journals, antiquarian books dealers; medical doctors and nurses.