Whitley Beaumont- Kirkheaton’s lost stately home
Whitley Beaumont – Kirkheaton’s lost stately home Photo by Smith Carter circa 1910 Courtesy Kirklees image archive k003270 The origins of the fine house which became Whitley Beaumont date back to the time between 1206 and 1211. It was during this time that William de...
Kirkheaton Jossey Club
The photo above is an enhanced version of the one below donated by the late Jeffrey Hey with names of members shown where known. He believed this was taken in an upstairs room at the Junction Inn on Town road (now named “The Cask”) about 1930. We...
Vic Hey-famous Rugby League player with Kirkheaton Roots
Recently, I came across a postcard (above) in our late fathers’ (Jeffrey Hey) photo album which was confusing, as it was connected to a chap called Joe Hey, who resided in Australia at the turn of the 20th century. We have no relative by that name in our family tree,...
The Kirkheaton caravan built from a wartime glider
With the end of the Second World War the British government found itself with a surplus of military equipment. Whilst much of it was scrapped some was sold off and repurposed, for example, Royal Navy patrol boats were converted into pleasure craft, Royal Air Force...
Kirkheaton Flood 1935
Kirkheaton Roundabout 2024 Picture by Author A violent storm swept through the West Riding on Easter Tuesday 1935 with a lightning fatality in Halifax. Floods followed the storm at Mirfield, Dewsbury and Wakefield. Locally a cloudburst at the top of...Page 1 of 7