The Yorkshire Air ambulance, seen here at Higher Blackshaw Farm, about to take Derek's cousin, Ian coates, to Leeds hospital after he had fallen through the roof of his barn. The BBC "Helicopter Heroes" team were on board and filmed the event which…
In December 1984 a train of petrol tankers derailed in the tunnel resulting in a fierce fire with flames rising out of the shafts visible for miles around high over the hillsides and the fire continued burning for several days. Remarkably there was…
Originally Maude's, later Walkleys. Before the railway line was built the track across the field to the right hand side of this picture was the road to the hamlet of Stubb. The road disappearing off to the right towards the bottom of the picture…
Spencer Lane could be called a work of art. The edge of the road is made of hardwearing cobbles to withstand steel wheel hoops, whilst the centre section is made of softer millstone grit to help prevent the horses from slipping.