Wark Forest is the name of the southern part of Kielder Forest in Northumberland England. Wark Forest is found within the south-west tip of Northumberland National Park. It is near the village of Wark on Tyne to the south.
Wark Forest is the name of the southern part of Kielder Forest in Northumberland England. Wark Forest is found within the south-west tip of Northumberland National Park. It is near the village of Wark on Tyne to the south.
This view today is little changed with the exception of the Palace Theatre which was demolished and replaced by a modern building in the 1960s. The theatre at the top of the street has had a variety of guises over the years since, a cinema, a bingo…
The Ramsden's Brewery building on the left of the picture was demolished and replaced by the very modern Halifax Building Society opened in the early 1980s. The roundabout is no longer there, traffic is controlled by lights today. Postcard dated…
Holly Bank House? This building was at one time in the 1960's the Youth Employment Office / Career's Centre. It was later purchased by Bass Charrington brewery and turned into a pub called "The Bass House".
This badge was worn by non-military personnel who were employed in work essential for the war effort, to prevent harassment from members of the public who might otherwise have accused them of cowardice for not enlisting.
Situated on Smeakin Hill. Built to commemorate those from Wadsworth who wee killed in the First World War, 34 names. Six further names were added after the Second World War
The War Memorial at Smeakin Hill to the 33 men of Wadsworth who lost their lives in the war of 1914 – 1918 was unveiled on 23rd September 1923 by Major Robert H. Barker.
Roughly based on Stoodley Pike, it is an obelisk 41 feet high (Stoodley is 120…
This photo shows the War Memorial in its original site adjacent to the A 646, it has subsequently been moved to Ellen Holme Park, Station Road, Luddenden Foot, and the site shown here is now shrouded in Rhododendrons.
Unveiling the War Memorial at Mytholmroyd, 2nd July 1922. A brass band in attendance. Red Acre gas works can be seen on left. The inscription says: 75 men lost in the Great War. 75 tragic homes. 75 young women without a husband.
Grade II
War Memorial by F. W. Doyle-Jones 1922. Tall marble column on plinth is surmounted by good quality bronze statue of winged angel standing on a ball holding a crown of laurels aloft. At first designed for Thornton Square Brighouse the site…
Grade II
War Memorial by F. W. Doyle-Jones 1922. Tall marble column on plinth is surmounted by good quality bronze statue of winged angel standing on a ball holding a crown of laurels aloft. At first designed for Thornton Square Brighouse the site…
Memorial to the fallen and those who served in the two Great Wars, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. After the church closed in 2014 the memorial was moved to St Michael's at Mytholmroyd.