West Scrafton historic photographs
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West Scrafton, c.1925, looking north.
Photograph courtesy of Clive Torrens from his book, Bygone Yorkshire: Wensleydale, Drystone Publications, 1997.
West Scrafton, c.1928, looking north.
Photo courtesy of Clive Torrens from Bygone Yorkshire, Volume 2, J B Smithson and the Northern Dales, Drystone Publications, 1998.
West Scrafton, c.1960, looking north.
Photo courtesy of Tony Harrison from The West Scrafton Photograph Album, privately published, 2002.
Group photo, West Scrafton, c.1900.
Back row includes: John Brown, Mr Hancock, Mr T Hogg, Rev Swales, Edmund Tennant
Second row includes: Butcher Simpson, Joseph Hemsley, Jack Watson (Carlton), George Harrison, T.F. Harrison (Caldbergh), Ernest Walls
Ladies (may include): Grandma Handley, Annie Bell, Mrs Edward Tennant, Aunt Nance, Minister's wife, Mrs Aunt Annie down town, Mrs Airey, Mrs Willie Binks, Queenie Stubbs, Mrs Alice ? Simpson
Children (may include): Dot Yeoman, Sarah Frank, Peggy Robinson, Jackie Bell, Maggie Stubbs
Primitive Methodist Chapel, West Scrafton.
Photo courtesy of Chris Hogg, from Wensleydale & Coverdale Through Time, Amberley, 2013.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, West Scrafton.
Photo courtesy of Chris Hogg, from Wensleydale & Coverdale Through Time, Amberley, 2013.
A village camp site, 1936.
Photo courtesy of Tony Harrison from The West Scrafton Photograph Album, privately published, 2002.
Chapel cleaners with Joe Bell, c.1950.
Photo courtesy of Tony Harrison from The West Scrafton Photograph Album, privately published, 2002.
The Handley family, date?
West Scrafton.
Photo courtesy of Mabel Handley.
The boiler at West Scrafton Colliery, with Mary and Barbara Hogg.
The colliery closed in 1915, and the boiler was scrapped in the Second World War.
Photo courtesy of Chris Hogg, from Wensleydale & Coverdale Through Time, Amberley, 2013.
Hunting a wild dog.
Left to right, Jim Banks, Harry Gattenby, Bill Dawson, Bobby Hogg, George Robinson, Tommy Handley, Tris Hogg
Photo courtesy of Tony Harrison from The West Scrafton Photograph Album, privately published, 2002.
Shovelling snow, 1963.
Photo courtesy of Tony Harrison from The West Scrafton Photograph Album, privately published, 2002.
Hilltop barn before conversion.
Photo courtesy of Tony Harrison from The West Scrafton Photograph Album, privately published, 2002.
Grandad Handley with Andrew Groves, Poverty Street, West Scrafton, c.1980
Photo courtesy of Mabel Handley
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