We had a day off work today and the weather was pretty good so we decided to have a trip to Cowling village, the home of my Dawson ancestors. You could have an interesting debate as to whether Cowling is in North or West Yorkshire. The village falls within North Yorkshire County Council but has a West Yorkshire post code. I prefer to think of it as in West Yorkshire.
We spent a good couple of hours wandering round taking lots of photographs. I especially wanted to look for the locations in the postcards I purchased yesterday. We had another search in St Andrew’s Methodist Church graveyard and took some more pictures which will appear in future Tombstone Tuesday posts. I am really disappointed that I haven’t been able to locate any Dawson’s in the graveyard – it remains a mystery to me where they are buried.
This postcard is unused. There is no publisher name or date. I am guessing that the date is sometime in the 1960’s judging by the style of the vehicle in the image. The scene shows a vehicle leaving Gill Lane and joining the main road that runs through the village – Keighley / Colne Road (A6068).
We took this photograph today from roughly the same place as the postcard. We’re standing in Hartley Memorial Field – a bit nearer the railings because there are a few trees blocking the view further back. As you can see the first two buildings on the front left of the postcard are not there anymore. The side wall of taller property has now been painted white.
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