Hi folks I was brought up in Brockholes and lived there until the 1960's and can well remember the shops there. At the corner of Rock Terrace was the only shop in Rock Terrace at the time. It was in the junction of New Mill Rd (A616) and Brockholes Lane - go to www.multimap.com, search for Brockholes in the UK and zoom in. The terrace itself was made up of two long blocks of "back to back" terrace houses and the shop was formed in the triangular shape of the road junction. The inside of the shop was quite small, just one room, with a passage connecting to the house adjacent to the shop and it stocked sweets, biscuits and bread etc. All weighed out from large jars or tin boxes into paper bags. I remember the shopkeepers as Lewis and Ida Hirst and Ida carried on after Lewis died. Ida was my cousens aunt. The Vautry's may well have taken over after Ida retired. The Post Office in those days was in a single story block of shops across the other side of the Brockholes Lane junction. Next to this was Mr Froggats Fish & Chip shop, the bench outside being an excellent young peoples meeting place. The third shop in this block was my uncle, Arthur Amitage's, greengrocers shop. Having started this rambling I could go on longer but perhaps it would be better to set myself a New Year project to creat a page on my website for memories of Brockholes. I will let the list know when this comes to fruition. Cheers Roger researching GILL, BERRY, CHARLESWORTH and ROBINSON in the Holme Valley. west-riding-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:28:12 +0000 From: Andy Micklethwaite Subject: Re: [WRY] Brockholes Grocery and confectioner To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20071227113713.F2F94E000093@astro.systems.pipex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 20:27 26/12/2007, Faith Smith wrote: >I've found Bradford directory listings, late 1960's to mid-'70s for G & B.A. Vautrey, Grocery and Confectioner, 12 Rock Ter, Brockholes and wonder if anyone out there can tell me anything about this store? Hi Faith As a kid I lived in Brockholes and I can confirm Rock Terrace is a valid address. When I was there in the 1960s, the main grocery store was the Coop, but I don't remember where exactly where Rock Terrace was. I think there was a corner shop just on the corner where the road forks off the main road heading up towards the station or was it the newsagents - was that Vautrey's? - it's not a family name I recognise. I note from Google that the Post Office is currently located there, but Google Maps doesn't show it. But I can't remember now where the Post Office was when I lived there - hmmm! Sorry! Hope this helps trigger other memories! I should point out, noting your location, that Brockholes isn't in Bradford just in case you or other listers didn't know - it's in the Holme Valley, about 5 miles South of Huddersfield, which in turn is south of Bradford. HTH Andy ------------------------------
Hi Roger Thanks for the memories - yours is better than mine! Best Wishes, Andy.