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 Faith, Like Andy, I can confirm that Brockholes is Huddersfield, not Bradford. going up the Holme Valley on the Woodhead Road towards Honley. I used to live a few miles away in Newsome, and we'd go through Brockholes quite often on our bikes. Again, though, like Andy I've slept since then (as we say in our family) and I can't remember shops/names round there. The railway station is on the road going up to Farnley Tyas which is pretty steep. I can't see a "Rock Terrace" on my map of Brockholes, but there's a "Robin Rocks" and a "Quarry Close", so it sounds like the right sort of territory. Alan