YEARS IN FOCUS

All material in this section has been researched by Maurice Haigh and is reproduced with the permission of the Pontefract and Castleford Express

A look back at past events in the history of Knottingley and Ferrybridge through material sourced by Maurice Haigh from the Pontefract and Castleford Express newspaper archives. If you're of a certain age, do you remember what you were doing back in the 1960s and 1970s when these events were taking place? Perhaps you remember some of them?

Years Available

1880 - Queen Victoria's Accesion
1904 - The year Buffalo Bill toured Yorkshire
1929 - Disastrous Fire at Bagley's Glassworks
1947 - Some of the most severe floods across the district in living memory
1950 - Gift to hero of river rescue
1952 - Move of Historic Church
1961 - Beginning of the End for Aire Street
1962 - Aire Street Traders Reject Plan
1963 - Massive Blaze at Kings Mills
1964 - Sabrina opens the Knottingley and Ferrybridge Carnival
1965 - Ferrybridge Cooling Towers Collapse
1966 - Death of Mr. John Jackson
1967 - Death of Mr. K. Bagley
1968 - Knottingley Foundry Closed
1970 - Sisters Farewell to Fish and Chip Shop
1971 - 'D' for Decimal Day
1979 - The Death of the Earl of Rosse