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More Merrydale Memories
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| Ethel Shaw | No motor cars |
| Ethel Shaw | Merrydale is different now |
| Ethel Shaw | Swimming and Paddling |
| Ethel Shaw | Weekday and Sunday Clothes |
| Ethel Shaw | Picknicking and Courting |
| John Bamforth | Merrydale - a popular place |
| John Bamforth | Childhood memories of Merrydale |
| John Bamforth | Childhood memories of Merrydale |
| John Bamforth | Courting and Merrydale |
| John Bamforth | The changes at Merrydale |
| John Bamforth | The changes at Merrydale |
| John Bamforth | Working in Merrydale |
| John Bamforth | Working in Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | Picknicking at Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | The fresh air of Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | Bilberrying in Scout Wood |
| Susan Bamforth | Gathering Milkmaids at Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | Simple pleasures of Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | Simple pleasures of Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | Picknicking at Merrydale |
| Susan Bamforth | Merrydale before cars |
| Susan Crowther | Walking from Huddersfield |
| Susan Crowther | Taking the children out |
| Susan Crowther | Paddling and picknicking |
| Susan Crowther | Paddling and picknicking |
| Susan Crowther | How Merrydale has changed |
| Susan Crowther | Paper boat racing |
| Nancy Castle | Moving to the Mill House |
| Nancy Castle | Rowing boat on the mill dam |
| Nancy Castle | Sounding the air raid siren |
| Nancy Castle | Sounding the air raid siren |
| Nancy Castle | Soldiers swimming in the dam |
| Nancy Castle | Electric was like magic! |
| Nancy Castle | The clickety click of the looms |
| Nancy Castle | Picnicking at Merrydale |
| Nancy Castle | Hopscotch and Marbles |
| Nancy Castle | Bluebells in Clough House Wood |
| Nancy Castle | Merrydales Hey day |
| Nancy Castle | Merrydales Hey day |
| Nancy Castle | Sally the Swan |
In years gone by, families didn’t go far on high days and holidays. Merrydale was close to the working textile mills of Colne Valley, within walking distance of many folk. “It was just like Blackpool, packed, hardly room to sit down” this is just one of the many comments we have collected. We have tagged the following clips according to the things discussed.
| Frank Bamforth | The mill |
| Frank Bamforth | The mill and two dams |
| Frank Bamforth | The Sing |
| Hilda Haigh | The Sing at 'Shred' |
| Hilda Haigh | Romance |
| Pat Parkinson | Blackberrying |
| Pat Parkinson | Billberrying |
| Anis Mansaf | Childhood memories |
| Anis Mansaf | Childhood memories |
| Anis Mansaf | The Stream |
| Anis Mansaf | Pigeon racing |
| Anis Mansaf | Cuckoos in Scout Wood |
| Anis Mansaf | Improving Merrydale |
| Anis Mansaf | Nature Walks with School |
| Anis Mansaf | The Mills at Merrydale |
| Anis Mansaf | The Mills at Merrydale |
| Margaret Cooke | Merrydale |
| Margaret Cooke | Sunday School at Shred |
| Margaret Cooke | The 'Sing' |
| Margaret Cooke | The 'Sing' |
| Margaret Cooke | About Shred |
| Margaret Cooke | Whitsuntide Walk |
| Margaret Cooke | Whitsuntide Walk |
| Margaret Cooke | Whitsuntide Walk |
| Margaret Cooke | The Whitsuntide Banner |
| Margaret Cooke | The Whitsuntide Banner |
| Margaret Cooke | Whitsuntide celebrations |
| Marjorie & Betty Sykes | The 'Sing at Shred' |
| Marjorie & Betty Sykes | Merrydale Dick |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Playing at Merrydale |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Playing at Merrydale |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Picknicking |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Picknicking |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Clough House Mill |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Clough House Mill |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Playing in the Mill |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Playing in the Mill |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | ‘Elizabeth’ the Mill engine |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | ‘Elizabeth’ the Mill engine |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Working in the Mill |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Working in the Mill |
| Judith Maynard & Anne Taylor | Working in the Mill |
Peter Fulcher
Many folk have happy memories of Merrydale, picnicking, swimming in the dam, playing and courting. But sadly on 7th June 1963 Peter Fulcher drowned in Merrydale dam aged 16 years. The dam is longer there.
