Michael Bell is Cawood's local historian - this is a space for him to put some of his pictures and stories:

Bishop dyke, Cawood - late 19th century This is an old view of Bishop dyke

Some pictures below - more to come
I bumped into Michael when I was out shopping this weekend - love your shirt, Mike!

or contact him at:

Michaelbell2@onetel.net.uk

 

 Michael Bell - our local historian
Wetherell's shop, Market Place - 1930's the old Ferry Inn
More about that little girl in the photo - below (below) river front before the bridge
River front at Cawood before the bridge was built
The little girl in the picture is called Jeanne, her aunt and uncle ran the Wetherell's shop, and her aunt cooked lunch for the bank manager - the bank was in the room to the left of the photo, and opened on Fridays.  Jeanne is standing next to her Uncle William.  The photo was taken in the 1930's; at that time, there were still two butchers' shops in Market Place; as well as the post office on the corner, there was a chemists' shop in Rythergate.  Jeanne kindly shared some of the memories of her girlhood with me - when the packets [river boats] delivered their cargo, the agent would ring her uncle up from York, and she would run down to Bridge House on the river to check if they had arrived - then run back with the information while the agent waited on the phone.

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