Bramham the Village in Times Past

 Newspaper clipping showing Bowcliffe Road with holiday makers on their way home from the coast and country.

The Yorkshire Post reported on 17 November 1964 that heavy lorries would be able to use the new (Great North Road bypass with the opening of a one mile long stretch of single carriageway, part of the new Aberford to Wetherby road improvements

Behind the Bay Horse Hotel were stables, now demolished, over which was a room used by the Junior Imperial League, an early youth club, and later by the Boys' Brigade as their Headquarters. In the late 40's and early 50's it housed a glassworks called `Venetian Lights' owned by Mr Alexander. Pink and amber glass shades made in Barnsley had copper welding and electrical works fitted there. The stables were pulled down in the mid‑1950's. The Bay Horse closed in the early 1970's and is now a private residence. At the side of the Bay Horse in the 1920's was a fruit and vegetable shop owned by Mr Woodruffe.

Mrs Greenhead examining the lights produced at the glassworks

Organised by All Saints' Parish Church Social Committee. It held the carnival for at least 5 years in the 1970's, every year it rained more than the previous year.  I think we may have had 1 good year.  All the village organisations were invited to have a stall.

Watching proceedings is PC Clayton, the village constable