Family Stories
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Richard Wilson’s Long Walk
Richard Wilson of Ossett's long walk to sell his woollen cloth at Leeds Cloth Market.
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George Archer at Passchendaele
Account of one man's war - how a soldier in a Bantam Battalion found himself at Passchendael.
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The Hemingway Family of the Walterclough, Southowram…and a Brontë Connection
The origins of the Hemingway family in Southowram and a connection with the writing of Emily Bronte.
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Medieval Archery
The origin of the Archer name and the the first known Archer family of Dewsbury.
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Harold Archer in the 15th Scottish Division RASC in WW2
Harold Archer's own account of his service in the Royal Army Service Corps in WW2, from training to the Normandy landings, the push through France, Belgum and Germany including Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp.
