Ripley’s Reminiscences

St. Augustine’s Gate, Hedon – over 100 years ago

By Ray Duffill on November 23, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

An old photo of Saint Augustine’s Gate in Hedon – possibly taken over 100 years ago…? Note: Car free – but different problems presented themselves in those days – horse muck in the streets!

Hedon Station – but when?

By Ray Duffill on October 19, 2015 • ( 7 Comments )

Can anybody offer more insights into the photograph? Perhaps you also have a copy or know some of the characters depicted? We’d love to be able to respond positively to Malc’s Challenge!

Reminiscences of local folk ripple once again

By Ray Duffill on October 13, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

MALC RIPLEY has some more photographs – two of them – to share featuring local people from a bygone era:

Hedon Sports Committee, early 1960’s

By Ray Duffill on October 6, 2015 • ( 7 Comments )

THIS PHOTOGRAPH has been sent in by Malc Ripley and is of the Hedon Sports Committee that was meeting in the early 1960’s. If you are able to help Malc with his reminiscences about this photo, leave a blog comment…

Hedon Christmas Party 1932

By Ray Duffill on November 26, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

THIS PHOTO from the collection held by Malc Ripley is believed to have been taken in the Alison Hall about 1932 and shows a group of local children at a Christmas Party. Father Christmas is sat in the centre and it looks as if he has been very […]

A Day Trip out from Hedon – 1937

By Ray Duffill on November 15, 2014 • ( 4 Comments )

Where is this photograph taken? Do you recognise anyone? Believed to be a works family trip out in 1937…

Barge on the Hedon Haven, 1952

By Ray Duffill on October 29, 2014 • ( 13 Comments )

RIPLEY’S REMINISCENCES returns today with a photograph of a barge on the Hedon Haven taken in 1952. Another reminder of the role our waterways have played in the history of the town. The Hedon Haven was a watercourse linking to the Humber that once made Hedon one of the most important […]

Ripley’s Reminiscences – Hedon youths from the 1950s

By Ray Duffill on October 4, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

THIS photograph was taken in the 1950s. It has been sent in by Malc Ripley to accompany his earlier photo submission of Hedon Youth Club members. Like that photo it’s taken on Market Hill in Hedon. It looks like a photo of a sports team and supporters. We do […]