Day to Day Info Site
For those who walk the picturesque route along Parlington Lane, you may have noticed that the lake which lies just beyond the Gamekeeper’s cottage, to the south east, has been emptied, to allow work to remove the build-up of sediment.
To ensure I had a record of the event I slipped along to take a few photos, which are available here.… Read the full article
During the Second World War the inhabitants of Aberford, contributed towards the cost of a Supermarine Spitfire and in June of 1941 an aircraft, a Mark Vb serial number: P8640 was delivered to RAF Brize Norton. A recent enquirer, Johnny Lyttle of Aberford asked if I knew anything about the aircraft.… Read the full article
A quick shot with a Sony Ericsson mobile phone, whilst passing the arch as the sun was setting today at 5.00pm, reminded me to carry a half decent compact camera at all times. The phone camera whilst better than nothing is a very ponderous device and although 2 mega pixels is frustratingly grainy!… Read the full article
From time to time it is worth looking up the books that Google is transcribing for the public good, this is an extract from the Farmers Magazine 1863, and it describes the seventh annual tenants sheep show held at Parlington on 1st May of that year. The full transcript is available on the link to Google from the picture of the extract.… Read the full article
I recently received an enquiry from a reader [Bill of Aberford] who, whilst walking the dog around Parlington, wondered what the brick and concrete ramp structures were for.
This was my response:
In a few words, during WW2 the area was occupied by an Army Repair Depot and the ramps were for maintaining vehicles, I am told that towards the end of the war there were Half-tracked vehicles parked side by side the entire length of the fence line on the north side of the drive.… Read the full article
You can readily find things in the natural landscape which are worthy of photographing. Take the following example a tree trunk lying on the ground gradually decaying to nothing, but the softer inner wood has already gone, leaving only the outer harder wood, result a natural tunnel. Small rodents and other furry creatures, enjoy!… Read the full article
Aberford House, Main Street, Aberford, a former Gascoigne property, is probably the best example of how the stonework of the main elevation at Parlington was constructed, the window details are very similar, particularly the string course formed with the window cills. Also quoins are almost identical.… Read the full article
I puzzled long and hard as to where the scouts shown in the earlier post were actually camped and have come to the conclusion, based on the topography of the site that they were in the area I have marked with an arrow. Although this is an area cultivated today.
During the twentieth century the Guide and Scouting movement and Parlington were inexorably linked, many references have been uncovered which show the camping holidays that were enjoyed by the Scouts. Even on a recent visit to a heritage meeting at Leeds Civic Hall, one delegate explained that she had fond memories of camping at Parlington!… Read the full article
