Tag: Alexandra Street
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Considering Coal
Experiences of Coal A recent post on Kirkby Living Memory Face book Group asked about people’s experiences of using coal. There is a lot relevant to this question in my family’s diaries. However, although I have written a little about Kirkby as a coal-mining community, see Chapter 5, there is a lot more relevant material…
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Lowmoor Road
Lowmoor or Low Moor Road I have seen this road written as both Lowmoor and Low Moor Road. Both seem to be used interchangeably although one word seems more common now. On the 1939 and 1969 maps I have, it is recorded as Low Moor Road. Also, on Google, the part of the road which…