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Market Place Market Place
Note the new building in the photo on the corner.
Regent Street Regent Street
Note the 'Old Red Lion Hotel'
Chapmangate Chapmangate
Note the independent chapel built in 1807 to the left.
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Bills Book Bill's Book

* Peter Halkon
* NEW 2nd Ed.
* 83 pages
* Illustrated
* Only £10.00
Pocklington at war Pocklington at War

* NEW 2nd Ed.
* 62 pages
* Illustrated
* Only £8.00
Woldgate History Woldgate History

"A History of Woldgate School"

* 60 pages
* Fully illustrated
* Only £5.00
epp Exploring Pocklington's Past

* Peter Halkon
* Summary of
Pocklington Archaeology
* Only £5.00
Heritage Trail Heritage Trail

"A Pock History & Heritage Trail"

* 2nd edition
* 27 pages
* Old photos
* Only £4.99

People and Places Thumb Old Pock

"People and Places of Old Pocklington"

* 40 pages
* Old photos
* Only £5.99
Adieu WW1 Book

"Adieu to dear old Pock"

  * ww1 diary
  * 53 profiles
  * Local News
  * 299 soldiers
  * 246 pages
llp Ladies book

"Ladies Predominating"

  * Biographies
  * Old photos
  * Only £2
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PDLHG Newsletters
#1 Oct 2020
#2 Dec 2020
#3 May 2021

Shiptonthorpe Home Guard
This photograph was kindly supplied by James Gibson who has researched the photograph and provided the names. Shiptonthorpe Home Guard No 5 Platoon was formed in 1940 and made up a section of the East Riding 4th Battalion. The Home Guard met twice a week, Tuesday nights and Sunday mornings, they were also involved in various training exercises. They met at what was known locally as ‘the hut’, a former WW1 hut that had been purchased originally for the W.I. The Hut (Pictured behind the Home Guard) stood alongside York Road, the residential property 'The Setters' now stands on the former hut site. If you can add any further names, or can supply any other Home Guard photos please contact me here.

Shiptonthorpe Home Guard
Reading right to left

Back Row - ?, G Swan, F Hardy, R Hardy, William Geoffrey Rennison (known as Geoff), ?, ?

Middle Row - C Swan, ?, Ged Manning, C Simmins, W Noble, C Illingworth, ?, ?, J Thorpe

Front Row - B Manning, T Simmins, RB Hardy, A Manning, J Illingworth, George Chapman, ?, ?.


Shiptonthorpe Home Guard

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