Ada (nee Middleton) was Lily Young's sister and Derek's mother-in-law. Her husband, George Thomas Arden is buried in Thailand at Chungkai War Cemetery next to the bridge overthe River Kwai. He was in RAF 84 Squadron.
The café was owned in the 1950s by Charlie Hyman and Mrs. Hyman. Their niece Dorothy Hyman was an Olympic runner. Ada Arden lived at Shawcroft Hill, Pecket Well. She was a war widow, her husband, George Thomas Arden is buried in Thailand at Chungkai…
An intermediate station on the MR’s Ilkley – Skipton line it opened with the line in 1888. The station closed with the line in 1965 and the station buildings subsequently demolished and the site is now a housing estate.
In his book 'I Haven't Unpacked' Billy Holt describes 'Old Sinbad', as he was known locally, who first took him on as a half-timer: "The proprietor was a short, stout, fussy old man with a round, untrimmed grey beard and a pair of steel-rimmed…