White Horse Farm, York Road, Osmondthorpe/

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 30 Sep, 2011 11:03 pm

For some reason this has dropped off the board 2 days early so posting here to liven it up!

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Sat 01 Oct, 2011 4:52 am

Thanks Uncle Mick, you've confirmed my guess that AE was one of Horace's brothers. I can see that I'm going to have to cough up for some more credits on the census websites and do some proper research of my own. I wonder if Nelly changed the shop from a grocers to a newsagent/sweetshop when AE died? Perhaps the business was suffering from competition from the Co-op which was very nearby on York Road (near Ivy Street as far as I remember, it may even still be there?).(Quote)It was always listed N Sunter as a newsagents etc from 1928 till 1975 and there is no telephone number for AE Sunter Also it appears that Nellie died in 1953 so I assume the business was either carried on by the family or carried on by someone else trading under the Sunter name.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 02 Oct, 2011 3:30 pm

Bruno wrote: I've just tried as best I can to overlay Grumpytramp's map onto the current satellite picture on Google Earth (surprising to see that York Road appears to have been just about as wide then as it is now), and that places White Horse Farm at the end of what is now Dawlish Street, adjacent to the disused petrol Station. Home at last!Have we achieved closure here? Hi Bruno, Carolyn decided we should make a small detour on our way out yesterday - the opposite direction to the way we were going....That bit about crawling through old grave yards, well she had a good idea of where to look and sure enough in Harehills Cemetry, I was taken to see a memorial which she thought you may like to see:http://www.flickr.com/photos/chameleon2 ... 799737750/

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Wed 05 Oct, 2011 12:24 pm

Thanks Chameleon! Sorry about the delay in responding, our whole family has been laid up since Sunday morning with some kind of rather nasty virus. I'll be in touch soon.I'm going to mark this thread as closed now, because it's achieved its objective of locating the farm. The family history stuff is fascinating to me, but I don't think it's really what Secret Leeds is all about and I don't want to fill the site with my 'personal interest' stuff.So, thanks again to all who have contributed here, with special mention to Grumpytramp for his detective skills, and Chameleon and Mrs C for going the extra mile (or several miles) round Harehills Cemetery.Cheers!Bruno.