The History of Thorne - Photo Gallery - Photos from 'Valerie Allass'

My Memories of Thorne

by Valerie Allass

Valerie Allass (nee Creaser) was born in Thorne and has lived there all her life. Her mother was Dora Creaser who lived for most of her life at Wilkinson Avenue. Her father Ted worked at Thorne Colliery from when it first opened.

Valerie married Gerald Allass from Edlington who was a mining engineer and later a college lecturer. They had a daughter Marcia.

She worked for 21 years at the York County Savings Bank in Thorne and afterwards as school secretary at South Common First School.





Photographs and memorabilia from the York County Savings Bank. The building was on the site of the Factory Shop on the Market Place. Photo at the opening of the new building (now the TSB ) includes the Manager Thomas Cornell and the Vicar Rev. Cedric Weaver.

Photograph from Geoff Webster of the windmill at the corner of Brook Street and North Eastern Road on the site of which his parents(owners of the drapers shop in Finkle Street now Savers) built their bungalow. The windmill is said to have been built in 1629 and was demolished in 1913.

Photographs of the reception class at Moorends Infants School 1935-36 and the top class in
1938-39 where the teacher is Miss McWilliam.

Photo of Thorne Football Club 1906.

Photo of Doncaster Rovers FC Moorends Supporters Club in the 1950’s
with an interesting mascot made by a Mr Winters

Thorne Colliery Pithead Baths Booklet

Unknown man on unknown motorcycle.
Can you identify him?

Sweetshop on corner of Finkle Street and Canterbury Square (now a hairdresser)
which belonged to Mrs Coy (Valerie's Grandmother).
The young woman in the doorway is Marie Lee aged 16 (Valerie's Aunt).

Members of Thorne History Society circa 19??
including, showing from left to right back row Mr Dennis, Mr??, Mr Creaser, Mr Hobson Sen.,
Laurie Thorp. Front row Alan Darfield, Mr Lawson, Mr Hobson, Valerie Allass.
{Copyright Del Machin deceased}.

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