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Most pupils travelled to
school by bus from Bradford and surrounding towns, Keighley,
Huddersfield, Halifax, Batley, etc. Some cycled to school, and
from around 1963, a few from the 6th form occasionally drove to
school. Here are three of their cars and a couple of scooters, parked beside the school
in 1963.
- I cannot recall the name of the person who owned the old
car on the left, but I remember the car well. During the
wintery weather of 1962/63, when I was 17/18-year-old, I was the
'qualified driver' who frequently accompanied him on the journey
from his home in Eccleshill to school at Heaton and back.
The whole route was hilly, and the car did not have enough power
to drive the both the engine and the windscreen wipers at the same
time, when it was travelling up hill. So one of the skills of
driving it was to know how long to lift your foot off the
accelerator, going up a hill, in order to let the wipers clear the
windscreen, without the car stalling.
- Occasionally, when I was not accompanying the driver of
the car on the left, I was allowed to use my Dad's car, a 1947
Humber Hawk to drive to school.
- The car on the right is a Sunbeam. John
O'Donnell who was in the same class as me, and then lived in
Heckmondwike, tells me:
"I
think the Sunbeam which I think was driven by Michael Ellison who
went on to rule Halifax" |
