In the May issue:

Jobs for the girls
Jennifer Newby looks at how two World Wars widened the door of opportunity for Britain’s working women

Grandest bit of Golcar
Eileen Wortley talks to Corrine Carter about the vast changes she’s seen over the last eighty years to their once vibrant, self-contained, hillside community

An angel entered my life

Unsung heroes
Stephen Wade looks to his own Leeds home as typical of the many millions of working class families who dealt with poverty, unemployment, hard times and two world wars

Vintage pop spreads happiness

The house James and Elizabeth built
Rosemary Nattriss tells of the history of a simple country cottage built for £400 in the early 1920s and which in ninety years has been home to fifty-six people

From Worsbrough to woman’s hour
Maggie poppa turns the tables on Jenni Murray and finds the Barnsley-born presenter of the long-running BBC radio programme, isn’t the interviewer’s nightmare she says she is

Short-lived star who still shines

Babyface
Schofield’s, the Leeds store, puts a thousand children in the picture in 1930

Well matched
Terry Webster faced legends Tom Finney and Bill Shankly on his Derby County debut but his most important ‘match’ was marrying someone who like him had been left to raise a young family

Learning fast
Cecil Hallas recalls with gratitude the influence his ‘spiritual grandparents’ had on his young life

Woman’s work is never done

Not the place it was
Peter Garnett no longer recognises Dewsbury Moor as the community in which he grew up

First real horse i’d seen other than tv’s Wonder One

Our holiday gateway
David Gowing revisits memories of his favourite local railway station where his grandfather worked

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Down Your Way is an eclectic mix of personal nostalgic memories from the 1930s/40s/50s/60s written by Yorkshire Folks for Yorkshire Folks. Many have never written a contribution before, but with guidance from Features Editor Kevin Hopkinson, a previously untapped source of Yorkshire social history has emerged. This is social history at its best, first-hand experiences written in the authors’ own language and style and often accompanied by nostalgic images from the era.

Each magazine has a personality of its own and over the years has reunited many friends and relatives and helped those looking to trace their Yorkshire ancestors. From its colourful front cover to the vintage image on the back page, this magazine is pure nostalgia from start to finish; articles, images, letters, poems, competitions and even a crossword - each one guaranteed to take you on a trip down memory lane