The Japa Factory will be familiar to a generation of residents that called Churwell home in the 1960s.
Enjoy these photo memories from around Churwell in the 1960s. PIC: David Atkinson ArchivePre-fabricated housing at the end of William Street in June 1960. Because of the war the building of the Hepworth estate was interrupted when only 58 houses had been completed and immediately after the war the remainder of the land was used to erect 40 "Arcon" type two bed-room prefabricated houses, as shown on the photograph.
Churwell Primary School on School Street in July 1968. The school moved into this building in July 1877 but schooling actually started at Back Green Methodist Church in May 1873. This school is now demolished and houses have been built on the site called School Mews.Elland Road at the junction with School Street in July 1968. The white house on the corner, number 4 Elland Road, was demolished and the terrace below extended. A family named Ward had lived in the house for a number of years.
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