Paul Marfell
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Re:Baildon Royal Hostel information - 2009/05/25 13:50
Info passed to me:-
The question of a hostel for workers in the mill's arose last year (2008). It was suggested to me (Stewart Main) that it was on the Coach Road but I could not find it. The Coach Road was very rural after the war and a building like a hostel would have been remembered by local residents who still live in the area.
A large house is at present being demolished at the corner where Green Lane and the Otley Road meet. This was the hostel where many Italian women workers lived after the war, being employed at C. F. Taylor in the Worsted trade.
I discussed this subject with two women who were living on Glenaire Drive during and after the war. They both have good memories and are alert, intelligent women, Anne and June. They told me only one Hostel existed, and they thought it was for Italian women. It is referred to in Baildon Council minutes.
Anne and June suggested perhaps, that Polish women might have lived in the same hostel. Both groups could have worked at the mills.
A number of streets existed on that corner or nearby which have since been demolished.
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