A Rail Mishap 16th November 1937
When a train of empty coal wagons was passing through Methley, on Tuesday noon from Gascoigne Wood. One of the wagons left the rails at the bend just before reaching … Continue Reading →
When a train of empty coal wagons was passing through Methley, on Tuesday noon from Gascoigne Wood. One of the wagons left the rails at the bend just before reaching … Continue Reading →
Methley North station was opened on the 1st July 1840 on the Leeds – Normanton section of the London – Edinburgh LMS line. The station finally closed on the 16th … Continue Reading →
In March 1988 after some unsuccessful piling repairs, the north bank of the river Aire (the old river) breached at a point some yards downstream from Lemonroyd locks. The Opencast … Continue Reading →
It was quite some time after completion of the new river construction that we decided to go and see it for ourselves. The plan was to drive to the marina … Continue Reading →
The hamlet of Astley lies between the River Aire and the Aire and Calder canal (Yorkshire Evening Paper 1959) One of the houses was formerly the Caroline Inn. The toll … Continue Reading →
Local Councillor and Chairman of Methley UDC at the critical time of amalgamation in 1929, Donald Briggs was able to make his analytical presence felt when he turned round a … Continue Reading →
He was to become the day shift overman at Savile Pit supervising day shift operations until the later arrival of the colliery manager. He applied himself to the task with … Continue Reading →
Amos Illingworth, builder of Woodrow, Methley followed on in the family tradition of building, his father William had built the kitchen wing of Methley Hall. Amos built many properties in … Continue Reading →
Bram, born in Mill Lane was the thirteenth of fifteen children. He started work at Savile at the ripe old age of 13, at the time a small boy for … Continue Reading →
Reported in the Pontefract and Castleford Express When Cllr Arthur Wright, of Leeds Road, Methley, handed his riding check in at Savile Colliery last Friday, he ended 52 years of … Continue Reading →