Pontefract and Castleford Express – Extracts 1938
Extracts – May to September 1938 13th May – DID NOT STOP – At the Leeds West Riding Crown Court, two Methley men, John Hickson (31) miner and Jack Banham … Continue Reading →
Month: May 2017
Peter Sanderson – Reminiscences
Peter Sanderson E-mailed this from Pretoria SA 08.07.09 I was born in Methley in January 1949 in a typical colliery house in 5, Low Green Terrace which has long since … Continue Reading →
Len Townley – Reminiscences
E-mail from Len Townsley in North Wales 2nd August 2010 Having lived in Guernsey for many years and now retired to North Wales, I was delighted to find the Methley … Continue Reading →
J Graham Feather – Reminiscences
I lived at 56 or 86? Savile Road from June 1941 to about 1946/47 having been born in Pontefract. Grandad Benjamin Walters and Gran Mary Elizabeth Walters (Yates) were the … Continue Reading →
Mick Braddock – Reminiscences
E-mail from Orcadian Mick Braddock formerly of Low Common Methley 2nd March, 2012 Hi Bill Hope you are keeping well. Hoping to get down to Yorkshire for a holiday at … Continue Reading →
Barry Robbins – Reminiscences
My first recollection of Methley is of a Saturday in November 1949, when along with my parents and dog ‘Lady’ we arrived at No 87 The Hollings,I was in my … Continue Reading →
Billy’s Field
Earliest memories are immediate post war and of an overgrown irregular, uneven field with a grass worn area which was the goalmouth in the football season and served as a … Continue Reading →
Timothy Bright Rector
Priest for 24 years from 1591 to 1615, although the village wouldn’t have been very sure of that, because he wasn’t there very often, he was described by the later … Continue Reading →
David Dunderdale 1771 – 1824
Son of the founder of the Castleford Pottery. Dunderdale Junior was to wed Anne Bramley of Methley which led to their move to Dunford House. The property described as … Continue Reading →
William Prann
Rogue or what? Certainly a character – from 1348 to 1375 William, or would he be Billy to his friends, figured about a dozen times in the Court Baron … Continue Reading →