Meetings had been held with both Castleford and Rothwell District Councils with a view to possible amalgamation as other mergers were taking place elsewhere in order to consolidate essential services. … Continue Reading →
This village has a comprehensive history dating back to before the Romans. Little of that period is in evidence but its advantageous and possibly defensive position between the two rivers, … Continue Reading →
Forthcoming Diary 2018 The three Councillors for Methley hold their Monthly Advice Session every third Saturday of the Month from 10.00 to 11.00am at the Methodist Chapel. Contact details are … Continue Reading →
Death of a Wellington Veteran The landlady exasperatedly sighed ‘you put something down here and it disappears – we must have a ghost’. For some time after, the words remained, … Continue Reading →
As an alehouse and local inn the Old Bay Horse played an integral part in many social aspects of this village. It also had important historical aspects too, especially … Continue Reading →
Or was it a pub crawl. Michael Shillito again! Mike was working as a drayman for Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries out of Woodlesford. We would be about 19 or … Continue Reading →
The club trip was the annual childrens treat organised by the Working Mens Club. For those whose families didn’t afford to go on holiday in the 40’s and 50’s it … Continue Reading →
Lafarge Aggregates the operators of Methley Quarry are proposing to extend their areas of sand and gravel extraction and local residents were invited to attend a display of their proposals … Continue Reading →
Its been there for a long time, well, from 350 to 300 million years to be imprecise; The coal measures were laid say 100m years before the dinosaurs and 280 … Continue Reading →
Little change would be evident to the rivers Aire and Calder from the iron age to the advent of the Romans. Perhaps both rivers would have been smaller and more … Continue Reading →