Annie Carter
Annie Carter It was no surprise to me to learn that Annie White enjoyed her school years which included dramatic roles in school plays and other activities including singing solo … Continue Reading →
Category: Characters
Roy Eastwood – Nonagenarian
Roy Eastwood – Roy brings a long and eventful contribution to this village interspersed with a varied military career in the RAF with postings to many parts of Europe and … Continue Reading →
Sam Bullough
Sam Bullough 1909 – 1973 Tuesday 17th September 1963 saw the start of what was then a unique slant of a disputation when a delegation of colliers from Savile pit … Continue Reading →
Joe Green – Midget Submarine
About 15 years ago (2002) the late Joe Green of this village asked me to undertake research into his claim that he witnessed the passage of a mini submarine on … Continue Reading →
Mary Worrillow – Councillor
When Mary Willshaw of Methley Junction married Frank Worrillow she may have been attracted by the uniform. Mind she was herself to grace a uniform in later years when proudly … Continue Reading →
Reverend Ralph Emmerson
Revd. Ralph Emmerson 1913 – 2007 Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough Educated at Leeds Grammar School, Ralph Emmerson initially worked for Leeds Education Authority before obeying the call to study ordination … Continue Reading →
Charlie Bentley – Methley Perceverance
Charlie Bentley Perseverance was the name of the football side captained by Charlie in those successful years in between the wars. And perseverance was just one of the many qualities … Continue Reading →
Joe Sidebottom – Foreman Blacksmith
Joe Sidebottom Blacksmith Savile Colliery Imagine, it’s 5.40am on a winter Sunday in the 1960’s, and Joe the foreman blacksmith is already igniting the forge prior to starting work at … Continue Reading →
Revd. Thomas Dawson Lumb – Curate
Thomas Dawson Lumb Curate 1821 -1843 The Leeds Intelligencer reported the recovery of the body of Dawson Lumb of Methley on the 17th December, 1843 from the river Aire at … Continue Reading →
Lord Welles Lord of the Manor
Cecelia, one of the daughters of the young Sir Robert Waterton had married into the Welles family of Lincolnshire – her husband Sir Lionel Welles was later to be killed … Continue Reading →