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 →
Category: History
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 →
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 →
Governance in Methley 1931 to 1936
Local Governent in Methley Page 5 In 1931 the rate dropped to 7s. The road estimate having been cut, census figures indicated a population of 4,506. Difficulties with water supply … Continue Reading →
Governance in Methley 1923 to 1930
Local Government in Methley Page 4 At the January meeting in 1923 a proposal to purchase the Institute and grounds out of Miner’s Welfare funds was mentioned. The annual … Continue Reading →