1911 Census
Census of England and Wales 1911 (Methley) The census was carried out for all persons present in the identified dwellings of Methley over the period Sunday night 2nd April, 1911 … Continue Reading →
Category: 20th Century
Shaft Incident 1929
Extraordinary Mining Accident Pontefract & Castleford Express 29th November 1929 Funeral of Mr A Parker Remarkable public sympathy was manifested at the funeral on Sunday of Mr Alfred Parker of … Continue Reading →
Savile Colliery – Stay Down Strike 1963
Tuesday 17th September 1963, the colliers on 8s face in the Savile Park seam (Beeston) had been involved in a deployment manning dispute where backshift preparation work attracted a reduced … Continue Reading →
Savile Colliery First Aid Practice
Practice, practice and practice again, words issued by many people but on this occasion by the avuncular Harry Fenwick Moore, Colliery Deputy, St Johns Ambulance Instructor to Savile Underofficials and … Continue Reading →
Savile Colliery
The two 14ft. diameter shafts were sunk in 1874 to the Haigh Moor seam, 143 yards deep. The upcast shaft was deepened to the Beeston seam (known locally as the … Continue Reading →
Martha’s Story
Martha Naylor’s family, like many from the West Midlands, were part of a massive population shift to the developing coal mines and new housing in the Yorkshire Coalfield. This moving … Continue Reading →
Ruth’s Story – From the Forest of Dean
INTRODUCTION This story was given to me by my grandmother about 20 years ago. It was originally in typewritten form but she told me that it had been published in … Continue Reading →
Picnics in Methley
You won’t see many people enjoying/taking picnics in the village these days – with the exception of those taking in the whole afternoon at one of the cricket matches. … Continue Reading →
Cyril Leeman – Reminiscences
The Beards Family William Beards and Emily Beards (nee Whittaker) William was a miner who moved up to this part of the country to find work from Staffordshire. William Beards … Continue Reading →
On Line Shopping
Taking orders and door to door delivery is nothing new. Looking back to Methley in the 40’s and 50’s you would remember a surprisingly large number of retail deliveries being … Continue Reading →