A Bridge too Far: Travellers on the A639 to Leeds cannot have missed the metal track laid parallel to the railway line at ground level (Feb 2009). It would appear that Railtrack, or is … Continue Reading →
Methley Urban District Council Amalgamation Process 1929/30
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 →
History of Methley an Overview
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 →
News and Noticeboard
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 →
Ghost Story
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 →
Bay Horse RIP
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 →
Brewery Trip
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 →
Annual Club Trip – Working Mens Club
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 →
Sand and Gravel Site Restoration
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 →
Early Coal Mining
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 →
Waterways
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 →