The extraordinary life of the “Elusive Suffragette”
Lillie Lenton – the woman who escaped from Armley Gaol
The murder of Barbara Waterhouse, 1891
The horrific murder of a young girl which shocked a community
Whitsun, 1892 – Leeds Rifles on manoeuvres
Military skirmish between Horsforth and Cookridge
Horsforth Hall Park cricket trivia
Hall Park’s links to cricketing history
What place names tell us about the past
Unlocking the secrets of a long-forgotten past
“Come on 13, give them hell!”
The young man who was the first of several hundred Leeds Pals to die on the first day of the Battle of the Somme
“The History of Beeston” by Jim Marsden
After my late grandfather retired from the Police force in the late 1970s, he began to extensively research the history of Beeston, South Leeds, where he was born. Over many years, he accumulated a vast amount of notes, documents and photographs but never came close to writing it all up. I now have his considerable... Continue Reading →
A run through Calverley Woods
My afternoon run today took me into Calverley Woods on the opposite side of the Aire Valley to our home in Rawdon. I approached from Harrogate Road, Apperley Bridge, whose residents were rocked by a loud blast on 19 June 1959. A huge cloud of smoke billowed above Calverley Woods and word soon spread that... Continue Reading →
