Leeds United as the shadow of war lengthened across Europe
Leeds United in the shadow of war
C B Fry: Preaching cricket to the Nazis.
C B Fry’s attempts to persuade the Nazis of the virtues of cricket
Operation Millennium, Leonard Cheshire & My Grandfather
When my grandfather served with Leonard Cheshire during the 1000-bomber raids of 1942
Horsforth Hall Park cricket trivia
Hall Park’s links to cricketing history
Sgt Booth of Horsforth – the first British POW of WW2
The Horsforth man who became the first British POW of WW2 and spent 2,057 days in captivity
Sir Roy Hardy Dobson
The Horsfordian who built 7000 Lancaster bombers
The tragedy of Malcolm Melhuish Yendell
One day in 1954, Mrs Joan Yendell, from Armley, called the Police in a highly agitated state to report that, in a telephone call, her estranged husband had just threatened to shoot her, her mother, their two young children and himself. He then said that he had the gun to his head and would shoot... Continue Reading →
