{"id":65,"date":"2023-05-20T19:57:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T19:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:26:03","slug":"townend-to-main-street","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=65","title":{"rendered":"Townend &#8211; Main Street &#8211; Lidgett Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"topofpage\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>These are links to points of interest listed on this page <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#townend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Townend<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#bankrowtownend\">Bank Row<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#barwickbridge\">Barkwick Rd Rail Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#policestation\">Police Station<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#salemplace\">Salem Place<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#salemchapel\">Salem Chapel\/ Evangelical<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#coop\">Coop Building<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#beevors\">Beevors Cottages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#picturehouse\">Picture House<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#primitivechapel\">Primitive Methodist Chapel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#newmarketplace\">Newmarket Place<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#kensington\">Kensington Terrace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#prestonshop\">Harry Prestons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#minerswelfare\">Miner&#8217;s Welfare Hall<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#marshalls\">Marshalls Brick Yard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#couplandroad\">Coupland Road<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#liberalclub\">Garforth Liberal Club<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#imagecomparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gascoigne Row Comparison<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#lowerbriggate\">Lower Briggate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hewittsrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hewitts Row<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#parochial\">Parochial School<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#changingfacemainst\">Main St at Church Lane<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#pickerings\">Pickering&#8217;s Butchers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hollyhouse\">Holly House<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#library\">Library<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#udcoffices\">Garforth UDC Offices<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"townend\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Townend<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Townend.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Townend.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Townend-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">The Junction at the top of Briggate\/Main Street- Wakefield Road in the centre, Station Rd now called Aberford Rd on left and Barwick Road on right of image 1 The lady with her hands on her hips is Mrs Hebden who lived on Station Road<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 54%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Opposite is the butchers shop of Squire Backhouse. It had a stable door and its reported that he spent a lot of time leaning over it chatting to passers-by. Mr Backhouse slaughtered beasts on the premises. The shop adjacent with the board was Frank Ashtons Chemists. (Aberford Road- previously Wakefield-Aberford Turnpike).<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MainStreet_Townend-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MainStreet_Townend-2.jpg 494w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MainStreet_Townend-2-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Before Image is Fewsters Garage closed in 2007<\/strong>(Previously Rossals)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ideabox-image-comparison\"><div class=\"ib-image-comparison label-pos--middle twentytwenty-container\" data-offset=\"0.5\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-before=\"Before\" data-after=\"After\" data-no-overlay=\"false\" data-on-hover=\"false\" data-on-swipe=\"true\" data-on-click=\"false\" style=\"--ibic-overlay-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--ibic-overlay-hover-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Townend_2008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"ib-image-comparison-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GIB_Townend_190702-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"ib-image-comparison-img\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/apron.savers.lifeboats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"bankrowtownend\">\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Bank Row<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/BankRow_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" style=\"width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/BankRow_R.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/BankRow_R-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/BankRow_R-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bank Row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023_04_18_Bank-RowR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299\" style=\"width:387px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023_04_18_Bank-RowR.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023_04_18_Bank-RowR-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bank Row 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">These three blocks of houses became known as Bank Row were built in early 19th Century to house the increasing numbers of miners . The Sisters Pit was just a short walk behind these houses. The house behind the three people was called Bank House and still is. It was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, part of the Dixon family who were the last toll-keepers at the Toll Bar House on Aberford Road near Bar Lane. In 1859 The Yorkshire Penny Bank rented a room to act as the first bank in Garforth. On alternate Saturdays it was run by Ben Chadwick, Headmaster of the Colliery School in East Garforth. The road in front was known as Station Road before the name changed to Aberford Road \u2013 originally it was the Wakefield to Aberford Turnpike toll road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/proofread.rounds.traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"barwickbridge\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Railway Bridge over Barwick Rd.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Railway-Bridge-Barwick-Road-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Railway-Bridge-Barwick-Road-1.jpg 634w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Railway-Bridge-Barwick-Road-1-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Bridge carries Leeds Selby Railway over Barwick Road close to Townend. This bridge is Grade 2 Listed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/routs.knocking.motel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/listing\/the-list\/list-entry\/1237433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English Heritage Link<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:192px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"policestation\">\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Police Station<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"319\" data-id=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MainStreet_Police-Station.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MainStreet_Police-Station.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MainStreet_Police-Station-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"446\" data-id=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pease-Car-Park_20230515-r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pease-Car-Park_20230515-r.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pease-Car-Park_20230515-r-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Police Station located at the top of Briggate (Main Street). In 1969 it was purchased by Hornby Skewes Ltd and converted into warehouse and offices .The Police Station moved to Lidgett Lane. Pease Car park now occupies the site with Coop Building next door<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/chugging.stung.palaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"salemplace\">\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Salem Place<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Salem-Place.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" style=\"width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Salem-Place.jpg 364w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Salem-Place-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Salem-Place-Bjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" style=\"width:215px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Salem-Place-Bjpg.jpg 303w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Salem-Place-Bjpg-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">A terrace of houses at Town End of historical and architectural interest, having features such as the decorations above the doors.&nbsp; Also one of the few remaining terraces whose electricity distribution is by cables seen running at mid-height along the fronts of the terrace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/expressed.sandbags.hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:151px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"salemchapel\">\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"salemchapel\">Salem Chapel Evangelical Church<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>United Methodist Free Church &#8211; A corner stone for the new chapel was laid on 13<sup>th<\/sup> March 1872 on a site on Wakefield Road. Close to Townend. The chapel known as Salem belonged to Lady Lane Circuit and was opened Thursday 15<sup>th<\/sup> August 1872<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" data-id=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_garforth-united-methodist-free-church-old-1024x758.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_garforth-united-methodist-free-church-old-1024x758.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_garforth-united-methodist-free-church-old-300x222.webp 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_garforth-united-methodist-free-church-old-768x569.webp 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_garforth-united-methodist-free-church-old-1536x1137.webp 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_garforth-united-methodist-free-church-old.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1909<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"476\" data-id=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SalemChapel_Evangelican-Church_700-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SalemChapel_Evangelican-Church_700-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SalemChapel_Evangelican-Church_700-1-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-id=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem-Chapel_1904_06_04_Sister-Sykes_700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem-Chapel_1904_06_04_Sister-Sykes_700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem-Chapel_1904_06_04_Sister-Sykes_700-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stone Laid by Sister Sykes 4th June 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-id=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SalemChapel_1904_06_04_Mrs-Lawn_700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SalemChapel_1904_06_04_Mrs-Lawn_700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SalemChapel_1904_06_04_Mrs-Lawn_700-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stone laid by Mrs Lawn 4th June 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SalemChapel2016_11_23R-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SalemChapel2016_11_23R-rotated.jpg 533w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SalemChapel2016_11_23R-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"199\" data-id=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_Evangelical-Church.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_Evangelical-Church.jpg 367w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Salem_Evangelical-Church-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Foundation Stones for a school room was laid in June 1904 and opened by Col G R Lane&nbsp; Fox on 21<sup>st<\/sup> January 1905 The builders of the School room were Marshalls of Garforth. The Chapel was the centre of many community activities but by 1920s the debt of the chapel and schoolroom was causing concern. In 1930 help was provided by The Methodist Conference and the debt was cleared. The chapel closed after the last service on 20<sup>th<\/sup> November 1969. As with the Primitives before them they amalgamated with the Brunswick on Church Lane. The uniting of the two gave birth to Garforth Methodist Church. A new manse was bought in Station Fields. In 1972 they celebrated their centenary and built an additional small hall. Salem Chapel and school room were bought by Hornby Skewes in 1971 to be used as a warehouse. Hornby Skewes moved out in 1984. Since they moved out the building is in ecclesiastic use again as an Evangelical Free Church and has been since 21st October 1984<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Information Source &#8211; Hornby Skewes 2015 Golden Jubilee Brochure<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/replenish.liability.performed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:115px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"coop\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Coop Building<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop-Building_Full.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop-Building_Full.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop-Building_Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop-Building_Full-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coop-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"> The Co-op had a grocers, drapery and general supplies shop on the left hand side. The butchers department was on the right now the Chinese Take Away.Upstairs was a large room which was occasionally rented out to local groups. In 1911 the Manager was Thomas Wormald. Later used by Hornby Skewes,  Pease Hardware, a Stationers, and the Chinese  and Cafe  (2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-769315fb wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/listening.tractor.masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"beevors\">\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"beevors\">Beevors (Beevers) Cottages<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" data-id=\"1654\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Beevers-Cottage_Leodis_s128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Beevers-Cottage_Leodis_s128.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Beevers-Cottage_Leodis_s128-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy of Leodis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"522\" data-id=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beevors-Cottages_20230515_19-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beevors-Cottages_20230515_19-R.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beevors-Cottages_20230515_19-R-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 TR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beevors-Cottages_20230530-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beevors-Cottages_20230530-R.jpg 535w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beevors-Cottages_20230530-R-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 TR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Built by John Beevors former landlord of Miners Arms -Listed in 1911- Located at the back of Pease Car park with a view from Aberford Road and across Pease Car Park in 2023. Old view showing a yard off (Aberford Rd) Station Road, occupied by on the left a row of cottages known as Beevers&#8217; Cottages, on the right Fewster&#8217;s Garage and in the background the warehouse of Hornby Skewes musical merchandise. Fewster&#8217;s Garage closed in 2007 and was replaced by flats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/cherry.supposed.headboard \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:160px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"picturehouse\">The Picture House<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-House-2R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-House-2R.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-House-2R-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The Picture House opened in 1913. There was no balcony but on a sloping floor there were 300 tip up seats. It closed on 4th June 1966 and Mr Pratt, the manager remembers during WW2, The Picture House and Kippax Alhambra having to share one Newsreel which was transferred between the two by a cyclist! Hornby Skewes Ltd purchased the the building in 1968 for \u00a34600 and converted into offices and a warehouse. It was opened by Leeds United footballer, Jack Charlton. In 1971, part of the car park was developed and possession taken of phase 1 of a purpose built office warehouse complex. In 1974 Phase 2 was opened by Entertainer, Joe Brown. It is now the site of Pease Hardware.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/probe.lifetimes.butlers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"primitivechapel\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"primitivechapel\">Primitive Methodist Chapel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"364\" data-id=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive-Methodist-Chapel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive-Methodist-Chapel.jpg 365w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive-Methodist-Chapel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive-Methodist-Chapel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive-Methodist-Chapel-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" data-id=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive_Methodist_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive_Methodist_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Primitive_Methodist_-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The building was first occupied by the <strong>Independent Methodists<\/strong> one of four denominations which included &#8211; The Weslyans, The <strong>United Methodist Free Church <\/strong>and the <strong>Primitive Methodists<\/strong>. The Primitive Methodists society was attached to Leeds First Circuit and were active in 1821 which was only six years after the denomination came into existence. In 1843 they rented a chapel in Chapel Lane which had previously been used by the Independents. Although the building was cold and uncomfortable the society persevered and in 1876 a building programme started to provide better facilities. First the Sunday School was built then the church at a total cost of \u00a31857. <strong>The church opened on 8<sup>th<\/sup> July 1877<\/strong> and was attended by 500 people. The <strong>Methodist Union took place in 1932<\/strong> and members of the Primitive Chapel decided to unite with The Methodists of Brunswick in Church Lane. <strong>The church closed in 1935<\/strong> but even then the Sunday School had almost 90 members. In 1980 Hornby Skewes purchased the building for additional warehouse space. Prior to this it had been used by Derwest Jennings Clothing. <strong>Hornby Skewes sold the property in 1990 <\/strong>and moved to their new premises on Parkinson Approach off Aberford road. Whilst the fa\u00e7ade is original and untouched behind has been completely modernised and is now used as by SLP Dance College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/published.voters.scanty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:81px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"newmarketplace\">\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Newmarket Place<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180423_112325-2-1024x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180423_112325-2-1024x1000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180423_112325-2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180423_112325-2-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180423_112325-2-1536x1500.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180423_112325-2-2048x2000.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Built by George Rex who built several properties in Main Street including the Newmarket Inn. It is thought the name derives from Newmarket Races where Mr Rex won a substantial amount of money<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rex-Emblem_20180423-2-1024x901.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rex-Emblem_20180423-2-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rex-Emblem_20180423-2-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rex-Emblem_20180423-2-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rex-Emblem_20180423-2-1536x1352.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rex-Emblem_20180423-2-2048x1803.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/busters.slept.trickle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:103px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"kensingtonterrace\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"kensington\">Kensington Terrace<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kensington-Terrace_2018_04_23_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kensington-Terrace_2018_04_23_R.jpg 655w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kensington-Terrace_2018_04_23_R-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This row of eight terraced houses has historic as well as architectural interest. It is accessed through an arch near the top of Main street. They were built in 1854 by George Rex to provide houses for his 4 sons and 4 daughters. George started as a joiner on Parlington Estate and became a builder and entrepreneur. There is decorative brickwork as well as a cast of a King&#8217;s Head. It has been said that the face resembles that of George Rex and the crown may well be an allusion to his name Rex.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/factories.alright.yachting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:91px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"prestonshop\">\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">George Harry Preston&#8217;s Shop<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/George-Harry-Preston_Royal-Flying-Corps_1916.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3029\" style=\"width:168px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/George-Harry-Preston_Royal-Flying-Corps_1916.jpg 587w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/George-Harry-Preston_Royal-Flying-Corps_1916-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1916 Royal Flying Corps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This was Harry&#8217;s hairdressers which he ran with his daughter Mary.The premises were later used as a guitar shop.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop-2018-E-935x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3017\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop-2018-E-935x1024.jpg 935w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop-2018-E-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop-2018-E-768x841.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop-2018-E-1403x1536.jpg 1403w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop-2018-E-1870x2048.jpg 1870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mary-Peston_Garforth-Arts-Club_Jan-1973_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mary-Peston_Garforth-Arts-Club_Jan-1973_R.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mary-Peston_Garforth-Arts-Club_Jan-1973_R-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mary-Peston_Garforth-Arts-Club_Jan-1973_R-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary in 1973 ,a member of Garforth Arts Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"567\" data-id=\"3014\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop1-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop1-R.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop1-R-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Main-St_mary-Preston-Shop1-R-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aug 1911<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" data-id=\"3021\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Parkinson_MainStreet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Parkinson_MainStreet.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Parkinson_MainStreet-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Parkinson Advert can still be seen in 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/chainsaw.reflect.abacus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=3039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link for more information on Harry and Mary<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"minerswelfare\">\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Miners Welfare Hall<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-2915\" style=\"max-width: 993px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-2915 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Welfare Hall\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2915\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_2915\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2918 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Welfare-Hall-Centenary_Exterior_2024_04_06-900x253.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2918\" title=\"Welfare Hall Centenary_Exterior_2024_04_06\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Miner's Welfare Hall- Some Users of the Hall<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2919 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Welfare-Hall-Centenary_Interior_2024_04_06-900x253.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2919\" title=\"Welfare Hall Centenary_Interior_2024_04_06\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Welfare Hall Centenary 6th April 2024<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2930 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2930\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GIB-Christmas-Fair_2023_12_09_2R-rotated-993x280.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2930\" title=\"GIB Christmas Fair_2023_12_09_2R\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Garforth  in Bloom Christmas Fair 2023<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2931 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2931\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ArtsCrafts_2014_09_13_1R-993x280.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2931\" title=\"Arts&amp;Crafts_2014_09_13_(1R)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Arts &amp; Crafts Exhibtion 2014<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2933 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/QuiltshowDF-77R-scaled-993x280.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2933\" title=\"QuiltshowDF (77R)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Quilt Show <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2934 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Garforth-Lions_40sDance-788x222.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2934\" title=\"Garforth Lions_40sDance\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Garforth Lions 40s dance    \nheld in early 1990s<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2935 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Garforth-Flower-Veg-Show_2016_09_03_900-900x253.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"993\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2915 slide-2935\" title=\"Garforth Flower Veg Show_2016_09_03_900\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Garforth Fruit Veg Show \n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Welfare-Hall-Centenary_Exterior_2024_04_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2916\" style=\"width:273px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Welfare-Hall-Centenary_Exterior_2024_04_06.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Welfare-Hall-Centenary_Exterior_2024_04_06-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Welfare-Hall-Centenary_Exterior_2024_04_06-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Welfare Centenary 6th April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Garforth Miners Institute &#8211; Erected by the Trustees of the Garforth Miners Welfare Fund under a Grant from the Central Miners Welfare Committee who were appointed under the Mining Industry Act (1920)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Built in 1924 on land donated by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=68\/#colfrederickrttgas\" target=\"_blank\">Col F.R.T.T. Gascoigne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Welfare-Hall001_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Welfare-Hall001_R.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Welfare-Hall001_R-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Welfare-Hall001_R-768x586.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Welfare-Plaque_20180423-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Welfare-Plaque_20180423-R.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Welfare-Plaque_20180423-R-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:17px\">William Robley Steel (Chairman),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Charles Hamblet Hebden<strong> <\/strong>(Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:17px\">George Edward Banham,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:17px\"> Herbert Gascoigne, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Harry Chappel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/pillows.worldwide.fended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"marshalls\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Marshalls Brickyard<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:53% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshall-StreetV.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshall-StreetV.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshall-StreetV-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshall-StreetV-768x589.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Marshall Street was the site of Marshalls Brick Yard. This is now Halliday Court which was opened by Cllr. Joan Halliday <em>(nee Roberts)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 39%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Demolition of the Brickyard Chimney.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshalls-Chimney-Demolition-Ver2-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-356 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshalls-Chimney-Demolition-Ver2-R.jpg 417w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Marshalls-Chimney-Demolition-Ver2-R-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/operated.cucumber.obtain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:140px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"couplandroad\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Coupland Road<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coupland-Road-R-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coupland-Road-R-2.jpg 496w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Coupland-Road-R-2-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">Coupland Road &#8211; It was locally known as Army Lane because the Salvation Army Citadel was there.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sharon-Cottage-1899.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" style=\"width:216px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sharon-Cottage-1899.jpg 597w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sharon-Cottage-1899-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sharon Cottage 31 Coupland Rd 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">These date appears to be authentic. Coupland Road was not named on the 1890 OS. In the 1901 Census virtually every house was occupied by miners or someone connected with mining or the railway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beaulah-Cottage-1892.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" style=\"width:270px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beaulah-Cottage-1892.jpg 509w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Beaulah-Cottage-1892-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Belah Cottage 1 Coupland Rd 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/prepped.scale.forever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"liberalclub\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Garforth Liberal Club<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Now Wetherspoons &#8211; The Briggate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" data-id=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Liberal-Club_Rear_20150401_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Liberal-Club_Rear_20150401_R.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Liberal-Club_Rear_20150401_R-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">April 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LiberalClub_20150401-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LiberalClub_20150401-R.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LiberalClub_20150401-R-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LiberalClub_20150401-R-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">April 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"454\" data-id=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wetherspoons-20200221-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wetherspoons-20200221-2.jpg 516w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Wetherspoons-20200221-2-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">February 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally this was a house used as a club for pit boys. A shortage of the money led to closure so it was turned over to a men\u2019s club and obtained a licence to sell beer and spirits. Charles Ellison, who was a miner, bought the house along with three other men . In 1897 Charles, who was a staunch Liberal, took over and went to live there. In the 1901 census he is listed as steward. It became so successful that a dance hall and billiard room were added. Charles died in 1914 but his wife carried on with help of her children until 1920.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/blazers.directors.endings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:125px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"imagecomparison\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"imagecomparison\">Middle of Main Street Images Comparison<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Terraces of houses on right of Before Image were known variously as Gascoigne Row and Colliery Row but Fred Knowles recalls the terrace being known as Long Curtain Row which refers to their tall, thin windows. Eagle house is behind the telegraph pole. A rather ugly extension has been added to the house. The earlier photo is about 1935 and the later is about 1971 <em>( Date Info Courtesy of Steve Norman Nov 2019) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ideabox-image-comparison\"><div class=\"ib-image-comparison label-pos--middle twentytwenty-container\" data-offset=\"0.5\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-before=\"Before\" data-after=\"After\" data-no-overlay=\"true\" data-on-hover=\"false\" data-on-swipe=\"true\" data-on-click=\"false\" style=\"--ibic-overlay-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--ibic-overlay-hover-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gascoigne-Row-Resized-A-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"ib-image-comparison-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thrift-Store-Main-St-c1971.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"ib-image-comparison-img\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Gascoigne Row <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" data-id=\"4253\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Colliery-Row.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Colliery-Row.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Colliery-Row-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"689\" data-id=\"4252\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_CollieryRow1963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_CollieryRow1963.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_CollieryRow1963-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" data-id=\"4254\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_-Demolition001-B2_22-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_-Demolition001-B2_22-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_-Demolition001-B2_22-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_-Demolition001-B2_22-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_-Demolition001-B2_22-1536x1155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row_-Demolition001-B2_22-2048x1539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Demolition c 1963<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4260\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gascoigne-Row-Yorks-Evening-News-1961-Bx2_22-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Article from Garforth Historical Soc. Archive  in Gaforth Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/proofread.lads.piper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"lowerbriggate\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"lowerbriggate\">Lower Briggate<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" data-id=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1536x976.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-2048x1301.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> 1 View of Lower Briggate toward Townend <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1-1024x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1-1536x944.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Briggate_Dimler_Breckon-1-2048x1259.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> 2 View of Lower Briggate toward Lidgett Lane <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In View 2 the shop on the right is Dimlers Pork butchers. This was well respected business before WW1. Unfortunately, to the dismay of the community, this family of German origin disappeared overnight in WW1, presumably interned. They were never seen again. This shop is now (2024)The Cobblers. The building next to Dimlers became Jordan&#8217;s then Ratcliffes Newsagents. They had moved from premises at the bottom of Church Lane which were demolished to make way for a new library. Ratcliffe&#8217;s shop is now the location of new buildings housing Ison Harrison Solicitor(2024).  The shop next door on the left of Dimlers is James (Jim) Breckon&#8217;s Sweet Shop. Known locally as Daddy Breckon. The white building, centre right, is now (2024) La Bella Vita Italian restaurant.  In the far distance is the Old Garforth Urban District Offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/stitch.fidgeting.gracing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"hewittsrow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hewitts Row<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hewitts-Row_leodis_H2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1917 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hewitts-Row_leodis_H2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hewitts-Row_leodis_H2-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">This terrace was in what in is now Barley Hill Road Car Park. It was also known as Dancer Row. The entrance to these was between Ratcliffes Newsagent\/ Ison Harrison and Dimlers\/Garforth Cobblers Properties. On the other side of the terrace, facing Barley Hill Road, was a large clay hole which Marshals Bricks used. During the winter local children found a good place for sledging. The photograph was taken in 1967 and shows a white mini which belonged to Helen Ratcliffe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Image Courtsey of  Leodis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/hardly.year.masterful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:105px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"parochial\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Parochial School<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Garforth-Parochial-School-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\" style=\"width:340px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Garforth-Parochial-School-R.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Garforth-Parochial-School-R-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Garforth Charity School opened 1818<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Medical-Center-20230418_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Medical-Center-20230418_R.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Medical-Center-20230418_R-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medical Centre <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>The school was opened in 1818 as Garforth Charity School. A new building was subsequently opened in 1865 as The Parochial School. The first Master stayed at school 21 years until 1886 . A new enterprising master succeeded him and in his 5 years tenure introduced many new ideas such as a School Museum and a Sports day alongside incentives in the form of awards&nbsp; to encourage pupils to attend. In 1890 school treats were introduced followed a year later by a school Concert and prize giving. It was so popular that many parents weren\u2019t able to get in. In 1894 the log book records that the school\u201d which had never previously earned the highest grants, has twice done so during the last three years\u201d Click to Read More.<\/summary>\n<p>In1979 Mrs Tolley was interviewed as she remembers attending the school in 1906 and recalls Edison demonstrating his Phonograph. Miss Barber was head mistress who married Mr Armitage one of the Brickmakers from Rothwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years there had been attempts to down grade or close the school. The first came in 1907, shortly after The West Riding County Council were given responsibility for Education. Their newly built school in Barley Hill Road was short of pupils so they instructed the top two forms to report to the new school at the start of the new term, effectively reducing the Parochial school to infants only. This change was contested by the schools managers, presided over by Col Gascoigne. Only six pupils turned up for at the new school. This victory says something about the Gascoigne influence &#8211; he was well respected but the parents might have considered that he employed many of them and was their landlord. The School came under threat of closure in the late 1970s but in 1979 it was saved by the response of villagers. However it did close in 1990 and was demolished in 1994 and the Medical Centre was built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChurchLane-_Briggate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChurchLane-_Briggate.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChurchLane-_Briggate-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">View looking up Church Lane from the junction with Briggate and the Parochial School on the left and the site of the new Library on the right<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/hardly.year.masterful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChurchLane-_Briggate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChurchLane-_Briggate.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChurchLane-_Briggate-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">View looking up Church Lane from the junction with Briggate and the Parochial School on the left and the site of the new Library on the right.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-2771\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-2771 ml-slider hide-arrows-smartphone ms-theme-default nav-hidden nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Garforth Parochial School\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2771\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_2771\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2777 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Garforth-Parochial-Sch-Aug-1993_035-rotated-600x213.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"1012\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2771 slide-2777\" title=\"Garforth Parochial Sch Aug 1993_035\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>August 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2778 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Garforth-Parochial-Sch_1994_036-rotated-600x213.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"1012\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2771 slide-2778\" title=\"Garforth Parochial Sch_1994_036\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>1994<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2780 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Garforth-Parochial-Sch_Jul-1990-600x213.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"1012\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2771 slide-2780\" title=\"Garforth Parochial Sch_Jul 1990\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>July 1990<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2781 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2781\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Garforth-Parochial-Sch-Jul_1990_D-600x213.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"1012\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2771 slide-2781\" title=\"Garforth Parochial Sch Jul_1990_D\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Jul 1990<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2788 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2788\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1995_GPS-600x213.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"1012\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2771 slide-2788\" title=\"1995_GPS\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Demolition of Air Raid Shelters 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2789 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1995_GPS_demolition-of-Air-Raid-Shelter-600x213.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"1012\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2771 slide-2789\" title=\"1995_GPS_demolition of Air Raid Shelter\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Demolition of Air Raid Shelters 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/backup.carpeted.bigger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Images and Copy from Garforth Historical Archive at Garforth Library<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:118px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"library\">\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Garforth Library<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Old Shops housed Shackleton&#8217;s Bakery and Mortimer Green Grocers Shop and Mortimer Close named after him and the adjacent farm. In the1960s the property with the sloping roof was used as Stuart Clark&#8217;s Photographic Studio <em>(Stuart is one of our contributors) <\/em>These were demolished to make way for a new Library opened in 1969.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Church-La_Shackletons-Bakery_Leodis_C-10_p4_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1724 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Church-La_Shackletons-Bakery_Leodis_C-10_p4_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Church-La_Shackletons-Bakery_Leodis_C-10_p4_-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Library_Before.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3120\" style=\"width:236px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Library_Before.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Library_Before-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The library and One Stop Centre has modern architectural merit and is a well known landmark at the junction of Main Street and Church Lane . The library, opened in1969, was later refurbished and extended as seen in the photograph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Library.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" style=\"width:261px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Library.jpg 627w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Library-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/pausing.received.hedgehog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:107px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"hollyhouse\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Holly House<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Holly-House-MainStreet_LidgetLane.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" style=\"width:674px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Holly-House-MainStreet_LidgetLane.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Holly-House-MainStreet_LidgetLane-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The shop on the right in 1844 W Secker Grocer, then Alfred Smith Grocer &#8211; Shaw&#8217;s Food and Wine -Garforth Book Shop in 1963 &#8211; Technicolour Hair Design. Next building is now Chinese Take Away. Building with four upstairs windows later belonged to Mr Pickering Butchers .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_W-Secker-Advert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2625\" style=\"width:778px;height:589px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_W-Secker-Advert.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_W-Secker-Advert-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/venue.slap.demanding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:136px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"changingfacemainst\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Main Street at Church Lane<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/181017_Main-St_Church-Lane-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/181017_Main-St_Church-Lane-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/181017_Main-St_Church-Lane-700-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The bottom of Main St. -Its changing face<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Bathrooms, Blacks Hairdressers ,450 Restaurant, Paula&#8217;s Cafe (now Saffron Indian) &#8211; Chinese Take Away- Technicolour Hair Design in Holly House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:98px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"pickerings\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Pickering&#8217;s Butchers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Main-Street_Tom-Pickering_Leodis_M53.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Main-Street_Tom-Pickering_Leodis_M53.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Main-Street_Tom-Pickering_Leodis_M53-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Tom Pickering&#8217;s butcher&#8217;s shop on the left. The Pickering business was started by his grand father. This shop was purchased from Sydney Toes, who had succeeded his father, William Toes, as butcher on these premises. Sydney Toes had run the business for short time in the mid 1930s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The Pickering family kept animals on land rented from the Parlington estate which they slaughtered and prepared themselves on premises on Station Road. As well as running this retail shop they did considerable trade with major hotels in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images Coutesy of Leodis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_Main-Street_Lower_Aug-1972.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2766\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_Main-Street_Lower_Aug-1972.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_Main-Street_Lower_Aug-1972-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Holly-House_Main-Street_Lower_Aug-1972-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">After Tom Pickering&#8217;s retirement it remained a butchers for a time, D &amp; K Meats, but was not as successful. Also in the photo are Northern Rock Building Society, Cowburn &amp; Co. Insurance Brokers, G Travel and the Leeds and Holbeck Building Society. Photo by Tom Pickering. 1960.The shop is now occupied by Creative of Garforth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The building in front of the mini is now Blacks Hairdressers. Next in the row, the shop behind the mini, is the entrance to 450 Restaurant and Paula&#8217;s Cafe <em>(closed Jul 2023 Now Saffron Indian)<\/em> This is the latest of the these buildings, Previously it was an open entrance to Pickering&#8217;s yard at the rear. The next shop is now a Chinese Take Away and the shop on the corner is Holly House now Technicolour Hair Design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:130px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"udcoffices\">\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Garforth UDC Offices<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" data-id=\"1721\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Garforth-UDC_leodis_M51A_P51A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Garforth-UDC_leodis_M51A_P51A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Garforth-UDC_leodis_M51A_P51A-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" data-id=\"3001\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1961.06.16-Garforth-Council-Offices-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1961.06.16-Garforth-Council-Offices-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1961.06.16-Garforth-Council-Offices-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1961.06.16-Garforth-Council-Offices-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1961.06.16-Garforth-Council-Offices.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Church-La-Towards-Main-Street_GUDC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Church-La-Towards-Main-Street_GUDC.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Church-La-Towards-Main-Street_GUDC-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View from Church Lane towards Briggate with Parochial School on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/T-B-Smith_A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2757 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/T-B-Smith_A.jpg 448w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/T-B-Smith_A-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Originally this building was T.B. Smith&#8217;s General Supply Stores located at the bottom of Main Street opposite Garforth Medical Centre, It housed the Post Office, Garforth UDC- formed in 1909, and Police .The Knowles family fruit and veg shop on the left and on right Simpson Electrical and Bike Shop.( It was where locals could get battery accumulators recharged) . The library was located here during extension and refurbishment of the building opposite<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover2.jpg 873w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover2-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover2-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These are images of Garforth UDC Meter Covers still located on Green Lane in March 2025. They are thought to be only remaining physical items reference to GUDC. The images are kindly provided by  Maurice Norman, a former Chair of Garforth Historical Society<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover1.jpg 863w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MeterCover1-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-20230418_After.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" style=\"width:225px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-20230418_After.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-20230418_After-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-20230418_After-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-20230418_After-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2023 \u2013 Location of Nisa Convenience Store \u2013 Apartments and Retail Outlets have been built adjacent at the start of Lidgett Lane. Previously this was the location of Westerman&#8217;s Coal Merchants &#8211; Sun Ray Fish Chip Shop and Saberton Motors in 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-Before_-Corner_20190918_RR-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" style=\"width:275px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-Before_-Corner_20190918_RR-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apartments-Before_-Corner_20190918_RR-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/refutes.replying.pines \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#topofpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to top <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Images Courtesy of Leodis &amp; from Garforth Historical Soc &amp;  from Conversation with Fred Knowles July 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are links to points of interest listed on this page Townend The Junction at the top of Briggate\/Main Street- Wakefield Road in the centre, Station Rd now called Aberford Rd on left and Barwick Road on right of image 1 The lady with her hands on her hips is Mrs Hebden who lived on Station Road Opposite is the butchers shop of Squire Backhouse. It had a stable door and its reported that he &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=65\" class=\"more-link btn btn-default\" title=\"Townend &#8211; Main Street &#8211; Lidgett Lane\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"fa fa-eye\"><\/span> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":888,"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4278,"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/4278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}