Rod Christopher – A life in football
Rod Christopher is someone well known for his devotion to football, both as a youth coach and fan of Leeds United. Such is his profile […]
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Methley’s mini hero ‘Jacob the pilot’ raises RAF funds.
An RAF obsessed 6 year old Jacob from Methley has combined his love of the Royal Air Force with raising money for their benevolent fund. […]
Rothwell author Caroline Draper writes a Christmas Eve Tale.
A brand new Christmas book for children, written by newly published author Caroline Draper who grew up in Rothwell will be hitting the bookshelves in […]
Remembering the hardship of WW2 in Methley
The year is 1938, Adolf Hitler, the German Führer has ordered his troops to occupy Austria and is in the midst of preparing plans to […]
Archaelogy is in the Air!
Around midday Saturday 19th March 1988, part of the bank of the River Aire at Methley suffered a catastrophic failure and 600,000m² of river bank […]
Lemonroyd marina – plenty to see and do!
The Lemonroyd marina is somewhat of a hidden gem of the local area and that’s quite as literal description as you will find, as to […]
Methley Scarecrow Festival 2019 – Heroes & Villans
This years Methley Scarecrow Festival once again attracted great crowds and also the sun. We took a trip around Methley – on foot and did […]
LS26 Save our homes – We keep fighting!
On Thursday 30th May the residents of Wordsworth Drive and Sugar Hill Close travelled into Leeds to attend the plans panel meeting that was to […]
Barratt Homes to showcase new Rothwell development plans
Plans for around 220 new homes in Rothwell will be consulted on at a public exhibition next week. The land off Bullough Lane is allocated […]
Learn Karate at Rothwell
Karate is Japanese meaning “empty-hand” and is a martial art that primarily stresses the use of the hands and feet to strike, but also includes […]