The Market District Boys Club

blog The MarketThe author remembers wonderful teenage years at The Market District Boy’s Club Marsh Lane, Leeds. The football, the camaraderie, The preparation for life that we were unaware of at the time.

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Delivering the Sunday papers in 1950s East Leeds

blog eric sand del papersEric Sanderson tells of his trials and tribulations and some of the benefits od delivering the Sunday papers to East Leeds and Knostrop

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More Tales of Between the Wars byStan Picklesl

blog-stan-pickles-22Stan tells of te custom of ‘britching’ when a lad got his first pair of long ‘uns. And of his first delightful holiday provided by th village of Barmby Moor for the ‘poor children of Leeds’. Stan completes with two sporting moments: The RL Cup Semi Final of 1936 between Leeds RL and Huddersfield and the 1928 Hepworth Cricket Cup Final between East Leeds and Hunslet

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Baths and Bladders

blog-baths-and-bladersThe author remembers school swimming lessons at Joseph Street Baths at Hunlet, Leeds and School Football training on Snake Lane in East Leeds

Next Old East Leeds Reunion

Our next Old East Leeds Reunion is on Wed 22nd April 2009 from noon onwards at the Edmund House Club Pontefract Lane . All Welcome.

More Memories of Brian Conoby

blog-bian-conoby-21These are the final offerings of Brian Conoby who lived his life in East Leeds and has contributed hugely to our little tales. Brian sadly passed away shortly after Christmas after a short illness In this offering Brian writes of the legendary race horse trainer, Mick Berry who was his early neighbour and his tale of the ‘The enduring flag stone’ a charming little tale of the 1930s