READ ALL ABOUT IT - METHLEY IN THE NEWSPAPERS

Reports of drunkeness, brawls and murder mix with property sales, accidents, suicides and cures for bile in our sample of ‘Methley In The Press’ over the last 250 years.

The exciting thing about these old newspaper reports is that they offer a snapshot of life in our village since the 1770’s. Many of these stories offer a fascinating glimpse of how times have changed. Or perhaps reading about the all of the drunkeness and violence, maybe they haven’t!
We have reproduced the original cuttings from the time, ‘warts and all’.

NEWS CATEGORIES - CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO SEE ENTRIES

PUBLIC HOUSES

Inebriation, Fights and Inquests

ACCIDENTS & SUICIDES

Train Crashes, Drownings & Other Sad Events

MINING IN METHLEY

Reports Covering All Events

THE GREAT & THE GOOD

How The Other Half Lived

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Everything Else

ADVERTS & AUCTIONS

Auctions and Snake Oil Cures