Garages in Yeadon

Richw · Post by **Richw** » Mon 05 Jan, 2009 1:31 pm

daver wrote: The garage at the crossroads was Parrishes.I was a foreman at Webster Bros. in the mid 60's.They didn't move to Otley, that was John Pullan who left Websters and started his own business.Does anyone know what happened to any ex. Webster's employeesi.e. Frank, Bernard,Roy,Jimmy,Ken and Ted?Dave Raine Hi DaveNothing to do with garages really except that I remember Webster Bros being on the site. Ken Webster is my father who died in 2002.I remember some of the guys there but don't know what happened to them. i did meet Billy Kirness about 20 years ago, he was the sign writer and model maker. Ken stayed in various businesses until he retired to portugal in about 1990. He came back because of ill health and died in Skipton.I found this link because i was looking for stories of Ken and those days but I was also trying to find the Air force squadren he was with in the war.Any info? [email protected]

Richw · Post by **Richw** » Mon 05 Jan, 2009 1:32 pm

daver wrote: The garage at the crossroads was Parrishes.I was a foreman at Webster Bros. in the mid 60's.They didn't move to Otley, that was John Pullan who left Websters and started his own business.Does anyone know what happened to any ex. Webster's employeesi.e. Frank, Bernard,Roy,Jimmy,Ken and Ted?Dave Raine Hi DaveNothing to do with garages really except that I remember Webster Bros being on the site. Ken Webster is my father who died in 2002.I remember some of the guys there but don't know what happened to them. i did meet Billy Kirness about 20 years ago, he was the sign writer and model maker. Ken stayed in various businesses until he retired to portugal in about 1990. He came back because of ill health and died in Skipton.I found this link because i was looking for stories of Ken and those days but I was also trying to find the Air force squadren he was with in the war.

Richw · Post by **Richw** » Mon 05 Jan, 2009 1:32 pm

daver wrote: The garage at the crossroads was Parrishes.I was a foreman at Webster Bros. in the mid 60's.They didn't move to Otley, that was John Pullan who left Websters and started his own business.Does anyone know what happened to any ex. Webster's employeesi.e. Frank, Bernard,Roy,Jimmy,Ken and Ted?Dave Raine Hi DaveNothing to do with garages really except that I remember Webster Bros being on the site. Ken Webster is my father who died in 2002.I remember some of the guys there but don't know what happened to them. i did meet Billy Kirness about 20 years ago, he was the sign writer and model maker. Ken stayed in various businesses until he retired to portugal in about 1990. He came back because of ill health and died in Skipton.I found this link because i was looking for stories of Ken and those days but I was also trying to find the Air force squadren he was with in the war.

daver · Post by **daver** » Thu 08 Jan, 2009 3:31 pm

Richard Hi.I have been trying to email you but email addresswont go through.Can you email me [email protected] will then reply to you with bits of info.Cheers David

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Thu 08 Jan, 2009 9:29 pm

zscort wrote: Hi Everyone, And also was there a bus service depot (red buses) just down the road in a housing estate? Cheers All Hi there - the bus garage in Moorfield Drive belonged to the famous Samuel Ledgard company who bought it in the mid -1930s from the Moorfield Omnibus Co. Right to the end in October 1967 it was still known as "The Moorfield" and is fondly remembered in the area. Two routes were operated :-Horsforth - Rawdon - Yeadon - Shaw Estate - Chevin - Otley (which can you believe went down the incredible West Chevin Road from the Chevin Inn - till the road fell away in 1947)Horsforth - Rawdon - Yeadon - White Cross - Otley.By the way, the buses were in Ledgard blue and were not red. However many red West Yorkshire buses passed by the garage on various routes, possibly hence the misunderstanding.I've worked Rest days out of "The Moorfield" more than once, and what a grand friendly little place it was - I am still in touch with a very few surviving members of the staff.Saturday 14th October 1967 was a very sad day indeed.

isambard01 · Post by **isambard01** » Thu 08 Jan, 2009 10:26 pm

Although the Yeadon fountain was destroyed during the war, part of it still does exist. If you go into Yeadon Town Hall you will see a plaque, which was originally on the fountain, above the box office . . .

Si · Post by Si » Fri 09 Jan, 2009 9:46 am

Thanks for that, Isambard. I knew there used to be a fountain there, but had no idea about the existing plaque.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sat 10 Jan, 2009 12:02 am

Another long forgotten garage was the coach depot and office of E. Grange (Guiseley and Yeadon Tours) at New Scarborough. It was on the corner of the A65 and Kirk Lane. Until very recently there was a "JET" filling station on the site but his has now gone. Mr. Grange and his family, including three sons who were in the business) live in a very impressive villa at the same locatilon. The coaches were mainly grey with a maroon flash and were always very tidily turned out. They had one Albion though, FWY 177, which was unbelievably slow although pleasant and comfortable.

Si · Post by Si » Sat 17 Oct, 2009 6:59 pm

isambard01 wrote: Although the Yeadon fountain was destroyed during the war, part of it still does exist. If you go into Yeadon Town Hall you will see a plaque, which was originally on the fountain, above the box office . . . There was an article in the Memory Lane section of the Wharfe Valley Times this week about the old Yeadon fountain. It included an old photo showing it's position, design and size. According to the writer, Ian Hutton, an RAF lorry damaged it during the wartime black-out, and the stones were "taken to a safe place." A local historian, Doug Downs, reckons the fountain has been re-built and can be seen in "St Annes" - presumably in Lancashire.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 22 Dec, 2009 3:43 pm

Si wrote: isambard01 wrote: Although the Yeadon fountain was destroyed during the war, part of it still does exist. If you go into Yeadon Town Hall you will see a plaque, which was originally on the fountain, above the box office . . . There was an article in the Memory Lane section of the Wharfe Valley Times this week about the old Yeadon fountain. It included an old photo showing it's position, design and size. According to the writer, Ian Hutton, an RAF lorry damaged it during the wartime black-out, and the stones were "taken to a safe place." A local historian, Doug Downs, reckons the fountain has been re-built and can be seen in "St Annes" - presumably in Lancashire. There was a follow up to this story in the Wharfe Valley Times this week. The fountain has been found! There's a photo of it in it's new home, a surprisingly prominent position on the sea-front at St Annes! There doesn't appear to be any damage, and presumably no mention on it from whence it came, or how it got there. I wonder if many residents of St Annes know of it's history?