Laithe-house dated 1828. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Barn to left has mistal doorway, basket arched cart entry with simple Venetian window over. Doorway (blocked) to left of 5-light flat faced mullioned window, 2…
Three John Pickles employees, Tony Summerscales, apprentice foundary pattern maker (on left) Gainger Lee, apprentice centre lathe turner (centre) and Derek Pollard, apprentice fitter, on the right. c1959
The work was dedicated in the spring of 1986 by the Right Reverend David Hope, Bishop of Wakefield, later to become Archbishop of York. He paid tribute to the large number of people who had taken part in the project - organising, planning,…