Brookfoot Low Lane Horsforth

A little of Broofoot

Still a soap works today from 1890 to 2016

Springfield Hospital Scotland Lane Horsforth, Springfield House and School from 1900 to 1975

Springfield Convalescent Home Scotland Lane Horsforth was opened in 1900 by the Leeds Workpeoples Hospital Fund for their subscribers who paid one penny a week collected in mills, factories and workplaces all over Leeds. It was extended in 1906 and a stone laid by Fred Sparks to commemorate the occasion. In 1911 Lord Airedale the founder of the Hospital Fund died and a memorial sundial was erected in front of the Hospital in 1912. Springfield served as a hospital until 1950 when it changed use to a children's special school. Later in 1992 Yugoslavian refugees were housed there for a while. It later became offices for Xsiro and still is. The Sundial disappeared before it became a school, it would be nice to know where such an important memorial went?

Horsforth Museum is now closed for a bit of cleaning and general repairs. We are still open for Coffee mornings the last Saturday of January and February 2017 opening again to the public at weekends on the last Saturday of March 2017 which is coffee morning and all welcome. Any enquiries please make through our email horsorthmuseum@hotmail.co.uk
Regards Susan volunteer.

Horsforth Quarry Street, Builders and Printers trademen of high quality way back then.

Quarry St changed it's name to Kerry St and William Walker traded from his cottage their also Grimshaw and Teale advertising printers. Way back then.

The best Olympics ever 2016 Horsforth

St Margaret's Ladies Gym Club 1927, Horsforth's equivalent to the 2016 Olimpics.

History meetings Horsforth unpicking the past and discover local, social and family history.

A social group, not lessons just unpicking the past to see what was there before.

Paradise and Corn Mill Fold. The Mill being demolished

Very sympathetic demolition of the fell mongers and cornmill at Paradise once the site of Dickinson scrap yard. There was great effort to save it but not enough of em so next time something is going to disappear people of Horsforth get together and save it.

Heritage weekend Horsforth Sept 10th and 11th

Once upon a time Horsforth had its own water supply with three reservoirs in the Scotland Lane area.

Long Row Horsforth in the past c1930

Shaw's became Randerson's spare department empty 2014 to 2016.

Old photo c1900 Horsforth

Scotalnd Lane and Brownberrie Lane junction. c1900

Horsforth Museum presented with a certificate by the Lord Mayor of Leeds June 2016

Nice morning out to the Civic Hall where a jolly Mayor Councillor Gerald Harper presented many volunteer groups with a certificate. We were all very proud, thank you Leeds.

Original Woodside Tavern Horsforth. Day out for the locals c 1934

The original Woodside Tavern c1934 with the locals setting off on a day trip for the children. The original Woodside Tavern was on Low Lane at the top of Oakford Terrace in the Broadgate Lane junction area of Low Lane. You can see the date stone from the buildings built as a farm by Abraham Marshall.

Mosely Wood Park Cookridge Leeds from 1680 to 1958 Stone Chairs.

Cricket in Hall Park before the Hall demolishec c1954

Samuel Ledgard Bus Company and Brewery exhibition at Horsforth Museum now untill October 2016