Reflecting on the Past

Sisters Pit, Garforth
Sisters’ Pit Garforth, Postcard view, probably around the beginning of the twentieth century, taken from the road bridge, which is still in use today.

I was in the local supermarket recently and asked a question of the checkout lady, see my earlier post about the purchase of alcohol, then on a more recent visit, whilst stuffing my purchases into the thin plastic carrier bags I thought, what would the present incumbent at the till know about what preceded the supermarket, structurally speaking; sadly the word preceded proved to be the stumbling block to this line of questioning, so I tried again and instead said.… Read the full article