TWIXT TWO PUBS (BUT THE LAST ONE IS CLOSED!)

 Having finished with the Wakefield area, we head in a northeasterly direction to Wrenthorpe, where find the Malt Shovel.

The pub is still open today, though now renamed the New Pot Oil.

Now, we move into Outwood, to an area called British Oak.

In Outwood, cables are being laid for the new trams.

West Riding car 39 passes the Queens Hotel in Outwood.

Leeds Road, Lofthouse Gate, comes next. Here's the map to follow the route.

Now, another West Riding tram is seen in Bright Eyes Lane, Lofthouse.

Lofthouse Colliery was nearby.

The area was served by Lofthouse & Outwood station, built by the Great Northern Railway.

Our next stop is East Ardsley, where an early West Riding bus is operating along Bradford Road.

Ardsley station, on the GNR Wakefield-Leeds line served East Ardsley.

Next to the station was East Ardsley Iron Works.

The GNR had a loco shed at Ardsley.

LNER 3527, an ex GNR 0-6-0, on Ardsley shed in 1939.

In the early 1960s Ardsley MPD was host to J52 no. 68869.

There were collieries at East Ardsley.

At nearby Robin Hood, George Armitage & Sons had a large stone yard and works.

Next place along the road is Rothwell Haigh, where a West Riding tram passes the famous Jaw Bones.

Here's Rothwell Haigh Colliery and the remains of the castle.

Leeds trams reached Rothwell and here is car 64 at the terminus.

Another Leeds tram, no. 210, on Wood Lane, Rothwell.

The East & West Yorkshire Union Railway (Wikipedia has details) had a station at Rothwell.

Not that far away was the Midland Railway and its station at Woodlesford.

Further towards Leeds on the Midland route was Stourton, where WD 90417 is seen in 1966.

We're really in the suburbs of Leeds now, at Hunslet Carr, with Leeds tram no. 73 at the terminus.

In Hunslet itself, there used to be a great Tetley pub, the Blooming Rose. Sadly, it has since closed.

That's where I'll end this post. Next time, more of Hunslet and South Leeds.