Feeling whistful! 100 year old Molly James of Kirkburton credits her longevity ...

“It was much harder when I had just got married. “We were living in Briestfield in a farm cottage that had no central heating, hot water or electricity. “We only had one lamp and had to cook and dry everything by the fire. “When I had my child

Briestfield tales from Down Under

“William and Ruth were married at Briestfield Methodist Chapel. My mother vividly remembered the driver of the horse drawn vehicle taking the wedding party home, and my mother and grandma to Dewsbury Railway Station, being too drunk to drive s

Grange Moor woman Pat Phillips to speak at Westminster for global charities on ...

Pat Phillips, of Briestfield Road, Grange Moor, has been asked on behalf of global aid charities to speak at the poignant event outside Westminster Abbey on August 18 in memory of her brother Christopher Howes, who was brutally murdered while