Laisterdyke

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Laisterdyke
Laisterdyke is located in West Yorkshire
Laisterdyke
Laisterdyke
 Laisterdyke shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE1933
Metropolitan borough City of Bradford
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRADFORD
Postcode district BD3 / BD4
Dialling code 01274
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places
UK
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Laisterdyke is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated to the east of the city on the border with City of Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the Bradford East parliamentary constituency. Laisterdyke borders Barkerend, Bradford Moor area, Thornbury, Tyersal, and Bowling.

History

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Bradford trolleybus in Laisterdyke (1971)

The Leeds-Bradford railway line passes through Laisterdyke however Laisterdyke railway station itself was closed to passengers in 1966. At Laisterdyke was a complex set of junctions controlled by Laisterdyke East and Laisterdyke West signal boxes on the Leeds-Bradford line.[1]

In 1875 the Great Northern Railway opened its Laisterdyke - Shipley branch railway, a six-mile double track branch line from Quarry Gap junction to Shipley and Windhill railway station, passing Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley railway stations however the line wasn't competitive and after 1931 was made single line freight only, and progressively closed from 1966 to 1968.[2]

In 1911 Britain's first trolleybus service commenced operation between Laisterdyke and Dudley Hill.[3][4] The service stopped in 1972,[3] the last trolleybus service in the UK.

Many years ago the Laisterdyke area had a number of small cinemas, namely the Kozey Picture Hall, Lyceum Cinema, Queen's Hall and Tivoli Picture Hall.[5] Today there is only one cinema in the locality, the Odeon Leeds-Bradford, a 13 screen multiplex cinema in the Gallagher Leisure Park off Dick Lane, in nearby Thornbury.[6]

Laisterdyke local history group publish a number of books on the history of Laisterdyke.[7]

Economy

There are a number of restaurants and public houses in the area including The Swain Green. Local industry includes a manufacturer of air compressors, air tools and pneumatic equipment, a training centre, an engineering works, a gas distribution depot, and a vehicle dismantlers and scrap yard.

Landmarks

There are listed buildings in the area on Killinghall Road,[8] Mortimer Row,[9] and Parratt Row,[10] and St Peters Chaplaincy, stable and coach house.[11][12]

  • Geograph-Old Yorkshire Bank by Betty Longbottom.jpg

    The old Yorkshire Bank now an Asian clothes shop

  • Geograph-Former Coach & Horses by Betty Longbottom.jpg

    Former Coach and Horses pub, now an Asian clothes shop

  • Bowers Group, Laisterdyke-1200.jpg

    Former Bowers Group engineering works

Education

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is located in Thornbury Road,[13] and is the first school in Bradford to be given Business and Enterprise specialist college status.[14] Laisterdyke has a public lending library located off Leeds Road.[15][16]

Transport

The main roads through the area are the A647 Leeds Road, the A6177 Killinghall Road, Laisterdyke Lane, and Sticker Lane and the B6381 Barkerend Road, Coach Row, and Leeds Old Road. Laisterdyke is served by West Yorkshire Metro's, Orange line 606 and 607 bus services.[17]

Sport

Laisterdyke Cricket & Athletic Club have their cricket ground and club off Sticker Lane.[18]

Notable residents

The wrestler Les Kellett was born in Laisterdyke.

References

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External links

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 Barkerend Bradford Moor Thornbury
Bowling and Barkerend ward Pudsey, Leeds
  Laisterdyke  
Bowling Swain Green Tyersal

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