THE crew of an 8,900 ton British tanker Aclellen in distress 60 miles north of Cartagena, Columbia, included cook Geoffrey Summers, of Westerton Road, Tingley. Without power in heavy seas, the ship was awash. Mr Summers, who was in his early 20s, had written home to say he had expected to be on leave in a few days.
MORLEY Town Council approved plans for a new cinema in Thorpe Road, East Ardsley, which were submitted by Messrs Empire (East Ardsley) 1939 Ltd.
A CHOCOLATE manufacturer from Doncaster was fined £5 for driving at a dangerous speed and £3 for excee
ding the speed limit in Britannia Road, Morley. Later, the man increased his speed to 60mph but slowed down suddenly and flung mud on the police car windscreen, forcing officers to give up the chase.
COPIES of the second collection of Leslie Overnend's photographic memories of Morley are still available from the Observer and Advertiser offices.
The book, which contains 100 pictures Leslie took for the Morley Observer throughout the 1970s, has been complied by Stephen White, the owner of Leslie Overend's collection who has been supplying the pictures for our popular Overend's Morley feature since 1993.
He said: "After years of doing very little with Leslie's vast collection of negatives I decided to archive them properly. It then dawned on me that some 16 had elapsed since the first Overend's Morley book - and I was still being asked when I was going to do another."
The book is available now, priced £12.99, from the Observer and Advertiser offices at 40 Queen Street, Morley.
Pre-ordered copies for the special price of £10.99 are also ready for collection.
