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Picture source: Hania Franek

The Perseverance was situated at 161 Lumb Lane. Closed following a drugs raid it is now ironically used as a chemist's shop.

My great-great grandad Jeremiah Harrison Ledgard was one of the first publicans in the Perseverance as he was there from 1855 until 1874. The pub was built about 1850.My great grandma Sarah Ledgard (his daughter) lived there with him all of that time (from age one to age 20).She married my great grandad Tom Foster in 1877. I used to live near the pub from 1942 until 1949 as a boy at Green Lane School and Belle Vue High / Grammar School across the road from the "Percy". I did not know of my family connection at the time. I am now 74 and last saw the pub in 2005.

Richard Foster (February 2011)

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Make email contact with other ex-customers and landlords of this pub by adding your details to this page. Name Dates Comments Richard Foster   Family history interest from pub build in 1850 to present. Brian Ledgard   The first landlord, I think, was my great grandfather. Jeremiah Harrison Ledgard. who at that time was the latest of a series of innkeepers in the Bradford area going back to the 12th Century!  I have done a lot of research on these guys and I guess I am related to Richard Foster.

Other Photos Picture source: John Yeadon