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Picture source: Hania Franek

The Lilycroft was situated at 74 Lilycroft Road. The original pub was demolished in 1967 and rebuilt. It is and is now used as an Asian textile outlet.

I used to live about 40 seconds walk from this pub in the 80s & early 90s and used it regularly. It was part brick and part prefabricated, a cheap way to build, but it still had a good atmosphere, especially the tap room. It was a Tetley house and in the first few years I used it it was run by a nice landlord called Joe who sported the best beer belly I'd ever seen. The beer was well kept and cheap for the area. It had a pool table, dart board and juke box and was very well patronised especially in the evenings and bank hols. It was a true 'local' and hub of the community...pity it's gone but I would think 95% of the locals don't drink alcohol for religious reasons.

Julie Jones (December 2015)

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Name	Dates	Comments
Steve Birks	1980-1995	Joe and Jean ran a great pub.
Derek Fordham	1970s/80s	Used to park my wagon in the car park along with a few other drivers,then had a pint or two before I went home, Great days!!
Brian McLaughlin	1998-2003	Michael Turner and my self ran this pub with our friend Barry. We were the last landlords in the pub and had some great times with a lot of good people. We had four happy years and where sorry to leave but Enterprise Inns sold it from under us
Paul Brennan	mid 1970s onwards	Parents, Joe and Jean Brennan ran it for 20+ years
Jean Martin	1957	I lived in this pub 1957/58 my father Jack Bedell was the landlord I lived there along with my mother Phillis the landlady and my sister Barbara

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Picture source: Hania Franek

Picture source: John Yeadon