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4. Moortown - 17th November 2018


May we wish a warm welcome to all travelling from the small suburb of Moortown in the big, bold city of Leeds visiting our humble home of Sandhill Lane in small town Selby, for the first time today,

The suburb is located towards that elite part of Yorkshire, Harrogate but is very much considered to be a poor relation of that exclusive borough.

The Church of England parish includes several small housing estates- Black Moor, Cranmer Bank, Lingfield, Queenshill & Leafield also several bus stops, narrow verges, surfaced footpaths & has seven full time dog wardens.

Moortown Corner is a well-known local shopping area renown for its’ five-star cobblers, eight pizza shops, twelve charity shops and a Thai massage parlour ( unrated ). It has also built up a reputation as a late evening venue for undecided, gender fluid transsexuals at the crossroads.
On the nearby ring road is a shopping centre, with a large Sainsbury's, and a Homebase. It includes a public house, the Penny Fun, whose name relates to the history of the area when you could get three pints of bitter, a large pork pie a dolly blue, your choice at the Thai massage parlour and still have change for your bus home from an old penny.

Although locals with a thirst would not appear to be well catered for, nor those who’s diet extends beyond a taste for Italian dough, those with spiritual needs are well served and there is quite a competition for the souls of those in the district.

There are three synagogues in the Moortown area, and a Church of England parish church, a Catholic one, a Baptist church, a Methodist Church Centre used by Showers of Mercy Ministries International, and a Leeds Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church. There are also three mosques which also act as Muslim community centres.

Local domino, cribbage, football & boxing leagues were set up some years ago by these religious groups, but over the prevailing years membership dropped due to kidnapping, lynching, pitched battles, missing dominos, missing cards & a lack of ropes for the boxing ring, due to these constantly being stolen & used by the kidnapping & lynching gangs.

Moortown Golf Club hosted the 1929 Ryder Cup,

Enjoy your day