1940 to 1959 - Morley Community Archives

World History		Morley History
	1940	Churwell station closed
Jet aircraft developed in England & Germany	1941	First air raid on Morley. Damage to property in Spenslea Grove, Homefield Avenue and district. Casualties 1 fatal 4 injured.
	1942	Nursery Classes established at Elementary Schools (ages 2-5).
	1945	Conferment of Freedom of Entry on the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s Own).
	1950	Opening of Police Pillar boxes by the Mayor, HA Bradley
	1951	Youth exchanges with Siegen started
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	1952	Howden Clough station closed
	1953	Opening of Children’s Playground at Queen Elizabeth Playing Fields by the Mayor, Cllr Harry Barnes.
	1954	Tingley station closed
	1954	Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
	1955	Gildersome Street station closed
	1956	The Borough of Morley Wards Order dividing the Borough into 11 wards.
Treaty of Rome – start of EEC	1957