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In June 1928, a Southern Leeds manager, Tom Vernon Harrison, began a crusade to acquire the land of Oldbox Lane, which had been used as a sports box since the 1850s. had heard that the personal owners of the land were contemplating the possibility of installing buildings on the site.
He had to paint fast and, having pledged to pay for the acquisition worth 1,800 euros in a few months, contacted RR Whittaker, the editor of the Evening Post, who agreed to the campaign. The newspaper was in charge of fundraising and not only did normal calls make the impression on their columns, however, all donations came here to the newspaper and indexed all donors.
Thanks to the Evening Post’s efforts, the total sum raised on September 14, just 4 months after the call was launched, and the newspaper entitled “The Stadium for Finally Safe Children”. The final total raised 2,216 euros, which equates to 140,000 euros today.
At the opening ceremony, Leeds Mayor Councilman George Ratcliffe did the honors of officially handing over to the Primary School Sports Association the acts of the land “which was purchased by public subscription to be preserved in perpetuity as a recreational floor for Leeds schoolchildren. . “
Legal commitments to protect him were included in the scriptures. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper wrote: “Everything the Yorkshire Post or the Yorkshire Evening Post has been able to do to gain this dominance is fully rewarded through the satisfaction we will have for all to feel in the good luck of the project. “
At the ceremony, Tom Vernon Harrison, the original inspiration for the call, said that “without the movements made, the land would probably have been in the hands of the builders. “Harrison died a year later and in homage to the box called “The T V Harrison Sports Ground”.
The sports box of the Leeds men’s football team and the house of Leeds city luminaries such as Paul Madeley, Noel Whelan, Brian Deane, Alan Smith and Paul Reaney and has become the well-known school sports center for the whole city.
It was until 2002, when the Leeds Schools Sports Association, the field’s rate charity, abandoned it, bringing up vandalism as a reason. Now, with ideal irony, Leeds City Council is proposing to build houses on the site. The network action organization fought against this proposal legally and morally.
The organization of the crusade has restored and evolved a football box and matches are re-organized between local organizations and used for education and informal exercise. Authority.
Wortley and Leeds deserve to preserve their historic sports field.