| World History | Morley History | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Formal opening of Public Baths. | |
| 1900 | Gildersome St Bernard’s station opened | |
| Death of Queen Victoria | 1901 | Sewage Purification Works opened. |
| 1903 | First Meeting of Education Committee on abolition of School Board | |
| 1906 | Morley Secondary (later Grammar) School commenced. | |
| 1906 | New fire station opened behind Town Hall | |
| 1906 | Library opened by Sir Hall Caine. | |
| HH Asquith becomes Prime Minister | 1908 | |
| 1909 | Morley Main Colliery closed. | |
| 1911 | Opening of the Morley tramway route to Leeds | |
| 1911 | Presentation of Scatcherd Park by Exors of the late Mr Oliver Scatcherd, J.P. | |
| Titanic sinks on maiden voyage | 1912 | |
| 1913 | Freedom of the Borough conferred on the Rt. Hon. H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister. | |
| Start of World War I | 1914 | |
| Russian Revolution | 1917 | Charles Scarth bought and gave Morley Hall for use as a maternity hospital. |
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