Poplar Inn

Poplar Inn, or The Poplar, is a bar in Altofts.

History
In December 1891, Pope and Pearson's miners met up at the Poplar for a union meeting. The Yorkshire Miners' Association President Edward Cowey was at attendance, and urged them to spare change for unemployed miners at Wheldale rather than stage a sympathy strike. Anger was also focused on the local MP, Benjamin Pickard, over alleged involvement in the Morley MP Charles Gaskell's decision to stand down and called for a new Liberal candidate to replace him in the next election.