[Opinion] Horsforth's newest venue honours Hardy family history - West Leeds Dispatch

Horsforth's newest venue honours Hardy family history - West Leeds Dispatch

By Jill Stocks Horsforth Town Street gained a new Irish venue at the end of January – and the origins of its name have been quite the topic of conversation.  But contrary to popular opinion the name Thomas Hardy’s has nothing to do with the English novelist and poet. In fact it is based on the story of Irishman Thomas Hardy.   Thomas Hardy’s Irish Bar opened on January 3t and the story of the Hardy family in Horsforth is a rather interesting one…