Ex mining village until recently was cut off, due to no
bus service. Most
people are related to each other. They have a fish shop, shop, pubs, doctors, park, postoffice which only opens when no
one’s looking.
There is community centre locals are discouraged from using in case they pinch tea bags or do not wash up. Most children are 19th generation Sharlston, whether things will change now they have a
bus, only time will tell. Those that brave the Wakefield bus complain it’s a perilous
journey. Once some took the Castleford bus and never returned. The bus company is relentless, replacing the bus stops which locals remove.
The shop sells energy drinks and lager so covers the whole days hydration.
At tea time locals meet at the park for
chips. There’s a group trying get the park classified as a nature reserve, many rats regularly feast on the locals left overs. It’s the only animal that survives in Sharlston,
people feel it should be protected they have heard Europe will give a grant towards the nature reserve. The
water supply was cut off many years ago, no
one ever noticed until someone tried to set up a car wash in 2015. The
guy was part of the team that
set off on the Castleford bus. As he never returned his complaint wasnt followed up.
Occasionally outsiders move to Sharlston, they stand out like sore thumbs, they have straight teeth and their eyes move in unison.
