Alistair Meanley

  • In 1950 Leo helped build Clun Castle: now he rides behind it!

    In 1950 Leo helped build Clun Castle: now he rides behind it!

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    FOR 68 years, Leo Leeney kept a very dark secret all to himself. During his five years with the Royal Engineers, Leo served a three-year apprenticeship as a boilersmith. That work would see him labouring inside the blackest interiors of brand new boilers, riveting them, with only a pair of earmuffs to drown out the…


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