lost bars of leeds city centre
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townie wrote: Does anyone know what the bar that is on the front of the Merrion Centre, was called Edwards at one time, originally called? Before the glass frontage was put on. Also what was the late night curry house called near the market you went up a few flights of stairs and it was long and thin? HELP. Now the "Picture House" or something similar. I can't remembemberwhat it was before Edwards but I am pretty certain it wasn't a bar/pub. It has been extended in the refurb and think it was extended either during or just before it opened as Edwards.
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townie wrote: Does anyone know what the bar that is on the front of the Merrion Centre, was called Edwards at one time, originally called? Before the glass frontage was put on. Also what was the late night curry house called near the market you went up a few flights of stairs and it was long and thin? HELP. Was the curry house on Kirkgate (near where superdrug is now)?If so I hink it was called Darbar
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Maybe I need to visit the store indicated in this description http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... PLAY=FULLI can't quite see it myself but the store that is indicated as specsavers on here in 1991 was part of Edwards certainly within 8 years and probably well under that. Barclays has become Oceania (early noughties)
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Trojan wrote: There was one on Cookridge Street (?) iin the seventies called The Brahms and Liszt The Brahms and Liszt was in the basement of the building which then stood on the corner (I'm almost sure) of East Parade and St. Paul's Street. I'm still blushing from the exhibition I made in there one lunchtime. The bar had long tables (for approx seven or eight folks each side) and long bench seats to match - with legs set in perhaps a foot or more from the ends !!. I was with a few friends and had just sat down at the end of the bench with a full pint of something or other when another party at the opposite end of the bench all stood up to return to work - yes, you've guessed - rather like Gerard Hoffnung's Bricklayer Tale I was now heavier than the bench and began my journey to the floor while the vacant end rose in the air.
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townie wrote: Does anyone know what the bar that is on the front of the Merrion Centre, was called Edwards at one time, originally called? Before the glass frontage was put on. Also what was the late night curry house called near the market you went up a few flights of stairs and it was long and thin? HELP. There was an upstairs curry house called Drifters on Kirkgate near the market - used to go there after Scrumpies on Friday nights.
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BLAKEY wrote: Trojan wrote: There was one on Cookridge Street (?) iin the seventies called The Brahms and Liszt The Brahms and Liszt was in the basement of the building which then stood on the corner (I'm almost sure) of East Parade and St. Paul's Street. I'm still blushing from the exhibition I made in there one lunchtime. The bar had long tables (for approx seven or eight folks each side) and long bench seats to match - with legs set in perhaps a foot or more from the ends !!. I was with a few friends and had just sat down at the end of the bench with a full pint of something or other when another party at the opposite end of the bench all stood up to return to work - yes, you've guessed - rather like Gerard Hoffnung's Bricklayer Tale I was now heavier than the bench and began my journey to the floor while the vacant end rose in the air. Think you're correct. It was in Devereux House which was demolished to make way for the building where Zurich Insurance is now
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leedslily wrote: townie wrote: Does anyone know what the bar that is on the front of the Merrion Centre, was called Edwards at one time, originally called? Before the glass frontage was put on. Also what was the late night curry house called near the market you went up a few flights of stairs and it was long and thin? HELP. There was an upstairs curry house called Drifters on Kirkgate near the market - used to go there after Scrumpies on Friday nights.
Brilliant. Thats the one. We had all our local pub trying to remember.
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townie wrote: leedslily wrote: townie wrote: Does anyone know what the bar that is on the front of the Merrion Centre, was called Edwards at one time, originally called? Before the glass frontage was put on. Also what was the late night curry house called near the market you went up a few flights of stairs and it was long and thin? HELP. There was an upstairs curry house called Drifters on Kirkgate near the market - used to go there after Scrumpies on Friday nights.
Brilliant. Thats the one. We had all our local pub trying to remember. Drifters was on New York Street in the 80's,don't know weather it was on Kirkgate before or after that .Or you might have confused the two streets
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