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[uncle mick]

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[j.c.d.]

Hi j.c.d.,

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Alfred Cross Street was between Meanwood Street and Oatland Street (south east to north west). The numbers ran consecutively, on the left, from Meanwood Street, so the pub, at No. 10 was about half way along Alfred Cross Street, on the left hand side, opposite the junction with Reeves Street.

The two pubs will have been about one hundred yards from each other as the Alfred House was on Camp Road/Metz Place and Metz Place had about fifteen houses on each side and abutted Alfred Cross Street, which was the next street to Sedan Place, which was immediately behind the Oatlands Inn Pub. It's hard to describe but easy to see on a map.

Ian

Thanks Ian. though my memory is not what it was I do remember in the late 1950s one could look across from St. Mathew's Church and apart from the shops on the corner (chemists) there was only the pubs standing. strangely enough though I seem to remember that the "Oatlands" was a creamy colour, not like the picture shown earlier but I must be wrong. I spoke to my cousin, who lived in the bottom house on Blackman Lane, last night and she mentioned that in the late 1940s there was a move by some of the Camp Road residents to get the name changed as they thought it was derogatory, sadly as she was only a kid she does not know the exact reason. Thanks to all for an interesting theme.

[iansmithofotley]

Hi j.c.d.,

I was brought up in Eltham Terrace, off Woodhouse Street, and went to Quarry Mount School from 1950 until 1957. Although I was only young, for some reason unknown to me, Camp Road always had a bad name/reputation for gangs and teddy boys and people talked about that area in a derogatory way but I never saw any evidence to support that view. Many of my school friends came from the Blenheim area and a life long friend was brought up in Lofthouse Place.

My mother's family were from Camp Road/Servia Road and she lived in Woodhouse from 1919 until 1958. She also attended Quarry Mount School from 1923 until 1933, so she had a good knowledge of the area and the people.

If you are on Facebook there is a page called Woodhouse Reborn where there are lots of stories and photographs of the area.

Ian

[BLAKEY]

Some of my paternal ancestors lived in Lomond Street around the 1900s - I've seen this in some family records somewhere but can't just trace it now. This would explain why Dad used to tell me that they came from "Carlton Hill" - presumably meaning Carlton Hill area.
Also in Camp Road, as it was, does anyone remember a brick built pub near the top of what was then known as "The Jews' Park" - I seem to think it was called The Corporation, or some similar "unpublike" name ??

[uncle mick]

Some of my paternal ancestors lived in Lomond Street aruond the 1900s - I've seen this in some family records somewhere but can't just trace it now. This would explain why Dad used to tell me that they came from "Carlton Hill" - presumably meaning Carlton Hill area.
Also in Camp Road, as it was, does anyone remember a brick built pub near the top of what was then known as "The Jews' Park" - I seem to think it was called The Corporation, or some similar "unpublike" name ??

Blakey. Your father was living at 7 Lomond Mount at the time of his baptism, I can find a Corporation Hotel on Camp Road ??

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[jim]

I remember the "Corporation" Blakey. A largish rough old pub, There were no gent's toilets - you had to go out to the adjacent Park facilities. I went quite a lot late 50s/early 60s to hear a band I liked.

[BLAKEY]

Uncle Mick - many thanks for the information on Dad, and for the picture of a Corporation Hotel which is not the one I meant though - see Jim's correct memory in his post.

Jim - yes that's the one thank you. I didn't know they had music there, and I never went in the pub so didn't require the "lacking facilities.." I must agree that it did look a roughish place, but appearances can be deceptive and maybe it was OK.

[j.c.d.]

Some of my paternal ancestors lived in Lomond Street aruond the 1900s - I've seen this in some family records somewhere but can't just trace it now. This would explain why Dad used to tell me that they came from "Carlton Hill" - presumably meaning Carlton Hill area.
Also in Camp Road, as it was, does anyone remember a brick built pub near the top of what was then known as "The Jews' Park" - I seem to think it was called The Corporation, or some similar "unpublike" name ??

Blakey. Your father was living at 7 Lomond Mount at the time of his baptism, I can find a Corporation on Camp Road


In the late 50s a couple of us used to go in the Corporation Pub on Camp Road on a Friday night where we got a couple of pints free. it was nothing as grand as the photograph, the landlord was Austin Allcock, not sure if he did not have the pub Tommy Was on Dewsbury Road later.




















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[BLAKEY]

j.c.d. wrote :-
In the late 50s a couple of us used to go in the Corporation Pub on Camp Road on a Friday night where we got a couple of pints free. it was nothing as grand as the photograph, the landlord was Austin Allcock, not sure if he did not have the pub Tommy Was on Dewsbury Road later.

Indeed j.c.d. - nothing like as grand as the one in the picture. It was right on the side of Camp Road next to the northern exit to the Park, and was a much smaller very plain building iirc - Tetley's possibly ?? - its a long long time ago !!

[liits]

You weren't far wrong About Austin Alcock [not Allcock]. He'd been the manager at the Broadway Hotel on Dewsbury Road from 1951 through until 1953 when he went to the Mucky Duck on Call Lane. He moved to the Corporation in 1956.In 1965 he bought the tenancy of the Huddersfield Arms, Town Street, Stanningley but continued as the tenant of the Corporation too. He died at the beginning of 1967. The License of the Huddersfield Arms transferred to his wife,Emily, but the Corporation was under the control of a holding manager put in by the brewery. It closed very shortly thereafter. Leodis is a bit wide of the mark when it says it was demolished in 1965.