Caffs & Greasy spoons

FLOJO · Post by **FLOJO** » Wed 12 Aug, 2009 12:26 pm

Bert wrote: Wow Flojo! You and I must have been in the same room together more than once - it was my regular stop on the way home from the Ritz too. You say early 60s, but if so it must have been very early mustn't it - 59/60ish? I had gone from Crossgates by 1962, and I thought the caff had already gone by then - but maybe what's left of my memory is playing tricks with me. Yes Bert it was about 1960 I can remember going to see Cliff Richard in the Young ones and then straight to the coffee bar, that is showing age and now we don't admit to liking Cliff.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Wed 12 Aug, 2009 10:56 pm

There was iirc Nibblers in Crossgates, much later. I don't recall ever buying food in there, or that anyone much did, but they must have made a bomb from all the 10p's we shoved in the Space Invaders and Asteroids machines!

Bert · Post by **Bert** » Wed 12 Aug, 2009 11:23 pm

Come to think of it Crazy Jane, I vaguely recall seeing loads of machines through the window of what used to be the coffee bar when I passed through Crossgates on trips to Leeds in later years.

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Thu 13 Aug, 2009 9:18 pm

barneyrubble wrote: The coffee bar on Eastgate was "number 21" and the owner was Spanish, and very much into bike racing. Hi barneyrubble,In the 60's, I used to catch the No. 33 bus from the top of Eastgate to my home in Cookridge, after an evening at the old Mecca, and there was a coffee bar called 'Number 18' (next to the bus stop) which I used to visit. I always thought that it was part of the 'Four Cousins' establishments. I think that the owners were connected with the Skanda Grill in the Merrion Centre. I always thought that they were Greek.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 1617984Ian

gasmansteve · Post by **gasmansteve** » Sun 23 Aug, 2009 9:25 pm

Hi does anyone else remember "fat lorraines " in holbeck ?builders brekkie cafe it seemed to be a throgh terrace and you ate in someones living room,what about mama cass in east end park a never ending feast for big burly builders if you cleared your plate extra sausages were never far away.

Richard A Thackeray · Mon 24 Aug, 2009 11:44 am

I haven't seen it covered here (unless I missed it), & perhaps its location may be a contentious issue?But.... how about the 'Wharfe View Cafe' ('Dunnies'???) in Otley?It's just on the town side of the bridge over the Wharfe & offers playfuls for minimal prices.We were in there on Thursday & fed/'watered' 5 kids and 3 adults (including puddings for kids) with change from £20!The Meat & Potato Pie, for example, doesn't come in little foils, but is cooked on a BIG baking tray & is cut by hand.Price examples;Meat & 'tatie' Pie, Chips & Peas = £2.40Treacle Sponge/Custard = £1.00

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Mon 24 Aug, 2009 12:00 pm

Lane End Cafe.Can't remember exactly where... Meadow Lane/Hunslet Lane.Way back in the sixties.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 25 Aug, 2009 9:39 am

Brunel wrote: Lane End Cafe.Can't remember exactly where... Meadow Lane/Hunslet Lane.Way back in the sixties. Lane End Place, possibly near the junction with Beeston Hill or Elland Road??

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Tue 25 Aug, 2009 10:48 am

That's the one Blakey.... I think the motorway is built on top of it now.Little old lady, with a huge metal tea pot, spoonfuls off loose tea, and pint pots.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 25 Aug, 2009 12:03 pm

Brunel wrote: That's the one Blakey.... I think the motorway is built on top of it now.Little old lady, with a huge metal tea pot, spoonfuls off loose tea, and pint pots. Ah yes, the scene in so many honest down to earth places in those days.Does anyone remember Brittains Cafe, right on the bottom of Queen Street at the junction with Wellington Street. Similar to Lane end place but with VERY LARGE lady, and very efficient too - no dithering permitted, but good grub and tea.Another good place too - can't remember its name, but it was where South Accommodation Road rose slightly, and there was a lower "slip road" on the left - that busy cafe did the finest cbacon sandwiches around.Another cracker was "Fletcher's Dining Rooms" - just in Hunslet Road proper where it veered inwards towards Tetley's and Leeds Bridge. This was a large "sit in" cafe and their breakfasts and lunches were terrific. The row of old buildings MAY still be there or might have been demolished recently - after "Fletcher's" you would come to the cross roads with Crown Point Road, where the derelict pub still stands - a tragic reminder of how Hunslet was in its thriving heyday.