Golden Acre Bunkers
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LS1
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I think it is just the angle at which the latter colour photo is taken from. It is a drawn board on a wall in the cafe at the park. When I took the pic there was someone sitting at the table in front of it who I asked politely if they would move for a minute whauch they didnt, so I had to lean round and try to obscure them as best I could!The buildings you refer to were the cafe, minature railway shed, I think the dance hall was on this side too along with park related buildings such as potting sheds etc.Most of the feeatures were there for a very short time in the 1930's although the pool lasted somewhat longer. The lake as we know it today is also about half the size it used to be. It was drained off to provide more parkland, and of course make the lake more into a nature reserve rather than a boating lake!
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BIG N
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LS1 - I was referring to the photos posted on page one of the topic - one in Black and white and the second one in colour, both taken from almost the same angle.In the first one the top left corner appears to be covered in woodland whilst in the second one the woodland seems to have dissapeared and the area appears to have a lot of foot paths and remains of structures on it.
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LS1
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sorry Big N, get you now. Some of the structures were demolished, however the lake has halved in size from the first black and white pic to the more modern aerial view so in fact the wooded areas have not really changed in size. Just some new gardens and pathways that have been laid in the foreground.
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roundhegian
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LS1 wrote: Finally managed to work out what this is now courtesy of Tony Shelton in his book "Leeds' Golden Acres". It was part of the blue lagoon swimming pool that was in the park from 1935 untill it was closed in 1939 after the park was requisitioned by the MOD. According to the book it closed in 1965 after the Parkway had taken it over, but failed to maintain it properly due to is lack of use. Apparently it was offered to the council for purchase, but due to valdalism etc the offer was never taken up and it closed down and was demolished. the location certaily seems to fit with the areial pictures of the park taken in 1935. There's a history of the park for sale on e-bay today 12 December .
roundhegian