Disaster at Mount Saint Mary's

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Mon 12 May, 2008 1:45 pm

To say it's been closed 19years I was surprised it wasn't in a far worse state than what it was. The pigeons have had a real poop party in there. There disgusting creatures and dam nosey when there stressed out in there!

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 12 May, 2008 2:34 pm

wiggy wrote: cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: chameleon wrote: 'And yes,i had such immigrant ancestors,i can all hear you grown,not more Family history! 'Not wanting to encourage anyone, but from the voluminous research and records my wife has amassed, seems I might hve decendants from the Irish Mercenaries! i think half of bluddy leeds is descended from potato famine exiles..including me on my maternal grandads side.a lot moved to manchester,then to leeds during the cotton famine,which was caused by the american civil war... Got Irish on both sides,though i feel no particular afffinity with Ireland,unlike a lot who do find they had Irish ancestors.Had a good old laugh at the actor John Hurt on Who do you think you are.He was convinced that he was descended from Irish nobility,and could feel the Gaelic blood and the passion running through his veins and that he was more an Irishman than English.Pompous T**t looked an idiot when he turned out he was full on Tommy,no Irish at all. watched jeremy irons on same show,although to be fare,he was full of irish blood,he was a bit too romantic about it all for me.i thought 'mmmm! got irish blood'...he went into one,like he was descended from cuchulainn...'forget the tennyson,serve the venison jeremy!' The best one was Alistair Magowan who was convinced he was of Scottish decent and belted out the songs at rugby matches etc. He discovered quite quickly yhat he was ht elatest in about 10 generations of indian bodybuilders. They showed apicture of his Dad and quite why he never twigged is amazing, he looked like an Indian to me. He visited vast communities of Indian Magowans, all very nive middle class types but no a solitary Jock in sight. They did find an irishman going back eons.Or there was the one with Matthew Pinsent, directly related to the monarchy.

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 10 Jul, 2010 11:09 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: wiggy wrote: cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: chameleon wrote: 'And yes,i had such immigrant ancestors,i can all hear you grown,not more Family history! 'Not wanting to encourage anyone, but from the voluminous research and records my wife has amassed, seems I might hve decendants from the Irish Mercenaries! i think half of bluddy leeds is descended from potato famine exiles..including me on my maternal grandads side.a lot moved to manchester,then to leeds during the cotton famine,which was caused by the american civil war... Got Irish on both sides,though i feel no particular afffinity with Ireland,unlike a lot who do find they had Irish ancestors.Had a good old laugh at the actor John Hurt on Who do you think you are.He was convinced that he was descended from Irish nobility,and could feel the Gaelic blood and the passion running through his veins and that he was more an Irishman than English.Pompous T**t looked an idiot when he turned out he was full on Tommy,no Irish at all. watched jeremy irons on same show,although to be fare,he was full of irish blood,he was a bit too romantic about it all for me.i thought 'mmmm! got irish blood'...he went into one,like he was descended from cuchulainn...'forget the tennyson,serve the venison jeremy!' The best one was Alistair Magowan who was convinced he was of Scottish decent and belted out the songs at rugby matches etc. He discovered quite quickly yhat he was ht elatest in about 10 generations of indian bodybuilders. They showed apicture of his Dad and quite why he never twigged is amazing, he looked like an Indian to me. He visited vast communities of Indian Magowans, all very nive middle class types but no a solitary Jock in sight. They did find an irishman going back eons.Or there was the one with Matthew Pinsent, directly related to the monarchy. Ill let him off though Reggie,hes a full on 1150% Leeds fan McGowan that is).Just got back off my Jollies and was proud to be surrounded by a pond of die hard LUFC in a sea of fickle Man U and Liverpool,none of which came from either city.Strength and Honour

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 4:47 pm

cnosni wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: wiggy wrote: cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: chameleon wrote: 'And yes,i had such immigrant ancestors,i can all hear you grown,not more Family history! 'Not wanting to encourage anyone, but from the voluminous research and records my wife has amassed, seems I might hve decendants from the Irish Mercenaries! i think half of bluddy leeds is descended from potato famine exiles..including me on my maternal grandads side.a lot moved to manchester,then to leeds during the cotton famine,which was caused by the american civil war... Got Irish on both sides,though i feel no particular afffinity with Ireland,unlike a lot who do find they had Irish ancestors.Had a good old laugh at the actor John Hurt on Who do you think you are.He was convinced that he was descended from Irish nobility,and could feel the Gaelic blood and the passion running through his veins and that he was more an Irishman than English.Pompous T**t looked an idiot when he turned out he was full on Tommy,no Irish at all. watched jeremy irons on same show,although to be fare,he was full of irish blood,he was a bit too romantic about it all for me.i thought 'mmmm! got irish blood'...he went into one,like he was descended from cuchulainn...'forget the tennyson,serve the venison jeremy!' The best one was Alistair Magowan who was convinced he was of Scottish decent and belted out the songs at rugby matches etc. He discovered quite quickly yhat he was ht elatest in about 10 generations of indian bodybuilders. They showed apicture of his Dad and quite why he never twigged is amazing, he looked like an Indian to me. He visited vast communities of Indian Magowans, all very nive middle class types but no a solitary Jock in sight. They did find an irishman going back eons.Or there was the one with Matthew Pinsent, directly related to the monarchy. Ill let him off though Reggie,hes a full on 1150% Leeds fan McGowan that is).Just got back off my Jollies and was proud to be surrounded by a pond of die hard LUFC in a sea of fickle Man U and Liverpool,none of which came from either city.Strength and Honour Are there any Man U fans in Manchester? There are a lot in Bradford, altho' a lot of those may well have defected to Chelsea (am I right in thinking that Chelsea is the latest marketing job to have bought the Championship?)

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 8:33 am

Don't know if this affects Mount St Mary's but the Catholic Curch is changing its parishes in Leeds and dispoing of surplus buildings. Our Lady of Lourdes on Cardigan Road and its presbytary are to be sold off.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 11 Sep, 2010 1:35 pm

Small magazine just dropped through the letterbox - felt I recognised these and was about to shout, then I saw the author - well done that manThe ideas for other articles therein do seem to have been inspired by SL too!

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Sat 09 Apr, 2011 12:10 am

Just to resurrect an old thread.I have just started reading Bernard Hares book "Urban Grimshaw and The Shed Crew" which mentions this area.near the start it mentions a stone circle near the church and school.I assume this was a modern one , but where is/was it?I had never heard of it ,or heard it mentioned before.

gbdlufc · Post by **gbdlufc** » Sun 10 Apr, 2011 3:39 pm

Steve Jones wrote: Just to resurrect an old thread.I have just started reading Bernard Hares book "Urban Grimshaw and The Shed Crew" which mentions this area.near the start it mentions a stone circle near the church and school.I assume this was a modern one , but where is/was it?I had never heard of it ,or heard it mentioned before. Enjoyed that book, good read.

Post by **Croggy1** » Mon 04 Mar, 2013 1:10 pm

To go back to Pat and the statues mentioned earlier, there is an article in the YEP today.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... -1-5465615 Quote: Mr Gavan became custodian of the statues, some which date back to 1857 and include Our lady, St Theresa, St Anthony, St Thomas A Beckett and St Philomena, after the closure of a Catholic church in the heart of Leeds.The icons became homeless after Mount St Mary’s Church was closed down in June 1989.The listed building in Richmond Hill was set to become a heritage centre and flats with planning permission approved - but plans have stalled and it remains boarded up.He said: “I just hope that after all this time I live long enough to see the saints back where they belong; in the church built with money from the poor Irish of Leeds in the 19th century.”The saints were crafted by French sculptors in the mid 19th century. So if Phill or anyone still wants to contact him, now might be a good time.

j.c.d. · Post by **j.c.d.** » Mon 24 Mar, 2014 9:58 pm

I thought Trevor Guy (Developer) stole most of the artefax / statues from the Church in the 80s (?)