SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds

hicklingmick wrote: Hi Olly,grumpy bloke lives in harrogate by the looks of it ..I live in norfolk used to love it down here when lived in leeds and moved in 1984 so peaceful compared to leeds..my name is michael jones nearly 65 so would have been in different class to you,can"t remember much about the school though. Hi Michael my name is Ian Oldroyd. Yes I can well understand that Norfolk is more peaceful than Leeds, in fact the surface of Venus is probably quieter. Like you, I can't remember much about school but I can certainly remember the yellow smog on Winters mornings when we walked the short distance from Neven St. over the road to St Silas. No wonder so many died so young- happy days !!Cheers Ian

By the way, where did you find the pics ? I looked on Leodis but all I could find was a drawing of St. Silas - no photo's.Cheers Olly They are on the www.britainfromabove.org.uk website. If you type "Leeds" into the search box there are lots of Leeds pics but they ones you want are near the bottom of the first page, mainly The George Mann Co. and St.Silas Church. If you register on the site you can zoom in.    

I vaguely remember my time at St Silas before moving onto Hunslet Carr and finally settling down in Osmondthorpe. My brothers - Noel and Steve Care went to South Accom.We lived on Hunslet Road over the 'bagwash' where my mam worked and played out till al hours in our yard - very happy days.I attended St Silas from about 1955 and don't remember the church - I do remember the milk, cod liver oil (which I quite liked) and those beds - mine had an elephant with a red balloon. I also remember being shown how to answer the telephone in the headmasters/mistress office.There might not have been any greenery in the immediate area, but just at the top of the road, towards the park, where the 'hollers' where we spent many hours playing - and fighting. It's quite unbelievable to think that we went to the evening show at the local picture house on a friday night - The Regal? by ourselves - we were only 6,7 and 8 - incredibly happy memories.Thanks grumpybloke for the llink to those photos.

Castleton CP in Armley.

Chrism wrote: Castleton CP in Armley. Hello ChrismWhat does this pic of Castleton school refer to? This was my old school from 1945-6 to1953!

stutterdog wrote: Chrism wrote: Castleton CP in Armley. Hello ChrismWhat does this pic of Castleton school refer to? This was my old school from 1945-6 to1953! A Leeds Lost School. I was there 65 to 69.    

Chrism wrote: stutterdog wrote: Chrism wrote: Castleton CP in Armley. Hello ChrismWhat does this pic of Castleton school refer to? This was my old school from 1945-6 to1953! A Leeds Lost School. I was there 65 to 69.     Doh! Of course thats the title of this Post! Must be going senile! Well,I am 70!

[quotenick="johnnyg"]Paulk21 wrote:"Hiya Clive,I know this is an old post but thought you may like to this picture of the Holy Rosary on Carlton Hill,Little London,it's an aerial shot taken by Skyviews & General not long before it closed ....."Hi Paul, I work at the Holy Rosary (& St Anne's) school now, at its present site on Leopold Street. Any chance of a copyof your photo of the original school, please?[email protected] - e-mail me & I'll send it to you mate

These are Paulk21's photos. Click red X to view.One...    

...and two.