R.A.F aerial photography over Leeds in 1951.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 10:59 am

BarFly wrote: This site just keeps on giving.Many thanks Phil for the photo's -- at some point I must do a "fly by" on Google Earth following the path as I hate to admit but I don't recognise much. Excellent, I admit I need to do the same at the far side of Armley, and just past Dunlop and Ranken factory at Farnley. I don't know Farnley too well, and the top part of Armley has changed dramatically. All you need do is find the locations you do know, then strike a straight line out to the areas you aren't sure about. The plane flew dead straight, apart from if you notice line 6 along Dewsbury Road, the photos aren't level on two images, which suggests he tipped the wings a bit and did a slight turn.

barneyrubble · Post by **barneyrubble** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 11:42 am

Thank you Phill, what a piece of history you have saved, and for me, the pleasure of remembering a time gone by, a part of my life that I remember through a fog, (only six at the time), once again thank you you are a Star.

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 12:55 pm

Wonderful set of pictures. Photo 1 of Flight Line Two brings home to me just how much of 1950s New Wortley has gone. Between the bottom of the pic and the Leeds and Bradford Railway tracks I can only identify seven surviving structures, those at the bottom of Hall Lane on the far side, and Holy Family Church and Presbytery in the lower right hand corner.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 1:18 pm

Glad you enjoyed them Barney and Jim I'm just looking at how this part of North Street has changed. I believe this row of buildings has featured on Secret Leeds before? I have seen many comments about what a shame it was pull such fine buildings down. It isn't always easy to work out exactly where these kind of demolished buildings actually where, or why they were flattened. I guess it's pretty easy to see It was for the Inner Ring Road when you add today's image next to it. It looks like another Methodist chapel was demolished - Brunswick Chapel (seats for 1200)

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 1:33 pm

If you mean the building with the curved end, yes that's Brunswick chapel. It was demolished in the early/mid 80's ... for an office development in that god awful style of the time:http://goo.gl/maps/G2QWVThe chapel's war memorial stands at the entrance to the offices.

Erminman · Post by **Erminman** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 7:55 pm

ErminmanHope the overlay of the 1890 map on google helps find the school for you. the chi]urch is the left red outline, and the school the right outline[URL=http://s431.photobucket.com/user/jeemik ... 3.jpg.html]Cheers for that Chemimike Much appreciated

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 9:32 am

Cardiarms wrote: If you mean the building with the curved end, yes that's Brunswick chapel. It was demolished in the early/mid 80's ... for an office development in that god awful style of the time:http://goo.gl/maps/G2QWVThe chapel's war memorial stands at the entrance to the offices. Pretty sure the railings are the original ones from the chapel also.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 2:49 pm

The gas holders pictured at Sheepscar have both been demolished, the larger one was replaced in 1963 with a spiral guided holder which is still in use, the smaller of the two was demolished in c1990.The picture of quarry hill also shows the old NEGB offices and workshops on Gower Street and Regent Street. The workshops were closed in 1969 and moved to New Wortley by the gyratory. It also shows the old Melbourne Brewery.The picture over Pottery Fields shows the old Meadow Lane gasworks in its coal gas heyday, the large gas holder at the junction of Holmes Street and Kidacre Street was the largest in Leeds holding 5,000,000 Ft3 of gas, this was demolished in the 1970s.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 3:03 pm

Great info that Geoff. I keep going back and documenting bits and adding more. All this useful info and location finding really helps. I noticed you can also see Gibraltor barracks above Lovell Park.And although I'd seen the photo below many times, I could never quite work out where about it was on New Briggate. I know which scene I prefer. P.S has the figure on top of the building featured on S.L before?Leo is our roof top figure specialist

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 3:56 pm

Regarding the statue above the Skylord Travel premises these 2 links will bring up SL threads about it:-http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... ID=3668The massive change at the New Briggate/North Street area when the Inner Ring Road was built is quite amazing. Sadly (but no surprise with my lack of recollections of old(ish) Leeds) I cannot recall the parade of old shops just after The Wrens Hotel going to North Street. PS. Phil's 'Leo is our roof top figure specialist ' made me as I doubt I've ever been a specialist in anything! What I can recall from ye olde days of yore is mainly very vague.