What was going on in City Square?

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 10:57 pm

Just looking at some old Leeds pix on youtube. What on earth's happening in picture 2? [From about 12 seconds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqN_q1uzkv8

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:13 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: Just looking at some old Leeds pix on youtube. What on earth's happening in picture 2? [From about 12 seconds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqN_q1uzkv8 City square was decorated to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI in 1937.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:23 pm

Blimey! That looks quite futuristic for 1937 doesn't it? Poor old Black Prince looks like he's the surprise about to pop up from a birthday cake.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:35 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: Blimey! That looks quite futuristic for 1937 doesn't it? Poor old Black Prince looks like he's the surprise about to pop up from a birthday cake. Yes it does, very futuristic. There was a photo of it with my post, but it seems to have gone lol

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:42 pm

Oh? I saw the photo. What happened there then?

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:52 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: Oh? I saw the photo. What happened there then? I'll try it againPerhaps the photo copyright has some magic self imploding URL if it's violated. Will see what happens to this one The photo can be seen here if it vanishes againhttp://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp ... width=1024

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 1:08 am

So where did those owls go? Flew with the lades of the Majestic?

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 1:32 pm

There are quite a number of instances when City Square, Briggate and Wellington Street were adorned in trimmings and regalia, check out on LeodisThis ones Briggate 1908

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 6:11 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: Oh? I saw the photo. What happened there then? I'll try it againPerhaps the photo copyright has some magic self imploding URL if it's violated. Will see what happens to this one The photo can be seen here if it vanishes againhttp://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp ... width=1024 Bouyyyying! and there it was gone again. Looks like someone is a little touchy about there pictures being used - there is a note about copyright on the site as you'll have seen but, it does say for commercial purposes - and if we are commercial, my pay packet is missing for one!Even the general copyright laws allow material to be used for research purposes free of incumberance and I think we fall rather more into this category than anything else. Let us know if you land an extradition order for doing this Phill......

sirjohn · Post by **sirjohn** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 8:11 pm

city square looks like it is in the middle of some kind of nazi rally!