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

Loiner1960 · Post by **Loiner1960** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 10:22 pm

This is a really fascinating thread. The Bofors gun appears to be with two AA Mk4 Search radars. I only recognise them having worked on them in the 1980's.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 10:22 pm

Whoever wanted the John Smiths pub it's here, another great find! Is that a coal man and wagon too?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 11:34 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Another good spot on Lewis's roof, I wonder if they were left over from W.W.2? 1949 furniture dept!http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XHJa ... ds&f=false

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 11:35 pm

I've just sussed things out past Meanwood Road now. I've just been looking what the old church was on Chapletown Road past the gasometers The area that's more or less been eaten up with the Sheepscar Interchange. The church was St Clements and it looked a fine piece of architecture to flatten.An early view of St Clement's Church in Chapeltown Road. It was designed in the Early Geometric style by the architect George Corson and built in Potternewton stone in 1867-68 at a cost of £10,000. It could accommodate a congregation of eight hundred people and was consecrated on 10th September 1868. The view of St Clement's looks across from Evelyn Street.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 11:37 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Whoever wanted the John Smiths pub it's here, another great find! Is that a coal man and wagon too? The New Inn.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 12:00 am

Cardiarms wrote: 1949 furniture dept! Amazing, a temporary furniture store on top of Lewis's roof? Well I've found these photos on Leodis dated 1948 as 'maintenance work'Looks like they are setting foundations for the huts maybe?15th March 1948. Shows maintenance on roof of Lewis's Department store. Views of City Centre in background.Some kind of rain canopy being fixed perhaps?There are quite a few of these rooftop photos here http://tinyurl.com/kxob4ct

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 12:58 pm

Scaffolding is to go up around the Kirkstall viaduct for inspection shortly.Daniel at the City Talking website has used one of the 1951 aerial photos in the story herehttp://thecitytalking.com/industry/2013/10/15/network-rail-to-survey-kirkstall-viaduct

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 6:34 pm

A good comparison shot of Barrack Road.16th February 1988. Chapletown Road can be seen on the left side. The building with distinctive blue dome is the Northern Dance Centre, previously a Synagogue. In the bottom right corner is Barrack Road. Between the Dance Centre and Barrack Road is Leopold Street with St. Dominic's school (now called Holy Rosary & St. Anne's) facing onto Chapeltown Road. Potternewton Park is at the top. The Mandella Centre is the Oblong building with the grey roof at the bottom left.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 7:02 pm

yorkiesknob wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Whoever wanted the John Smiths pub it's here, another great find! Is that a coal man and wagon too? The New Inn. The small gas holder was demolished in 1962' the larger demolished in 1983, this was part of the supply for this area but decommissioned because the internal carriage wheels collapsed throwing it out of kilter.

Post by **mhoulden** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 8:13 pm

The gas holder site is currently up for sale: http://www.gentvisick.com/available-pro ... ire-leeds/. Gas works sites tend to be pretty nasty with all kinds of industrial contaminants from the town gas production process so I'm not surprised there hasn't been a lot of interest.Incidentally, would the petrol station next to it qualify as one of the oldest still operational in Leeds? Eastgate roundabout would probably qualify as one of the least practical so it's not surprising that's no more.