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Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 1:04 pm
by WiggyDiggy
Just looking for a little help locating 'Anchor Street' in Hunslet.
For mundane reasons I'm trying to locate where this is/was in 2008 as I found an old receipt in box I have from a Blockbuster labelled as 'Anchor Street' from December 2008. A bit of digging gives me a full address of Hunslet Retail Park, ANCHOR STREET, Leeds LS10 2AP. But is 'Hunslet Retail Park' that what is now called the Penny Hill Centre? The postcode takes me there, but also searching for 'Hunslet Retail Park' on Leodis gives me images of Crown Point Retail Park.
Little mystery if anyone can help thanks
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 1:53 pm
by uncle mick
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 1:58 pm
by LS1
Looks like it was off Church Street, Hunslet. Roughly following where The Oval is these days.
Apologies, I haven't access to the old maps at present but it would make sense it being there given there are shops in the vicinity.
EDIT: Uncle Mick posted in the meantime
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 3:10 pm
by mhoulden
Blockbuster is now Iceland. From 2008:
https://goo.gl/maps/TMzobUb5LBdGgtKA6
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 3:17 pm
by WiggyDiggy
Ah thanks very much @uncle Mick, @LS1 and @mhoulden, very useful. Think I'm going lose several hours on that map later!
Do you mind sharing how you found Anchor Street on the older map? I'd found several pictures but couldn't place where it was. Did you search on that map site or is it literally finding it's rough location on the side by side and then reading the street names?
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 4:39 pm
by buffaloskinner
Anchor Street is opposite the Hunslet Parish Church and runs up past Morrisons
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by ... =ESRIWorld
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Thu 31 Mar, 2022 6:32 pm
by uncle mick
WiggyDiggy wrote: ↑Thu 31 Mar, 2022 3:17 pm
Ah thanks very much @uncle Mick, @LS1 and @mhoulden, very useful. Think I'm going lose several hours on that map later!
Do you mind sharing how you found Anchor Street on the older map? I'd found several pictures but couldn't place where it was. Did you search on that map site or is it literally finding it's rough location on the side by side and then reading the street names?
When searching the side by side maps you have to use a modern street name ie Oval Leeds
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Fri 01 Apr, 2022 7:41 am
by jma
This brings back some memories of my earliest days in the police. "Penny Hill" isn't shown on old maps but a colleague "showing me round" warned me that one inspector in particular liked to tell new PCs to meet him there, and then tell them off for a lack of local knowledge if his stupid game worked. Perhaps Leeds City Council formalised the name in this redevelopment in memory of 'Oss 'Anson. And my thanks to PC 146 John Young for his kind help with things like that fifty five years ago
Re: Hunslet Retail Park, Anchor Street - Where was/is it?
Posted: Fri 01 Apr, 2022 9:12 am
by WiggyDiggy
uncle mick wrote: ↑Thu 31 Mar, 2022 6:32 pm
When searching the side by side maps you have to use a modern street name ie Oval Leeds
Makes sense thanks
