Signs of old leodis

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 12 Nov, 2007 9:16 pm

Sure you have this but will tell you anyway just in caseSouth bank of canal,on side of white victorian warehouse building facing westerley on to Holbeck Viaduct.Cant remember what it says,will check tomorrowquite badly faded but maybe better at ground level

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Wed 14 Nov, 2007 9:14 pm

I'm about 5 years too late with this one.It USED to say "CEGB-Private property.Trespassers will be prosecuted" or words to that effect.I'm afraid the wind and rain have taken their toll.It's one of the last surviving exhibits of the old Kirkstall Power Station-and it takes a bit of finding!

jf · Post by jf » Fri 16 Nov, 2007 7:25 pm

drapesy wrote: jf wrote: A newly uncovered sign is on the martial arts school building behind Mike's Carpets, only spotted it about a week ago. Quite a big one, but only a partial sign. Something about drawings. Someone go and snap it before it disappears again! Too late JF!!! I saw this uncovered sign and made a mental note to take a pic when I got the chance - but I noticed yesterday a huge advertising board has been placed over it. Our 'window of opportunity' was only a few days!! bah! Not totally missed, I have a blurry shot from a moving car here:http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id ... ortunately I didn't manage anything better than this, but it's there for the record.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 Jan, 2008 2:35 pm

there are some wonderful, though rather weathered, stones set into the brickwork of the former L.I.C.S. laundry at the top of Gelderd Road.This one proudly gives the financial returns for 1907.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 Jan, 2008 2:37 pm

A very weathered foundation stone.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 Jan, 2008 2:40 pm

And the stone that proudly anoounces the opening of the premises.Mysteriously at some time someone has tried to cover over the word 'Leeds' with mortar!I love the name of the building manager - Phil Rump !!!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Fri 25 Jan, 2008 5:46 pm

Wasn't his wife's name Ophelia?Arry

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Fri 25 Jan, 2008 8:26 pm

drapesy wrote: And the stone that proudly anoounces the opening of the premises.Mysteriously at some time someone has tried to cover over the word 'Leeds' with mortar!I love the name of the building manager - Phil Rump !!! What are the chances of viewing something like that for the first time on its 100th birthday!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 Jan, 2008 10:43 pm

stevief wrote: drapesy wrote: And the stone that proudly anoounces the opening of the premises.Mysteriously at some time someone has tried to cover over the word 'Leeds' with mortar!I love the name of the building manager - Phil Rump !!! What are the chances of viewing something like that for the first time on its 100th birthday! Wow!!I honestly didn't notice that when I posted it!Spooky or what?

peterg · Post by **peterg** » Sun 27 Jan, 2008 7:56 pm

I have been away from Leeds for so long that I do not know whether the place is still up. As you went up Harehill Lane from the Shaftsbury, there were rows of houses on the lefthand side at rightangles to Harehills Lane and on one of then there was a sign, painted I believe, announcing the services of a Mr Gahan, a plumber if I remember rightly, whose son was at college with me. Can it still be there or have the houses been pulled down?