Train crash August 1961 photo in the YEP today (August 24 2012).

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 7:41 pm

On page 13 of today's YEP (August 24 2012) there is a photo (dated August 11 1961) taken after a train crash in Leeds. The photo description does not however state where the incident was. The train direction seems to show Leeds and there is a garage in the photo that may state Veritys Garage. I wonder if anyone knows where the location was? If there is a link in the YEP website to the photo I have however been unable to find it.

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 8:02 pm

A google search shows there was collision in Leeds City station on that date. unfortunately I can only see a PDF available and it's scanned rather than text. The file is here:http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docume ... ds1961.pdf

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 8:08 pm

There are a couple of pix on Leodis. Just go City Centre/train crash. Hope this is a help.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 8:48 pm

Thanks BarFly and Johnny39.This is a link to a photo in Leodis taken after the train crash on August 10 1961:- http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 5735415The train in that photo is though not that in the YEP photo, so the train in the YEP photo must be one that was just passing by when the YEP photo was taken and so was not involved in the incident that according to Leodis occured on the Lower Briggate railbridge. This is the link to the other photo in Leodis that Johnny39 mentions. It was taken on August 19 1961 when there was still clearing up going on:- http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 9_72311038

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 9:57 pm

Now you mention it, was it from a link on here I've seen a Verity's Garage sign painted on a building down there, or is it still in existence?

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 10:10 pm

You can see the new brick they repaired the damaged section with on top of the viaduct here

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 10:15 pm

Cheers Phill. The second photo you show is that which is in today's YEP, though that is a cropped version and is not as well defined.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 10:18 pm

Leodian wrote: Cheers Phill. The second photo you show is that which is in today's YEP, though that is a cropped version and is not as well defined. Glad to have helped It's interesting to see that arch ran through to Queens court on the photo, there was also the Old George pub around there too. Here's the 1910 map of the area.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 10:24 pm

Cheers Phill - my late dad worked at Gale Listers at the time (in the background in the top picture) and I can remember him telling me about this train crash years later when I was a nipper.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 24 Aug, 2012 10:41 pm

Your 1910 map Phill made me try looking at other date maps in the Old-Maps UK website but the only one I found that was large enough scale after 1910 was for 1921. Though diverting from the topic of this thread I noticed that the area bounded by the railway, Briggate, Duncan Street and Crown Street was called Kirkgate Lees. I have not heard of that before so I've tried to find more but (without doing a massive search) the only mention of it that I've found is in the subject of this link:- http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/89.htmIn the route directions after Kirkgate Lees in that it mentions Worril Hill, of which I have not been able to readily find any other mention (I wonder if it could be Warehouse Hill?). Old maps (well any map really) are extremely interesting.