Leeds lost pubs

bikemadbaz · Post by **bikemadbaz** » Sun 14 Mar, 2010 1:42 pm

BLAKEY wrote: [quotenick="drapesy.also used to drink at a pub at the back of the mirion centre called the murtle tavern if anyone remembers it? I think the pub you have in mind was the Cobourg Tavern - The Myrtle is on Parkside Rd, Meanwood . yea it was the cobourg, sorry. was almost fourty years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 14 Mar, 2010 3:54 pm

BJF wrote: The Highlander is still the only pub I've ever been barred from. Me and two friends, the only customers in the pub, asked them to turn the muzak down They've certainly done that now, as I believe its been closed long ago.

Ronnie · Post by **Ronnie** » Sun 14 Mar, 2010 7:26 pm

I was kicked out of the highlander because I wouldn't remove my studded leather belt which the doormen said could be used as an offensive weapon.It was raining that day and the pub was full of people with umbrellas which have pointed ends.I questioned their logic as to why a studded belt is a weapon and a steel pointed unbrella isn't.This fell on deaf ears so I left.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 15 Mar, 2010 12:04 am

Being younger and having spent many hours there i find the idea of a bouncer on the Highland(er) hilarious. Just shows how pubs can change. Now it's dead.

Ronnie · Post by **Ronnie** » Mon 15 Mar, 2010 12:10 am

Cardiarms wrote: Being younger and having spent many hours there i find the idea of a bouncer on the Highland(er) hilarious. Just shows how pubs can change. Now it's dead.

Well it was 1987... that was 23 years ago Ouch!!!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Mon 15 Mar, 2010 12:51 am

The Union Cross Inn.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 21 Mar, 2010 1:39 pm

The saga of the Bowling Green in Otley goes on and on. Wetherspoons until recently claimed that it will reopen in late April. Seemingly this is not now the case, and they have been prodded by local pressure into naming July as launch day. If ever there was a case of "Don't hold your breath" this is a classic.

Si · Post by Si » Sun 21 Mar, 2010 1:49 pm

BLAKEY wrote: The saga of the Bowling Green in Otley goes on and on. Wetherspoons until recently claimed that it will reopen in late April. Seemingly this is not now the case, and they have been prodded by local pressure into naming July as launch day. If ever there was a case of "Don't hold your breath" this is a classic. There has been no work for a few weeks now, Blakey. There seem to be two rumours as to the feet dragging - an unstable supporting wall, and the discovery of asbestos. I heard August as the new opening date....Breath not held.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 21 Mar, 2010 2:11 pm

The Rock on Albert Road in Morley is boarded up. I moved within walking distance about five years ago and was a regular for a while. Then they started with the loud music on Friday nights and stopped with the Landlord bitter and Super League on the big screen. The decline seems to date from these changes.

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Sun 21 Mar, 2010 4:52 pm

Si wrote: BLAKEY wrote: The saga of the Bowling Green in Otley goes on and on. Wetherspoons until recently claimed that it will reopen in late April. Seemingly this is not now the case, and they have been prodded by local pressure into naming July as launch day. If ever there was a case of "Don't hold your breath" this is a classic. There has been no work for a few weeks now, Blakey. There seem to be two rumours as to the feet dragging - an unstable supporting wall, and the discovery of asbestos. I heard August as the new opening date....Breath not held. Hi Si and Chris,There was an update in the local press last week:http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/new ... mpty/There is little information on the pub site:http://otleypubclub.co.uk/Ian