Leeds lost pubs

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 14 May, 2007 10:06 pm

FarnleyBloke wrote: Drapesy, I didn't know they called the Golden Lion the "Golden" but it may be because there is also the White Lion just off Tong Road near Whingate Junction. Does anyone know if this is called the "White"? My partner is an Armley Lass - who tells me she's never heard the 'White Lion' called that - but your theory does seem plausible - perhaps there were other pubs in the vicinity once - a Red Lion perhaps,(there's a Black Lion in Bramley of course )

magic · Post by **magic** » Mon 14 May, 2007 11:28 pm

Eagle Hotel on Torre Road, now a overflow yard for Benfield Ford.

magic · Post by **magic** » Mon 14 May, 2007 11:30 pm

Eagle Hotel

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Mon 14 May, 2007 11:36 pm

This seems a place for this one discovered it today no idea of its history if anyone can help

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 14 May, 2007 11:50 pm

I think this is the sign Phill D was talking about on page 4 of the 'signs of old leodis' thread. Molineaux, presumably, was a brewery . I believe the building that was the Bay Horse is still down the yard - its marked on old maps - I'll get a pic next time i'm in town

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 14 May, 2007 11:52 pm

magic wrote: Eagle Hotel I think it was called the 'New Eagle' officially. - if memory serves me correctly thats what the sign said.

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Tue 15 May, 2007 10:48 am

I took this photo yesterday and on doing some research on Leodis discovered it was a public house

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Tue 15 May, 2007 10:52 am

This was the Guildford Hotel and public house. This photo show it in 1948http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=5198

FarnleyBloke · Post by **FarnleyBloke** » Tue 15 May, 2007 11:07 am

20522tay wrote: I took this photo yesterday and on doing some research on Leodis discovered it was a public house If i can be rather rude here you may notice that despite the figure above the door wearing some form of underwear there is a "protrusion" hanging down. This was added about 8 or 9 years ago when the guildford was being refurbished and a friend of a friend made it out of plaster! ;-)As further proof if you walk past there is an identical figure at the other side of the building in its natural state!

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 15 May, 2007 11:24 am

It is only the last 5 - 10 years maximum that it stopped being the Guilford. Although it was moving more away from being a traditional pub towards being a "trendy bar" long before the name change. It was afaik, under it new guise of Oxygen, the first non-smoking pub in Leeds but I don't think it was particularly succesful because of it. In just under 50 days it is about to lose that "edge" so I think unless it has a very loyal customer base it might struggle to stay afloat because non smoking trendy wine bars in the vicinity will be a plenty (park row/the light).