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Mention of the animated 'opening curtains' sign at the City Varieties reminded me that the Dock Green had an animated sign. It lit up in sequence, if I remember correctly. Three words in red [?].DOCK. GREEN. INN. One after the other then the whole lot together. Also, I'm sure there were some illuminated arrows somewhere in town pointing one down an alleyway toward some bar or other. This was long before the current fashion of flashing lights everywhere.'In town'. Now there's a phrase. Did your Mam go 'in town' on Saturday? Did you? 'Where's your Mam?' 'Gone in town'. I've never come across that phrase outside Leeds. A city, not a town.

We still say going to town, meaning Leeds City centre !!

Geordie-exile wrote: Mention of the animated 'opening curtains' sign at the City Varieties reminded me that the Dock Green had an animated sign. It lit up in sequence, if I remember correctly. Three words in red [?].DOCK. GREEN. INN. One after the other then the whole lot together. Also, I'm sure there were some illuminated arrows somewhere in town pointing one down an alleyway toward some bar or other. This was long before the current fashion of flashing lights everywhere.'In town'. Now there's a phrase. Did your Mam go 'in town' on Saturday? Did you? 'Where's your Mam?' 'Gone in town'. I've never come across that phrase outside Leeds. A city, not a town. Geordie,what about where you live!!"Am ganning up toon"hence the "Toon" (Town) army

What a mistaka to maka. D'oh!

Dock Green previously Ashley Road Police Stn.Conductress on the 42 bus used to call out the various stops including"Ashley Road Bobby 'Oil!!!!!!!!!

dogduke wrote: Dock Green previously Ashley Road Police Stn.Conductress on the 42 bus used to call out the various stops including"Ashley Road Bobby 'Oil!!!!!!!!! Yeah,train guards stopping at Castleford and Pontefract refer to them as Cas Vegas and Ponte Carlo,priceless.

Reminds me of when I drove for Samuel Ledgard's from King Street to Ilkley - our terminus was just above the Metropole Hotel (King Street was two way then) and I was working with a very dignified elderly gent who'd fallen on hard times and would really have been far more suited to being a "Jeeves" butler than a bus conductor. We were standing outside the bus one Saturday evening when a noisy gang of professional ladies (not a brief case in sight) approached and their raucous leader bellowed out "DER YER GO PAST 'ARE 'N 'OUNDS LUV??" After a moment's thought, and another deep drag on his Capstan Full Strength untipped, dear old Howard solemnly replied "YES, MADAM, AND WE'VE BEEN KNOWN TO STOP THERE TOO GIVEN ADEQUATE NOTICE !!."     

Geordie-exile wrote: Mention of the animated 'opening curtains' sign at the City Varieties reminded me that the Dock Green had an animated sign. It lit up in sequence, if I remember correctly. Three words in red [?].DOCK. GREEN. INN. One after the other then the whole lot together. Also, I'm sure there were some illuminated arrows somewhere in town pointing one down an alleyway toward some bar or other. This was long before the current fashion of flashing lights everywhere.'In town'. Now there's a phrase. Did your Mam go 'in town' on Saturday? Did you? 'Where's your Mam?' 'Gone in town'. I've never come across that phrase outside Leeds. A city, not a town. Does any have or know of photos of the Dock Green and the old poice stn please

It looks like my last post merged with the previous one and may have been missed.I am interested in obtaining photos of the Dock Green and or the police station and possibly any of the Sportsman in Stoney Rock Lane.Any help would be appreciated

I have some shots of the Dock Green on my flickr accounthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyg1955/sets/ ... 825790982/