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HelloI'm trying to remember the name of a Leeds pub that has now closed.A lavish Victorian brass and red velvet interior.On a street attached to a small Victorian estate in the town centreon the site now occupied by the Etap and other rubbish.Any ideas?The estate was also of interest. Very small one bed flats with I think communal toilets..

You may need to be specific in era, although I suspect given the pub description I suspect you are talking of personal memory. Most of the area you described was occupied by Howarth Timber as far back as my memory stretches so I suspect you are talking 60's and earlier

Hi roger roger. How about Smiths Arms? Spinners Arms? Dyers Arms? Waterloo?The first and last are probably the more likely, as the other two were gone before 1960.

Marsh Lane, as was, ceased to exist when Howarth Timber sold it's Leeds site off which allowed for road improvement and new build.There was an old pub on Marsh Ln, but are you thinking of the Palace next to Parish Church? Never been in, here's viewhttp://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=etap+leeds&hl=en&ll=53.795182,-1.53343&spn=0.003517,0.006684&safe=off&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=etap&hnear=0x48793e4ada64bd99:0x51adbafd0213dca9,Leeds,+West+Yorkshire&cid=0,0,12678625855858373830&sqi=2&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6 Try also comparison old/newhttp://locateit.leeds.gov.uk/tithemaps/default.aspxsearching start point postcode "LS2 7DJ" which is near the Etap

There were a few pubs in that area up until the slum clearances of the 1950s. If you go to http://www.old-maps.co.uk and search for "Mill street, Leeds" you should find a 1:2500 map from 1921 and be able to find which street it was on. From the 1891 1:500 map there's a Weaver's Arms and a Wool Pack Inn. Was it one of those?

Add Kings Arms, Wheeler Street.

I'm sure it was the Smith's Arms, and the estate of one bedroomed flats were, I believe, built as Firemen's tied housing. One of our bus drivers at Headingley depot lived in those flats. They were about three storeys high with maroon railings and exterior walkways, and were virtually joined onto the railway viaduct.

BLAKEY wrote: I'm sure it was the Smith's Arms, and the estate of one bedroomed flats were, I believe, built as Firemen's tied housing. One of our bus drivers at Headingley depot lived in those flats. They were about three storeys high with maroon railings and exterior walkways, and were virtually joined onto the railway viaduct. Do you mean these flats?http://www.flickr.com/photos/rig7/5230698691/

Spot on kate, yes they're the ones OK

roger_roger wrote: HelloI'm trying to remember the name of a Leeds pub that has now closed.A lavish Victorian brass and red velvet interior. Anyone ever go in the Smiths? Was this the interior.