The River Aire

[Si]

chameleon wrote: Trojan wrote: raveydavey wrote: How deep is the Aire as it passes through Leeds city centre?I have heard comments that it is no longer dredged like it was when it was a "working" environment, so presumably it's not as deep as it once was? I was listening to Woman's Hour on Radio 4 last Thursday and there was an item about Cas. Apparently the Aire at Cas has fish in it so perhaps the same applies at Leeds Bridge. The water quality in the Aire at Leeds has been so dramatically improved that fish are indeed present and can be seen. A recent investigation reported that Salmon have been found making their way up stream and provision is being made at some points to enable them overcome the weirs along its route.I would be interested to know its depth, I supect deeper than we might think in the centre of the chanel, though it'becomes quite shallow and faster flowing at the Dark Arches. If salmon always return to the same river (in which they were hatched) to spawn, how old are these salmon?!!! A couple of hundred years???Just a thought!    

[arry_awk]

I still have reservations about the quality of River Aire water!There must be residue from centuries in the river bed mud.Oils,dyes sewage and many other chemical compounds.If you walk over the Aire Bridge by the Bridge pub in Kirkstallon a warmish still day you can still be aware of an 'Aroma'of past industries from further upstream Also along theGoit leading to Kirkstall Abbey weir there is still a faint'chemical' atmosphere which to me detracts from the beautyof the Abbey grounds.No. I certainly wouldn't relish trout or salmon pulled outof the Aire (or Calder) even if certified 'free from pollution!'I still can't fathom why they let youngsters use canoes and kayaksin the Aire at Kirkstall,especially when they practice doing'rollovers'being submerged underwater. Madness!Not long ago,A policeman dived in and rescued a persondrowning near the Calls(I think). I think the poor guy was havinganti Weill's Disease injections for months afterwards.I wonder if those Poor(?) people in their Yuppie High Life riverside appartments know what lies beneath the tranquil watersunder their windows!    

[sundowner]

arry awk wrote: I still have reservations about the quality of River Aire water!There must be residue from centuries in the river bed mud.Oils,dyes sewage and many other chemical compounds.If you walk over the Aire Bridge by the Bridge pub in Kirkstallon a warmish still day you can still be aware of an 'Aroma'of past industries from further upstream Also along theGoit leading to Kirkstall Abbey weir there is still a faint'chemical' atmosphere which to me detracts from the beautyof the Abbey grounds.No. I certainly wouldn't relish trout or salmon pulled outof the Aire (or Calder) even if certified 'free from pollution!'I still can't fathom why they let youngsters use canoes and kayaksin the Aire at Kirkstall,especially when they practice doing'rollovers'being submerged underwater. Madness!Not long ago,A policeman dived in and rescued a persondrowning near the Calls(I think). I think the poor guy was havinganti Weill's Disease injections for months afterwards.I wonder if those Poor(?) people in their Yuppie High Life riverside appartments know what lies beneath the tranquil watersunder their windows!     Hi arry awk Just made a visit to Armley Mills today with my grand daughter. I must say the Aire looked like ditch water i have seen it at this spot before when it as been quite clean i think your right a bit of fresh water from the rain we have had stirs up the bottom and its like a brown dye with a smell to it.    

[arry_awk]

High SD!Hope you and your granddaughter enjoyed the visitto Armley Mills. Never quite made it yet but fullyintend to some day!Yes, I walked over Kirkstall bridge yesterday (in the RAIN!),and the old industrial pong was still there! A lot of the mud in the water comes down from the Dales along with the odd tree and dead riggwelters! I think they saw a Huntsman, one year, who'd 'tummelled'(?) off his hoss, up near Malham and he was still shouting 'Tally Ho!' as he went over the weir at Leeds bridge!(Kidding!).Joking apart,they'd have to dredge at least three feet of silt and sludge from the bottom all the way from Goole to Skipton to getrid of the underlying pollution and smell.(Are ya listening,Yorksha' Watter?)lolDuring good weather(What's that?) people sit out in thebeer garden of the Bridge Inn, right by the River!That would reight put me off me ale!Forgive my ramblings,sundowner!Cheersarry    

[sundowner]

arry awk wrote: High SD!Hope you and your granddaughter enjoyed the visitto Armley Mills. Never quite made it yet but fullyintend to some day!Yes, I walked over Kirkstall bridge yesterday (in the RAIN!),and the old industrial pong was still there! A lot of the mud in the water comes down from the Dales along with the odd tree and dead riggwelters! I think they saw a Huntsman, one year, who'd 'tummelled'(?) off his hoss, up near Malham and he was still shouting 'Tally Ho!' as he went over the weir at Leeds bridge!(Kidding!).Joking apart,they'd have to dredge at least three feet of silt and sludge from the bottom all the way from Goole to Skipton to getrid of the underlying pollution and smell.(Are ya listening,Yorksha' Watter?)lolDuring good weather(What's that?) people sit out in thebeer garden of the Bridge Inn, right by the River!That would reight put me off me ale!Forgive my ramblings,sundowner!Cheersarry     Hi arry awk you must take a trip to Armley Mills with my Leeds card it cost me two pounds if you have not got a Leeds card its three pounds.Iwas there more than two hours could have stayed a lot longer but you know what kids are like. Its well worth a visit they have a few steam engines and old lathes a lot of them made in Leeds. The thing that made my day was a display board from Hardings Tower Works Globe Road i used to work there in the sixties.I just had a thought when i was there they got rid of hundreds of boxes of gramaphone needles you know the ones His Masters Voice ec all with different logos bet they would be worth a fortune now. By the way one or two machines made by Greenwood And Batley on showat Armley Mills.

[arry_awk]

Thanks for that SD. must deffo go now!Greenbats took on too much when theyamalgamated with Fairbairns which I suspect is whythey closed finally and passed the viable contractsover to Hunslet Holdings (Formerly Hunslet Engine Co).Bet some of those machines could tell a tale!