engine works

Hannibal69 · Post by **Hannibal69** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 1:31 am

Trojan wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Hannibal69 wrote: [I hear that McClaren are to make a Formula 1 steam roller for next season. Lewis Hamilton say he hopes to crush the opposition with it!!! I'll get my coat.Han. Great comment Han - never mind getting yer coit - keep 'em coming !! Have to agree Blakey, she is a match for 'arry 'awk any day on the corny jokes Han and 'arry keep 'em coming Not a pushchair then? Snappy reply!!! Had me folded up in two... I should have known you'd had a hand in this!!! etc. etc... LOL. Love,Han.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 1:35 am

Trojan wrote: [quotenick="BLAKEy Greens were the ones who latterly made only lawnmowers etc they de steam tram engines also, many of which ran in Leeds. They were on North Street, and yes they made road rollers, I know this because I applied for a job there in March 1965-before starting on the road to where I am now, with Levertons at Gildersome. Worth a trip on to North Street,don't get down there much for the traffic flows but Greens I think is now 'apartments'and the conversion is as well conserved as poss considering some acts of vandalism you see

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 11:03 am

Hannibal69 wrote: Trojan wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Hannibal69 wrote: [I hear that McClaren are to make a Formula 1 steam roller for next season. Lewis Hamilton say he hopes to crush the opposition with it!!! I'll get my coat.Han. Great comment Han - never mind getting yer coit - keep 'em coming !! Have to agree Blakey, she is a match for 'arry 'awk any day on the corny jokes Han and 'arry keep 'em coming Not a pushchair then? Snappy reply!!! Had me folded up in two... I should have known you'd had a hand in this!!! etc. etc... LOL. Love,Han. Buggy off Han

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 11:54 pm

This is the Tommy Green building on North St.It is a listed building and has a blue plaque.

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Mon 16 Nov, 2009 8:33 pm

BLAKEY wrote: McLarens were also in Hunslet (Jack Lane area I believe) and, IF Greens were the ones who latterly made only lawnmowers etc they were in North Street opposite the park - IF its the same Greens then I believe they made steam tram engines also, many of which ran in Leeds. Hi BLAKEY McLarens were on Leathley Road i think this runs between Jack Lane and Hunslet Road.

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Mon 16 Nov, 2009 8:44 pm

BLAKEY wrote: McLarens were also in Hunslet (Jack Lane area I believe) and, IF Greens were the ones who latterly made only lawnmowers etc they were in North Street opposite the park - IF its the same Greens then I believe they made steam tram engines also, many of which ran in Leeds. Hi BLAKEY McLarens were on Leathley Road i think.This runs between Jack Lane and Hunslet Road.It was at the back of the Hunslet Engine Co, Pearson Street split the two companys if you know were the Union Pub used to be this faced the blank wall of Mc Larens.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 16 Nov, 2009 9:13 pm

[quotenick="sundownerHi BLAKEY McLarens were on Leathley Road i think.This runs between Jack Lane and Hunslet Road.It was at the back of the Hunslet Engine Co, Pearson Street split the two companys if you know were the Union Pub used to be this faced the blank wall of Mc Larens. What a fascinating area this was Sundowner. The changes could be seen almost daily in the late 1960s and early 1970s,while such things as building of Leek Street flats and the total alteration of the five way junction at the bottom of Dewsbury Road were carried out. At that time I was a driver on the 74/6 routes to Belle Isle and Middleton via Jack Lane and, until it was chopped in half, Hillidge Road. Therewas an interesting pub with industrial atmosphere in Grape Street - The British Queen I believe it was. Fasciinating times they were indeed.

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Mon 16 Nov, 2009 10:30 pm

BLAKEY wrote: [quotenick="sundownerHi BLAKEY McLarens were on Leathley Road i think.This runs between Jack Lane and Hunslet Road.It was at the back of the Hunslet Engine Co, Pearson Street split the two companys if you know were the Union Pub used to be this faced the blank wall of Mc Larens. What a fascinating area this was Sundowner. The changes could be seen almost daily in the late 1960s and early 1970s,while such things as building of Leek Street flats and the total alteration of the five way junction at the bottom of Dewsbury Road were carried out. At that time I was a driver on the 74/6 routes to Belle Isle and Middleton via Jack Lane and, until it was chopped in half, Hillidge Road. Therewas an interesting pub with industrial atmosphere in Grape Street - The British Queen I believe it was. Fasciinating times they were indeed. Hi BLAKEY I lived just off Pearson Street in Ashley street at the top of all the streets that ran off Pearson Street was a blank wall about twenty foot tall this was the Hunslet Engine Co buildings.You are right about the area industry in abundance i left in 1959 but i have very fond memorys of this place Pottery Fields. Meadow Lane Gas Works .Hunslet Goods Yard.John Fowlers.I remember the British Queen i was too young to go in at the time but i did go into the Union for old times sake before it was pulled down.Leeds is what it is today because of areas like this. We should not forget the graft the workers of days gone by put in to help make the Leeds we live in today.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 16 Nov, 2009 11:16 pm

sundowner wrote: [Hi BLAKEY I lived just off Pearson Street in Ashley street at the top of all the streets that ran off Pearson Street was a blank wall about twenty foot tall this was the Hunslet Engine Co buildings.You are right about the area industry in abundance i left in 1959 but i have very fond memorys of this place Pottery Fields. Meadow Lane Gas Works .Hunslet Goods Yard.John Fowlers.I remember the British Queen i was too young to go in at the time but i did go into the Union for old times sake before it was pulled down.Leeds is what it is today because of areas like this. We should not forget the graft the workers of days gone by put in to help make the Leeds we live in today. You have similar memories to mine then Sundowner, and I openly admit to wallowing in nostalgia all the time - and why not indeed.As far as going in the British Queen is concerned, well you were too young, and with eight minutes to get from Grape Street to Infirmary Street, load up, and go forward to Moor Grange I was a bit too busy !!

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Tue 17 Nov, 2009 9:00 pm

BLAKEY wrote: sundowner wrote: [Hi BLAKEY I lived just off Pearson Street in Ashley street at the top of all the streets that ran off Pearson Street was a blank wall about twenty foot tall this was the Hunslet Engine Co buildings.You are right about the area industry in abundance i left in 1959 but i have very fond memorys of this place Pottery Fields. Meadow Lane Gas Works .Hunslet Goods Yard.John Fowlers.I remember the British Queen i was too young to go in at the time but i did go into the Union for old times sake before it was pulled down.Leeds is what it is today because of areas like this. We should not forget the graft the workers of days gone by put in to help make the Leeds we live in today. You have similar memories to mine then Sundowner, and I openly admit to wallowing in nostalgia all the time - and why not indeed.As far as going in the British Queen is concerned, well you were too young, and with eight minutes to get from Grape Street to Infirmary Street, load up, and go forward to Moor Grange I was a bit too busy !! There is nothing wrong with nostalgia Blakey i remember getting on the tram on Hunslet Moor to go to Middleton Woods then walking back down past Park Side Rugby Ground then on an old railway track that used to go to Pottery Fields.We used to call this line the Niaga Line why i dont know it ran over the main line that went into Hunslet Goods Yard.Also the new single decker trams Leeds bought i think there were two i know one was purple they ran on Hunslet Road.I dont think they lasted long i think the tram service was closed down within months if not weeks of them comeing into service.