Is there a 'secret newcastle'?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 24 May, 2011 8:57 am

Geordie-exile wrote: This is one of the local sites but it's not a message board. This guy went and photographed all the pubs in Gateshead. It will make a valuable archive. http://www.gateshead-pubs.com/4595.html Nice to see the Azure Blue, the Crown, the Honeysuckle and the Five Wand Mill again, Geordie-Exile! All old haunts of mine!

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 24 May, 2011 11:58 am

Geordie-exile wrote: chameleon wrote: Interesting as it will be to learn of other sites, please let's remember that this one is about Leeds (and the odd secret village)and avoid delving too much into the secret environs of more distant lands! Indeed. If only we had a website with a pm facility we could discuss off topic stuff without cluttering it.So, just a final word about Forth Lane - a passage that reminds me a lot of the ones off Kirkgate and Briggate. I don't know if the city arms plaque is there because it is indeed close to the site of one area of the town walls, or whether it's for the building itself, which now houses Newcastle Arts Centre, which has some interesting information on its website:http://www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk/history.htm The PM facility is unlikely to arrive but as dsco suggests, there is an abundance of social networking sites which exist for this purpose already - an exchange of addresses tolocate people is enough to get started. Secret Leeds already has a group set up by munki yonks ago:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8404935129

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 24 May, 2011 12:05 pm

There is also the Secret Leeds flickr group with message, and good interaction facility on there as well. a lot of S.L users already have accounts herehttp://www.flickr.com/groups/secretleeds/

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 24 May, 2011 12:39 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: There is also the Secret Leeds flickr group with message, and good interaction facility on there as well. a lot of S.L users already have accounts herehttp://www.flickr.com/groups/secretleeds/ Cripes, been a while since I've been there phill, little embarrased at not including it

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 24 May, 2011 2:19 pm

chameleon wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: chameleon wrote: Interesting as it will be to learn of other sites, please let's remember that this one is about Leeds (and the odd secret village)and avoid delving too much into the secret environs of more distant lands! Indeed. If only we had a website with a pm facility we could discuss off topic stuff without cluttering it.So, just a final word about Forth Lane - a passage that reminds me a lot of the ones off Kirkgate and Briggate. I don't know if the city arms plaque is there because it is indeed close to the site of one area of the town walls, or whether it's for the building itself, which now houses Newcastle Arts Centre, which has some interesting information on its website:http://www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk/history.htm The PM facility is unlikely to arrive but as dsco suggests, there is an abundance of social networking sites which exist for this purpose already - an exchange of addresses tolocate people is enough to get started. Secret Leeds already has a group set up by munki yonks ago:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8404935129 No one seems to bother with that group anymore, it's got ads for ladies shoes and ultrasound scans scattered all over the place. 'tis a pity too.

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 24 May, 2011 5:12 pm

Chrism wrote: chameleon wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: chameleon wrote: Interesting as it will be to learn of other sites, please let's remember that this one is about Leeds (and the odd secret village)and avoid delving too much into the secret environs of more distant lands! Indeed. If only we had a website with a pm facility we could discuss off topic stuff without cluttering it.So, just a final word about Forth Lane - a passage that reminds me a lot of the ones off Kirkgate and Briggate. I don't know if the city arms plaque is there because it is indeed close to the site of one area of the town walls, or whether it's for the building itself, which now houses Newcastle Arts Centre, which has some interesting information on its website:http://www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk/history.htm The PM facility is unlikely to arrive but as dsco suggests, there is an abundance of social networking sites which exist for this purpose already - an exchange of addresses tolocate people is enough to get started. Secret Leeds already has a group set up by munki yonks ago:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8404935129 No one seems to bother with that group anymore, it's got ads for ladies shoes and ultrasound scans scattered all over the place. 'tis a pity too. That's the problem with a lot of these sites, usually no content moderation so all sorts gets in. We get it here too from time to time but at least between us we can deal with it quickly

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 24 May, 2011 8:04 pm

Right, I'm not on Fakebook but I've joined the Secret Leeds flickr group. Haven't posted my photos to it though - they're of the Get Carter car park demolition. Hardly appropriate!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 24 May, 2011 8:31 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: Right, I'm not on Fakebook but I've joined the Secret Leeds flickr group. Haven't posted my photos to it though - they're of the Get Carter car park demolition. Hardly appropriate! Take a look through the member list to see if there's anyone there you want to contact. You can use the flickrmail option. And you can add a few photos of non related Leeds to the group I guess. The group was mainly another way for people to keep in touch when S.L went down, as it seemed to do every weekend at one time.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 24 May, 2011 10:51 pm

Okay thanks.

theastradyne · Post by **theastradyne** » Sun 29 May, 2011 2:58 am

I, for one, wish Newcastle had been kept secret. Why did the person who found it have to tell everyone?