30 Leeds facts in the YEP.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 08 May, 2012 9:11 am

There you go Cardie.You learn summat every day.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Tue 08 May, 2012 1:15 pm

Reading about Leeds Utd/Kirkstall made me remember that as school kids we would walk to the Archie Gordon fields for our sport lessons so I looked the place up.Interesting reading.Funny how your thread, Leodian, brought yet more interesting facts my way.....Thanks!

liits · Post by **liits** » Tue 08 May, 2012 1:20 pm

I thought it was interesting that Jelly Tots were invented by a chap from Leeds and that they were new in 1967. I would have thought they were older than that.Live and learn.

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Tue 08 May, 2012 2:17 pm

Regarding :30. Leeds United was formed in 1885 by one Leonard Cooper and played its early matches at Kirkstall and Leeds Albion on Brudenell Road.The above 'Fact' is incorrect, proffesional association football came to Leeds in 1904 with the formation of Leeds City. Leeds City played at Elland Rd throughout its existence.Leeds United were formed in 1919 after the demise of Leeds City who were expelled from the league for making illegal payments to players during the war years of 1914-18. Elland Road has been the home of Leeds United since its formation.Regards.

book · Post by **book** » Tue 08 May, 2012 2:34 pm

So who did play at Brudenell Road, I can't remember any pitches along there. We had to travel to Bedquilts on a bus when I attended the school. I have seen some early pics of Leeds United as a team with some big buildings behind them, this I don't think was Elland Road but could have been a training pitch somewhere in the City. Could the Leeds Albion be the start of Leeds City of a spin off from other Leeds teams?

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Tue 08 May, 2012 2:52 pm

Me too Book, 65 to 69. Double decker LCT bus as the mobile changing room ."So who did play at Brudenell Road, I can't remember any pitches along there. We had to travel to Bedquilts on a bus when I attended the school."

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 08 May, 2012 4:18 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Malt kilns on Cardigan Road? This puzzled me also. Leonard Cooper "supplied not only the steel but the expertise and design behind many iconic buildings and structures in the Leeds area. Some of our earliest steelworks were used in the >>building of the Maltkilns on Cardigan Road, Leeds in 1923<<"Anyone know anything here?There was a Willow Brewery (to rear of present day Burley Liberal Club) seen here 1959 which might link. Pint of Willow please.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... LSurprised to see dense back to back housing twixt Burley Rd +Kirky Rd.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Tue 08 May, 2012 4:50 pm

Hi JogonMy mother as a small child lived on Ventnor Street and one day whilst chatting about Brewer's Yeast she told me her mother would send her to the local brewery for malt extract (think she said malt?).She said the brewery wasn't far from Ventnor Street.Do you think your pic is the place she'd have gone to buy it?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 08 May, 2012 5:57 pm

Hats Off wrote: Regarding :30. Leeds United was formed in 1885 by one Leonard Cooper and played its early matches at Kirkstall and Leeds Albion on Brudenell Road.The above 'Fact' is incorrect, proffesional association football came to Leeds in 1904 with the formation of Leeds City. Leeds City played at Elland Rd throughout its existence.Leeds United were formed in 1919 after the demise of Leeds City who were expelled from the league for making illegal payments to players during the war years of 1914-18. Elland Road has been the home of Leeds United since its formation.Regards. IIRC a 'Leeds' team was formed prior to Leeds City and played in anround Burley and Kirkstall, the Star and Garter pitches being one home pitch. I think they folded though.Some of the housing in the Brudnell Road area is post WW1 so there was some space around there for quite a while.

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 08 May, 2012 6:03 pm

chameleon wrote: Leodian wrote: I apologise for starting this thread which I thought would be of interest but which now that there is a YEP online report has clearly been found to be of no interest. Will a mod please delete this non-interesting thread. No.It is perfectly valid and contains items quite pertinent. I think you should take comments made at face value - most things have been mentioned here - but there are many, many folk who will not have seen the site, thus may well be surprised by them and as is not unusual, the article may well jog (no pun!) a memory of even more amongst posters on the site I think some 30 posts on a thread that is of 'no interest' isn't too right bad you know ad as happens is stimulating thoughts on quite a range of the facts we read