Leeds Pals

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 1:00 am

Not a Leeds pal in the sense of the topic but nevertheless a brave lad and soldier from Leeds and some background info about him:Last British soldier to be killed in WW1.http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... olgaddress given as 10 hinstock st,dewsbury rd.Leedsnow demolished......anybody know where exactly this was ?????

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 1:20 am

somme1916 wrote: stutterdog wrote: Leodian wrote: The 'Leeds Past' feature on page 14 of the YEP today (Nov 10 2012) has a section 'Tragic story of the Leeds Pals'. It also has a photo (taken in September 1914) of a Leeds Pals recruiting car (it looks like a tramcar to me) with many people (most in uniform) and a photo taken in 1973 of some of then still surviving Leeds Pals.On page 10 to 11 there is another poignant feature, about some still living survivors from the Second World War to Basra in 2006. On page 21 there is the annual 'Special Remembrance' notices in the 'In Memoriam' section. The number of notices is (not unexpectedly) getting shorter each year now. It's always very sad reading. When i was taxi-ing in and around Pudsey I often picked up a chap who I think ran a website on the internet relating to the Leeds Pals.His father was in the battalion and survived the war.I can remember him saying his father was 90yrs old The chaps name was Mr. Wood and at that time,about 10 -12yrs ago now, owned a jewellers and watch repair business in Lowtown Pudsey. He lived in Occupation lane. If he could be contacted I'm sure he would help re the Leeds Pals Memorial. Hello leodian,Yes thats the chap. I just checked the website and you are correct!Hi stutterdog,I think the website you mention may well be as follows:www.leeds-pals.com which is run by people named wood.Seems likely the connection you mention.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 10:11 am

somme1916 wrote: Not a Leeds pal in the sense of the topic but nevertheless a brave lad and soldier from Leeds and some background info about him:Last British soldier to be killed in WW1.http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... olgaddress given as 10 hinstock st,dewsbury rd.Leedsnow demolished......anybody know where exactly this was ????? Hinstock Street, c.1906.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 10:36 am

Si wrote: somme1916 wrote: Not a Leeds pal in the sense of the topic but nevertheless a brave lad and soldier from Leeds and some background info about him:Last British soldier to be killed in WW1.http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... olgaddress given as 10 hinstock st,dewsbury rd.Leedsnow demolished......anybody know where exactly this was ????? Hinstock Street, c.1906. Cheers for that Si.....looks like it may have been somewhere in the bit the M1/M621 congruence is nowadays...there was a lot going on down that end of Dewsbury Rd.back then looking at your old map.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 11:15 am

Yes Somme - mills, oil works, potteries, malthouses, gas works and foundries.I wonder what a "refuse destructor" was?

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 11:28 am

Si wrote: Yes Somme - mills, oil works, potteries, malthouses, gas works and foundries.I wonder what a "refuse destructor" was? Like this, where all the rubbish etc was burnthttp://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 11:34 am

uncle mick wrote: Si wrote: Yes Somme - mills, oil works, potteries, malthouses, gas works and foundries.I wonder what a "refuse destructor" was? Like this, where all the rubbish etc was burnthttp://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL I remember the yard on Kidacre St uncle mick.....it was later an engineering depot for West Yorks MCC and we supplied various lots of metal products for the workforce.Some very old buildings down there back then even(pottery fields area).The chimney had gone by then though.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 9:01 pm

somme1916 wrote: uncle mick wrote: Si wrote: Yes Somme - mills, oil works, potteries, malthouses, gas works and foundries.I wonder what a "refuse destructor" was? Like this, where all the rubbish etc was burnthttp://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL I remember the yard on Kidacre St uncle mick.....it was later an engineering depot for West Yorks MCC and we supplied various lots of metal products for the workforce.Some very old buildings down there back then even(pottery fields area).The chimney had gone by then though. I also remember the yard in Kidacre St we used to go there on summer evenings to watch the rats and i mean rats there were lots of them this would be in the fiftys so all of the area was built up when i lived there.The Pineapple Inn was just yards from the destructor not that i was old enough to go in i remember this area has though it was yesterday. We used to jump on the back of the dust carts in Dewsbury Road when school finished and ride on the back platform to Kidacre St if we were lucky there would be an old bike on the rack on top where they put all the scrap metal it would not be there when they got to the destructors.