Posted: Fri 30 Jul, 2010 12:41 pm
Found a section from the Evening Post for SaturdayApril 11th.1987 when I was clearing out some old stuff last week.Old Yorkshire Diary by Derek Naylor where an old lady who was then84 recalling her life in the Alphabet Streets(Quadrant St.)She was the oldest of 8 and was only 16 when her mother died.Dad worked at Fairburn Lawson for £1 per week.They lived on free fish heads,sheepshead broth,pigs trotters, bones and dumplings.A ha’porth of green cheese from Brewers and from King’s thechemist a ha’porth of syrup of squills(?) for coughs and treacleand brimstone on bath night on Friday.She recalls the Wellington picure house,the Lighthouse cinema onNorth Hall St and the Imperial on Kirkstall Rd.‘Pea Charley’selling pie and peas,Podestas ice cream and Mears fish and chips.Freddy Starr was appearing at Harrogate and Batley the following week.At the Playhouse =’Torpedoes in the Jacuzzi’Private Ear at the Bradford Alhambra with Nicholas Lyndhurst andMatthew Kelly.Blithe Spirit at the Civic Theatre and Charley’s Aunt in York.For an enjoyable evening - visit the Hayfield public Housewhere George and Lloyd look forward to welcoming you.What went wrong after this then ? Dine at The Sawley Arms Fountains Abbey. Tripiti Asian in the Merrion Centre Truffles in Otley Bistro Fiori in Commercal St. Mae’s Pullman Dining Car at Pannal Salute Restaurant Souh Milford - Easter greetings to all our pals,Buon appetito you guys and gals. Tudor restraunt Littlemoor Pudsey.Oliver ate at Billborugh Manor.From Colourvision on Roundhay Rd. 22“ telly and VHS vcr for £438or £11.91 a month.Visa and Access accepted.Instant credit up to £1500,APR 29.9% variable.Pick of the weekend telly, Arena docmentary,Cagney and Lacy,Mastermind,the Animals Roadshow with Sid Jenkins from LeedsRSPCA,and topping the bill 'Live from the London Palladium’was Howard Keel.