SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds

Showed a few scenes of the inside of the townhall(P.S. came across this virtual tour of the townhallhttp://www.vrleeds.co.uk/town_hall_tour/index.html)Good thread herehttp://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx ... ighLight=1    

Apart from the potted history of the Town Hall I thought the programme was a bit of a let down.The items they showed had no real local interest and weren't the most inspiring object d'art anyway - some bloke with an old spoon he found on a building site down south, a cardboard model of an American Ferris wheel and a book of admittedly detailed drawings about a Roman villa (also down south).Now, if they'd found the original plans for the Kirkstall Abbey tunnel, that would have been different.

raveydavey wrote: Apart from the potted history of the Town Hall I thought the programme was a bit of a let down.The items they showed had no real local interest and weren't the most inspiring object d'art anyway - some bloke with an old spoon he found on a building site down south, a cardboard model of an American Ferris wheel and a book of admittedly detailed drawings about a Roman villa (also down south).Now, if they'd found the original plans for the Kirkstall Abbey tunnel, that would have been different. Very true - I was hoping to see a lost Atkinson Grimshaw - mind you I like the guy who said his dad who was from Elland was mean and polished a lot!

The original plans for the Kirkstall Abbey Tunnel are safely stored away in the Kirkstall Abbey Tunnel.

Leeds Hippo I must sincerely congratulate you , as a relative newcomer, on your ability to search and refer to existing threads.

tyke bhoy wrote: Leeds Hippo I must sincerely congratulate you , as a relative newcomer, on your ability to search and refer to existing threads. add to that congratulations on Leodian's take on our past history of sceptism etc. on tunnels from the Abbey. Has anyone hear of the tunnel from Kirkstall Abbey to Dublin