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Can anyone please verify if these are the flats that were on Sweet Street, Holbeck? The flats I refer to were a couple hundred yards past where the Crystal Palace was, (I think it was called that, or maybe just The Palace. On the same side but at 90 degrees.

It's difficult to tell from that photo Billy.They're of a style that was fairly typical across the city at one point and there are still quite a few similar ones still in existence.You are right about the pub on Sweet Street being the Crystal Palace though.

Hi RaveyDavey, I was hoping there might have been a subtle difference to others, I'm just going through my late dads old black n white photos, some I can identify, quite a lot I can't. I know I had an aunt that lived in those Sweet St flats but I was only about 6 or 7 last time I was there and cant remember with detail. Thanks for replying.

BillyBritvic wrote: Hi RaveyDavey, I was hoping there might have been a subtle difference to others, I'm just going through my late dads old black n white photos, some I can identify, quite a lot I can't. I know I had an aunt that lived in those Sweet St flats but I was only about 6 or 7 last time I was there and cant remember with detail. Thanks for replying. I think the area the picture was taken was called St Barnabas Garth.There is mention of it on Leodis by various posters but no pictures unfortunately.Regards Kango    

Prime mover for these flats was the vicar of Holbeck, the Rev. Charles Jenkinson. He was a crusader for good working class housing, City Councillor, and member of the housing committee. I believe that these flats were Leeds' first of anything like a large scale "block". There is an entry for Jenkinson on Leodis, and others on the Internet if you Google his name, but none of the entries I found mention these particular flats.

I think St Barnabas Garth flats had a flat roof with access to the flats from the Balcony/Passage way on the internal elevation, I worked local to there in the early 70s, thats 40 years ago so I may be completly wrong. We used the Crystal Palace on Friday Lunchtimes for a couple of pints of BYB and a game of 5s and 3s. It was an Irish pub where they sold Irish cigs Sweet Afton over the bar.

Is that a street sign under the windows on the right? Anyone have a good magifying glass?

I don't know where these flats were but they are definitely NOT St Barnabas Garth on Sweet Street. I lived there and left when i was 10 but there were 3 floors above ground level, not 2 as this photo and the roof was flat. At a quick glance they are similar but definitely not St Barnabas.

Thanks for all the replies, havent a clue who or where, although now it's definitely not Sweet St, even if I could find out where it is I probably wouldnt know why me dad had kept this pic. Thank you again.

was there a midland bank on sweet street too? cant find any pics or reference. anything pre 1990 and the internet really struggles sometimes