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Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 12:01 pm
by rangieowner
Anyone know what this place used to be? It's on Vicar Lane opposite the Corn Exchange. It were the tall thin arches that took my eye. Not tram linked i would expect as the arches are way to high, a lot higher than needed for trams
Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 1:14 pm
by rikj
Ah yes, that was Brown Bros Giraffe Emporium. Crowds used to gather to watch them being led in and out of those tall arches.
Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 1:25 pm
by rangieowner
yeah right!!!!!!
Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 2:50 pm
by LS1
rikj wrote: Ah yes, that was Brown Bros Giraffe Emporium. Crowds used to gather to watch them being led in and out of those tall arches. I'd heard that too. Apparently there are some pics on Leodis. They used to keep them there before taking them to the Circus on Woodhouse Moor. They of course were far too big to fit under any of the underground tunnels!
Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 4:22 pm
by FarnleyBloke
I also heard it was where the first Pogo-stick police station in the country was created. They used to hop round town catching muggers.
Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 9:13 pm
by pid
id heard it wasnt a police station but the headquarters of their "arch" enemy ..... norman
Posted: Mon 20 Aug, 2007 9:41 pm
by LS1
pid wrote: id heard it wasnt a police station but the headquarters of their "arch" enemy ..... norman I have to heighten the tone a bit... Did a google search on Dackawell and nothing. Also not seen any referene to this building on Leodis. I think it's just a tall storey! (couldn't resist lowering it again!!!!)
Posted: Tue 21 Aug, 2007 12:38 am
by rangieowner
Ha ha ha ha ha !!! everyones a ferkin comedian!!!!!!!!! it may be called somthing else! i only got the name from the small round stone in the center of the building near the top