Page 1 of 1
RIP Phill D
Posted: Wed 10 Jan, 2024 3:55 pm
by uncle mick
Phill who was a regular contributor passed away on 13th Dec RIP
- Screenshot (13).png (33.15 KiB) Viewed 6343 times
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Wed 10 Jan, 2024 7:52 pm
by tilly
So sorry to hear this sad news his knowledge of Leeds was something special R.I.P Phill.
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Wed 17 Jan, 2024 1:02 pm
by Leodian
Sad to hear. Phil had lots of very interesting and informative inputs into Secret Leeds such as in particular his Sheepscar Beck to the River Aire under the ground account. I wonder with his knowledge if he ever had any written records printed in such as booklet forms.
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Wed 17 Jan, 2024 5:05 pm
by Brunel
Worthwhile looking at some of the old posts as recorded by "THE WAYBACK MACHINE"
https://web.archive.org/web/20070601000 ... tleeds.com
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Thu 18 Jan, 2024 12:09 am
by blackprince
Leodian wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jan, 2024 1:02 pm
Sad to hear. Phil had lots of very interesting and informative inputs into Secret Leeds such as in particular his Sheepscar Beck to the River Aire under the ground account. I wonder with his knowledge if he ever had any written records printed in such as booklet forms.
I agree with your comments Leo. Phil's posts were a "must-read" when I first joined this group.
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Tue 23 Jan, 2024 11:20 pm
by Brunel
"Secret Leeds 2" on Facebook, are now showing a few of Phill's old posts.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SecretLeeds2
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Wed 28 Feb, 2024 6:39 pm
by mark1978
Sad indeed to hear this. He was certainly one of the leading lights on here at one point, his Meanwood Beck exploration and mapping being one of the things that drew me in, and fired ongoing my interest in a lot of this stuff. Not quite sure what the deal was with him disappearing from here and setting up on Facebook, but he posted some fantastic stuff over there too. RIP.
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Thu 05 Dec, 2024 9:30 pm
by Leodian
I wonder if anyone knows what happened to the large collection of aerial photographs of Leeds that Phil acquired?
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Fri 06 Dec, 2024 7:36 pm
by buffaloskinner
Look on Historic England, that's where they originally came from.
Re: RIP Phill D
Posted: Sat 07 Dec, 2024 11:41 pm
by Leodian
buffaloskinner wrote: ↑Fri 06 Dec, 2024 7:36 pm
Look on Historic England, that's where they originally came from.
Hi buffaloskinner
.
Thanks for the information as to where I can find the photos. I was however wondering what happened to the set of them that Phil had. It will be a shame if it has been disposed. I recall that the Yorkshire Evening Post had a report at the time when Phil acquired the collection.