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tyke bhoy
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munki wrote: Sorry, wasn't having a go! Good points. Yes. The picture is not 'current'. I think I took it in about 2004 or 5.The vertical windows over the entrance are different from anything at St Anne's (I think...) & should be / would be the feature that is recognisable from outside the building. I know you weren't having a go.
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Phill_d wrote: Mate i was going to stick my oar in but i thought better of it.. I shall reflect on my musings & post later.. mmm. this church???? Get that oar oiled up & stuck in! Which church? Was that an answer to the question..?
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I was gonna have a stab at St Aidans on Roundhay road but thats got a curved front.. Still it's on the same grand scale.
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Other side of the city... kind of. West.
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Ok.. Is that plywood i can see covering the doors over.. I take it the place was closed at the time?
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Post by munki »

Yeah. It has been closed for worship for a long time. At the time the picture was taken, it was closed to pretty much everyone & everything, other than pigeons.
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Post by wiggy »

i know those windows....is it st urbans?
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Post by munki »

Nope!
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Post by wiggy »

st cyprians with st james has the same windows...only thats in east leeds...i'll keep thinking..
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Post by wiggy »

st cyprians with st james has the same windows...only thats in east leeds...i'll keep thinking..
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