Signs of old leodis

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sun 28 Oct, 2007 11:10 pm

The pub sign says ???something??? Head too?

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 28 Oct, 2007 11:33 pm

Could it be Kings head??

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Sun 28 Oct, 2007 11:35 pm

Phill_d wrote: The pub sign says ???something??? Head too? It says Turks Head, which is reference to the yard that Whitelocks is in... Also, its the name the pub used to go under many moons ago!

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 28 Oct, 2007 11:40 pm

simonm wrote: Phill_d wrote: The pub sign says ???something??? Head too? It says Turks Head, which is reference to the yard that Whitelocks is in... Wondered about that but the picture seemed a little more 'Regal' but yes, from earlier in the thread, I suspect Turk's is more probable.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 29 Oct, 2007 8:27 am

Sorry about keeping you all in suspense - Its not Seacroft its the lovely cricket ground at Methley (ls26!). The real pub is called the Rose and Crown. - the artist has used a little license as I say, but the real scene is very like it.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 29 Oct, 2007 8:47 am

drapesy wrote: Phill_d wrote: After a good morning spent in Aberford yeasterday we were passing the White swan on our way back to Leeds when just by chance the landlord was opening up.. mmm a pint goes down well anytime. Anyway we had a good look around in the old part of the stables around the back of the pub. I was suprised to see this old sign.. A real blast from the past i'd like to know just how old it is! Phill - if you look at the bottom of page 5 of this threadyou'll see I've posted a pic of this sign asking for guesses as to where it was - no-one ever did and I'd forgotten all about it!The wording at the bottom says 'Post Hill' I Like the retro Owl signs - I think there's also still one on Otley Old Rd between Cookridge and Bramhope. I wish there was but alas it has gone...

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Mon 29 Oct, 2007 10:32 am

drapesy wrote: Here's a modern sign - but still a bit of an anachronism!These temporary signs were put up around Leeds in 1996 to direct people to Elland Road for the European Championship games of that year.This one on York Road(with 'Kremlin' in background) survives 11 years on! it's funny! was just looking at this same sign and thinking the same thing on friday!!!!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Mon 29 Oct, 2007 1:23 pm

I never noticed you'd got that one Drapsey...Guess where you'd been having a pint then...If you serch for Aberford on flickr you'll find the White swan & story about it...this is what it says.The Swan Hotel on the Main Street is a typical coaching inn and was a popular halt on the London to Edinburgh run during the 18th and 19th centuries. Walking through the archway into the courtyard on the cobbled approach is like travelling back in time and it is easy to imagine the hive of activity which must have existed when the Royal Mail coaches were arriving and departing. Indeed under the archway the old coaching bell which was rung to indicate a departure still hangs almost expectantly and above the stables in the courtyard the sign which announces 'J. Heaton Licensed to Let Post Horses' can still be seen. The Royal Mail horses, however, were not stabled here; they had their accomodation directly across the road in a building still standing and until recently used to have a fish and chip shop next to it.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 29 Oct, 2007 5:38 pm

Phill_d wrote: Here's a retro welcome to Leeds sign spotted hid from view behind some bushes (don't ask what i was doing there) It looks 1980's to me perhaps! there is one of these near the wellington inn on the a58 and another near the fox and grapes on the a64,they were insitue in the late 60s and early 70s...when it was the leeds badge.

liits · Post by **liits** » Tue 30 Oct, 2007 12:07 am

At the top of Scotthall Grove, on the changing rooms was a hand painted..... thing that said "Scotthall says hang the ripper". I seem to recall that it was re-painted / renewed some time in the late 80's [but I may be wrong]. Dit it, or even the building, survive? [Morbid, I know]