R.A.F aerial photography over Leeds in 1951.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 4:31 pm

I,m struggling with the gas holder photo 1 over Farnley? Anyone out there any Ideas.Photo of Quarry Hill shows the gas holder at Stainburn Square, this was operational until the flats were closed, then demolished in c1980.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 5:45 pm

geoffb wrote: I,m struggling with the gas holder photo 1 over Farnley? Anyone out there any Ideas. Well the big factory is Dunlop and Ranken. The mills and chimney behind is Farnley Low Mills (woolen)The gasometer stood right here at the side of Wortley beckhttp://goo.gl/maps/4CJ0iIt's just a case of getting our bearings and looking at maps to get the location now. 24th July 1956. Dunlop and Ranken iron and steel stockyards on Whitehall Road. View looks east over cows in a field, the factory and the Kirkdale housing estate. Beyond are the chimneys of industrial Leeds.This photo is taken from Wood Lane which runs in to Whitehall Rd at the entrance of the stockyards,at about the time of the photo, a new shed was built at the side of the shed you see on the left, it was 400yds long, it was was like a wind tunnel down there, before the roof was on the shed the overhead crane was blown from the front of the building right to the bottom end,if the stops had'nt been on the crane rail it would have run off the end. Jimmy Skafe was the foreman on the job,at that time he was living in the Kirkdales.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... Y=FULL29th July 1980. View of Whitehall Road showing the Dunlop & Ranken Steel Service Centre. The junction with Branch Road is on the left. Part of an advertising hoarding for Marlboro Cigarettes can be seen on the right.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 6:22 pm

24th September 1946.View of Wortley Beck as it flows between steep brick and stone retaining walls, just north of Whitehall Road. On the right is a gasometer, part of the Corporation Gas Works. To the left is a brick building. A pipe crosses the beck farther down.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 6:22 pm

got it now, will look at archived records, thanks Phil

anthonydna · Post by **anthonydna** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 6:37 pm

The Farnley one would be a lot easier to spot if Ringway's was on it, but it hadn't been built then, so my argument is flawed.

Hunslet Sue · Post by **Hunslet Sue** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 7:31 pm

this is a fascinating site - I keep finding new things. thank you

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 7:40 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Great info that Geoff. I keep going back and documenting bits and adding more. All this useful info and location finding really helps. I noticed you can also see Gibraltor barracks above Lovell Park.And although I'd seen the photo below many time, I could never quite work out where about it was on New Briggate. I know which scene I prefer. P.S has the figure on top of the building featured on S.L before?Leo is our roof top figure specialist Phill - the lovely mock Tudor shops were from opposite the side entrance to the Wren's to just below opposite the Dispensary. They formed an impressive parade but were not actually all that old.The distant building, centre right, with the white dome, is the former Poole's surgical footwear place, and IINM has been in the process of conversion to flats etc for years and years - very strange for such a handy location.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 8:31 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Phill - the lovely mock Tudor shops were from opposite the side entrance to the Wren's to just below opposite the Dispensary. They formed an impressive parade but were not actually all that old. Aye up Blakey! I'm on to it my old mate, 1901 they were built. So your right, they were only around 60-70 years old. I'm slowly updating the photos on the main thread. I've actually just finished the bit about these buildings. It made me think - we needed the ring road because the motor car was becoming more popular. All the local Leeds stations closed like Armley Canal Road, Osmandthorpe and others. Beeching killed off all the branch lines like the Wetherby, and Pudsey Loop. The superb Leeds tramway was ripped up. Leeds became congested with cars, we needed the ring road to ease car congestion. We bulldozed sound, solid, and fine buildings like this to build a great concrete crater around the City. Now only 50 years after the ring road was built, it is decaying, has concrete cancer, and looks a real mess. Traffic congestion is horrendous. And we still don't have a modern transport scheme, but we do have the same dozy Leeds planners with ideas the like Trolley bus. You knew that one was coming!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 10:09 pm

Ooh you've set a rabbit off here Mr D.Rothwells Parade, lovely.Even better, somewhere there is a photo of a lovely half-cab green bus parked out front...somewhere

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 07 Oct, 2013 10:18 pm

Hi JogonThe bus is presumably that in this SL thread:- http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... eadID=3660