Signs of old leodis

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Wed 29 Jan, 2014 9:55 pm

Well, how interesting Leodian! I too have walked past that pillar on numerous occasions but I swear that this is the first time I've seen that sign. I wonder if something like a noticeboard has been around the pillar in the past, obscuring the sign?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 29 Jan, 2014 10:13 pm

Tasa wrote: Well, how interesting Leodian! I too have walked past that pillar on numerous occasions but I swear that this is the first time I've seen that sign. I wonder if something like a noticeboard has been around the pillar in the past, obscuring the sign? Cheers Tasa. This photo better shows the position near the entry into the ground floor library coming from Calverley Street. Shame there is a man in the background that I did not know was in the photo when I took it!

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Thu 30 Jan, 2014 9:26 pm

If I'm correct as to where you were standing, the pillar is the one just left of bottom centre and just behind a perspex noticeboard in this photo on Flickr taken in 2008:http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinq/23 ... tbox/There doesn't appear to be a sign on the pillar in the Flickr photo! I wonder if it's been added recently, or perhaps it was very faintly visible on the pillar and has been repainted? Bizarre

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 31 Jan, 2014 9:14 am

If you click the original size and zoom in it is definitely not there on that photo if indeed it is the same place.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 31 Jan, 2014 2:41 pm

This is all very intriguing. The photo on Flickr does seem to show the pillar that I photographed but it does not seem to have any wording on it! The wording on the pillar that I photographed looks worn and some is even almost rubbed away, so it does not seem likely that it has recently been put on (unless for some reason that was done and it was given a worn look!!). It's a bit of a mystery! I'm but still ing.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 08 Mar, 2014 8:05 pm

Phill_d wrote: There's still a Tetley huntsman sign on Compton rd as well Oldboys! This one has gone - we passed there last night for the first time in ages and the huntsman has been painted over...

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 08 Mar, 2014 9:35 pm

raveydavey wrote: Phill_d wrote: There's still a Tetley huntsman sign on Compton rd as well Oldboys! This one has gone - we passed there last night for the first time in ages and the huntsman has been painted over... That's a real shame Ravey, that was one of the better ones in Leeds. I really have no idea why the Civic trust hadn't taken more of an interest in those kind of things. I think they should have had at least looked into preserving a few of the better ones in the City. The Tetley sign could have been part sponsored by Tetleys for example. A few quid to them is nothing, and they'd get far better advertising and good public relations out of it. The defunct companies like Biles Beans can't be contacted, but there are all manner of arts and other grants that we have seen already thrown away on rubbish projects in the City. Surely the price of painting a few signs isn't much in comparison. If thought out correctly then a partnership with the building college could have happened. The Civic trust/Council could sort out funding, materials and access. I'm sure the building college would think it great training for their apprentice painters to have a go at. It's a great chance for them to learn a very old skill in their job from days gone by. And the sign painting gets done for free. Everyone's a winner and it's great publicity for all concerned. Instead we end up with heritage like our bar stones, half of them long since smashed up, one in very bad condition in a glass case. Another stone well hid from view it took us ages to find.And only one bar stone that seems to have been preserved properly. This city just doesn't seem to recognise heritage in danger of disappearing and act in time to save it. I read someones blog about the bar stones and they thought they should be reinstated for tourist walks and history lessons - I agree with them. Perhaps it's up to the Secret Leeds gang to get things moving yet again. We seem to take more of a hands on interest in past heritage then the Civic trust do anyway. After all the top man at the Civic trust didn't even know about the Kirkgate skulls when asked about them by the Y.E.P.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 08 Mar, 2014 10:57 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: raveydavey wrote: Phill_d wrote: There's still a Tetley huntsman sign on Compton rd as well Oldboys! This one has gone - we passed there last night for the first time in ages and the huntsman has been painted over... That's a real shame Ravey, that was one of the better ones in Leeds. I really have no idea why the Civic trust hadn't taken more of an interest in those kind of things. I think they should have had at least looked into preserving a few of the better ones in the City. The Tetley sign could have been part sponsored by Tetleys for example. A few quid to them is nothing, and they'd get far better advertising and good public relations out of it. The defunct companies like Biles Beans can't be contacted, but there are all manner of arts and other grants that we have seen already thrown away on rubbish projects in the City. Surely the price of painting a few signs isn't much in comparison. If thought out correctly then a partnership with the building college could have happened. The Civic trust/Council could sort out funding, materials and access. I'm sure the building college would think it great training for their apprentice painters to have a go at. It's a great chance for them to learn a very old skill in their job from days gone by. And the sign painting gets done for free. Everyone's a winner like and it's great publicity for all concerned. Instead we end up with heritage like our bar stones, half of them long since smashed up, one in very bad condition in a glass case. Another stone well hid from view it took us ages to find.And only one bar stone that seems to have been preserved properly. This city just doesn't seem to recognise heritage in danger of disappearing and act in time to save it. I read someones blog about the bar stones and they thought they should be reinstated for tourist walks and history lessons - I agree with them. Perhaps it's up to the Secret Leeds gang to get things moving yet again. We seem to take more of a hands on interest in past heritage then the Civic trust do anyway. After all the top man at the Civic trust didn't even know about the Kirkgate skulls when asked about them by the Y.E.P. I emailed the Civic Trust about possible preservation of this sign years ago and they couldn't have been any less interested. Not something they would get involved in apparently and now its gone forever.To me old signs like this are (or were...) as much a part of the fabric of the city as the Town Hall or the Corn Exchange.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 08 Mar, 2014 11:08 pm

raveydavey wrote: I emailed the Civic Trust about possible preservation of this sign years ago and they couldn't have been any less interested. And it's exactly that sort of same attitude why we end up with things like this.Something needs to be done about this apathetic attitude now And yes your right Ravey, those painted signs are just as important heritage.It's a look back at yesterday Leeds for all generations to see today and tomorrow. They brighten up the place too.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 08 Mar, 2014 11:21 pm

Looking at the Civic trust website to see what exactly it is they are supposed to do.I found it highly ironic they talk about preserving our past heritage. http://www.leedscivictrust.org.uk/?idno=3The photo they have used is the dilapidated medieval Stank Hall barn they've left to fall to pieces too. There it is for all to see, slates missing off the roof with a blue plastic sheet on it blowing in the wind. They do seem to like their blue plaques though. They put lots of them up. Perhaps they can put one on the spot where the Stank Hall barn stood when it too gets demolished? You really couldn't make this sort of thing up could you? Shakes head in disbelieve at them