Pubs closing NOW- in our time.

[Bruno]

WiggyDiggy wrote: Leodian wrote: This photo (taken April 15 2014) shows a general shot of the site, with the high boarding. if you wanted to spend a few hours playing now, where would you go (in the town centre)? I was going to say, is the Supa Snooker still there on Templar Street? But a quick look on Google Earth shows that it most definitely is not. I spent many a happy Sunday breakfast time in the Supa Snooker in the 1980s, the sequence was; Saturday night at Digby's nightclub (closed at 2AM), then on to that Casino under the building on New York Street near the Market (closed at 4AM in those days), then finish the session in the 24 hour Supa Snooker where they weren't supposed to serve alcohol outside pub hours, but very much did. To finish, a Cornish pasty out of a warm cabinet for breakfast before staggering home.

[WiggyDiggy]

Bruno wrote: WiggyDiggy wrote: Leodian wrote: This photo (taken April 15 2014) shows a general shot of the site, with the high boarding. if you wanted to spend a few hours playing now, where would you go (in the town centre)? I was going to say, is the Supa Snooker still there on Templar Street? But a quick look on Google Earth shows that it most definitely is not. I spent many a happy Sunday breakfast time in the Supa Snooker in the 1980s, the sequence was; Saturday night at Digby's nightclub (closed at 2AM), then on to that Casino under the building on New York Street near the Market (closed at 4AM in those days), then finish the session in the 24 hour Supa Snooker where they weren't supposed to serve alcohol outside pub hours, but very much did. To finish, a Cornish pasty out of a warm cabinet for breakfast before staggering home. Was SupaSnooker the one next to the old Chinese Supermarket on what will be John Lewis's now? i alwasy used to call that the chinese snooker hall because of its location to some chinese shops.The other one I used is now the The Belgrave which is where all the cool kids go (-;

[Bruno]

That was the Supa Snooker, yes. It was quite a dive.

[RobH]

WiggyDiggy wrote: Leodian wrote: This photo (taken April 15 2014) shows a general shot of the site, with the high boarding. I'm really going to miss Hoagies, it may have been cheap and cheerful but that is what I liked about it. If I only had a bit of cash but fancied a night out (away from the other cheapies like 'spoons) then Hoagies was were it was at.Pool room was always a good distraction, given the other pool rooms I kneware also shut - if you wanted to spend a few hours playing now, where would you go (in the town centre)? Yeah if you want to play English pool then your only real option is Northern Snooker on Kirkstall Road (a bit of a trek from the town centre, and not the most welcoming place for casual players). Supa Snooker and Rileys (now the Belgrave) have long gone.The trend now seems to be for American Pool. The Elbow rooms on Call Lane is expensive but has a number of American Pool tables. There's a new place in the Trinity Shopping Centre, but that is only American Pool too.Some of the pubs in Headingly have a few English Pool tables, but none in the town centre. Got to be gap in the market for someone.

[BarFly]

Is "ElbowRooms" still going? I found it a great place to spend a night.

[York Road Lad]

Bruno wrote: The Marquis Of Granby became the Job Centre when it ceased trading as a pub! No it didn't! The Jobcentre was already there - and has been there ever since the building was first built. The Marquis of Granby became an office equipment shop (next door to the Jobcentre).

[Bruno]

York Road Lad wrote: Bruno wrote: The Marquis Of Granby became the Job Centre when it ceased trading as a pub! No it didn't! The Jobcentre was already there - and has been there ever since the building was first built. The Marquis of Granby became an office equipment shop (next door to the Jobcentre). Fair enough. I stand corrected. The memory's a bit blurred, I never saw the inside of either of them whilst sober...

[BarFly]

salt 'n pepper wrote: Prince of Wales open again on Friday 21 February when I drove past.Blackboard (with menu?) placed outside along with a table and a couple of chairs. Pub door firmly open.Café society returns to Mill Hill. For now. I'm in there at the moment -- still not much spent on the interior and not a great selection of ales but it's a pub as I remember them with good prices, the odd group of lads or Leeds supposrters and friendly staff. I was here, I think, not long after the current owner took it over and talked to the manager who seems to want just a decent little pub with no frills that can get roudy on the weekend. Edit: Scabby taps seems cheaper than Spencer's at the moment at least -- though Spencer's seems quieter and more "local" like.

[Silver Fox]

Hi.I currently live in Australia but was born in Leeds. My mother's family were from Hunslet and I believe they lived in a converted pub on the corner of Vaux and Pearson Streets Hunslet, some where near the Hunslet Engine Company premises but cannot be sure. The family name was Anson and it was a large family of 9 boys and 1 girl. My older brother remembers visiting there as a young kid and told me they had a firewood business in the yard behind the pub.Does anyone know what the pub was called?

[mhoulden]

The pub was the Union Inn, shown on the attached map from 1891. There's also a census from 1911 showing the Anson family living at 25 Vaux Street at http://www.shade.id.au/Anson/1911census.htm, and a map of buildings at http://www.hunslet.org/Pottery_Field.html. According to http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/yorkshire/leeds.html it closed in the 1960s. There's a thread on here about it at http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... eadID=3400.