Any ideas - Help needed!

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 10 Dec, 2007 5:32 pm

stevief wrote: Geordi wrote: chameleon wrote: These have been featured before on here Geordie and are ventilators for old cable ducts.Have a look at the earlier thread here:http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... ighLight=1 Thanks for that.Where was that 'old power station' mentioned in that thread? This is the best picture I've been able to find.The old power station is in the top right-hand corner,just follow the plume of smoke! By heck Stevief,you must have had a steady hand to take that picture,whilst flying the Tiger moth at the same time!!

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 10 Dec, 2007 5:56 pm

See the attached picture. The Power Station is marked with an X, just under the old Post Office building that was knocked a few years ago. Interestingly on this shot (taken I beleive in 1980) you can see the now demolished part of the central station viaduct, and even the bridge going over Northern Street.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 26 May, 2014 1:43 pm

chameleon wrote: BIG N wrote: Geordi wrote: Where was that 'old power station' mentioned in that thread? Geordi - it was more or less right in front of you as you were taking that picture, well actually it would have been slightly to the left.As you look past the vent you would have had the power station across the other side of Whitehall Rd but to the left slightly and directly in front of you was the Soap factory commonly known as Soapy Joes. Yes, clearly long gone now, a large enclosed and modern substation is the only other clue if you knew what you were looking for. It can be seen on the aerial photo put up recently on another thread.Soapy Joes, Elida Gibbs relocated to The Coal Road in Whinmoor, becoming a rather more up-market name of Elida Faberge. A very large development and now I think, the rather familiar 'smells' often drifting out have been absent for a long time - perhaps production of the offending products having gone to the European off-shoots! The 'Leeds Retro' section on pages 16 and 17 of the Yorkshire Evening Post today (May 26 2014) is about May 1988. On page 17 it states "Whitehall Soap Works on Whitehall Road in Leeds was demolished and moved to Seacroft. The new premises became Gibbs in May". A photograph with it shows some of the works with very many people stood in front of it. The photo is however undated but clearly (based on the dress of the people) was taken long before 1988!I was surprised on doing a search of Leodis for photos of the works that I did not find any (apart from possible glimpses in aerial photos). Perhaps my searching is poor. I wonder if anyone knows of links to close-up photos of the 'Whitehall Soap Works', which I assume was 'Soapy Joes'. The photo taken ?1980 posted by LS1 on 10-Dec-2007 16:56:23 is very interesting and presumably shows the works but I'm having trouble actually finding Whitehall Road on it!

Steve266 · Post by **Steve266** » Mon 26 May, 2014 5:34 pm

Hi LeodianWhitehall road runs paralle with the river if you look at the back of the old post office building now west point apparments and follow it up the waste land at the other side, that is now industrial units but this photo must be well before the 1980's as it still shows John Atkinsons Suspended ceilings and Roofers next to Soapy Joes and they moved to Morley in 1969Soapy Joes expaned their operations in Seacroft in the early 80's and on their old site is a new office block well it was new in 2004 Right at the far left of the picture that used to be car parking and then you had or still have Monkbridge SteelAnd remeber Gibbs SR toothpaste the first advert on ITV oh what lovely smells as I walked to work down Whitehall Road in the 60's Till we sold to Elidas and movedSteve

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 26 May, 2014 7:04 pm

Hiya Steve266. Thanks for that. When I had tried to follow where Whitehall Road would be it seemed to me to end by the old railway viaduct arches. On looking more closely at an enlargement of the photo I now see (I think!) that the line of the road does continue.The photo nicely shows 2 old wagon hoists on what used to be near to the old Central Station. As only one has been preserved I wonder when the other was demolished? I had forgotten just how large an area had been levelled to be then used for car parking until at least recent times.

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 26 May, 2014 8:45 pm

Leodian wrote: Hiya Steve266. Thanks for that. When I had tried to follow where Whitehall Road would be it seemed to me to end by the old railway viaduct arches. On looking more closely at an enlargement of the photo I now see (I think!) that the line of the road does continue.The photo nicely shows 2 old wagon hoists on what used to be near to the old Central Station. As only one has been preserved I wonder when the other was demolished? I had forgotten just how large an area had been levelled to be then used for car parking until at least recent times. Your old thread here sheds a little light Leodian:http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... eadID=3167

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 26 May, 2014 9:42 pm

chameleon wrote: Leodian wrote: Hiya Steve266. Thanks for that. When I had tried to follow where Whitehall Road would be it seemed to me to end by the old railway viaduct arches. On looking more closely at an enlargement of the photo I now see (I think!) that the line of the road does continue.The photo nicely shows 2 old wagon hoists on what used to be near to the old Central Station. As only one has been preserved I wonder when the other was demolished? I had forgotten just how large an area had been levelled to be then used for car parking until at least recent times. Your old thread here sheds a little light Leodian:http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... eadID=3167 Thanks for that link chameleon. And it's even a thread that I started! and a bit for not trying to find info.It seems from posts in the thread that the second hoist may have been demolished in error! I've still not (at least fairly readily) been able to find when it was demolished.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 27 May, 2014 8:51 am

LS1 wrote: See the attached picture. The Power Station is marked with an X, just under the old Post Office building that was knocked a few years ago. Interestingly on this shot (taken I beleive in 1980) you can see the now demolished part of the central station viaduct, and even the bridge going over Northern Street. I clicked on your paper clip at top, rather than the photo which gave a windows enlargeable view. Quite an interesting photo, the riverside in particular.