The following link is to a photo dated Nov/Dec 1907 in the English Heritage website of a billiard table in the Great Northern Hotel at 27 Wellington Street. http://tinyurl.com/o4gjx2l. Such splendour to play billiards . I wonder what happened to the table, assuming that it is not still there.
Talking of billiards I recall very many years back watching on television such as Joe Davis playing billiards. It however never seems to be mentioned nowadays so I guess snooker may have long ended the popularity of billiards.
A rainbow is a ribbon that Nature puts on when she washes her hair.
It's now City Central of course, no sign of the Snooker table but many of the fireplaces remain, some in apartments and others in public spaces such as the stairwells.
anthonyw wrote:It's now City Central of course, no sign of the Snooker table but many of the fireplaces remain, some in apartments and others in public spaces such as the stairwells.
Cheers for that information anthonyw . It's good to hear that some of the old fixtures (and hopefully fitments) have been retained and not simply destroyed.
A rainbow is a ribbon that Nature puts on when she washes her hair.
pretty sure one of the original fireplaces exists with some other fittings, in what it now the sandwich shop that is next to where La Grillade used to me.
The place you mean is Appetite, I think they had that fireplace put in themselves, will have a look next time I'm in. The staircases are very impressive they still have the "GN" lettering in the wrought ironwork. Also the top two floors were reinstated that were destroyed in the 1911? fire. My place is on the top floor and you can feel it move in strong winds. Despite being knocked about and reshaped, squared off basically , it still keeps a feel for how it must have been as a hotel. There are some cellars, including what used to be La Grillade, a staircase comes out next to the Nisa shop. Also a store towards the Electricity sub-station at the back on Whitehall Road.
This is another great photo resource for anyone interested in Leeds. Its well worth scrolling through all the thumbnails in the series.
There are quite a few of the "modern" buildings on the Leeds University campus which were built in the late 1960's and early 70's.
I was present when Harold MacMillan performed the opening ceremony for the "new" library building about 1974 or 75.
It used to be said that the statue of the Black Prince had been placed in City Square , near the station, pointing South to tell all the southerners who've just got off the train to b****r off back down south!
. I wonder what happened to the table, assuming that it is not still there.