the building the other side of the a64 to the old abc

chomic · Post by **chomic** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 2:54 pm

LeeRatbag wrote: arry awk wrote: Hi and welcome,Kierentc! Wot's the TC for? Surely not'Top Cat?' Sorry!XBeing an Old'un(!),I seem to recall that the buildingwas a Surgical Boot and shoe makers who werecontracted to the Orthopaedic departments of mostYorkshire NHS Hospitals to make bespoke footwearfor unfortunate patients with limb deformities andsuffering walking difficulties.I believe the firm's name was 'Henry Poole' and co Ltd,and the name stood out in large gold letters on that building,easily visible at the time, from the top of New Briggate and Vicar LaneCheersArry Awk(Ancient monument!) You're right, it was Henry W Poole & Co Ltd. They used to buy splints and things from the firm I work for, years ago. Leodis have tagged a photo of Crispin House as HERBERT Poole, is this just a mistake on their part or were there a number of H Pooles knocking about at one time?

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 4:34 pm

Dash it! just lost a lot of input trying to backtrack on this thread!GRRRR!Start agen! Well Kierentc,luv, you've certainly started a goodand interesting thread on here! Was surprised how many postingsit has brought up since I signed off last eve! You must all have beenburning the midnight oil (Bio-Diesel,of course!),whilst I Slumbered.Glad I remembered right regarding Hy Poole's factory being onthat location. Only difference is the white lettering as against gold,as previously remembered. Thanks for those Leodis D/L.'s (They said they couldn't find any infoor pix,when I asked!)Regarding the Caspar House fiasco (demolished due to beingdeclared unsafe in wind!), Weren't those flats built on what we called the 'Jew's Park', which became 'NorthSt Recreation ground?That was on the other side of North St. from Pooles.Hope to read more on this thread and thanks Kieren and allcontributors!Arry

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 4:39 pm

Jew's Park (Or Sheenie Park as it was known - can I say that??) is still there. It was the site of a rape a few months ago by a guy from Little London. Originally the site of the Smithfield Meat Market before becoming a park in the 1880's I think if I remember rightly. If you go past in summer there is a contingent of alcoholics sat on the benches whilking away the hours...The Caspar eyesore is still there unfortunately - Due to be knocked down though soon.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 4:51 pm

LS1 wrote: If you go past in summer there is a contingent of alcoholics sat on the benches whilking away the hours... Isn't that the case with most open spaces. St John's churchyard used to be another favourite haunt. It will be interesting to see what effect the recvent refurb has this coming summer (if we get one) LS1 wrote: The Caspar eyesore is still there unfortunately - Due to be knocked down though soon. I take it this is the circular/curved building on theside of the slip road to the inner ring road at the back of the old dispensary building.

kierentc · Post by **kierentc** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 5:24 pm

electricaldave wrote: That building was called 'Crispin house' and housed H.W. Poole, you have to be careful and not mistake if for Henry Pooles which still is a very illustrious bespoke tailor.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... PLAY=FULLI did remeber that there was a sign for Heatons, however I cannot find any images of it, I think it was on the clock. oooh. more pictures. and the one from the sixties shows tates of leeds. i knew there was something to do with ford there! only it must have been a bit further down that i'd thoughtmy dad was a district manager for ford and used to use their underground car park for free parking when we went shopping. this was when i was a very little bint indeed lolfurther pics show2005 'it has now been converted in to luxury apartments'http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 1641592007 'It is in the process of being converted to serviced apartments'http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 4_163521so it seems its actually going backwards rather than forwards lolbut now there appears to be some grey monstrosity on the top, where did that spring from?like LS1 i've never seen any work men there, its like the wonka factory...noone ever goes it, and noone ever goes out...

Post by **dsco** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 7:35 pm

Ey up everybody,Just to clarify, all newcomers are of course more than welcome (indeed encouraged!) to post new questions or answer old ones - as someone said above, the more the merrier. All munki and I ask is that everyone remain polite and civil to one another!Very glad to hear you like the site anyway Regarding your question, I believe the development of those flats has halted because a significant number of them were sold off plan, before the original developers went bust.As far as I know, any company which took over would have to buy every individual investor out before continuing the work, which has thus far made finishing the project financially unviable. I suppose sooner or later the equation of 'deposits to be paid off' versus 'the profit to be made' will balance out again and become more attractive to investors. Crying shame in the meantime though.Not sure about who's paying for all the scaff around the building, but I know ClearChannel put some big building wrap posters on it recently - probably the only way for the current owners to make any money on it at all.Cheers,dsco

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 8:26 pm

Ok could be wrong here,but i seem to remember that the grey monstrosity was part of the penthouse,which was to be the most expensive flat in Leeds,that was however a good few years ago before the building boom.

kierentc · Post by **kierentc** » Mon 14 Jan, 2008 11:16 pm

dsco wrote: Ey up everybody,Just to clarify, all newcomers are of course more than welcome (indeed encouraged!) to post new questions or answer old ones - as someone said above, the more the merrier. All munki and I ask is that everyone remain polite and civil to one another!Very glad to hear you like the site anyway Regarding your question, I believe the development of those flats has halted because a significant number of them were sold off plan, before the original developers went bust.As far as I know, any company which took over would have to buy every individual investor out before continuing the work, which has thus far made finishing the project financially unviable. I suppose sooner or later the equation of 'deposits to be paid off' versus 'the profit to be made' will balance out again and become more attractive to investors. Crying shame in the meantime though.Not sure about who's paying for all the scaff around the building, but I know ClearChannel put some big building wrap posters on it recently - probably the only way for the current owners to make any money on it at all.Cheers,dsco hi dsco <wave> nice to 'meet' youso...would that mean all those people who put down deposits for flats in 1999 are still waiting to be refunded? wowzers. i bet they're well hissed off!i do like this site...it reminds me of being a teenage geek who was dead interested in the history of leeds. had the interweb been invented then i'm sure i would have been on here. trying to make friends <sob> i was such a geek that i entered a photo competition called 'i love leeds'. i must have been about 12-13. and i won! :-Dbut the fact there was only a first and second winner in my age group suggests there were only two entrants. oh the shameso if anyone was in a leeds library circa 1982-3, and remembers seeing some wonky photos of the arcades in leeds and a bit of history written underneath...that was me <snort>

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:16 am

cnosni wrote: Ok could be wrong here,but i seem to remember that the grey monstrosity was part of the penthouse,which was to be the most expensive flat in Leeds,that was however a good few years ago before the building boom. Wasn't there also supposed to be a super high class restaurant in that building to be run by a super high class Chef "poached" :<weedy pun, I know> from London.That seems to have gone the way of all flesh.

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Tue 15 Jan, 2008 2:10 am

Bramley4woods wrote: Wasn't there also supposed to be a super high class restaurant in that building to be run by a super high class Chef "poached" :<weedy pun, I know> from London.That seems to have gone the way of all flesh. I also seem to remember that it was to have had a penthouse suit ( possibly where the dome is), a car pool of top marque motors available to all residents, a sauna, swimming pool and gym exclusive to residents and, as said above, a very exclusive resturant, from which residents could order food on na room service type basis.Not sure about the prices quoted though, while £69,000 seems a lot of money I well remember a work mate from my days on the railway going to see about a riverside apartment in the converted warehouse along side the Aire - the one at the back of what is now the T & G offices and the New Penny.He came back looking totally astounded and informed us they had all been sold, and the building was still a shell at that time.Whats more he had been informed by the developers agent that the prices started at £80,000 for a single bedroom unit - this was over 10 years ago.