Leeds Lost Schools

kierentc · Post by **kierentc** » Sun 13 Jan, 2008 3:54 pm

LS1 wrote: Yeah used to go to Middlethorne but only for a short while. Had some fun exploring the old building after it was closed. I remember there being a massive oil tanker there (static) for part of the heating system. i do indeed. i went there. it was pretty cool. it was all open plan, the idea being you'd learn to work despite distractions such as people walking past etcnot exactly a lost school but i then went to allerton high which is being rebuilt. which is a shame in some ways but not surprising as it was practically falling down when i went there (lates 80s)i only wish i had some pictures of it as there isn't a clear view any more due to the building work

AUSSIEPOM · Post by **AUSSIEPOM** » Sat 02 Feb, 2008 6:28 am

I have a feeling that my question may be a very very long shot but I would love to know if anyone knows of the existence a photograph of a long lost Leeds school. It was called St. Patrick's on York Road - not to be confused with any other St. Patrick's. The little school I started my school life at just as the war started was nearly opposite where the Irish Club now is on the opposite side of York Road. The school was originally a catholic church and was replaced by a new St. Patricks church on the corner of Burmantofts Street The first one then became a junior or infant school. It was demolished many years ago and housing built on the site. What made the little St. Patrick;s school different was the playgroun d was over hundreds of graves and the inmates were reinterred into Killingbeck cemetery when the school was demolished.Any information or photo gratefully receivedMike Australia

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sat 02 Feb, 2008 12:10 pm

AUSSIEPOM wrote: I have a feeling that my question may be a very very long shot but I would love to know if anyone knows of the existence a photograph of a long lost Leeds school. It was called St. Patrick's on York Road - not to be confused with any other St. Patrick's. The little school I started my school life at just as the war started was nearly opposite where the Irish Club now is on the opposite side of York Road. The school was originally a catholic church and was replaced by a new St. Patricks church on the corner of Burmantofts Street The first one then became a junior or infant school. It was demolished many years ago and housing built on the site. What made the little St. Patrick;s school different was the playgroun d was over hundreds of graves and the inmates were reinterred into Killingbeck cemetery when the school was demolished.Any information or photo gratefully receivedMike Australia G'day Adelaide.Not really much help. It's probably visible as the 1906 church and might be obscured in the background by a couple of photos on Leodis <http://www.leodis.net/searchResults.asp ... CURRPAGE=2>

gbdlufc · Post by **gbdlufc** » Sat 02 Feb, 2008 7:07 pm

mutikonka wrote: I suppose St Thomas Aquinas Grammar School (STAGS as we called it) in Meanwood qualifies as a lost school. It was only built in the 1960s and lasted less than 20 years - disappearing in 1979 when it was amalgamated with the next door John Bosco school to create Cardinal Heenan High. The old school buildings on Tongue Lane have since been demolished and a whole new school built. Brought back memories looking at that picture, I went to Cardinal heenan back in 79. The building on the left and on the 2nd floor was where I had french with mr Brockwells class, during lesson I jumped out of the window, onto the grass, run back upstairs and swear blind he had let me go to the toilet, until one day mr Malloy was taken a science lesson in the classroom below and collered me, bloody hell that hurt when he frog marched me back to class holding me by my scruff (eye watering)!

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 02 Feb, 2008 7:55 pm

AUSSIEPOM wrote: I have a feeling that my question may be a very very long shot but I would love to know if anyone knows of the existence a photograph of a long lost Leeds school. It was called St. Patrick's on York Road - not to be confused with any other St. Patrick's. The little school I started my school life at just as the war started was nearly opposite where the Irish Club now is on the opposite side of York Road. The school was originally a catholic church and was replaced by a new St. Patricks church on the corner of Burmantofts Street The first one then became a junior or infant school. It was demolished many years ago and housing built on the site. What made the little St. Patrick;s school different was the playgroun d was over hundreds of graves and the inmates were reinterred into Killingbeck cemetery when the school was demolished.Any information or photo gratefully receivedMike Australia No pictures but, I do see two schools on that side of York Road on an old map, with a church between the two - one of these must have been yours.You have actually solved a little mystery for me too. I have a distinct memory of a grave yard being relocated from that area when York Road was improved in the 60's, large wooden hoardings lining the side of the road there. Up until now, I've not been able to find anything to support my memory, indeed, I had begun to think I had imagined it!

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Sun 03 Feb, 2008 3:40 pm

Allerton Grange High school isn't that old (as a building) but is a legend (even due to recent events) - Bearing in mind it did start off as the "Pollard" farm which had 12th century reminents and even the monks farmed here at that time hence the "grange" bit! History is changing though, It is now on the rebuild!NOW: THEN: EVEN FURTHER BACK THEN:

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sun 03 Feb, 2008 4:24 pm

I went to 3 schools in Leeds, The Clock School (in Armley), then Castleton CP, then Benjamin Gott High aka Gotts Park. The latter 2 are now long gone although it was good to see a pic of Castleton on page 1. There is only a very small pic of Ben Gott on Leodis that I donated a couple of years ago.

rainone · Post by **rainone** » Mon 04 Feb, 2008 12:41 am

What about Matthew Murray Comp?Gone now.Designed by Poulson in 1957 opened in 1961. Demolished 2007. RIP.Anyone have any internal pictures or more than Leondis:http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 98000736Or just memories?I'd be interested

mutikonka · Post by **mutikonka** » Mon 04 Feb, 2008 1:31 pm

gbdlufc - I was at Cardinal Heenan in 1979 - would have been in lower sixth then. Remember Mr Brockwell but not Mr Malloy. I was doing science A Levels and left in 80 - the rest is history.You mentioned the building on the left - wasn't that the science block? If I remember right, the upstairs rooms were for physics and the downstairs for chemistry.Michael Woodhead

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Mon 04 Feb, 2008 1:40 pm

Chrism wrote: I went to 3 schools in Leeds, The Clock School (in Armley), then Castleton CP, then Benjamin Gott High aka Gotts Park. The latter 2 are now long gone although it was good to see a pic of Castleton on page 1. And there is only a very small pic of Ben Gott on Leodis. The original Castleton has long gone, but it's namesake is still around and they have a big stone from the old one outside.