Leeds lost pubs

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Mon 10 Mar, 2008 9:30 pm

LS1 wrote: Is that the same guy who has loads of rings throughout his face? Maybe we should start a thread "Unsavoury characters of Leeds"

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 10 Mar, 2008 9:41 pm

Seen the price of scrap metal lately?

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Mon 10 Mar, 2008 9:45 pm

[quotenick="tyke bhoy"] stevief wrote: Strange that! If you don't like being stared at you make yourself a hell of a lot less conspicuous than that character does Agree 'Tyke bhoy'....must have grown up with a lonely life some of these bods, not mixing, no mates....dont have chips on their shoulders, just half of Hepping Forest... So they have to make some kind of statement...usually say " what you f*****g looking at"....happened to me a couple of times over the years, my answer was "what makes you think that your so f*****g important, that I have to waste my time looking at you"....one time I just stuck the nut on a guy and gave him smack in the mouth, and that finished that episode...stay well, have a happy day.Frank

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Wed 12 Mar, 2008 9:34 pm

I drove past the still closed Shaftesbury on York Road today.It's now "For Sale" with all the windows steel shuttered, but some theiving scrote has had all the lead flashings and a good number of tiles off the roof.Given the current weather, combined with the fire there a month or two ago, I can only imagine it's days are now quickly running out.

compton · Post by **compton** » Wed 12 Mar, 2008 10:33 pm

Trojan, as I recollect it was called the "Royal" and it was nice and civilised, thats probably why it,s not remembered

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Wed 12 Mar, 2008 11:19 pm

raveydavey wrote: I drove past the still closed Shaftesbury on York Road today.It's now "For Sale" with all the windows steel shuttered, but some theiving scrote has had all the lead flashings and a good number of tiles off the roof.Given the current weather, combined with the fire there a month or two ago, I can only imagine it's days are now quickly running out. its a shame to see it like that isn't it?? if you check this thread a few places back i have posted some pics of the damage the scumbags have done!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 12:11 am

compton wrote: Trojan, as I recollect it was called the "Royal" and it was nice and civilised, thats probably why it,s not remembered Yes that's it. But it had a Victorian Bar.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 8:58 pm

Brandy wrote: raveydavey wrote: I drove past the still closed Shaftesbury on York Road today.It's now "For Sale" with all the windows steel shuttered, but some theiving scrote has had all the lead flashings and a good number of tiles off the roof.Given the current weather, combined with the fire there a month or two ago, I can only imagine it's days are now quickly running out. its a shame to see it like that isn't it?? if you check this thread a few places back i have posted some pics of the damage the scumbags have done! So you have - good pics. It looks even worse out the back than from the front. I wonder if there are plans afoot for some trendy apartments should it mysteriously catch fire again..?

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 9:29 pm

Trojan wrote: compton wrote: Trojan, as I recollect it was called the "Royal" and it was nice and civilised, thats probably why it,s not remembered Yes that's it. But it had a Victorian Bar. Here's a pic - this building had a fine history - parts dated back to 1692. it was a coaching inn known as 'the New King's Arm's' until 1834 then the Royal - the bars were accessed via the entrance to the coutyard - shops faced onto Briggate (pics and info from Leodis)

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 9:31 pm

And here's a pic I took a few weeks ago. Don't be fooled though - as with the Pack Horse further up Briggate things are not quite what they seem.The original building was completely demolished in the 1970s and the current building has since been remodelled (using fibreglass in places) to mimic the original.