1950's leeds in lost piccies now found

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 09 Oct, 2008 11:04 pm

drapesy wrote: The Church is St.Clement's - with its very distinctive tower.. It was at the bottom end of Chapeltown Road - demolished 1976. On the left edge of this picture you can see one of the gas -holders, the photo was taken whilst it was relatively empty. As for the original pic posted by LS13,judging from the relatively position of the church and gas holders (which were/are? on Sheepscar St North) I would say the picture was taken from an area just to north side of Barrack Road - looking almost exactly south -west. Shadowy building in the centre is possibly part of the old barracks. Ee that lad's holding the bat all wrong - hope Boycsie doesn't see it - he'd have a fit. Drapesy, I don't remember the church but both it and the gas holders are shown on the old OS maps - the gas holders remain there today, even if slightly different in apearance.I may be quite wrong, but I'm not sure your suggested position for the shot is correct. It looks to me as though the church is behind the bas holders and that the one on the left is larger than the other. From the maps, to achieve this (if I've got the right church!) it would seem the picture was taken from the SW looking NE - what do you think?

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 12:09 am

Does anyone know why the photographer (Marc Riboud) was in Leeds in 1954?

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 1:28 am

chameleon wrote: drapesy wrote: The Church is St.Clement's - with its very distinctive tower.. It was at the bottom end of Chapeltown Road - demolished 1976. On the left edge of this picture you can see one of the gas -holders, the photo was taken whilst it was relatively empty. As for the original pic posted by LS13,judging from the relatively position of the church and gas holders (which were/are? on Sheepscar St North) I would say the picture was taken from an area just to north side of Barrack Road - looking almost exactly south -west. Shadowy building in the centre is possibly part of the old barracks. Ee that lad's holding the bat all wrong - hope Boycsie doesn't see it - he'd have a fit. Drapesy, I don't remember the church but both it and the gas holders are shown on the old OS maps - the gas holders remain there today, even if slightly different in apearance.I may be quite wrong, but I'm not sure your suggested position for the shot is correct. It looks to me as though the church is behind the bas holders and that the one on the left is larger than the other. From the maps, to achieve this (if I've got the right church!) it would seem the picture was taken from the SW looking NE - what do you think? Yes you may be right actually - I did think of this myself , and on second thoughts i.m going back to that opinion. That would mean the picture was taken from the Little London Area.This leodis pic shows the church from from the bottom of chapeltown road - i.e looking north. You can see that the slightly higher'spire' on the tower is closest to the camera. So the original pic cant be taken from where I originally said (barrack Road) or this spire would appear on the left - not right!! . So the picture must have been taken from Little London.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 1:39 am

kierentc wrote: i wonder why that church was demolished, its very attractive. maybe it fell into disrepair?i'd like to know where the north leeds wmc club is, as i class north leeds as beyond chapeltown/moortown really... It was demolished, like virtually everything around it to make way for the Sheepscar intersection. In anycase demolition of most of the houses around here meant that there was virtually no congregation left by the 70's

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 1:51 am

kierentc wrote: i wonder why that church was demolished, its very attractive. maybe it fell into disrepair?i'd like to know where the north leeds wmc club is, as i class north leeds as beyond chapeltown/moortown really... Ok - here's a leodis pic that shows the North Leeds W.M.C.that you can see in the Marc Ribaud pic[you need good eyesight - but it is the same place - even the sign saying North Leeds W.M.C.is still there and can just be made out!] . So Its at the extreme Left of this Pic and was at 1/3 Accommodation place - which was opposite and facing the eastern end of Lincoln Green Road(previously known as Green Road). so just south of St.James Hospital. I agree its not what I'd call North Leeds - more like East Leeds!

simong · Post by **simong** » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 8:27 am

zip55 wrote: Does anyone know why the photographer (Marc Riboud) was in Leeds in 1954? From the Inside Out article: Riboud was a protege of well known war photographer Robert Capa on Picture Post magazine and the Leeds job was required for a feature in the magazine, but was an unpopular one so it went to Riboud as a junior. He came here for a few days to collect 'local colour', but as he went back to London to file his pictures for publication, Capa was killed in Vietnam, which placed the magazine in disarray. Riboud put the pictures away and forgot about them until recently.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 10:11 am

drapesy wrote: The Church is St.Clement's - with its very distinctive tower.. It was at the bottom end of Chapeltown Road - demolished 1976. On the left edge of this picture you can see one of the gas -holders, the photo was taken whilst it was relatively empty. As for the original pic posted by LS13,judging from the relatively position of the church and gas holders (which were/are? on Sheepscar St North) I would say the picture was taken from an area just to north side of Barrack Road - looking almost exactly south -west. Shadowy building in the centre is possibly part of the old barracks. Ee that lad's holding the bat all wrong - hope Boycsie doesn't see it - he'd have a fit. Drapesy - is that the church that was left derelict/half demolished for ages c.late 60s, early 70s? I seem to remember a roofless church somewhere in that area.It doesn't matter how that lad's holding the bat....judging by the the wicket keeper's body language, he's just scored a six through that shop window!PS The shopkeeper must have been well-off - there's a TV aerial on his roof...

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 10 Oct, 2008 10:58 am

Si wrote: Drapesy - is that the church that was left derelict/half demolished for ages c.late 60s, early 70s? I seem to remember a roofless church somewhere in that area.It doesn't matter how that lad's holding the bat....judging by the the wicket keeper's body language, he's just scored a six through that shop window!PS The shopkeeper must have been well-off - there's a TV aerial on his roof... Yes I think you're right - it was empty for years. I used to go past it on the bus into town quite often.

daver · Post by **daver** » Sat 11 Oct, 2008 5:15 pm

Look at the background of this picture, taken from Burley Road School looking across Burley Road.The church and the gasometers (bet arry knows where these were).

Arry Awk · Post by **Arry Awk** » Wed 29 Oct, 2008 4:38 pm

daver wrote: Look at the background of this picture, taken from Burley Road School looking across Burley Road.The church and the gasometers (bet arry knows where these were). Now then Daver. I went to Burley Rd school from 1937 to1941. I don't know when that pic was taken but I don't rememberthe wall being so new and pristine looking! It had tall cast iron railings up to 1940 when they were removed for the metal whichwas melted down and used on war production. The view across Burley Rd shows the slum clearance area (assisted by theLuftwaffe when they were trying to hit the factories onKirkstall Rd. Nice of 'em!). Anyway, Looking past the little girl'shead I believe the church is the old St Simons on Ventnor Streetand the gasometer was in the vicinity of Kirkstall Road Bathsnear the long railway viaduct leading to Burley Park Station.Hope that throws some light on the subject!Arry