Leeds lost pubs

rikj · Post by **rikj** » Thu 24 May, 2007 7:36 pm

Love that Nag's Head one!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 10:01 am

The former White Swan on Call Lane. Once a very down-market pub invariably called the 'Mucky Duck' it is now a 'trendy' bar/restaurant. Times change.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 10:07 am

A close-up of the White Swan design that belies the buildings origins

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 10:30 am

Here are some sites of Former pubs. I've deliberately avoided putting these on the thread before as a) they're usually not very interestingand b) in some places, particularly in the City Centre virtually anywhere you point your camera will be a former pub site.Having said that here are 3 that might be of interest.Starting with the Compton - compare with Rikj's pic on page 2 of this thread.The sign post is still there!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 10:37 am

The site of the Newlands in Hyde Park - mentioned in some other threads

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 10:41 am

And lastly the Brown Cow on Stanningley Road.I drove past this pub only a couple of weeks ago and noticed it was closed. I went back yesterday to take some pics and this is what I found!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 10:45 am

The Brown Cow's car-park sign

sarah_orange · Post by **sarah_orange** » Fri 25 May, 2007 5:26 pm

the dortmunder international public house - found on leodis as I was checking out the area around my club (don't even get me started on the harrison's almshouses! so lovely!)http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... PLAY=FULLI didn't get to leeds til 1989 and I don't remember this at all - when did it go?

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Fri 25 May, 2007 5:31 pm

drapesy wrote: The Brown Cow's car-park sign Thats pretty sad.. Well captured...

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 25 May, 2007 8:27 pm

sarah_orange wrote: the dortmunder international public house - found on leodis as I was checking out the area around my club (don't even get me started on the harrison's almshouses! so lovely!)http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... PLAY=FULLI didn't get to leeds til 1989 and I don't remember this at all - when did it go? Here's a shot from an almost identical spot I took only a few days ago - the Merrion Hotel sign looks to be the same. I dont remember the Dortmunder but I remember this as a 'bierkellar' that I think was relaunched several times . It was the Hofbrauhaus for several years and used to serve litre 'stiens' of lager - a great contribution to sensible drinking for the youth of Leeds! at one stage they also had strippers and topless bar maids (not that I ever went when it was like that, of course, I've just been told about it. honestly.)This is a two for one pic - as there's another former pub shown. I believe it was originally called the General Wade - but I may be mistaken. often known as the 'threepenny bit' its gone through a lot of name changes. The window signs now say 'Junction 7 lounge bar' - but it looks to be closed.[Apologies for the poor photo - there was so much traffic on wade Lane it took ages to even get this!]