Garage with turntable on Kirkgate

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 07 May, 2009 9:10 pm

What! Like in medieval times with monks and everything innit.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Thu 07 May, 2009 9:40 pm

Cardiarms wrote: What! Like in medieval times with monks and everything innit. You aren't suggesting Kirkstall abbey to............are you Cardi

Richard A Thackeray · Thu 07 May, 2009 10:51 pm

Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill)

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 08 May, 2009 12:01 am

tyke bhoy wrote: Cardiarms wrote: What! Like in medieval times with monks and everything innit. You aren't suggesting Kirkstall abbey to............are you Cardi Cause/ That'll be the tunnel they used to move the books about'Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) 'Yes there was, think it's mentioned earlier - wasn't it Hertz car hire?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 08 May, 2009 12:40 am

RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Briggate. It was bought from the previous owners by Samuel Ledgard, the famous bus operator, and housed his early chara-a-bancs before he moved to his very large famous premises adjoining the Nelson Inn at Armley where he lived and died and was also the licencee.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Fri 08 May, 2009 10:20 am

BLAKEY wrote: RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Briggate. It was bought from the previous owners by Samuel Ledgard, the famous bus operator, and housed his early chara-a-bancs before he moved to his very large famous premises adjoining the Nelson Inn at Armley where he lived and died and was also the licencee. Opposite that DV8 strip joint? Didn't realise there was premises there. Just a wall isn't it?Wasn't there one under the station on Bishopsgate Street?

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Fri 08 May, 2009 10:54 am

tyke bhoy wrote: Cardiarms wrote: What! Like in medieval times with monks and everything innit. You aren't suggesting Kirkstall abbey to............are you Cardi Maybe this is how the "walking monk" manages to pop up in so many locations by zipping through all the underground tunnels leading from Kirkstall Abbey.

Richard A Thackeray · Fri 08 May, 2009 11:19 am

Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Opposite that DV8 strip joint? Didn't realise there was premises there. Just a wall isn't it? It could possibly be 'bricked' up now??, if I'm in that part of Leeds, I'm on the bike & riding through so watching the buses/taxis that are trying to cut me up. Reginal Perrin wrote: Wasn't there one under the station on Bishopsgate Street? Not sure about that one?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 08 May, 2009 12:22 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Briggate. It was bought from the previous owners by Samuel Ledgard, the famous bus operator, and housed his early chara-a-bancs before he moved to his very large famous premises adjoining the Nelson Inn at Armley where he lived and died and was also the licencee. Opposite that DV8 strip joint? Didn't realise there was premises there. Just a wall isn't it? Too old for strip joints Reggie , but it was virtually opposite the Viaduct pub - next time down there I'll confirm if the "wall" is where it was.

patter · Post by **patter** » Fri 08 May, 2009 1:44 pm

There's a shuttered opening in the viaduct wall opposite the Viaduct pub (though the rail side of the pub has "Viaduct Hotel" in fading white paint) I've seen people driving in & out of there sometimes, seems to be private locked parking for somewhere.Looks kind of interesting inside from what you can glimpse in passing.