Leeds on screen

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Mon 18 Jun, 2007 3:43 pm

Why does Leeds have a fear of rails in the road but loves the idea of overhead lines & guided bus ways so much??

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 18 Jun, 2007 4:01 pm

I don't understand the need for these FTR things as they are much more expensive than, require more people to operate and hold not more passengers than the bendy buses we already have. I'm open to the trolley bus idea but would like to see some proposals first.One simple solution to a los of these problems would be to seperate the bus lanes from the main carriageways with a kerb and have a camera on everyone so cars entering a bus lane would be guaranteed a ticket. On top of this allow cyclists and motorcyclists access to them as they do not contribute to congestion.The buses also need more regulation and services need to be guaranteed. No commute should cost more than £2 a day either as some youngsters earning say £12k a year are currently being asked to pay about £80 a month in bus fares, it's crazy.

FarnleyBloke · Post by **FarnleyBloke** » Mon 18 Jun, 2007 5:09 pm

What i want to know is why do all these proposals (Supertram, Trolley Buses etc) exclude West Leeds? The only routes they seem to discuss are york road and hunslet with maybe a stretch out to headingley.Note: i'm not including the FTR as these are just purple buses and have no use other than to make the bus company look smug!

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 18 Jun, 2007 6:09 pm

They appear to exclude anywhere that people who actually work in Leeds live. They expect those who make up the majority of your 9 to 5 staff who will live largely in the bigger suburbs of Leeds (Horsforth, Adel, Roundhay, Cross Gates, Garforth, Rothjwell, Morley, Pudsey, Kirkstall, etc) to drive to a place where land is cheap (becasue is is not desireable) and leave their car there to get ona bus or tram into the centro of Leeds.How impracticle is this? You will still need two cars as in the household as one will just be sat ina great big theives supermarket and your wife will need one to ferry the kids about.The tram was always flawed as it only served a select few areas and not ones which would aleviate commuter congestion in my view.

Scandy Bramley · Post by **Scandy Bramley** » Mon 18 Jun, 2007 9:22 pm

Bloody hijackers!!

Get this thread back on topic please...what was it agan?

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Mon 18 Jun, 2007 11:00 pm

Scandy Bramley wrote: Reet - As we have another thread on them, I'll just briefly mention the Rosebanks steps being used as the opening scene from the original "Corrie" series.But who remembers the opening shots from Charlie Drake's comedy series, which I think was called "Working Man"? Charlie walking up a side road above Burley Road, with the Kirkstall power station towers in the background and Gotts Park in the distance?Theme song was summat like:"I gets up in the morning bout a quarter to eight - I'm always punctual, never ever late.Nice cuppa tea and a round of toastI do the best I can.Cos I'm only doing what a bloke should do and I'm only a working man"....Anyone else remember that show? I remember it well,I'd no idea it was filmed round here.Henry McGee used to play the long-suffering man from the labour exchange trying in vain to find a suitable job for Drake.Strange what passes for comedy!

Altruistic1964 · Post by **Altruistic1964** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 2:38 pm

Ian R P wrote: 20522tay wrote: One of the earliest films of Leeds must have been the Mitchell & Kenyon film of the reception for and the interview of Private Charles Ward VC who won his medal during the Boer War, by crossing the line to collect reinforcements. Ward was the last VC winner to have his award presented by Queen Victoria.The film last about two minutes and was shown on the recent BBC 2 series on Mitchell & Kenyon The Mitchell and Kenyon film definately had a 1904 rugby game between Leeds and Hunslet (Hunslet won obviously), but the medal award must have been earlier as Queen Vic died in 1901.Of course the oldest of all has got to be Louis Le Princes film of horse drawn trams on Leeds Bridge. The first moving picture ever made.ps Where was the opening shot of 'the gaffer' filmed. Where Bill Maynard throws the parking ticket into the back of the car?pps The first Secret Leeds T-shirt should be 'DAVID JASON IS A JAMPOT' The opening shot of "The Gaffer" was filmed outside the Queens Hotel in Leeds apparently. I seem to remember that Horsforth Police Station (near Horsforth roundabout) was also used as a police station in one (maybe more) of the Beiderbecke trilogies. A more tenuous link - Used Car Roadshow with Jason Dawe and Penny Mallory is filmed in Leeds. There is a section where a guest has to choose from three cars - the test drives invariably take place in Leeds. Armley Gyratory seems to be a particular favourite.

Scandy Bramley · Post by **Scandy Bramley** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 7:26 pm

stevief wrote: Scandy Bramley wrote: Reet - As we have another thread on them, I'll just briefly mention the Rosebanks steps being used as the opening scene from the original "Corrie" series.But who remembers the opening shots from Charlie Drake's comedy series, which I think was called "Working Man"? Charlie walking up a side road above Burley Road, with the Kirkstall power station towers in the background and Gotts Park in the distance?Theme song was summat like:"I gets up in the morning bout a quarter to eight - I'm always punctual, never ever late.Nice cuppa tea and a round of toastI do the best I can.Cos I'm only doing what a bloke should do and I'm only a working man"....Anyone else remember that show? I remember it well,I'd no idea it was filmed round here.Henry McGee used to play the long-suffering man from the labour exchange trying in vain to find a suitable job for Drake.Strange what passes for comedy! Phew! Glad someone else remembers it, StevieF! Thought me memory was playing tricks! Have tried in vain to find it on YouTube, just the see the Kirkstall cooling towers again.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 9:59 pm

Scandy Bramley wrote: stevief wrote: Scandy Bramley wrote: Reet - As we have another thread on them, I'll just briefly mention the Rosebanks steps being used as the opening scene from the original "Corrie" series.But who remembers the opening shots from Charlie Drake's comedy series, which I think was called "Working Man"? Charlie walking up a side road above Burley Road, with the Kirkstall power station towers in the background and Gotts Park in the distance?Theme song was summat like:"I gets up in the morning bout a quarter to eight - I'm always punctual, never ever late.Nice cuppa tea and a round of toastI do the best I can.Cos I'm only doing what a bloke should do and I'm only a working man"....Anyone else remember that show? I remember it well,I'd no idea it was filmed round here.Henry McGee used to play the long-suffering man from the labour exchange trying in vain to find a suitable job for Drake.Strange what passes for comedy! Phew! Glad someone else remembers it, StevieF! Thought me memory was playing tricks! Have tried in vain to find it on YouTube, just the see the Kirkstall cooling towers again. I remember watching those being demolished.It was a Good Friday about '77 or '78 and there were 1000's watching up on Gotts Park,all the streets were packed this side of the river enall!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 10:11 pm

Part of the opening sequence of 'the Gaffer' was filmed on the steep bit of road called Kirkstall Hill, before it becomes Burley Road.(imagine your coming away from Kirkstall going to the Merry monk - theres a very steep drag with an old stone wall on one side - car repair shop on the other).I remember hearing around that time that it was difficult to shoot as Bill Maynard never learned to drive, and there was someone hidden on the passenger side doing the actual driving!