Leeds lost pubs

Hazman · Post by **Hazman** » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 9:30 am

Past The Albion last night and yet another little gem has succumbed to the curse of the shutter.Spent many a happy dinner hour there in the 90s.Isn't it time something was done, to me alcoholic drink is far too easily available from the supermarkets at a third of the price in a public bar or even your WMC. I also think the licensing hours are far too long now.When I srated drinking pubs had a hell of a lot more people in them because there was less time for a drink. Stop the supermarkets and offies selling it 24hrs a day, and certainly stop the supermarkets selling it cheap(Hypocrite?).Yes I think the key is availability.11-3 and 5.30-11 sounds sensible to me.Maybe people spend too much time now "virtually socialising " and not "Physically socialising"

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 9:38 am

Is that the Albion on Armley road? I can't think of another one!

Si · Post by Si » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 3:46 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Is that the Albion on Armley road? I can't think of another one! It's not closed permanently, as far as I know. My brother tells me they had a break-in and the burglars set fire to the place. Luckily, someone spotted the flames and called the fire brigade. Hopefully there's not too much damage. It survived a near-hit by the Luftwaffe only for some scumbags to try and burn it down.

Hazman · Post by **Hazman** » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 4:01 pm

Can't have been much of a fire, I pass everyday and can't see musch evidence of a fire.

Si · Post by Si » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 4:04 pm

The fire was contained in a corner of the tap room, I'm told. Do I know you, Hazman? I also spent most dinner hours in there in the 90s (and 2000s.)

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 5:35 pm

Hopefully it was a small un. Be such a shame for such a pub with character to be shut perm. Mind you, it wouldn't be the 1st would it.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Wed 09 Sep, 2009 9:45 pm

Si wrote: The fire was contained in a corner of the tap room, I'm told. Do I know you, Hazman? I also spent most dinner hours in there in the 90s (and 2000s.) This pub was my Dad's local in the 50's and 60's.He spent some money in this place!

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Sun 13 Sep, 2009 5:13 pm

Catweazle wrote: The Tut and Shive in Yeadon is up for let again - it must have only been reopened a month or 2 ago! Looks like it's shut down again! The Rag and Louse over the road is now called "The Brewer and Cask"

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Sun 13 Sep, 2009 10:29 pm

For some inexplicable reason, there was a party going on on top of the Haddon Hall on Friday night.The shutters are still on the windows, but all the lights on the top/roof floor were on, and a bunch of guys were up there making merry!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 15 Sep, 2009 11:22 am

stutterdog wrote: Si wrote: The fire was contained in a corner of the tap room, I'm told. Do I know you, Hazman? I also spent most dinner hours in there in the 90s (and 2000s.) This pub was my Dad's local in the 50's and 60's.He spent some money in this place! It was still a good pub in the 70s through to the mid 90s, with excellent Tetley's and ham and mustard sandwiches.Shutters were still on yesterday.