Old Red Lion

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 14 Oct, 2009 12:51 am

Steve Jones wrote: The present pub is actually two pubs knocked into one as what is now the function room on the left as you look at the pub was actually an eentirely seperate pub as shown on earlier maps of Leeds. Yes Steve, it's the "Malt Shovel" on chemimikes Godfey map, on the water lane thread........................

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 14 Oct, 2009 8:56 pm

Brandy wrote: Bloooming hell steve blood squirting on hands,speakers getting ripped from walls and you say you want to do a 'proper' ghost vigil??sounds to me like you witnessed a full blown haunting right there mate lol Sounds like a night in the Vine

Misc · Post by **Misc** » Fri 16 Oct, 2009 1:58 pm

very good!I'd love to see the derelict rooms but not sure I'd enjoy the spooky atmosphere in the other parts of the pub.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Fri 16 Oct, 2009 8:16 pm

I have a bad feeling my ex used to go to the tranny night there on a tuesday O_o

pikey_boy · Post by **pikey_boy** » Sat 17 Oct, 2009 3:04 am

I use to work opposite this pub back in 1979 at a firm called Ryder and Chaddock engravers.When i first started, one of the menial apprentices jobs was to stand at a punch press stamping out endless cicuit board facia's on the third floor.Naturally after about ten minutes the attention started to wander and one's gaze centered on what was happening outside. The window faced the Red Lion, and every day i remember looking over at the third floor and seeing somebody sat at the windows looking outI was a cocky brass faced tenager at the time and used to wave and make faces but the person never responded.One day after working there after a month, i received a call from home that my mother had passed away and i had to go to the hospital.I looked ouy of the window to see if it was raining as i was on my motorbike at the time and happened to glance across at the pub and noticed that nobody was at the window.I returned to work after a weeks bereavement leave and never saw anybody at the windows again.

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 17 Oct, 2009 11:22 am

pikey_boy wrote: I use to work opposite this pub back in 1979 at a firm called Ryder and Chaddock engravers.When i first started, one of the menial apprentices jobs was to stand at a punch press stamping out endless cicuit board facia's on the third floor.Naturally after about ten minutes the attention started to wander and one's gaze centered on what was happening outside. The window faced the Red Lion, and every day i remember looking over at the third floor and seeing somebody sat at the windows looking outI was a cocky brass faced tenager at the time and used to wave and make faces but the person never responded.One day after working there after a month, i received a call from home that my mother had passed away and i had to go to the hospital.I looked ouy of the window to see if it was raining as i was on my motorbike at the time and happened to glance across at the pub and noticed that nobody was at the window.I returned to work after a weeks bereavement leave and never saw anybody at the windows again. Woah,im not into the spooky,but thats spooky!!

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Sun 18 Oct, 2009 2:24 pm

The female ghost was seen looking out of a 3rd floor window by a woman attending the Pagan moot when we used to hold it there.She didn't know the pub was haunted or about the 3rd floor until we were discussing the ghost and she mentioned about a young woman when i said the top floor was disued and before I told her the ghost was female!she went white faced and we didn't see her again.with reference to meeting there.the beer was all keg last time I was in .I try not to meet in pubs that don't stock real ale unless there is a ghost<G>,but I don't know the current landlords.Sam Smiths by all accounts do not like their pubs being known for ghosts.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 18 Oct, 2009 10:29 pm

I'm pretty sure there's no real ale.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Mon 19 Oct, 2009 12:30 am

I knowreal ale was taken out about 2 years ago as apart from myself and a few other peoples at the Pagan moot,the then landlord claimed there was no demand so it kept going off.I don't mind a nice pint of cask Old brwery but the fizzy stuff is horrible and the bottled prices were ridiculous compared to draught beer.

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 19 Oct, 2009 11:21 am

Crazy Jane wrote: I have a bad feeling my ex used to go to the tranny night there on a tuesday O_o Wow those ham radio enthusiasts will go anywhere to get together.