Leeds lost pubs

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Mon 25 Jun, 2007 11:02 pm

Clankylad wrote: Another brain teaser - when I was a kid I used to read my dad's old glory years Leeds United programmes which regularly featured an advert for a nightclub called 'Carolines'. It sticks in my mind because the advert used the name as an acronym, which started 'Cool Atmosphere Raving On Late Into Night-time...".Anyone remember where it was (or how the acronym finished!)? I've conducted a bit of historical research,just for you Clankylad.The last 2 words of the acronym are-Exciting,Sophistication.You'vegot me browsing through some old programmes and getting all nostalgic!No idea where Carolines used to be,I was more of a spit'n'sawdust man.

Otleybard · Post by **Otleybard** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 12:19 pm

Seem to recall it was on Kirkstall Road in Burley, next to Yorkshire TV and the Rolarena, about 1968-71.

Otleybard · Post by **Otleybard** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 12:27 pm

Like you, I was more a spit-and-sawdust man, but there used to be a fair bit of both (and worse) outside Caroline's on a Saturday night!

Otleybard · Post by **Otleybard** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 12:38 pm

stevief wrote: This'll test you drapesy.I've been looking through a 1975 good beer guide,fortunately most of the entries for Leeds are still surviving but there's one strange inclusion.Jessie Robinsons off-licence273 Beeston Road.Described as a traditional off-licence selling draught beer.Does it stir any memories??? I think this was an off-licence opened by ex-councillor, author and CAMRA stalwart Barrie Pepper. When I was living in Hyde Park we used to get the No 1 bus through to stock up for parties.

parksider · Post by **parksider** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 7:48 pm

hello allRef 273..beeston road..might have been Barrie pepper at one time..but i recall dennis pedder having it as well..he was a local counciller...its still there but has been extended , like most "offies"they now include food etc...personally i never use them..i go to the beeston coop..fair tradingcheers for now

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 7:54 pm

please! does anyone have any pics of the courtier hotel in gipton,later called the oaktree,now a lidl.

TABBYCAT · Post by **TABBYCAT** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 10:05 pm

Hi Parksider the off licence on Beeston rd you refer to was owned during the seventies by the late Dennis Pedder (a former member of leeds city council if memory serves correctly)He sold hand pulled beer as well as all the usual beverages and I remember on quite a few occasions going in with an empty pop bottle and asking him to "fill 'er up" although the shop still exists the structure was altered both inside and out, and you would not recognise it, as it once looked in the past. regards Tabby

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 10:24 pm

At the risk of 'jumping the gun' heres the Sandford Arms in the pouring rain. Still open, but on 'Death Row' apparently..

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 10:43 pm

Hi! Drapesy. Did your partner go to Armley Park School (another building with changed usage) or West Leeds Girls High (being demolished in two years). I went to school with Carol Nelson too. Our other friend, Helen Kirk, lived in the Crown (Tong Road). Does anyone else remember the name of the big building at the back of Thornhill Road petrol station? It was a very posh club/pub when i was a kid and the gardener used to chase us out when we sneaked over the wall

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 10:52 pm

I have also heard that the Sanford is being demolished. Lad who lives there said they are moving out soon. Oh what a shame!