Leeds lost pubs

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 04 Jan, 2010 3:35 pm

Thanks, IIRC the Robin Hood before that? A bit before my time though.

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Mon 04 Jan, 2010 4:45 pm

Hi everyone,I used to go in the pub in the sixties when it was the 'Robin Hood'. The 'Nag's Head' was nearby.Ian

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 05 Jan, 2010 7:59 pm

Saw some activity at the Nelson in Armley today, lots of rubble filling a skip and the remains of what looked like an old Rayburn. It will open again but as an Indian Restaurant.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 05 Jan, 2010 8:03 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Saw some activity at the Nelson in Armley today, lots of rubble filling a skip and the remains of what looked like an old Rayburn. It will open again but as an Indian Restaurant. Somehow I don't think that really counts as 'opening again' !

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 05 Jan, 2010 8:08 pm

I know what you mean! I meant the building and its historic links will remain rather than the site being cleared for another exciting concept in urban living.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 05 Jan, 2010 10:44 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Saw some activity at the Nelson in Armley today, lots of rubble filling a skip and the remains of what looked like an old Rayburn. It will open again but as an Indian Restaurant. Samuel Ledgard, rest his soul, will be turning in his grave - and this will go down very badly with our Society. I only hope that the blue heritage plaque is saved.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 05 Jan, 2010 11:01 pm

It might be if someone has a chat, before something's done out of ignorance, they seemed friendly enough.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Tue 05 Jan, 2010 11:27 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Cardiarms wrote: Saw some activity at the Nelson in Armley today, lots of rubble filling a skip and the remains of what looked like an old Rayburn. It will open again but as an Indian Restaurant. Samuel Ledgard, rest his soul, will be turning in his grave - and this will go down very badly with our Society. I only hope that the blue heritage plaque is saved. Sacrilege!

Black Cat · Post by **Black Cat** » Thu 07 Jan, 2010 12:14 am

CRAZY JANE re your notes about The Haddon - I remember seeing Dale Hargreaves Flamingos there a good few times in the early eighties. The place was always rammed. I've just discovered there is a Dale Hargreaves Appreciation Society on Facebook. There are loads of photos - some of them playing in The Haddon.

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Thu 07 Jan, 2010 12:25 am

Brandy wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Cardiarms wrote: Saw some activity at the Nelson in Armley today, lots of rubble filling a skip and the remains of what looked like an old Rayburn. It will open again but as an Indian Restaurant. Samuel Ledgard, rest his soul, will be turning in his grave - and this will go down very badly with our Society. I only hope that the blue heritage plaque is saved. Sacrilege! I'm struggling to think what suitable memento the Samuel Ledgard Society could present to the new enterprise to maintain its historic link to the great man. I wondered about a radiator cap from one of his Guy Arabs, but I suppose that'd be the wrong sort of Indian?