Heritage - pah!!!!

[The Parksider]

tilly wrote: chameleon wrote: 'Two "safe" choices there, both already blue plaqued....'Nice to know they agree with us! And yes, the Vic goes back a long way too to my late night finishes when studying Another blue plaque chameleon The Garden Gate Hunslet a pub in a time warp.Im not a drinker but this is how a lot of the pubs looked when i was a kid not many left now.     You don't need to have a drink to voteAlbionGarden GateVictoriaWhitelocks"NEXT" please........

[simonm]

Si wrote: raveydavey wrote: There is no future in the past, as my old history teacher used to say. What a strange thing for a history teacher to say!!!My "Heritage" pub choice is The Albion, Armley Road, in it's heyday. Wasn't it on Tetley's original heritage list, and didn't these pubs get their beer delivered "in the wood" by Mild and Bitter, the dray horses, at one time? The Albion has a potted history framed on the wall inside, describing it as starting as two pubs, and the fact that it was damaged by the Luftwaffe during the war. It's not particularly architecturally interesting (apart from the old signage) but was used by the model railway accessories company "Superquick" as a typical town boozer when modelled to scale in cardboard! The beer used to be superb back in the 70s when it would be packed of a lunchtime with working lads. Such a shame it seems to be going the same way as the Rising Sun...         Aye, and my slightly vested interest in the place makes me a tad biased to it's future. The Albion stared, initially as a sort of pub, come off licence, next door to a standard shop, selling groceries. In 1847 it was decided by the owner of the "pub" to buy out the grocery shop and knock through. Architecturally the Albion is a cracking place ans truly warrents it's blue plaque. It also has a grade 3 listing. So hopefully those facts will help stop it becoming a car park???The Heritage plaques were nowt more than a marketing job by the brewery. However, some of them really were worthy of some form of marking as they were apart from the more traditional hum drum pub.

[Riponian]

Alas the Albion has succombed to the new metal grill windows and closure, which is a shame. They used to have a Black Sheep banner outside but never had any, so I had to resort to Tetleys.To these property tycoons a blue plaque means nothing more than likely opposition to knock it down.

[leedslily]

Probably another 'safe bet', but I'd add the Grove in Holbeck - hanging on in there despite being almost overwhelmed by surrounding newbuild towers.

[simong]

The Fleece on Farsley Town Street has a Tetley's Heritage Inn plaque describing it as the second Tetley's pub in Leeds. The last time I went in it didn't even have ordinary bitter on a pump, let alone a handpull.

[cnosni]

Crown and Fleece.

[liits]

simonm wrote: Si wrote: raveydavey wrote: There is no future in the past, as my old history teacher used to say. What a strange thing for a history teacher to say!!!My "Heritage" pub choice is The Albion, Armley Road, in it's heyday. Wasn't it on Tetley's original heritage list, and didn't these pubs get their beer delivered "in the wood" by Mild and Bitter, the dray horses, at one time? The Albion has a potted history framed on the wall inside, describing it as starting as two pubs, and the fact that it was damaged by the Luftwaffe during the war. It's not particularly architecturally interesting (apart from the old signage) but was used by the model railway accessories company "Superquick" as a typical town boozer when modelled to scale in cardboard! The beer used to be superb back in the 70s when it would be packed of a lunchtime with working lads. Such a shame it seems to be going the same way as the Rising Sun...         Aye, and my slightly vested interest in the place makes me a tad biased to it's future. The Albion stared, initially as a sort of pub, come off licence, next door to a standard shop, selling groceries. In 1847 it was decided by the owner of the "pub" to buy out the grocery shop and knock through. Architecturally the Albion is a cracking place ans truly warrents it's blue plaque. It also has a grade 3 listing. So hopefully those facts will help stop it becoming a car park???The Heritage plaques were nowt more than a marketing job by the brewery. However, some of them really were worthy of some form of marking as they were apart from the more traditional hum drum pub. Up until as late as 1917, what is now just the Albion was listed as the Albion at 86 Armley Road, and the Fleece at 88 and also showed two different licensees [Albion; Frederick Hurst Dalby. Fleece; Albert Taylor]. Originally they were both beer houses but the later Albion became a Public House.

[The Parksider]

leedslily wrote: Probably another 'safe bet', but I'd add the Grove in Holbeck - hanging on in there despite being almost overwhelmed by surrounding newbuild towers. AlbionGarden GateGroveVictoriaWhitelocksThe Grove was one of mine, down to earth, charming, original, super ale, ORIGINAL and not refurbed little bit of old holbeck keeping live music alive for the older set and two fingers up to the local impersonal developments of the rich and uncaring....

[The Parksider]

cnosni wrote: Crown and Fleece. AlbionCrownFleeceGarden GateGroveVictoriaWhitelocks

[The Parksider]

simonm wrote: My "Heritage" pub choice is The Albion, Armley RoadAlbion x 2Garden GateGroveVictoriaWhitelocksThanks - if I were a rules is rules man then I'd say that's gone and CSOSNI can't pick two.Looking like quite a secret Leeds pub crawl route this!!!