Superb 1891 Hunslet brickyard/quarry photos

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Fri 30 Apr, 2010 11:17 pm

grumpytramp wrote: The final image .......... checking Leodis the lintels above the windows of the terraces at the top of the pit (straight) do not seem to be like the typical lintels on Hillidge Road/Street?Could it be somewhere else in Hunslet? Grumpus Trampus.Go on Leodis and look up Boyles Quarry, there you may be able to match the windows, lintels and chimneys of Ainstey Terrace, Burmantofts which this picture could be.It looks more like Burmantofts than Hunslet. Boyles Quarry supplied the firecaly for Burmantofts Brickworks.Anyone else agree?? Chameleon??

Si · Post by Si » Sun 02 May, 2010 9:23 am

Here's Ainsty Terrace, Burmantofts...

Si · Post by Si » Sun 02 May, 2010 9:24 am

...and Grumpy Tramp's quarry shot, with the houses showing, for comparison.

Si · Post by Si » Sun 02 May, 2010 9:27 am

This is one of many photos of Boyle's Quarry, Burmantofts, taken by famous Leeds photographer Terry Cryer, and posted on Leodis. I tried to pick one with a terrace on it.

Si · Post by Si » Sun 02 May, 2010 9:32 am

I know there's very little to go on in GTs' pic, but I don't think it's Ainsty Terrace...at least not the bits shown on Leodis.If you look at the lintels of the upper windows, they are a different shape - Ainsty Terrace's have vertical ends, whereas the ones on GT's pic are angled out. This doesn't mean it isn't Burmantofts, though!

Si · Post by Si » Sun 02 May, 2010 9:42 am

Looking at Leodis images of the Hillidge Road area mentioned by Grumpy Tramp earlier, reveals lintels like these curved types...

Si · Post by Si » Sun 02 May, 2010 9:43 am

...or these shallow brick arch types. I couldn't find any that match the ones in GT's quarry pic.I think trying to identify the street from the little evidence available, would be like trying to find a very small needle in a very big haystack, TBH.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 May, 2010 9:39 am

Si wrote: This is one of many photos of Boyle's Quarry, Burmantofts, taken by famous Leeds photographer Terry Cryer, and posted on Leodis. I tried to pick one with a terrace on it. Oddly if you search for Boyles Quarry Si, you get "no results". That is a complete nonsense as there's plenty of pics on Leodis of Boyles Quarry. "Illogical captain" and just the sort of thing that drives me mad about computers! (cue justification from someone, that will indicate I'm mad).........Under the search "Quarry" picture 44 of Boyles shows the top of a square brick lined shaft. Lord Tramp's pictures show such a shaft although probably a few years on as it is starting to collapse.Switch to picture 49 and there's a terrace of houses overlooking the quarry and it looks (in terms of the lintel shapes just under the eaves) very very close to the terrace on GT's shot.To me the pictures from Leodis and GT may be a few years apart, but pretty much looks like the same place.....??

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 9:56 am

If you type "boyle's" with the apostrophe, you get four pictures, two of which I've posted. Here's the square shaft you mentioned, Parksider...

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 9:57 am

...and the terraced houses. It looks very similar - well done, Holmes... However...even though the lintels are the same shape, and the chimney stacks look the same...the windows are closer together in the Leodis pic, and the terrace slopes in the opposite direction. I would also suggest that the quarry seems a little deeper in Grumpy Tramp's pic. What do you think?