lost churches

[carrotol]

Hi all. Yes St Barts is still there. It was the one on the other side of Wesley Road that I am talking about. I found a pic of it on Leodis by searching for Armley library. If you look up Wesley Road you can just see it on the right about half way up. A proper church with a spire. I passed many an hour doing acrobatics on the steps and railings. Well, it was either that or usin my whip n top. We really knew how to live then didn't we.I lived a couple of streets up from the church til they pulled it down as 'slum clearance'. Cheeky sods. Three bedroom through terrace with garden. Some people would love to be able to afford one of those so called slums now

[arry_awk]

Hi agen Carrottol!Hope you kept ure skirt tucked into ure knicks when doing ure acrobatics! The mind boggles!Re whippantops,did u used to draw patterns on the 'tops' in coloured chalk? They don't know what psychadelia is these days!You could get a 'High' just staring at the tops! Way out, man!Did you have a 'window-breaker' top? (Mushroom shape)they were deadly with a flick of the whip! Don't get ure head in the way!I presume these were ure passtimes b4 the Lapdancing???Didn't see u in the old Lyric last week!!!CheersArry

[arry_awk]

nearly forgot!The old Kent Meters/Leeds Meter co water tower was a landmarkin Armley,too! You could see it from the Raynville Road area inBramley,nearly 'in line' with the Old fire Station practice tower!Sorry I spelled ure name wrong Carrotol!Wot duz it mean by the way? Sounds like a 'Bugs Bunny'Health drink!Arry

[carrotol]

Hi arry! Yes i used to colour the top of my top. I also found the whip useful for pretend fishing in drains. Yuck!As for the name---- a combination of my name and my nickname as a kid.

[carrotol]

This is the church I was talking about. Up Wesley road, on the right. My Mum Says it was called Armley Methodist

[carrotol]

See, it's a real church with a spire. And it's not St Barts which is on the other side of the hill so can't be seen from this angle

[raveydavey]

The magnificent St Patricks at Burmantofts where I was baptised is now sadly closed. It is now used as a store for the West Yorkshire Playhouse, with the congregation moved to a new much smaller church on Torre Road

[Scandy Bramley]

Scandy Bramley wrote: Sandford Methodist has recently gone to meet its spiritual maker.Arry lives nearby and will have more details as to what will replace it.Shame they had to remove Leanne Tiernan's memorial garden to Bramley Trinity when Sanny church went, but at least it won't be vandalised by the local chavs anymore. Mind you - just been for a weekend home to Bramley and the derelict Sandford church is getting vandalised by the local youth.It's all boarded up, but the chavs just rip the boards down to meet up in there...Arry's neighbour called the cops the other week to say that it had been broken into again. Plod asked "are you SURE?" "Well", said the neighbour, "unless the effin piano can play itself - erm - YES!"

[arry_awk]

Hi Carrotol!thought u'd gorn orf me! Bin on hols?I shudder to think what you 'fished up' from those 'Fever Grates'as our Mums called them!Mind you, they were cleaned out regularly in those days by the now defunct LCCD. They sent a water cart round too, in summer to wash the street down after the 'gully emptier' had done his stuff!We loved to dodge in and out of the spray!Suitably attired in trunksfor the lads and Cossies for the lasses if old enough!I think most of the flooding these days is due to clogged up drains!Saving the Council money by not emptying them! They'll learn one day!Happy daysCheers Arry

[arry_awk]

Sorry Scandylad!didn't realise u'd amended the orig. posting on the Sandfordchurch! Expected a new posting!Cheers.Arrydad!