QUEENS HALL

[BLAKEY]

amber wrote: STICKS wrote: I used to work at Sovereign Street bus depot wonder if u looked on Google Images ,if they were a group on and i was on nights u got no sleep that night i hope this helps u ,i might look right know Sleeping on nights? thought you all watched videos Et tu Brute !! LOL LOL

[yorkiesknob]

Some time in the 60s I saw Billy Graham and Billy Smarts circus.Not at the same time of course, but thinking back, not that big of a difference between the two shows

[jim]

At one time there used to be an annual engineering exhibition at the Queens Hall. I was a regular attender as I had a number of interests in the field. I doubt a present day revival of the idea would fill a similar sized hall in Leeds! I also recall obtaining a job interview for my brother-in-law at a local engineering firm whose manager I knew from my work. Bro.-in-law was at the time working in a different field, but had said he would prefer to move into engineering. He went for the interview, got the job, and was still there forty years later.    

[Chrism]

yorkiesknob wrote: Some time in the 60s I saw Billy Graham and Billy Smarts circus.Not at the same time of course, but thinking back, not that big of a difference between the two shows Ah that's the feller. I'd been racking my brains about the name... Billy Graham. I remember my nan dragging me down there to watch him on what seemed a huge screen, also I remember being bored to death.

[biofichompinc]

The British Beer Festival first visited the Queens Hall in 1981 and made a return appearance the following year. Stilll have souvenir glasses from both those events. As far as I remember you paid a deposit on the glass - 50p for a half or £1 for a pint - and if you wanted to keep it at the end of the night you just put it in your pocket and left. Or you returned the glass and had the deposit refunded. I also have the souvenir glass from the 1989 BBF but I can't remember if the festival was held in Leeds during those intervening years.Mrs s 'n p recalls seeing The Who at the Queens Hall, she thinks in 1967 but cannot remember any of the supporting acts.For my part, I remember going to the Queens Hall around 1969 or 70 and seeing a line-up including Chicken Shack, Liverpool Scene and Jon Hiseman's Coliseum. I think there was another biggish name on the bill but I can't remember who.Even the notoriously poor Queens Hall acoustics could not ruin the beautiful voice of Christine Perfect. I also remember Adrian Henri announcing from the stage that any groupies should assemble at the stage door after the performance. We laughed but one of the lads in our group said that he was probably deadly serious!I vividly remember Liverpool Scene bringing the house down with their rendition of "We don't want you Enoch".The next (and last) music event I went to at the Queens Hall was with my younger brother and his mate in 1977 featuring the Jam.

[STICKS]

Amber do u remember Headingley bus Dept? my father worked there for 30 years i use to go up from the age of 10 to be with my dad he use to let me have a go at driving them the ones were the conductor was at the back and driver at the frount ,thats were i got the idea of working on the buses from we were parking drivers real good days ,no videos though ha ha

[BLAKEY]

STICKS wrote: Amber do u remember Headingley bus Dept? my father worked there for 30 years i use to go up from the age of 10 to be with my dad he use to let me have a go at driving them the ones were the conductor was at the back and driver at the frount ,thats were i got the idea of working on the buses from we were parking drivers real good days ,no videos though ha ha I'm sure that amber remembers Headingley Depot OK STICKS, and so do I.    I was there from 1969 November until 1986 October !!

[STICKS]

what did u do there

[BLAKEY]

STICKS wrote: what did u do there I started as a "direct" driver, which meant quite a bit of conducting in those days, but when "Halton Moor 44" went One man in Spring 1970 I was "fast tracked" with a few others for that .    Then I reluctantly became a ticket inspector and in about 1976 a book inspector at Headingley where I stayed until I took redundancy on De-regulation Day in 1986.

[amber]

STICKS wrote: Amber do u remember Headingley bus Dept? my father worked there for 30 years i use to go up from the age of 10 to be with my dad he use to let me have a go at driving them the ones were the conductor was at the back and driver at the frount ,thats were i got the idea of working on the buses from we were parking drivers real good days ,no videos though ha ha Yes I do remember Hdy only worked odd days as book inspector there My old pal Blakey is the Hdy expert. I spent almost my whole career At Sov. From cdr to manager and all between. I took early retirement in 1989 My last position was TRG manager