A very old Establishment down the Skulls head yard (Part 1)

agesofelegance · Post by **agesofelegance** » Thu 07 Oct, 2010 12:56 am

andrew has been talking to the archaeologist and he says there is no evidence of earlier medieval stones or timbers in what they have found, they are all contemporary to the early 18thc so no reuse from the hospital etc in the areanothing exciting come out either

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:14 pm

This is a photo I took today (October 8 2010) of a view looking across Kirkgate.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:16 pm

This is another view from across Kirkgate that I took today.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:21 pm

A view of a rubble pile taken today, but round the back!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:29 pm

And finally one more taken today. It shows some thick old wooden presumably roof trusses and some thick old wooden presumably roof support beams. Oh, and an archaeologist who I hope does not mind being in the photo as he was busy and I did not want to disturb him so I did not ask his permission to be in the photo.I took other photos today but I thought it best not to show anymore in case it gets boring (which I hope I am not already doing).

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:33 pm

More pics the better Leodian.It looks as if you've captured at least two original roof truses, the ones stood up with notes on your last pic. It's rather sad to see there isn't much else by the looks of it.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:37 pm

Hi Phill. Good to see you back, as I've not seen any posts from you for a while.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:53 pm

Leodian wrote: Hi Phill. Good to see you back, as I've not seen any posts from you for a while. I'm always hovering about doing some work on the net lol.Cheers

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 9:59 pm

Well just one more! This view has something 'old' (what remains of buildings along with demolition rubble) and something 'new' (being two pay to park meters). The view shows things (or parts of things) that appeared in a period from around the early 1700s to the 2000s.

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 08 Oct, 2010 10:05 pm

Leodian wrote: And finally one more taken today. It shows some thick old wooden presumably roof trusses and some thick old wooden presumably roof support beams. Oh, and an archaeologist who I hope does not mind being in the photo as he was busy and I did not want to disturb him so I did not ask his permission to be in the photo.I took other photos today but I thought it best not to show anymore in case it gets boring (which I hope I am not already doing). judging from this they look like they were made to a high standard for the time,fitting for such an important building.Love the shot you took from Kirkgate looking towards the Corn Exchange.You are probably the first person to ever photograph that particular composition.As for Digger,i was wondering where you had been skulking,had a feeling you had got in the demolition site to take some snapsThe undercrofts look interesting