Exiles - what do you miss about Leeds the most?

[luckyluke]

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[Precinct Boy]

luckyluke wrote: Dont miss anything about Leeds its a [edited for content] hole always was and always has been.I only return back a few times a year as i have to visit relatives and old friends. Then why are you on a site exclusively about Leeds ?

[Leeds Hippo]

Precinct Boy wrote: luckyluke wrote: Dont miss anything about Leeds its a [edited for content] hole always was and always has been.I only return back a few times a year as i have to visit relatives and old friends. Then why are you on a site exclusively about Leeds ? Homesick?

[stutterdog]

blackprince wrote: stutterdog wrote: blackprince wrote: Hi Stutterdog. Your old acquaintance has not done too bad for an ex - Armley lad. He is Rev. to the Stock Exchange, has been for 40 years I think ( I expect the collection plate has to be picked up by Securicor!). I have read some of his other press articles which are always entertaining & provocative to say the least . He is a thorn in the side of the Archbishop of Canterbury and got into hot water 2 years ago with some very politically incorrect statements on his blog. Trouble with the PC brigade is they have no sense of humour and can't tell when someone is talking "tongue in cheek". Maybe he should have an entry in the "almost famous" or infamous sons of Leeds thread.      Hello BP. Yes. your right,he hasn't done bad for himself. He should be on famous sons of Leeds. Have you read the book he wrote about his early life in Armley, in the 40's and 50's,called "When I were a Lad?"I think it was published some 20 or more yrs ago.I bought a copy from a bookshop in Ilkley. I asked the proprietor to ask Peter if he would sign it after writing a short note explaining who I was and remeniscing about the old days at Castleton. This he duly did, and I still have the book. At that time he was rector of a church near York I believe. If you would like to borrow the book,It can be arranged I think? Hi SD, I'll see what the library can do first but I might take you up on the offer of the book. Thanks.You are correct about PM being a vicar in York. He only took up the post at Cornhill in 1998.Another chap who went to the same school as PM has written a humorous autobiography about growing up in Leeds in the 40's and 50's. It can be read online as a blog.http://hsekit.net/wordpress/?tag=chapter-1You might enjoy it SD.     Thanks for the link BP, It took me back a bit! Very witty and well written. Great!

[grumpybloke]

I am only exiled to Harrogate so I get to Leeds regularly, but I don't think that if I moved properly away there would be anything I would miss particularly. It would only be the familiarity of the place I would miss, as in going past say,my old school and remembering various things from years ago.

[blackprince]

grumpybloke wrote: I am only exiled to Harrogate so I get to Leeds regularly, but I don't think that if I moved properly away there would be anything I would miss particularly. It would only be the familiarity of the place I would miss, as in going past say,my old school and remembering various things from years ago. One thing I don't miss is the weather!Don't take this the wrong way but one advantage of Leeds is that it was very easy escape from! You had all the advantages of living in major city ( cultural, entertainment, education, employment, public services, hospitals etc) but at the same time it was fairly compact and you could hop on a bus , train or a bike and be out of the city and in the Dales or York fairly quickly. Other cities such as Brum & MCR seem to sprawl forever.

[grumpybloke]

Don't take this the wrong way but one advantage of Leeds is that it was very easy escape from! That is so true. If you are at a high point, Cookridge say, you can see right across to the other side. Where do we all live? Are there some undeground flats I don't know about?