Scrapyards

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 5:49 pm

tilly wrote: Hi Parksider I have put another post on this thread i would love to know the answer about your family re PEEL St andTender St. The family originally lived the other side of Ivory street bridge after they came to Leeds from Dewsbury and Wath. Their kids grew up and my great grandad took a house at 7 Tender Street. That would be about 1900's. My grandma when she wed took a house in Peel Street next to Tender Street, and my dad was born there in 1921. Go to the end of pearson st, go right and on the left on the corner with Butterly street was the Cabbage Inn my great grandad frequented.My grandfather and grandma were involved in an accident in which the gas lamps were left on unlit one night, My grandad died and my grandma just managed to get to the window choking. This was in 1932 and I have a copy of the newspaper article.After that she moved out to Bewerley Street and her sisters to Lindon street, with their parents staying at tender street before passing on there pe-war.My dad spoke about the rival gangs either side of the bridge, and finding "marbles" on the site of the old pottery. The area was known as the poorest in Hunslet he told me. I took him round there before he died and he got his bearings from St. Judes mission hall.sadly I can find little in photos of that area at the back of the engine company. Maybe some will surface on Leodis....

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 5:56 pm

tilly wrote: Hi Parksider I lived in Ashley Street It wasn't at number 9 was it - there's a piccy of that on Leodis!!!!You will also see 2 pics of when Tender street was cleared leaving the mission standing......

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 7:30 pm

The Parksider wrote: tilly wrote: Hi Parksider I lived in Ashley Street It wasn't at number 9 was it - there's a piccy of that on Leodis!!!!You will also see 2 pics of when Tender street was cleared leaving the mission standing...... Hi Parksider Im very sorry about your Grandad i lived at no 30 i left there in 1959 to live in Saxton Gardens. And guess what i used to go to Bewerley Street School will you be going to the meeting in December?I would love to have a talk with you if we get the chance, it would be nice to talk about this area of Hunslet there was no were like this place it was like a little island with factorys all around.My sister and i have posted about the Leodis photograph so if you look at the comments you will see who i am.All the best. Ps The Cabbage Inn must have been long gone when i lived there.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 7:52 pm

[quotenick="tilly"] The Parksider wrote: tilly wrote: Hi Parksider I lived in Ashley Street Ps The Cabbage in must have been long gone when i lived there. Gone as a beer house, but it was a club of sorts when my dad first pointed it out around 1972, possibly for Fowlers...

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 8:16 pm

[quotenick="The Parksider"] tilly wrote: The Parksider wrote: tilly wrote: Hi Parksider I lived in Ashley Street Ps The Cabbage in must have been long gone when i lived there. Gone as a beer house, but it was a club of sorts when my dad first pointed it out around 1972, possibly for Fowlers... Hi Parksider any one walking along Pearson Street would never know there had been streets of houses along one side.In fact there is not a lot left of the Hunslet i knew has a kid.

farbank · Post by **farbank** » Thu 16 Dec, 2010 9:11 pm

It,s happened again.! Another thread hijacked for an entirely different matter. I'm with Jim on this. The scrapyard with the car over the entrance , WAS Autowrex. Exactly where he said it was. And exactly as he described it. The tale is, an enthusiast bought the old car, and eventually renovated it. Fully documented in the YEP I believe.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 10:37 pm

From February 1984 to in March 1988 the YEP published 10 souvenir in pictures editions under a title 'Old Leeds' (assuming I saved them all). While just looking through a transport themed edition issued November 5 1984 I noticed a black & white photo that I have posted a copy here (hopefully!). It shows a photo (unfortunately undated) of the car over the gateway at the Autowrex premises at the junction of York Street and Marsh Lane. The photo seems to show the Edwardian dressed 'Lady and Gentleman' dummies that are mentioned in jim's post on 12-Nov-2010. I hope it is of interest. Edit added shortly after posting. Sorry for the poor quality but I had to reduce a lot the scanned copy that I made of the original. I hope it is still acceptable enough.PS. The part of the advert seen is for the Coop, The Store, Albion Street, Leeds 1. Tel:431333.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 27 Mar, 2014 12:51 pm

Kick starting an old thread I found some info about the car and figures mentioned earlier, and which featured on Leos post above. I was originally looking at something completely different but somehow came across this. It's an interesting story so worth documenting here I think.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 27 Mar, 2014 12:53 pm

For many years this crazy contraption perched precariously above the streets of Leeds. An early 1900's Gladiator car stood on old tram lines above the gates of Autowrex spare parts. Autowrex scrap yard was situated on the corner of Marsh Lane and York Street. Photographed here looking like an invention Rowland Emett would have been proud of. In later years an effigy of the King and Queen sat proudly inside the car, complete with union jack flags and bunting.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 27 Mar, 2014 12:57 pm

Photo dated 1935.The whacky display was eventually taken down in 1952 when it became unsafe. It wasn't the end of the road for the old gladiator car though. It was swapped for an old Jowett car. The Gladiator was then purchased by a businessman from Liverpool who restored the car, and it can be seen in full working order taking part in vintage car rallies today. Underneath the car is a propeller from an old American Biplane, possible an American Curtis ''Jenny''