Famous Sons of Leeds

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 10:29 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: Bryan Mosley - shortly before Michael Caine throws him off the car park roof Poor old car park's almost gone.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Fri 03 Sep, 2010 10:41 am

raveydavey wrote: Trojan wrote: Leodian wrote: I've had a quick skeg through the thread and didn't find any mention of Joshua Tetley and Son. OK Joshua was born in Birkenshaw but I don't know about the son, though surely he counts as a 'Famous Sons of Leeds'. Well I'll drink to that! Well he won't be a Loiner for much longer. I've stopped drinking their beers on principal (ok I relented when I found they had cask mild in the "Top 'oil") but that's my only sin of backsliding. There is a sign in the window of the Scabby Taps that says "We sell Taylors beers - and they now outsell Tetleys. A sign of the slow decline?" or words to that effect.That tells you all you need to know. Well I know it's not from Leeds but Taylors Landlord takes some beating. Daleside Legover's pretty decent. I'm not sure whether Rudgate (just outside Wetherby) is in Leeds or N. Yorks. Leeds Best is great. I'm also quite partial to Ossett Excelsior. All compare very favourably with Tetleys Bitter, I know it sounds like sour grapes (it might even taste like them too) but I reckon the quality of Tetleys Bitter is nothing like it was 20 years ago.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Fri 03 Sep, 2010 10:49 am

http://www.rudgate-beers.co.uk/index-2.html York post code and an address of Marston Business Park which the brewery describes as near Tockwith. North Yorkshire methinks

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Mon 13 Sep, 2010 9:17 am

Bill Adderley of Dunelm Mills - think he went to school in Leeds (Corpus Christie?)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunelm_Mill

keyholekate · Post by **keyholekate** » Sun 26 Sep, 2010 9:41 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: Leeds Hippo wrote: Jimmy Heselden - of Hesco Bastion (Main sponsors of Leeds Utd this year)From Miner to Millionairehttp://jimmyheselden.crazybillionaire.org/jimmyheselden.phpMay have saved more lives through his company in Iraq and Afghanistan than any general. Better pic of Jimmy and his wife JulieHesco also financed the Chelsea Flower Show winning entry - the Canal Garden - what a credit to Leeds! Very very sad to hear he has died today.I didnt know him but heard he was a great man.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 27 Sep, 2010 1:57 pm

It appears he rode one of his Segway Scooters of a cliff at his house in Poole-in-Wharfedale (Boston Spa).

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Mon 27 Sep, 2010 2:09 pm

LS1 wrote: It appears he rode one of his Segway Scooters of a cliff at his house in Poole-in-Wharfedale (Boston Spa). Couldn't believe it when I read the headline! - what a shame - done a lot for "Help the Heroes" campaign as well.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-11416654

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 10 Dec, 2010 4:41 pm

Don't know if this one has appeared on Secret Leeds before. William Gray, 1787-1848 doesn't actually seem to be famous - but he ought to be for his far-sightedness and appreciation of the future possibilities of railways. I must admit to having never heard of him before today. Google his name and dates and see if you agree that he deserves a rather larger footnote in history, particularly as he was born and brought up in Leeds, and his ideas sprang from his early witnessing of the Blenkinsop/Murray locomotives on the Middleton Railway.

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat 11 Dec, 2010 12:22 am

Additional note:-Try Wikipedia's entry, and follow up by looking at the reference there shown for the Dictionary of National Biography.

Leysholme Lad · Post by **Leysholme Lad** » Mon 20 Dec, 2010 2:00 pm

Wally Stott born in Leeds and wrote theme tune of Hancocks Half Hour and as Angela Morley wrote music for Dallas and DynastyLived 1924 to 2009 (change in 1972)http://www.angelamorley.com/http://en.w ... ela_Morley