Where are these flats?

BillyBritvic · Post by **BillyBritvic** » Thu 31 Mar, 2011 8:28 pm

Can anyone please verify if these are the flats that were on Sweet Street, Holbeck? The flats I refer to were a couple hundred yards past where the Crystal Palace was, (I think it was called that, or maybe just The Palace. On the same side but at 90 degrees.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 31 Mar, 2011 9:20 pm

It's difficult to tell from that photo Billy.They're of a style that was fairly typical across the city at one point and there are still quite a few similar ones still in existence.You are right about the pub on Sweet Street being the Crystal Palace though.

BillyBritvic · Post by **BillyBritvic** » Thu 31 Mar, 2011 9:32 pm

Hi RaveyDavey, I was hoping there might have been a subtle difference to others, I'm just going through my late dads old black n white photos, some I can identify, quite a lot I can't. I know I had an aunt that lived in those Sweet St flats but I was only about 6 or 7 last time I was there and cant remember with detail. Thanks for replying.

kango · Post by **kango** » Thu 31 Mar, 2011 10:28 pm

BillyBritvic wrote: Hi RaveyDavey, I was hoping there might have been a subtle difference to others, I'm just going through my late dads old black n white photos, some I can identify, quite a lot I can't. I know I had an aunt that lived in those Sweet St flats but I was only about 6 or 7 last time I was there and cant remember with detail. Thanks for replying. I think the area the picture was taken was called St Barnabas Garth.There is mention of it on Leodis by various posters but no pictures unfortunately.Regards Kango

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 01 Apr, 2011 12:39 am

Prime mover for these flats was the vicar of Holbeck, the Rev. Charles Jenkinson. He was a crusader for good working class housing, City Councillor, and member of the housing committee. I believe that these flats were Leeds' first of anything like a large scale "block". There is an entry for Jenkinson on Leodis, and others on the Internet if you Google his name, but none of the entries I found mention these particular flats.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Fri 01 Apr, 2011 11:15 am

I think St Barnabas Garth flats had a flat roof with access to the flats from the Balcony/Passage way on the internal elevation, I worked local to there in the early 70s, thats 40 years ago so I may be completly wrong. We used the Crystal Palace on Friday Lunchtimes for a couple of pints of BYB and a game of 5s and 3s. It was an Irish pub where they sold Irish cigs Sweet Afton over the bar.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 01 Apr, 2011 4:33 pm

Is that a street sign under the windows on the right? Anyone have a good magifying glass?

ElectricElaine · Post by **ElectricElaine** » Mon 11 Apr, 2011 7:47 pm

I don't know where these flats were but they are definitely NOT St Barnabas Garth on Sweet Street. I lived there and left when i was 10 but there were 3 floors above ground level, not 2 as this photo and the roof was flat. At a quick glance they are similar but definitely not St Barnabas.

BillyBritvic · Post by **BillyBritvic** » Tue 12 Apr, 2011 11:09 pm

Thanks for all the replies, havent a clue who or where, although now it's definitely not Sweet St, even if I could find out where it is I probably wouldnt know why me dad had kept this pic. Thank you again.

pablo leeds · Post by **pablo leeds** » Tue 01 May, 2012 11:44 pm

was there a midland bank on sweet street too? cant find any pics or reference. anything pre 1990 and the internet really struggles sometimes