Grand Arcade these days notso

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 11:03 pm

Hi jogon what it needs is a full revamp and a bit of thought in the area around it not little boxes made of tiky taky this is how i feel about some of the new builds in the city center.some are great others are modern slums i must go to Speck Savers.

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 11:08 pm

Apparently when the Grand Arcade was first built it was meant to be an H double arcadeBut for whatever reason it was never finished, I don’t recall it been two arcades but it is said that when the Tower Cinema was built modifications were made to the arcadeThe Side arcadeThe Pet Shop (well the door)

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 11:16 pm

tilly wrote: With a bit of thought this arcade could be brought back to its former glory.All the other arcades in the city seem to do ok we have lost far too many of our old Leeds buildings is this going to go the same way? One of the bigest mistakes the council made was to pull down the Empire Theater i know we have other theaters in the city but not with the same design as the Empire.Or is it me looking through rose tinted glasses?What are your thoughts it would be nice to hear your input. The property owners pulled it down with the promise of rebuilding a modern purpose built theatre on another site, which they never did, according to the internet.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 11:44 pm

Hi Buffaloskinner it was two arcades at one time, if you look at the Grand Theater you can or could see the entrance to the other arcade its a long time since i was in this part of town but the last time i was there you could still see part of the arch that formed the entance to this arcade.ps It was long gone when i was born.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Fri 06 Jan, 2012 10:42 am

Opposite the pet shop, maybe a bit higher up was Kendal and Watson fishing tackle shop bought, a lot of equipment from them over the years, I still use a 12ft match rod with their label still on it.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 06 Jan, 2012 5:05 pm

geoffb wrote: Opposite the pet shop, maybe a bit higher up was Kendal and Watson fishing tackle shop bought, a lot of equipment from them over the years, I still use a 12ft match rod with their label still on it. Got a Solway Zipper there. Took some breaking in but lovely once it was. We were inseperable, then someone nicked it. Probably perfect now. Ps Leeds tip, dont ever try faffing about reproofing an oldie - ship it back to the factory and they do an ace job + any necess repairs.PpsThe Factory has an excellent Shop at Jarrow (geordiex probs knows).Yet to my surprise there were no male singers in there...

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Fri 06 Jan, 2012 5:56 pm

My 'ex' , completely on a whim, bought us a kitten from the pet shop in 1994, we had to go back next day to buy its sibling which looked so bereft when we left the shop on the first occasion. My ex is long gone, but the cats both lived with me until they died within a couple of months of each other last year.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 06 Jan, 2012 7:18 pm

BrunoI like you, that was well good of you to go back. That's a lovely heart-warmin' story. Ps has everybody elses screen gone big ? ie I have to go right to find the edit button etc.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 06 Jan, 2012 7:42 pm

When I was in the Grand Arcade today I noticed there was some debris clearing/cleaning work going on at the site of what I think may have been a night club until recently (where the pet shop used to be). That site must be getting a spruce up for some reason.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 06 Jan, 2012 8:39 pm

Thought I saw you