guess where

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 22 Dec, 2011 9:35 pm

geoffb wrote: never in a month of Sundays would I have got there. I was thinking on the lines of Victorian brick buildings near York Place , bloody cheep skate Broderick Yes you'd never guess that brickwork was part of the town hall would you? It just goes to show Broderick new this was going to be the highest building in Leeds and it wouldn't be seen.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 16 Jan, 2012 1:34 pm

Right, finally, drum roll..........guess where.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 16 Jan, 2012 7:45 pm

That Broderick put a nice bit of stone only where needed.The Leeds Museum (f.k.a. Civic Theatre, f.k.a. Mech's Inst) is one of my favourites viewed front on or coming down Rossington St from merrion.But, cor lumme, if you see it's top side by coming down Calverley St it's just a red brick warehouse. Fallen idol etc.S'pose he was just the (paid) piper and perhaps it was butted up against something (as at it's brick rear) to cover that. PS Cardie that was well obscure, 1st no pic, then a pic with altitude.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 18 Jan, 2012 12:55 am

No guesses?

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Thu 19 Jan, 2012 8:56 pm

Any ideas yet anyone !

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 29 Jan, 2012 8:03 pm

Perhaps it's time to tell us where it is Cardiarms. Purely as a guess I wonder if it might be among the nice stained glass that is seen in the Leeds Central Reference Library.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 30 Jan, 2012 1:12 pm

Confession time - it's out of bounds in Cardiff of all places. What is now STA travel in the Castle Arcade has a row of windows with the crests for Towns and Cities around the country. I've tried to find the history of the shop but to no avail.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Mon 30 Jan, 2012 2:33 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Confession time - it's out of bounds in Cardiff of all places. What is now STA travel in the Castle Arcade has a row of windows with the crests for Towns and Cities around the country. I've tried to find the history of the shop but to no avail. I bet it's a former branch of Dunn & Co (gents' outfitters) - that was my first thought on seeing your photo, but the one in Leeds (on Briggate - corner of King Edward Street) went years ago. They always had those coats of arms in stained glass around the windows - I think they were supposed to represent all the places where they had shops.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 30 Jan, 2012 3:25 pm

From a very quick trawl of the interweb I think you're right.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 31 Jan, 2012 9:50 am

Dunn & Co was a gem. They became trendy in the 80's when Barbours and tweed came in (had a tv advert where the middle aged blokes served a trendy woman, for a change).Receivership 1996.