An area of grass on King Lane killed by weed killer (?).

Si · Post by Si » Fri 18 May, 2012 8:39 am

Has the council been re-roofing propertries in the area recently? Could be where the equipment, tiles, etc were stored. The area is a bit big though...

jane666 · Post by **jane666** » Fri 18 May, 2012 8:39 am

Johnny39 wrote: Johnny39 wrote: Anything to do with the Silver Jubilee or Olympics? Do I mean Golden? diamond

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 18 May, 2012 9:27 am

Always puzzled me why that area of the land was not build on. Perhaps we may now know why

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 18 May, 2012 9:36 am

Looks like a gas main marker.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Fri 18 May, 2012 9:59 am

I was shocked to see the same in Oldfield Lane Cemetery. Around all the headstones the grass has been killed with weed killer.Not content with vandalising the headstones they want to kill the grass as well!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 18 May, 2012 11:54 am

Thanks all for your suggestions and thoughts.This photo (also taken May 17 2012) shows the view looking to the Ring Road. It shows what is the line of a drain on the right but the overall extent of the dead grass area is too well defined I think to be related to that drain. I pass by quite often and so the dead area must have appeared quickly, so it would seem that the grass has been deliberately killed for some reason.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 18 May, 2012 1:37 pm

It's not a drain, sewer or a water main, I think it's gas related but not sure.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Fri 18 May, 2012 2:06 pm

jane666 wrote: Johnny39 wrote: Johnny39 wrote: Anything to do with the Silver Jubilee or Olympics? Do I mean Golden? diamond

Ta Jane, I knew it was one of them!

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Fri 18 May, 2012 2:27 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: It's hard to work out why the grass is like that, looking a little further up the road you can see something lurks undergroundhttp://g.co/maps/2dvruThe different coloured grass being one clue.http://g.co/maps/2dvruThe marker and old slabs here anotherhttp://g.co/maps/cs59uAnd last but not least the soil caving into the Shhh Secret Leeds kirstall Monks tunnel herehttp://g.co/maps/482h3There's always a hollow underground when it does that. Hi Phil, it could be where the Kirkstall tunnel comes to the surface. In the 1950's when I lived in Alwoodley and the old Moor Allerton Golf Course was still there, there was a footpath that crossed it, access being on Nursery Lane. It came out by Moortown R.U.F.C. and continued via. a ginnel up to the Community Centre. We were told by local sages of the time that it was part of a path from Kirkstall Abbey to one of the other abbeys - can't remember which. So it may be worth further investigation, who knows what lies beneath our feet?

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Fri 18 May, 2012 2:33 pm

The path is still in existence Johnny, but now bisects a housing estate built on the golf course in the 1970s, must be a right of way. Would be interesting if there's any evidence prior to the golf course being built.