Leeds news on today's date (Sept 6) in 1768.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 9:10 am

The following is from John Mayhall’s 'Annals of Yorkshire':-September 6 1768. “On the 6th of September, the king of Denmark passed through Leeds with a splendid retinue, and after visiting the Cloth Hall, was sumptuously entertained by the corporation”.It was on September 6th in 1858 that Queen Victoria started a two day visit to Leeds, during which she inaugurated the Town Hall.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 10:19 am

G'd Morning LeoI'd love to see the menu for King of Denmark being "..sumptuously entertained.." sounds great I'll bet £1 there was no vegetarian option 1858 HMQ stayed here I think http://goo.gl/maps/YPMHH

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 11:26 am

Jogon. Your link goes to a place in high Wycombe ?

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 11:50 am

chemimike, I went to 1 Clarendon Rd, Bournemouth!!!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 1:27 pm

Jogon wrote: G'd Morning LeoI'd love to see the menu for King of Denmark being "..sumptuously entertained.." sounds great I'll bet £1 there was no vegetarian option 1858 HMQ stayed here I think http://goo.gl/maps/YPMHH Hiya Jogon. Yes it's hard to imagine a Viking (oops, Dane) ever being a vegetarian! It would also have been best to be sure to keep the King happy in case he started to organise a Viking ravaging and pillaging campaign again. PS. I thought it would be interesting to look up about Vikings and Leeds but I clearly need to improve my searching as I got loads of links to Leeds Rhinos v Widnes Vikings or similar links!

PC - Dublin · Post by **PC - Dublin** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 1:59 pm

Leodian wrote: It was on September 6th in 1858 that Queen Victoria started a two day visit to Leeds, during which she inaugurated the Town Hall. I had forgotten about the 150 th. anniversary back in 2008 and with Phil's permission here's the link to his photos on flickr.http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 4676502/PC

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 2:03 pm

Thanks for that link PC-Dublin.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 2:43 pm

I assume Google links to the nearest "Clarendon Road" to it's userI opened the link and here's the screen print of where HMQ stayed.I would be interested to know, are the Clarendon Roads you got nearest to your (the user) location?Google are notorious for data gathering.------------------------------Edit Test1. Clarendon Road Bournemouth http://goo.gl/maps/RA8ez2. Clarendon Road High Wycombe http://goo.gl/maps/bh8zR3. Clarendon Rd Leeds http://goo.gl/maps/oeD64[These all work correctly for me, in Leeds]Please test and let me know what happens.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 4:12 pm

Jogon wrote: I assume Google links to the nearest "Clarendon Road" to it's userI opened the link and here's the screen print of where HMQ stayed.I would be interested to know, are the Clarendon Roads you got nearest to your (the user) location?Google are notorious for data gathering.------------------------------Edit Test1. Clarendon Road Bournemouth http://goo.gl/maps/RA8ez2. Clarendon Road High Wycombe http://goo.gl/maps/bh8zR3. Clarendon Rd Leeds http://goo.gl/maps/oeD64[These all work correctly for me, in Leeds]Please test and let me know what happens. The three "Edit Test" take me to where they should.However, when trying the original again I was taken to Bournemouth.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 4:20 pm

How strange The orig takes me to Leeds Cl Rd. In fact I'm going there now.The others all work.I was not trying to suggest that HM Queen Victoria opened Leeds Town Hall. Then (cue Benny Hill theme tune) high-tailed it to Bournmouth for an overnight.