Spacecraft crashes into Leeds store and alien monster emerges. Don't panic!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 17 Sep, 2012 2:02 pm

Phallica2000 wrote: Leodian wrote: I took this photo today (Sept 15 2012). It shows a spacecraft that had crashed into a store on Briggate and an alien monster that had emerged. Amazingly, at what could have been an extraterrestrial attack, there was no panic. Good to know that in a crisis we continue shopping as normal! The store (which was the electronics 'Currys.digital') has been altered and has just reopened as the 'Republic' clothes store. The display is one of many good and highly visual creations over the years at Leeds stores, though most have been in window displays. Your photo no longer works. Yes it does. You need to click on the red cross, which is what I stated to you some days back in another thread when you said a photo of mine was not working. You should read responses to your posts.

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon 17 Sep, 2012 2:44 pm

Phallica2000, if you don't see a red cross, click onto "submit query" and try that.

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Mon 17 Sep, 2012 6:21 pm

jim wrote: Phallica2000, if you don't see a red cross, click onto "submit query" and try that. It may also appear as a "missing image" type link in other browsers (I think the red cross is Interbet Explorer, "Submit Query" is Firefox and others show a missing image icon).

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 17 Sep, 2012 9:02 pm

BarFly wrote: jim wrote: Phallica2000, if you don't see a red cross, click onto "submit query" and try that. It may also appear as a "missing image" type link in other browsers (I think the red cross is Interbet Explorer, "Submit Query" is Firefox and others show a missing image icon). Opera also shows "Submit Query".

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 18 Sep, 2012 4:44 pm

[quotenick="salt 'n pepper"][quotenick="Leodian"] Jogon wrote: Leo Just noticed, to the left of your pic is a narrow building, retail/ground currently Body Shop corner of Briggate/Albion Pl.Did I dream it or did there used to be a Gents Barber Shop downstairs there mid 60's? ......."And I sported a trilbyAnd a Cary GrantHaircut acquiredFrom Horne Bros, Briggate.I thought myselfIrresistible, whichPalpably I wasn’t...."---------------------------------------------------S&P I think that might be it !Could do with some trade directory guru like Uncle M. Think you went down-stairs and there was a row of barber's chairs facing wall/mirror on 'albion pl' side.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Tue 18 Sep, 2012 7:37 pm

[quotenick="Jogon"][quotenick="salt 'n pepper"] Leodian wrote: Jogon wrote: Leo Just noticed, to the left of your pic is a narrow building, retail/ground currently Body Shop corner of Briggate/Albion Pl.Did I dream it or did there used to be a Gents Barber Shop downstairs there mid 60's? ......."And I sported a trilbyAnd a Cary GrantHaircut acquiredFrom Horne Bros, Briggate.I thought myselfIrresistible, whichPalpably I wasn’t...."---------------------------------------------------S&P I think that might be it !Could do with some trade directory guru like Uncle M. Think you went down-stairs and there was a row of barber's chairs facing wall/mirror on 'albion pl' side. From British Phone Books

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 18 Sep, 2012 8:54 pm

Uncle MTa. So is it poss that I got my awful haircuts there early mid 60's?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 18 Sep, 2012 9:00 pm

Hi Jogon. On doing a search of the Leodis website I came across a photo taken on 28 July 1937. It shows the same general view of the buildings that are still there in my photo that started this thread. Though there is no mention of Horne's in the description it does coincidently mention Fleming's hairdresser at 67A (but I cannot make that out in the photo). So sorry that it may not help you but I thought it may still be of interest to SL. Note that what is the entrance to Republic (and at least Curry's.digital before) looks as if it could be a passageway (or possibly just to a rear area) in at least 1937.This is the link to the Leodis photo:- http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Tue 18 Sep, 2012 10:31 pm

Jogon wrote: Uncle MTa. So is it poss that I got my awful haircuts there early mid 60's? Yes. That snip was from 1980

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Tue 18 Sep, 2012 10:31 pm

Jogon wrote: LeoI was doing my 'bored husband stands outside shoe shop as womenfolk buy shoes' this afty up there.There was one of those street artists who was puzzling and amazing folks by appearing to sit down on >nothing< !You may have seen him near Jones shoes.He stands. He sits down. He even crosses his right leg over.I reckon I have sussed it:- Beneath him is a rug on the pavementHe has big shoes/trousers/suit with tails turned up front + backThe rug goes beneath + behindSomethinks metal frame hidden 'chair' goes under rug up left leg and seat beneath him (within big trousers). See pic. Seen this sort of thing on the front at Los Cristianos,Tenerife in Feb. this year. I took a photo of him. I'll see if I can put it on here. Probably wont work as I've tried before. Its no good ,invalid file type.Its a video not a photo! Sorry. We came upon him just as he was about to dismantle the set. A tent was erected around him so we couldn't see what he did.