HUNSLET NOSTALGIA

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 22 Oct, 2012 10:34 am

Please find below,courtesy of southleedslife.com and thehunsletclub.org,an excellent slideshow of Hunslet past and present(some anyway !)....This content is also available on YouTube.Just thought you might enjoy if not already seen....http://southleedslife.com/2012/10/19/hu ... algia/Very grateful to all concerned for this fantastic set of pics.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Mon 22 Oct, 2012 12:07 pm

Thanks for sharing, very nostalgic

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Mon 22 Oct, 2012 1:36 pm

I was born in 1954 and just about remember Hunslet like this. It's very easy to get misty eyed nostalgia but really, when you see pictures like this , you see what a dump much of Leeds was. Of course, the photos(although being more atmospheric) being black and white doesn't help.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Mon 22 Oct, 2012 5:35 pm

Part two herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1ZweIZnS0

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 22 Oct, 2012 11:25 pm

uncle mick wrote: Part two herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1ZweIZnS0 Cheers u m.....I think they're great from an historical point of view.Not sure I'd have liked to be domiciled in some of these establishments(apart from pubs ! )....Can't beat a bit 'o history to remind us of past times....Different place Hunslet back then but what a rich heritage.......some great things came out of it that enriched the modern world.

Tyke · Post by **Tyke** » Tue 23 Oct, 2012 1:07 pm

grumpybloke wrote: I was born in 1954 and just about remember Hunslet like this. It's very easy to get misty eyed nostalgia but really, when you see pictures like this , you see what a dump much of Leeds was. Of course, the photos(although being more atmospheric) being black and white doesn't help. 1953 for me and I am the same with my memorys of the place. My kids dont believe me when I tell them we had frost on the inside of the windows when we were kids so living in some of those houses must have been terrible.

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Tue 23 Oct, 2012 6:55 pm

Ours was one up, one down, with a khazi at the bottom of the little garden! We still had the inside frost when we moved to the house provided by the Council. You just couldn't heat the place! Did you go to St.Silas' School by any chance?

Tyke · Post by **Tyke** » Tue 23 Oct, 2012 9:57 pm

Good old Hunslet Carr for me then Belle Isle.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 24 Oct, 2012 6:59 am

Pearson Street then Saxton Gardens for me.

tomq · Post by **tomq** » Wed 24 Oct, 2012 1:50 pm

St. Joseph's. Started 1953. Enjoyably nostalgic but couldn't go back.