Photographs of Leeds in decline.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 17 Jul, 2013 11:40 am

LS1 wrote: RichT wrote: Also on the Daily Mail websitehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-236573 ... -City.html Hang on a minute, one of the pics on here is a little odd. The Racing Pigeon Shop. These pics are all supposed to have been taken in the 1970's, so how come the telephone number on the shop has a 2 before it? Strange. Leeds changed from 0532 to 0113 on April 16th 1995 which was the same time that the 2 was added to the original 6 digit number... The Red Brick Cafepicture is from 1992,so perhaps the report should say that the photos "start" from the 1970'sIf anyone is interested in Peter Mitchells Momento mori in hardback there is one on Amazon for £160

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 17 Jul, 2013 11:43 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: Igor Belanov wrote: Leeds in the 2000s was held up as the 'Knightsbridge of the North', but I'm sure almost everyone in the city could have pointed to areas that had deteriorated significantly since the 1970s. That would be Civic Hall serving up magic mushrooms for breakfast again.Those councillors are a funny lot, they often see amazing things the citizens of Leeds can't Hence our problem in Leeds Phil.Such a description as being the Knightsbridge of the north is a double edged sword,unfortunateley one edge makes it appear that Leeds is well off and doesnt need the funding that places such as Sheffield,Manchester and Liverpool attract.We should be playing the poverty card like they do in those cities

Post by **Croggy1** » Wed 17 Jul, 2013 11:57 am

October 2012 view of the Racing Pigeon Shop here http://tinyurl.com/pfbtodrAs you say, the article photo can't be from the 70s with that phone number.

munki · Post by **munki** » Wed 17 Jul, 2013 12:08 pm

Some ace photos! But, agreed with the various points - you can make any city in any decade look like it is in decline if you look hard enough.Favourite picture? I like the orange cement mixer with the union jack.

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Wed 17 Jul, 2013 12:30 pm

Pigeons arent in decline where I live. They absolutely plague the underside of the railway bridge on the Leeds - Harrogate line crossing the outer ring road. The footpaths below get into an appauling state. Here are a selection on the opposite block of flats roof railings.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Wed 17 Jul, 2013 8:35 pm

RichT wrote: Also on the Daily Mail websitehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-236573 ... -City.html Thanks Rich - I can remember going into the newsagent in the first picture shown as a kid, shortly before it was pulled down.

Richard A Thackeray · Post by **Richard A Thackeray** » Sat 20 Jul, 2013 3:20 pm

Is the photo of the (dripping refinery workers) house on Vulcan Street adjacent to Vulcan foundry/Works at the end of Haigh Park Road?? - where the road turns to the righ to the entry to the unitsThe military surplus company down there advertises itself as being in 'Vulcan Works'http://www.johnsonsofleeds.co.uk/

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Sat 20 Jul, 2013 3:42 pm

I've just found a bunch of the vintage 1970s 'I-Spy' books while rummaging through a skip, what a coincidence eh?!

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Sun 21 Jul, 2013 6:44 pm

Yeah whateva

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Sun 21 Jul, 2013 11:31 pm

LS1 wrote: dogduke wrote: Author Peter Mitchell.Same guy who did Momento Morion Quarry Hill Flat some several years ago ? That is a book worth having if you can get hold of a copy - not seen one for ages. Like hens teeth. I bought a copy when it wa first published.There was a small exhibition/book launch one Saturday morning at the Art Gallery I think.My wife was brought up in Quarry Hill.It wasonly when we got home and had a proper that we noticed she was in one of the photos,a small group of children.