Torre Road Social Club is to become a Pub

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 04 Nov, 2010 3:04 pm

Leodian wrote: Thanks barneyrubble. The name 'New Eagle' does sound familiar. New eagle it was. the demise of the eagle mascot from its pole in front of the building is covered in here too.

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 04 Nov, 2010 3:07 pm

Leodian wrote: Tory Harms (Torre Arms). Apologies for apparently bringing politics into the forum as the name is only meant as a joke. I wonder how the name Torre for the area came about?Though I did not live particularly close to the area, as a child in the late 1940s to early 1950s I used to sometimes play around there. Sneaking into the tram depot was great fun. I can still mentally smell the gorgeous aroma of bread and other things being baked at the nearby Stokes & Dalton. I think there used to be a pub that may have become (or was) the social club but I never went into that. Almost certainly derived from Tor - torre, a stoney, rocky hill/place. in keeping with the nature of the land and fits well with Stoney Rock Lane nearby.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 04 Nov, 2010 3:22 pm

Thanks chameleon. I've now read the thread about the Eagle mascot. If it is that from the Eagle then I wonder if it is still at the car dealer on Hunslet Road (I've not been that way for many years now)?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 04 Nov, 2010 8:38 pm

Seems odd doesn't it that pubs are closing up and down the land, yet here we have an application to close a WMC and convert it to a pub.The traditional lure of the WMC was the cheap ale - significantly cheaper than the pub (or was it the women free games room?), so I'd imagine they'll have to keep the beer cheap to retain or even increase custom.Where are the nearest pubs to there now? There is the White Horse on York Road I suppose, or The Sportsman down Stoney Rock.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Thu 04 Nov, 2010 9:05 pm

Leodian wrote: Thanks chameleon. I've now read the thread about the Eagle mascot. If it is that from the Eagle then I wonder if it is still at the car dealer on Hunslet Road (I've not been that way for many years now)? Yep! Its still there i passed it tonight and funnily enough was thinking about this same thread.......weird!

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Thu 04 Nov, 2010 9:09 pm

Kiln is fractionally nearer and still open.Looking at Orbis on t'net they have taken on similarclubs in Burslam and Scunthorpe that were in trouble and then closed.could it be just sort of outline planning permissionto improve chances of a sale ?

Leedsrich · Post by **Leedsrich** » Sat 20 Aug, 2011 10:37 pm

You've got the Brown Hare next to Hillcrest house too.

York Road Lad · Post by **York Road Lad** » Sun 21 Aug, 2011 2:12 am

My parents met whilst they were both working as tram conductors out of Torre Road Depot around 1953. They often made the point that Torre Club was established by employees of the tram depot and neighbouring bus depot (the bus depot was demolished to make way for Benfields, but the tram depot is still there and is now the Leeds City Council transport depot). They said that they used to have regular socials at the White Horse on York Road to raise money to build the club and were quite resentful of the way that local residents took it over once it was built- although they were Torres residents themselves and my dad was a committee man for a while. I was taken to the club regularly in my 1960's childhood and have fond memories. I hope that the venture to turn it into a pub is successful - there is precious little else round here. I remember the Brown Hare being built and went in during its first week. It was a good pub then - but now it's a dump!

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 21 Aug, 2011 10:51 am

I just wonder if the name of the "Torre" streets was inspired by the Devon district of that name, because on the other side of York Road there are other streets called "Dawlish" etc, Dawlish also being a Devon beauty area - just a thought.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 21 Aug, 2011 11:10 am

BLAKEY wrote: I just wonder if the name of the "Torre" streets was inspired by the Devon district of that name, because on the other side of York Road there are other streets called "Dawlish" etc, Dawlish also being a Devon beauty area - just a thought. Torre.As a boy's name is a variant of Thor (Old Norse) and Torr (Old English), and the meaning of Torre is "thunder; tower". Italian: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower (from Latin turris), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, as for example Torre Annunziata or Torre del Greco in Naples province, Torre de’ Passeri (Pescara, Abruzzo), or Torre di Ruggiero (Catanzaro, Calabria).Take your pick Blakey