1930s Houses in LS12 - an anorak project

Si · Post by Si » Mon 22 Jul, 2013 9:44 am

vbporscha wrote: I've asked a vague question on this in a previous posting that I made, basically this all stems from me wondering why the row of 1930's semis that stand opposite Back Lane on Tong Rd were built where they are, considering there's little else around them. I know that a couple of the houses at the Troydale End were built earlier, and one was previously a shop, I also know that there may have been a couple of cottages on the site. I've heard one rumour that the houses were built on old tennis courts (I don't buy this one!) and a previous owner of a property on there mentioned something about mineral mining. Hi Vikki,My Uncle Ron used to live in one of these houses (can't remember which one) back in the 60s. His parents-in-law (my grandparents) lived in the big house at the bottom of Troydale Lane - now some sort of scrap yard. The houses were probably built for workers at Troydale Mills, now demolished and redeveloped, I'd guess. I'll ask him if he has any more information next time I see him.Incidentally, there was a wooden pub-type sign at the junction with Troydale Lane which gradually, over the years, became more and more rickety. It must have collapsed, as last time I drove past, it had gone. Anyone know what it was for?

vbporscha · Post by **vbporscha** » Mon 22 Jul, 2013 10:51 am

Hi Si,That would be fantastic if you wouldn't mind?Regarding the sign, was it one of these: http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... FULLCheers, Vikki

simong · Post by **simong** » Mon 22 Jul, 2013 11:36 am

I grew up in a very similar house in Doncaster that was built in the late 20s, on former farm land. The estate was built by a single landlord who still owned a few of the houses very recently - one lady, in her 90s, had lived in hers since it was built and paid about £4 a week rent in 2005. It was a fairly standard design for the time and I believe that the estates were built as better quality homes for coal, rail and industrial workers after WW1. There was a tank factory, the LNER Plant and several pits nearby and I would imagine that similar industry would be nearby in other towns. They were built to replace Victorian slums as part of the post-war settlement in many places.

DazB · Post by **DazB** » Tue 23 Jul, 2013 1:35 am

There is the same design of house at Southend Avenue in Bramley LS13 and at Station Crescent in Armley they are very similar but without the small side balcony. I do recall many more but my memory fails me right now but no doubt they will come back to me.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 26 Jul, 2013 2:13 pm

vbporscha wrote: Hi Si,That would be fantastic if you wouldn't mind?Regarding the sign, was it one of these: http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... FULLCheers, Vikki No, they aren't the signs I remember. It was a sort of gallows shape - an upright with a supported horizontal bar from which the sign itself was suspended by chains.Uncle Ron's just joined Facebook, so I'll send him a message.