Garage with turntable on Kirkgate

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 09 May, 2009 2:33 pm

patter wrote: There's a shuttered opening in the viaduct wall opposite the Viaduct pub (though the rail side of the pub has "Viaduct Hotel" in fading white paint) I've seen people driving in & out of there sometimes, seems to be private locked parking for somewhere.Looks kind of interesting inside from what you can glimpse in passing. Last I heard was that after the garage moved premises, BSM were using it as parking for their cars.Mitchells Self Drive (remember them?) used to have something similar on Neville Street on the opposite side of the road to the entrance to the Dark Arches. The archways are still there but don't look like they are still in use though. I don't think they had a turntable in there though.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 09 May, 2009 5:43 pm

raveydavey wrote: patter wrote: There's a shuttered opening in the viaduct wall opposite the Viaduct pub (though the rail side of the pub has "Viaduct Hotel" in fading white paint) I've seen people driving in & out of there sometimes, seems to be private locked parking for somewhere.Looks kind of interesting inside from what you can glimpse in passing. Last I heard was that after the garage moved premises, BSM were using it as parking for their cars.Mitchells Self Drive (remember them?) used to have something similar on Neville Street on the opposite side of the road to the entrance to the Dark Arches. The archways are still there but don't look like they are still in use though. I don't think they had a turntable in there though. I think that might be the one I was thinking of - certainly wouldn't get a single decker even into it, so it must be different to Blakeys!The other bit was secure parking for a number of organisations nearby at one time.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 11 May, 2009 12:30 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Briggate. It was bought from the previous owners by Samuel Ledgard, the famous bus operator, and housed his early chara-a-bancs before he moved to his very large famous premises adjoining the Nelson Inn at Armley where he lived and died and was also the licencee. Opposite that DV8 strip joint? Didn't realise there was premises there. Just a wall isn't it? Too old for strip joints Reggie , but it was virtually opposite the Viaduct pub - next time down there I'll confirm if the "wall" is where it was. Never too old, never too old. I'm too tight if I'm honest, aslo if you grab 'owd what's the point?I'm off for a wander this lunchtime to take a peek. At the wall you understand not the big dippers.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 11 May, 2009 1:42 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Briggate. It was bought from the previous owners by Samuel Ledgard, the famous bus operator, and housed his early chara-a-bancs before he moved to his very large famous premises adjoining the Nelson Inn at Armley where he lived and died and was also the licencee. Opposite that DV8 strip joint? Didn't realise there was premises there. Just a wall isn't it? Too old for strip joints Reggie , but it was virtually opposite the Viaduct pub - next time down there I'll confirm if the "wall" is where it was. Never too old, never too old. I'm too tight if I'm honest, aslo if you grab 'owd what's the point?I'm off for a wander this lunchtime to take a peek. At the wall you understand not the big dippers. Of course, Reg. Nice to see you back on the telly, BTW!

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 11 May, 2009 5:08 pm

Si wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: RichT wrote: Is my imagination playing trick on me, but didn't the garage under the railway viaduct on Lower Briggate have one too?? (on right hand side, going up-hill) You are quite right Rich - that was the Bridge Garage in Lower Briggate. It was bought from the previous owners by Samuel Ledgard, the famous bus operator, and housed his early chara-a-bancs before he moved to his very large famous premises adjoining the Nelson Inn at Armley where he lived and died and was also the licencee. Opposite that DV8 strip joint? Didn't realise there was premises there. Just a wall isn't it? Too old for strip joints Reggie , but it was virtually opposite the Viaduct pub - next time down there I'll confirm if the "wall" is where it was. Never too old, never too old. I'm too tight if I'm honest, aslo if you grab 'owd what's the point?I'm off for a wander this lunchtime to take a peek. At the wall you understand not the big dippers. Of course, Reg. Nice to see you back on the telly, BTW! Cheers, I'm not quite as fond of my new self. Don't mess with the classics. Clunes is fine but what big shoes to fill.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Mon 11 May, 2009 6:31 pm

Mitchells Self Drive did not have a turntable,they did not need one.3 arches all inter connected and the yard space they could accommodate a lot of cars and vans when they had to when things were quiet

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 12 May, 2009 9:45 am

dogduke wrote: Mitchells Self Drive did not have a turntable,they did not need one.3 arches all inter connected and the yard space they could accommodate a lot of cars and vans when they had to when things were quiet Yep, had a peek in there yesterday, it's massive inside and a corrugated annexe has been built on the side.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 12 May, 2009 12:45 pm

Prepare to be astonished folks, as I am. The tiny archway under the viaduct in Lower Briggate was indeed the entrance to The Bridge Garage. The archway now has a roll down shutter and has been used for many things its long career.In 1902 The Old George Hotel found they no longer needed their extensive stabling facilities and the North Eastern Railway lease was tranferred to one Walter Duffield who started the Bridge Garage business and by 1909 he had two petrol pumps and a storage tank inside the premises - with steam engines passing overhead shedding their burning embers etc etc - how ever did he get fire insurance one wonders ?? To add to any likely fireworks display a wooden turnrtable (no doubt well soaked with leaked petrol and oil) was installed in the arch for diverse access within. Duffield moved to larger premises in Harehills in 1913 and Samuel Ledgard eagerly took over the lease for his charabanc activities. The entrance is 6 feet 9 inches wide, and it was just possible to get a charabanc in there. The turntable was evidently still there until 1990 when it was covered with a layer of tarmac.As buses and coaches have become progressively wider, higher and longer over the years its almost impossible now to grasp the fact that the early twentieth century secne existed at all.I will ask our good friend Brandy to post the advertising postcard for the business.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 12 May, 2009 1:29 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Prepare to be astonished folks, as I am. The tiny archway under the viaduct in Lower Briggate was indeed the entrance to The Bridge Garage. The archway now has a roll down shutter and has been used for many things its long career.In 1902 The Old George Hotel found they no longer needed their extensive stabling facilities and the North Eastern Railway lease was tranferred to one Walter Duffield who started the Bridge Garage business and by 1909 he had two petrol pumps and a storage tank inside the premises - with steam engines passing overhead shedding their burning embers etc etc - how ever did he get fire insurance one wonders ?? To add to any likely fireworks display a wooden turnrtable (no doubt well soaked with leaked petrol and oil) was installed in the arch for diverse access within. Duffield moved to larger premises in Harehills in 1913 and Samuel Ledgard eagerly took over the lease for his charabanc activities. The entrance is 6 feet 9 inches wide, and it was just possible to get a charabanc in there. The turntable was evidently still there until 1990 when it was covered with a layer of tarmac.As buses and coaches have become progressively wider, higher and longer over the years its almost impossible now to grasp the fact that the early twentieth century secne existed at all.I will ask our good friend Brandy to post the advertising postcard for the business. Good detective work Blakey. Very interesting stuff. The entrance is very narrow indeed.

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