Leeds Inventions

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:21 pm

LS1 wrote: Leeds Hippo wrote: Cinematographer by Wordsworth Donisthorpehttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=763&journeyid=200 Is that why there are streets in south Leeds know as Donisthorpe and also an old peoples home on Shadwell Lane called Donisthorpe? Where have you been young man?

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:23 pm

BTW ,great thread Hippo.Truly in the spirit of Secret Leeds

Richard A Thackeray · Tue 16 Nov, 2010 11:17 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: Portland Cement by Joseph Aspdinhttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=719&journeyid=200 And, I believe, the first building to be faced in it was in Wakefield.It was a Pub, I forget the name of it, (now demolished/coverted into flats, not sure which) down near Kirkgate Station

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 11:50 pm

When were the traffic lights in Park row? Wolverhampton claims the first automated traffic lights in 1927 (http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/transpo ... ontrol.htm )

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 12:31 am

cnosni wrote: Leeds Hippo wrote: Short stemmed clinical thermometer by Clifford Allbutthttp://www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/history/allbutt.html Judging by the inventors surname then i assume that this thermometer was this specifically a rectal thermometer? Doubled as both ...

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 3:01 pm

Totopoly - horse racing game was invented in Leeds in 1937 and first produced by Waddingtons in 1938http://freeparking.topcities.com/Totopoly/index.htmI've never heard of it!

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 4:06 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: Totopoly - horse racing game was invented in Leeds in 1937 and first produced by Waddingtons in 1938http://freeparking.topcities.com/Totopoly/index.htmI've never heard of it! I still have this game somewhere in a suitcase in the loft. I reckon it must be over 60 years old. My dad worked for Waddington's. It was rather a complicated game so consequently I made up my own rules.

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 6:13 pm

cnosni wrote: BTW ,great thread Hippo.Truly in the spirit of Secret Leeds totally agree

sirjohn · Post by **sirjohn** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 7:13 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: The Electric Toaster by Colonel Crompton 1893http://madeupinbritain.co.cc/index.php/Electric_Toaster doesn't look very safe :-s

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 17 Nov, 2010 7:59 pm

Johnny39 wrote: Leeds Hippo wrote: Totopoly - horse racing game was invented in Leeds in 1937 and first produced by Waddingtons in 1938http://freeparking.topcities.com/Totopoly/index.htmI've never heard of it! I still have this game somewhere in a suitcase in the loft. I reckon it must be over 60 years old. My dad worked for Waddington's. It was rather a complicated game so consequently I made up my own rules. Hi Johnny39 It could be worth a few quid you will have to have a root around for it.