Leeds lost pubs

Si · Post by Si » Wed 24 Oct, 2012 3:38 pm

tilly wrote: This is the Railway Pub at the moment. Enjoyed a few in there too.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Wed 24 Oct, 2012 4:16 pm

Si wrote: stutterdog wrote: Si wrote: tilly wrote: The White Cross Pudsey Then.Drat i was going to post a photograph of then and now no luck. Has it finally been demolished, Tilly?Sunk a few pints in there... I worked with Melvin the landlord who had it in the 70's and 80's.It was a very good pub in those days. Melvin and Shirley had it when I drank in there. Beautiful pint of Tetley's mild in them days - and tuppence cheaper in the tap room. Do you remember Willie, the glass collector? No Si,didn't know Willie.Didn't go inthat often though. After Melvin left the White Cross he worked for the same Pudsey private hire co. as me.Him and Sirley are retired now and live on Occupation Ln.Pudsey.

Derculees · Post by **Derculees** » Thu 25 Oct, 2012 7:10 pm

tilly wrote: This is the Railway Pub at the moment. I remember the Railway and the landlady at the time was well in charge, if she served after 'time', it had to be shorts, she wasn't working overtime for ale. A waiter called Harry worked there, he gained fame after turning a stumble into a forward roll, with a one handed tray full of glasses. The Boars Head, Weasel and Regent were open then, as was and still is open The Ivy and the Fleece. I started drinking legally in the Ivy, BYB Bitter, like vinegar but got used to it.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 26 Oct, 2012 9:54 am

Derculees wrote: I started drinking legally in the Ivy, BYB Bitter, like vinegar but got used to it. I occasionally had a pint in the Ivy, but I wasn't keen on BYB. We used to call it Baby's Yellow Babba!

RaggyTash · Post by **RaggyTash** » Fri 26 Oct, 2012 5:57 pm

Derculees wrote: tilly wrote: This is the Railway Pub at the moment. I remember the Railway and the landlady at the time was well in charge, if she served after 'time', it had to be shorts, she wasn't working overtime for ale. A waiter called Harry worked there, he gained fame after turning a stumble into a forward roll, with a one handed tray full of glasses. The Boars Head, Weasel and Regent were open then, as was and still is open The Ivy and the Fleece. I started drinking legally in the Ivy, BYB Bitter, like vinegar but got used to it. That BYB Bitter cant have been as bad as the lager that they served in the Hoffbrau at the Merrion Centre,even the smell of it could give my socks a run for their money..no wonder the Germans walk like they do!

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Fri 26 Oct, 2012 8:22 pm

RaggyTash wrote: Derculees wrote: tilly wrote: This is the Railway Pub at the moment. I remember the Railway and the landlady at the time was well in charge, if she served after 'time', it had to be shorts, she wasn't working overtime for ale. A waiter called Harry worked there, he gained fame after turning a stumble into a forward roll, with a one handed tray full of glasses. The Boars Head, Weasel and Regent were open then, as was and still is open The Ivy and the Fleece. I started drinking legally in the Ivy, BYB Bitter, like vinegar but got used to it. That BYB Bitter cant have been as bad as the lager that they served in the Hoffbrau at the Merrion Centre,even the smell of it could give my socks a run for their money..no wonder the Germans walk like they do! The White Horse on York Rd in the 60's served Hemingways Bitter .It was the foulest brew I've ever tasted in my life! Everytime I drank it I was ill! But the music and the comedians were good,which helped!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sat 03 Nov, 2012 10:45 pm

I notice 2 pubs that have closed, and have the dreaded metal shutters up, that I dont think have been noted here. The Crown and Anchor in Rodley and The Clothiers Arms on Yeadon High Street.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 04 Nov, 2012 12:38 am

drapesy wrote: I notice 2 pubs that have closed, and have the dreaded metal shutters up, that I dont think have been noted here. The Crown and Anchor in Rodley and The Clothiers Arms on Yeadon High Street. Wetherspoon's have bought the Clothiers Arms.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sun 04 Nov, 2012 8:06 am

BLAKEY wrote: drapesy wrote: I notice 2 pubs that have closed, and have the dreaded metal shutters up, that I dont think have been noted here. The Crown and Anchor in Rodley and The Clothiers Arms on Yeadon High Street. Wetherspoon's have bought the Clothiers Arms. I bet it does well BLAKEY Wetherspoons took over the Black Bull in Pudsey every time i have called in for a meal the place is packed. This is at around tea time i should think this would be a bad time in most pubs to get customers in.It is now named The Crossed Shuttles the name came about because we have crossed shuttles on the Pudsey Coat Of Arms I must say they have done a very good job with the refurbishment i never went in when it was the Black Bull but by all accounts it was nothing but a drug den.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 04 Nov, 2012 9:46 am

tilly wrote: . I bet it does well BLAKEY I'm sure that it will do very well, although from memory it seems to be rather small by JDW's standards. Whoever is in charge of their refurbishments certainly knows what they're about as most places are interestingly restored with high quality fixtures. The only exception I can think of, and any huge firm is entitled to one "clanger", and that's the Bowling Green in Otley which I do not like at all. Mind you, there was somethiing funny there because they owned it for around four years and it stood empty all that time before it was brouight into use - perhaps they wished they hadn't bought it ??On the other side of the coin one of their finest for me is the Lister Arms in Ilkley which is just beautiful. I suppose I'm biased perhaps because its built on the exact spot, almost to the inch, where I once worked happily at the West Yorkshire Road Car Co bus depot. The name "Lister Arms" is derived from the huge building opposite which was, in my younger days, a rather posh hotel called the Lister's Arms - and is now equally posh retirement flats.