A stunning example of 60s/70s planning and architecture.

Wasn't it built to attract major swimming championships to Leeds until they realised they'd made the pool a couple of feet too short or something?

Apparently there are a number of urban myths about it (according to the linked to site) but the size of the pool was reduced simply tocut costs.

No, they had to build it because someone had be-spoiled the old swimming baths, [url=http://jerrychicken.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/cookridge-street-swimming-baths/full story here[/url


Also, my personal take on the notorious architect behind the Leeds Int Swimming Pool [url=http://jerrychicken.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/architects-may-come-and-architects-may-go/right here[/url

Anyone catch the item on TV recently about Marc Ribout, the French photographer, who came to Leeds in the early post-war years and took loads of photos that never saw the light of day until recently? Some really good pictures ... and they are going to take pride of place in a forthcoming exhibition. Story ---> www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/arti ... ture.shtml Pictures here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/ ... lery.shtml

Anyone catch the item on TV recently about Marc Ribout, the French photographer, who came to Leeds in the early post-war years and took loads of photos that never saw the light of day until recently? Some really good pictures ... and they are going to take pride of place in a forthcoming exhibition. Story ---> www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/arti ... ture.shtml Pictures here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/ ... lery.shtml

Quote ="El Barbudo"Anyone catch the item on TV recently about Marc Ribout, the French photographer, who came to Leeds in the early post-war years and took loads of photos that never saw the light of day until recently? Some really good pictures ... and they are going to take pride of place in a forthcoming exhibition. www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/arti ... ture.shtml'" yeah saw it on Calender or whatever the other night..some great stuff

Quote ="El Barbudo"Anyone catch the item on TV recently about Marc Ribout, the French photographer, who came to Leeds in the early post-war years and took loads of photos that never saw the light of day until recently? Some really good pictures ... and they are going to take pride of place in a forthcoming exhibition. www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/arti ... ture.shtml'" yeah saw it on Calender or whatever the other night..some great stuff

Quote ="El Barbudo" Pictures here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/ ... lery.shtml'" - the kid in the first picture with his hands inside his voluminous trousers trying to keep warm - straight out of Kes Pic #2 I'd guess at being Kirkstall Power station, if you could enlarge the image the street name is in view ? Again its worth making the point that those black buildings in the photos - its not just because it b&w film, they really were completely black, everywhere. Pic#9 is not a "tunnel" as such, its the archway into Quarry Hill Flats, I think you can see Diana Dors at one of the windows too

Quote ="El Barbudo" Pictures here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/ ... lery.shtml'" - the kid in the first picture with his hands inside his voluminous trousers trying to keep warm - straight out of Kes Pic #2 I'd guess at being Kirkstall Power station, if you could enlarge the image the street name is in view ? Again its worth making the point that those black buildings in the photos - its not just because it b&w film, they really were completely black, everywhere. Pic#9 is not a "tunnel" as such, its the archway into Quarry Hill Flats, I think you can see Diana Dors at one of the windows too

excuse my ignorance and all that but where did [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/images/2008/09/29/leeds_power470_470x303.jpgthese mofos[/url use to be?

see my reply above



If I'm right its just down river from where Morrisons is now.

I think McF has given us the info.
Looks like Bankfield Road, parallel with Kirkstall Road.

I'm guessing the view of City Station is taken out of the back of the Queen's Hotel.

Pic no. 5 of City Square shows the old Exchange building, where the Park Plaza hotel is now, on the corner.

Pic #8 seems to have Kirkstall Power Station in the background too and from the position of it my guess at the location would be somewhere in the East Burley/Hyde Park area ?

ah yes, ta, think McF was editting as i was typing

Looking at the tailoring pictures - I've been in many a workshop just like those, the last of which closed last year in Armley, literally sweatshops as the steam presses were often in the same room as the cutters and machinists.

The biggest one we used to go to was Centaur clothing opposite St Georges Crypt, they owned the whole building that is now private apartments, at the time it was converted I had dinner with one of the developers in Barbados (I have led such a high life haven't I ?) and he asked if I knew the Centaur building and what I thought of his plans to convert it to apartments as city centre living was going to be all the rage - I told him that I thought he was out of his mind and who would want to buy an apartment next to the inner ring road and opposite the crypt.

Now you see why I am penniless and he is a zillionairre ?

Aye, I thought Royal Exchange House was bad enough but that hotel really is horrible.

Incredibly sad story on the reason the photos were abandoned for so long too.

always think this is a [url=http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081031_167739&DISPLAY=FULLlovely building[/url, when i pass it

Enjoy it while it last, they are gutting that area. Progress.

apparently

I'm not absolutely certain but I think the hotel is just a re-cladding of the structure of what was Royal Exchange House.
Not sure if that's better or worse.

Another treat for the old gits www.leeds1969.com/teenagers/teen11.html

Another treat for the old gits www.leeds1969.com/teenagers/teen11.html

Quote ="brannyrhino"Another treat for the old gits www.leeds1969.com/teenagers/teen11.html'" See that ? Puff Chariot.

Quote ="brannyrhino"Another treat for the old gits www.leeds1969.com/teenagers/teen11.html'" See that ? Puff Chariot.

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This one has 'Rosebank' in its filename but it's nowhere near there, is it McF?

not with the Royal Park in the background.

Didn't your Uncle cart you about on one of those?

One of the Harold's I'd guess, GCH would know for certain.

Tis the Harolds.

Behind that fence was a large open area, with a small wooden fort. It was a superb beer garden facility, and parents could sit outside the Royal Park and happily let their nippers play for hours. It's student flats now.

From where that photo is taken, if you turned left, walked about 50 feet, then turned left again and did the same you'd come to where the annex for Royal Park Middles School was.