"Speaker's Stone" - Burley Park, Leeds

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RogerM
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My maternal grandfather, Thomas Durant (1877-195 was a minor Labour politician in NW Leeds. I have a photo of him campaigning - he is standing on an upright stone in what I believe was Burley Park. Can anyone on this forum please provide information about the stone. I have done search on the internet but have been unable to find any reference to its history.TIA

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Welcome aboard Roger.It's the weekend + holiday so give it time, someone on here might. ps1958? 8 followed by brackedt gives that sunglasses thingy

Bugblatter
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Are you able to post the picture in question? I spent a fair portion of my childhood in Burley Park so I might be able to recognise the location.
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RogerM
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Thanks for the welcome and replies - I may be a bit slow in responding to any information that comes in over the next few weeks. I confirm that the date was supposed to be 1958I have tried to load the picture - hope it comes out ok to view on this Forum.Looking at the photo again I'm not sure if this is Burley Park as there looks like to be a 'bowstring' type railway bridge in the background - I believe there were some bridges like this on the main line near Kirkstall Power Station.
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Hmmm. The bridge in the background could be the footbridge from the park over the railway line to Cardigan Road. The block of stone doesn't ring a bell though. I will do a bit of poking about on bing.com "bird's eye view" and possibly leodis.net!
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This is the best pic of the bridge I can find: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75850763@ ... 64Courtesy Eric Miles FlickR collection.
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Click the map for the full size.Drinking fountains and a bandstand where on the park at one time.
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Another pic in which you can see the arch structures which resemble those in the original photo:https://www.flickr.com/photos/75850763@N03/13433043385
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N.B. The "@" symbol in the web address seems to be confusing the forum software. You will need to copy and paste the full text into the address bar.
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Carona
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Post by Carona »

Hi Roger. I'm a Burley lass born n bred and belong to the site "Burley Group". Some members know Burley like the back of their hands. Mind you, after saying that I am not implying the guys on this site don't know their stuff cos believe me they do

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