Re: Leeds Lost Pubs - Part 2
Posted: Mon 06 Apr, 2015 7:56 am
Purely supposition. Was Melbourne struggling in its final years and the takeover might have started by stealth with Tetley's taking over some Melbourne houses?
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It is reported on page 12 of the Yorkshire Evening Post today (June 19 2015) that "Leeds City Council bosses are poised to award a near-£2m contract to building firm Britcon for the construction of 18 new apartments on land in Swarcliffe once occupied by the Squinting Cat". The deal is to start on June 22 2015 with completion on July 15 2016. The apartments are to be a mix of one and two bedrooms.warringtonrhino wrote:The Squinting Cat/ John Smeaton pub was involved in a fire and reduced to a shell with no roof on 17th August 2014.raveydavey wrote:The closed Whinmoor pub has now been demolished. There has been talk of social / affordable housing on the site, but who knows these days? There has been the same talk for the site of the Squinting Cat pub which has remained empty since demolition ages ago...
Funnily enough though, the much longer closed Staging Post (which is also a lot more visible given its location), is still standing and boarded up.
It has since been razed to the ground.
Those apartments have been announced more times than the platform numbers at Leeds station.Leodian wrote:It is reported on page 12 of the Yorkshire Evening Post today (June 19 2015) that "Leeds City Council bosses are poised to award a near-£2m contract to building firm Britcon for the construction of 18 new apartments on land in Swarcliffe once occupied by the Squinting Cat". The deal is to start on June 22 2015 with completion on July 15 2016. The apartments are to be a mix of one and two bedrooms.warringtonrhino wrote:The Squinting Cat/ John Smeaton pub was involved in a fire and reduced to a shell with no roof on 17th August 2014.raveydavey wrote:The closed Whinmoor pub has now been demolished. There has been talk of social / affordable housing on the site, but who knows these days? There has been the same talk for the site of the Squinting Cat pub which has remained empty since demolition ages ago...
Funnily enough though, the much longer closed Staging Post (which is also a lot more visible given its location), is still standing and boarded up.
It has since been razed to the ground.
Trafalgar Clubj.c.d. wrote:Can anyone remember the name of the Pub / Club opened in the 1960s by Peter and Rodney Fairburn on Hunslet Road I think it had been some Rugby club. it was very good for a while but as I have moved away have no idea what it became. this quite modern looking building had a steep car park behind.
It was on Low Road on the site of the Hunslet Nelson CC , it opened in the mid 80'styke bhoy wrote:Are you sure you are talking Hunslet Road because I can't imagine there being a steep car park in the vicinity. There are only gentle slopes to the south and it would have to be a mound/ridge to the north given the proximity of the river.
Also give us a clue as to the whereabouts especially if you do mean Hunslet Road because I regard that to run a couple of miles from Meadow Lane to Thwaite Gate even if the map makers disagree
Meadow Lane >BlackBull Street = Hunslet Lane
BB Street > Church Street* = Hunslet Road
Church St > Thwaite Gate = (Hunslet) Low Road
*Church Street is the nearest junction to where the name changes it appears to be somewhere after Joseph Street but before here.