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Kicking off at 'Spoons on station, then
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till about 9-20pm
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till about 9-15
finishing up at the cheap dive
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till about 9-20pm
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till about 9-15
finishing up at the cheap dive
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sorry Angel is cheap dive. Doing 5 pubs in total. Middle photo is Ship, OUR 3RD PORT OF CALL.
Cant see the links...which pubs are they.....Living Rooms Greek Steet..always good late on a friday night....
£3-30 A PINT PUBS EXCEPT ANGEL £1-70 SAM SMITHS
It's Briggate
pub 1 whitelocks
pub 2 ship
pub 3 packhorse
It's Briggate
pub 1 whitelocks
pub 2 ship
pub 3 packhorse
..i use to do those pubs years ago
you'll have seen some changes in the leeds pub scene scamp.
must have been in 50 in the centreish over the years.
must have been in 50 in the centreish over the years.
A lot of changes Kenny...i have just started drinking in town again ( friday nights)..mid eighties was when i went into town a lot.
yes, i was doing mid 80's but my heyday was the 70's at the likes of Cinderellas/Rockerfellas with Pete Stringfellow as dj.
The crumpet in there had to be seen to be believed. Incredible nightclub.
The crumpet in there had to be seen to be believed. Incredible nightclub.
Now the Stick and Twist Spoons pub with the casino occupying the Rockerfellas section.
No, you had to drive a few miles to the Cats Whiskers nightclub at Meanwood.
kenny....was "The Cat's Whiskers" originally "The Cygani" (spelling might be wrong) upstairs in the Arndale Centre, and with a bar downstairs?
Hey kenny, please forgive my impudence but are you old enough to remember when
"The Merrion Centre" was built?
What a brilliant facility at the time!
My office was in Woodhouse Square and I would be regularly treated to lunch at "The Skanda Grill" which was a Greek restaurant.
The big problem was that the buildings all had masses of glazing and it was quite masochistic eating Moussaka, in stifling summer heat (air conditioning hadn't been thought of back then!
If we were slumming it we would go to "The General Wade" aka The Tardis) for a Ploughmans,
or we would go to an adjacent Bierkeller where you could get a pint of lager, Cornish Pasty
& chips, and be sexually aroused for less than £2.00.
The bowling alley was a first for the area, and with "Cinderellas" opposite what more could
one want?
Happy, simple and optimistic days back then!
"The Merrion Centre" was built?
What a brilliant facility at the time!
My office was in Woodhouse Square and I would be regularly treated to lunch at "The Skanda Grill" which was a Greek restaurant.
The big problem was that the buildings all had masses of glazing and it was quite masochistic eating Moussaka, in stifling summer heat (air conditioning hadn't been thought of back then!
If we were slumming it we would go to "The General Wade" aka The Tardis) for a Ploughmans,
or we would go to an adjacent Bierkeller where you could get a pint of lager, Cornish Pasty
& chips, and be sexually aroused for less than £2.00.
The bowling alley was a first for the area, and with "Cinderellas" opposite what more could
one want?
Happy, simple and optimistic days back then!
hi aunty, i would guess Merrion Centre was buit around '65 as it was almost brand new when we used the Bowling alley immediately behind it circa '66 when I was 17.
Don't recall a CW upstairs in the MC. I spent a lot of time in the Mecca though. I seem to recall there was a Bali Hai club on the Mecca level.
I remember the General Wade well (is it still there) and the Bier Keller nearby with the awful OOmpah bands which nevertheless was very popular till its time was up.
Don't recall a CW upstairs in the MC. I spent a lot of time in the Mecca though. I seem to recall there was a Bali Hai club on the Mecca level.
I remember the General Wade well (is it still there) and the Bier Keller nearby with the awful OOmpah bands which nevertheless was very popular till its time was up.
Kennyman
Nice of you for the invite but i am going on holiday to Egypt for two weeks tomorrow,and have plenty of things still to do.
Aunty Post
At my place of work i look out over the Merrion Centre and i tell you with the refurbished plan nearly finished it has the feel of a proper shopping Mall (just addeed a KFC and Corals aswell
)
I had my weedding reception in the Merrion Hotel (25 years next week) and a big drinking bash in the General Wade the night before
Nice of you for the invite but i am going on holiday to Egypt for two weeks tomorrow,and have plenty of things still to do.
Aunty Post
At my place of work i look out over the Merrion Centre and i tell you with the refurbished plan nearly finished it has the feel of a proper shopping Mall (just addeed a KFC and Corals aswell
)I had my weedding reception in the Merrion Hotel (25 years next week) and a big drinking bash in the General Wade the night before
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23rd June 1966. View of Wade Lane showing the Merrion Centre multi-storey car park. To the right is the entrance to the Merrion Centre superstore. Opened in 1964, the Merrion Centre was the first shopping/leisure centre in Leeds, an early examaple of the mixed-use developments now prevalent in the 21st century.
23rd June 1966. View of Wade Lane showing the Merrion Centre multi-storey car park. To the right is the entrance to the Merrion Centre superstore. Opened in 1964, the Merrion Centre was the first shopping/leisure centre in Leeds, an early examaple of the mixed-use developments now prevalent in the 21st century.
huggy will be in the gay bar tonight in leeds with 5 gay asians fellows
Bloody hell....there you go!
Interesting that the whole world was in B&W back then!
Very difficult to explain to young folks that we couldn't see any colour!
This place was brand spanking new when I got my '66 Cortina GT, and took my new job, just
a couple of 100yards or so round the corner!
"The Cygani" night club was actually at the Arndale Centre Headingley, at the left end of the building when facing it.
It was always a mystery how two spacious lounge areas plus the bars and toilets etc were shoe
horned into The General Wade!
Interesting that the whole world was in B&W back then!
Very difficult to explain to young folks that we couldn't see any colour!
This place was brand spanking new when I got my '66 Cortina GT, and took my new job, just
a couple of 100yards or so round the corner!
"The Cygani" night club was actually at the Arndale Centre Headingley, at the left end of the building when facing it.
It was always a mystery how two spacious lounge areas plus the bars and toilets etc were shoe
horned into The General Wade!
Gillinson Barnett (architects) were just around the far side of the development,
and at the time I did a fair bit of freelance visualising and model making for them.
Like I said before "happy, sunny, youthful and optimistic days"!
What the hell went wrong?
and at the time I did a fair bit of freelance visualising and model making for them.
Like I said before "happy, sunny, youthful and optimistic days"!
What the hell went wrong?
Interesting that the whole world was in B&W back then!
Very difficult to explain to young folks that we couldn't see any colour!
i always think like that
Very difficult to explain to young folks that we couldn't see any colour!
i always think like that
"The Cygani" night club was actually at the Arndale Centre Headingley, at the left end of the building when facing it.
To the right hand side, where the Alley way is, is where the Yorkshire Ripper committed one of his murders. Can not remember the year.
To the right hand side, where the Alley way is, is where the Yorkshire Ripper committed one of his murders. Can not remember the year.
The General Wade was astonishing. It was the original "Tardis".
We often went there for a "Ploughmans" for lunch.
Also right next to it was a "Bierkeller" type place where you could get a pint plus some meat pie and chips
and the strippers (this is lunch time remember) for about £1.00 or so.
"The Skanda Grill" was fab and they did an excellent Moussaka. The problem was the intense heat due to the fact that
the place was all windows, in typical 60s style.
"The Cyganny" was a good place to end the night. We would sit in the downstairs bar for a couple of pints of Camerons till maybe 22:30and,
then go upstairs to the review bar for chicken/scampi in the basket and the cheeky girly show that kicked off at 23:00 if I remember correctly.
We often went there for a "Ploughmans" for lunch.
Also right next to it was a "Bierkeller" type place where you could get a pint plus some meat pie and chips
and the strippers (this is lunch time remember) for about £1.00 or so.
"The Skanda Grill" was fab and they did an excellent Moussaka. The problem was the intense heat due to the fact that
the place was all windows, in typical 60s style.
"The Cyganny" was a good place to end the night. We would sit in the downstairs bar for a couple of pints of Camerons till maybe 22:30and,
then go upstairs to the review bar for chicken/scampi in the basket and the cheeky girly show that kicked off at 23:00 if I remember correctly.
Bored, Aunty? 
I went in the Gen Wade regularly and popped in the Bierkeller a few times but drinking from steins and jumping on the table to ridiculous songs was not really my scene. There was The Little Londoner around the corner that we used to pop in quite regularly (for 6 months or so) but Cinderellas was where we always ended up at the weekend. I distinctly remember having to pay £4 to get in around 1973. Very classy joint though.
I didn't ever go to The Cyganny or Cygani as micky spelled it, but a pal was a regular. It was run by a Hungarian chap if memory serves.
I went in the Gen Wade regularly and popped in the Bierkeller a few times but drinking from steins and jumping on the table to ridiculous songs was not really my scene. There was The Little Londoner around the corner that we used to pop in quite regularly (for 6 months or so) but Cinderellas was where we always ended up at the weekend. I distinctly remember having to pay £4 to get in around 1973. Very classy joint though.
I didn't ever go to The Cyganny or Cygani as micky spelled it, but a pal was a regular. It was run by a Hungarian chap if memory serves.
....to tears kenny, and as for the spelling I'm not sure that either of us is correct!
Actually, if I was a betting man, my money would be on Mickey.....
just been reading the posts about old leeds pubs can you remember the pig and whistle
Pig And Whistle was one of the first pubs i went in when i moved to Leeds in 1979
I was in the Pig and Whistle regularly about the same time. Smart pub, decent crumpet. Remember putting Dreadlock Holiday on the jukebox so that would be '78.
I went in the Coburg a lot in them days...pub on the corner
Mick Smith was the landlord if i remember correctly
He would open the back room for us ...be about 10/12 of us
I drive pass it a lot but never look to see what its called ...thought it was a restaurant
I think it has been a restaurant. You lose track with all the changes these days.
i think it was in the sun that the best place for women in leeds seem to think it was a Wednesday night so me and a mate went full of blokes no women
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