I lived in Baywater Street from 1936-1948. It was a good area then. A bit grim through the war years with blackouts and shortages. I still remember most of it. Happy memories. Thank yoy for posting.
It never seemed as dank and dreary as your photos make it appear , not to a boy walking to st..augustines in the 50s ..everything was interesting ..Mr lindley the window cleaner gave us wrigley chewing gum en route..and from the loading bays at crown wallpapers and stylos came commentary on subba row (spelling wrong I guess) and Tom graveny piling up the runs for England...a very different world.
My mum was a cleaner at rank optics in the green and white building in the 70s her name was Jean Rourke and worked with mavis lockwood I would go meet her from work around 7pm I think walking up chatsworth road at the crown wallpapers building was on the righthand side
Most of those photos relate to my childhood days I lived on Harehills terrace between 1955 and 1966 it was a good community and I had a good childhood when living there.
Picked a few scrap cars up around that area in the 70s 80s 90s with my late father especially from David Sandou's double garage in the back of the gaiety car park
One tends to think that there was nothing previous to what surrounded you in childhood..buildings etc..that the clock cinema was always there etc etc. Also that although photos give an impression of lowering skies and dirty buildings and mean streets, one didn't seem to notice or be affected ...I didn't see things in black and white.one really only was made aware on leaving the cinema and changing perspective from jeff chandler,Alan ladd et al..to rainy pavements and northern skies...I was born and raised in seaforth road from 1946 and can testify that it was a wonderful time and place to live
Sue Cutts You wouldn't like it there now, in fact you'd struggle to wonder why we ever bothered participating in world war 2 when you see the amount of scruffy degenerate third world scum & low lives that have infested the area....Cess pit springs to mind & that includes most of inner city Leeds today.... the Luftwaffe missed most of inner city Leeds.....shame they can't make up for it today ha ha
Harehills was fine until the politically induced fairy tale called "multiculturalism" was inflicted upon us all, the misguided concept that we can all live a happy treacle coated existence with half the third world on our doorstep was about as likely as Santa clause coming down one's chimney for real.
***** why do you think they all come in the first place the anti workers and union laws she work so hard to ruined cause decernt jobs and wages for working class to go meaning gens of white where Leif on the dole scrapyards .leading the for iminegents to take low played long hour roles which to the rich owners of companys is very nice
yup, basically it's just "colonialism" in reverse ...in stead of us going over there to exploit them we just bring them here in stead, nothings really changed has it?!
@@elephantsmemory3142 Was this the New Town area at the end of Dolly lane? I’m too young to remember it but all that area was my dads play area as a kid, on the rec etc. I was born in the 60s and jimmys was my play ground. 😊
@@BettySwollocks13 Yes we called it Newtown then although the Newtown picture house was near the NEW Roscoe pub in Leeds 7 Iwas never in that pub but often drank in the Roscoe that was at the bottom end of Chapletown road
i walked home through chapletown, harehills 2.00 o'clock in the morning many times in the 80s and 90s when i was skint and couldn't afford a taxi i never got stabbed or attacked . however my mum got stabbed in halton in 1970 walking me to school of a random nutcase in broad daylight . wrong place wrong time
I lived in Baywater Street from 1936-1948. It was a good area then. A bit grim through the war years with blackouts and shortages. I still remember most of it. Happy memories. Thank yoy for posting.
Wow, just found this, it's how I remembered it growing up in Chapeltown. The Gaiety !!!
Nice to see the old Harehills.I loved it there in the 1940`s.No need to lock doors because nobody had anything anyway.Best childhood ever
Actually born at home on Bayswater street, christained at St Augustine's .....Great memories and proud to have lived there. Now living in Canada
Wow, what a fabulous song. Great looking back in time to old Yorkshire streets and areas.
It never seemed as dank and dreary as your photos make it appear , not to a boy walking to st..augustines in the 50s ..everything was interesting ..Mr lindley the window cleaner gave us wrigley chewing gum en route..and from the loading bays at crown wallpapers and stylos came commentary on subba row (spelling wrong I guess) and Tom graveny piling up the runs for England...a very different world.
Yes I think you’re right, although I had some grim walk to St. Augustine’s in the early 70s :)
Oh how its changed............enjoyed the video very much, thanks for sharing.
i remember these places from my childhood days. thank you for sharing these.
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Thank you sooo much ,I loved this ,lots of memories .
My mum was a cleaner at rank optics in the green and white building in the 70s her name was Jean Rourke and worked with mavis lockwood I would go meet her from work around 7pm I think walking up chatsworth road at the crown wallpapers building was on the righthand side
Most of those photos relate to my childhood days I lived on Harehills terrace between 1955 and 1966 it was a good community and I had a good childhood when living there.
“Betty Swollocks!”🤣😂😆
At work today I thought about your name. And I just cracked up. I never laughed so much in a longtime.
Thank Y❤️U.
Picked a few scrap cars up around that area in the 70s 80s 90s with my late father especially from David Sandou's double garage in the back of the gaiety car park
Some lovely old photo's thanks for vid
Thank You for This, Stay Safe.👍👍
Brilliant. Brought back lots of memories.
Hillcrest House.... had something to do with driving tests back in the day. Also a pub called ' The Hare' (?)
Yep, did my driving test from there and celebrated in th brown hare 😁
Interesting photos but the slideshow is far too quick
I agree, it was a few years ago and I had just learnt how to do it it (albeit, not very well).
One tends to think that there was nothing previous to what surrounded you in childhood..buildings etc..that the clock cinema was always there etc etc. Also that although photos give an impression of lowering skies and dirty buildings and mean streets, one didn't seem to notice or be affected ...I didn't see things in black and white.one really only was made aware on leaving the cinema and changing perspective from jeff chandler,Alan ladd et al..to rainy pavements and northern skies...I was born and raised in seaforth road from 1946 and can testify that it was a wonderful time and place to live
Lived in the Ashton's in the 50/60s......great memories.
Sue Cutts You wouldn't like it there now, in fact you'd struggle to wonder why we ever bothered participating in world war 2 when you see the amount of scruffy degenerate third world scum & low lives that have infested the area....Cess pit springs to mind & that includes most of inner city Leeds today.... the Luftwaffe missed most of inner city Leeds.....shame they can't make up for it today ha ha
Great video. TY :)
Seen it now !
Yes, sad times.
Good song.
The old astroia building on roundhay Road before amriks got hold of it and torched the place for insurance
Played to quickly
Yep you're right, I did a few videos about 5 years back and when I look at them now they are quite poor really, but we live and learn.
I was living 1 year on harehills at 2017/18.. i miss it ;(
Great vid! I used to live on Seaforth Rd.
Hahah love the TH-cam handle… your name jumped out of the comments on Leo Sampsons boat Co site
great vid thanks
Jon boy don't play in want the sun and mail tell you
A really nice quiet area of Leeds until it got multiculturaly ruined
My Nanna lived at No8 elford grove back in the early 1970s .... Back then before the imigants took over it was propper bo i tell thi.....🤣
...so was wondering if if K could get a bed rest if I could get over
HAREHILLS
hareshills is your tycpaical victiem of margaret thatcher attcite of the working class
good honest worker had they work and union rites remove
Harehills was fine until the politically induced fairy tale called "multiculturalism" was inflicted upon us all, the misguided concept that we can all live a happy treacle coated existence with half the third world on our doorstep was about as likely as Santa clause coming down one's chimney for real.
***** why do you think they all come in the first place the anti workers and union laws she work so hard to ruined cause decernt jobs and wages for working class to go meaning gens of white where Leif on the dole scrapyards .leading the for iminegents to take low played long hour roles which to the rich owners of companys is very nice
yup, basically it's just "colonialism" in reverse ...in stead of us going over there to exploit them we just bring them here in stead, nothings really changed has it?!
Since when was Becket street in Harehills Thats Leeds 9 not Leeds 8
But Leeds 8 isn't necessarily Harehills, Roundhay and Oakwood are LS8? Are you referring to the Beckett Street entrance to Jimmys?
@@BettySwollocks13 Yes Igrew up in the Green road area It was pulled down in the 1950s and the name was changed to Lincoln Green
@@elephantsmemory3142 Was this the New Town area at the end of Dolly lane? I’m too young to remember it but all that area was my dads play area as a kid, on the rec etc. I was born in the 60s and jimmys was my play ground. 😊
@@BettySwollocks13 Yes we called it Newtown then although the Newtown picture house was near the NEW Roscoe pub in Leeds 7 Iwas never in that pub but often drank in the Roscoe that was at the bottom end of Chapletown road
back when you could actually walk through harehills without getting stabbed for being white lol
Absolute rubbish, I lived there up until 2003 and we were out all hours and never had any hassle.
@@nsoul8469 totally agree I don't what he was talking about
i walked home through chapletown, harehills 2.00 o'clock in the morning many times in the 80s and 90s when i was skint and couldn't afford a taxi i never got stabbed or attacked . however my mum got stabbed in halton in 1970 walking me to school of a random nutcase in broad daylight . wrong place wrong time