Really enjoyed that. Brought up in Leeds but moved away in the 60's but regularly returned to see family. Have a memory of shopping with my mother at Home and Colonial store in lower Briggate but never see pictures of it. I am now approaching 80 yrs so looking back at old Leeds evokes many happy memories. Thank you.
What a fascinating video! Thank you so much for that. I grew up in Leeds and still visit from time to time. I remember Kirkgate vividly, it was almost derelict when I were a lass. This video brings it all into perspective.
Thank you for this interesting video of the city that I was born in 53years ago, When I was about 10 years old, I got lost and left in Kirkgate Market. I had visited it so many times on Saturdays to do weekly shopping, I was able to make my way from there by walking back home to where I lived in Chapeltown. My first job was in a small hairdressing salon next to the first White Cloth Hall. I was a Saturday Girl, tasked with washing hair, putting ladies under the hair dryer, taking out rollers, sweeping up, going to the shop and the Oh so inportant making teas and coffee.
Brilliant thanks. I spent many an happy hour in Kirkgate Market as a child and often still visit it. Though it has sadly lost a lot of its old character.
Thanks David. You are right, the market has really changed. Although, I think they are trying hard to keep it going/reinvent it. I like the 1975 Hall where the food outlets are. I can't help thinking back to where the shops were, that we used to visit, though. In the old days, when I was a kid, I used to like the shop that sold cheap stationary :)
I spent the first 16 years of my life in Leeds and remember it much better than subsequent cities I’ve lived in. This video was a treat, travelling down memory lane. In my youth Leeds Minster was never called that. It was St Peter’s and was smoked blackened and looked quite forbidding. We had no reason to go nearer to it but it was clearly visible from the bus station. It looks so much better now and the whole area around it looks spruced up and inviting. I hope to go back and visit it someday soon. (That’s if I dare brave the Inner Ring Road again!!🤪)
My ancestor Michael Corcoran was born in one of the yards mentioned (wellingtonYard) which ran from kirkgate over to leeds market, his parents William and Bridget (flynn) in the 1861 cencus his parents place of birth is mayo Ireland. In later censuses Bridgets place of birth is Galway. In 1881 Michael married Ellen Haley her parents were also born in Mayo.
Really interesting thank you!! Would have been lovely to have the Dewhirst Building featured as this was the beginning of M&S and is now flats (I live in!). I learnt a lot from this and will now be more observant :)
Fantastic Vlog, as usual. I worked at Woodworkers Supplies, at sometime before, when your photo was taken, 1967 in fact. I was a teenager of 19. A prostitute woman; Mary Judge, had been murdered in the grounds opposite the church after a night out at the Palace. A child on a passing train witnessed the murder and described a person that looked a lot like me running away from the scene. As a result, when the police visited our shop, they immediately saw me as a possible suspect. When they came to my house to interview me. I had a rock solid alibi. My father was visiting us in the earlier part of the evening of the murder. Then, since I had ordered a suit from March the Taylors. (Remember them?) A doctor came to the house to give me a thorough health check, Why? to this day, I have no idea. But, it was enough for the police to loose interest in me. However, I appreciated seeing the image, because it reminded me of my youth.
Thanks Tony. That’s quite a story. Thank you for sharing it. I am sorry to hear of the lady that was murdered. I wonder if they caught the person that committed it.
I spotted the woodworkers supplies shop and have a distinct memory of coming into that shop with my Dad who dropped off his saws for resharpening in the 70's.
Just been watching Hobson Choice a film by David Lean from I think the 1950,s @ about 30 min in there is a street seen and looks like real slums with cobbled streets and historical very interesting .
I lived in or near Leeds from when I was born until I went off to university. Early on I spent most Saturday mornings in Kirkgate, Briggate, Vicar Lane and the Headrow, shopping with my mother. Later on I travelled in on my own by bus to visit places like the city library and museum. For some reason I'd created a mental map of the city centre that was upside down with the Headrow to the South and the Calls along the river to the North. I remember the day when I was about 12 when I actually saw a map of the place for the first time and it taking several minutes for the new reality to sink in - literally a world turning upside down event for me :)
When I watch videos like yhis, I realise how little I knowledge of the place I am from. Education should include much more on our local heritage.... it would give people much more pride in there surroundings
In reference to ghost the whole area is riddled with them,or was when having worked in the area,and heard many reports from people who also worked in other near by buildings. I could tell you stories you wouldn't believe. One theory is that during times of the plague people who couldn't afford to be buried on consecrated ground were dumped on the edges of the church grounds.Whether this leads to dispossessed spirits I honestly don't know but such was the belief of such poor people back in the day.
Brougham's pronounce Broom's. Current facade is not Victorian. Maps show many changes. 1847 map shows alignment with Lion and Lamb and building across Harper Street.
I hope you are working to publish a book and preserve our knowledge of Leeds.
Really enjoyed that. Brought up in Leeds but moved away in the 60's but regularly returned to see family. Have a memory of shopping with my mother at Home and Colonial store in lower Briggate but never see pictures of it. I am now approaching 80 yrs so looking back at old Leeds evokes many happy memories. Thank you.
Thanks Patricia
What a fascinating video! Thank you so much for that. I grew up in Leeds and still visit from time to time. I remember Kirkgate vividly, it was almost derelict when I were a lass. This video brings it all into perspective.
Thank you Val
Brilliant. Thanks. Keep up the good work
Thanks Robert. I appreciate the support.
Thank you for this interesting video of the city that I was born in 53years ago, When I was about 10 years old, I got lost and left in Kirkgate Market. I had visited it so many times on Saturdays to do weekly shopping, I was able to make my way from there by walking back home to where I lived in Chapeltown. My first job was in a small hairdressing salon next to the first White Cloth Hall. I was a Saturday Girl, tasked with washing hair, putting ladies under the hair dryer, taking out rollers, sweeping up, going to the shop and the Oh so inportant making teas and coffee.
Thank you for sharing that.
Fascinating thank you for sharing
Brilliant thanks. I spent many an happy hour in Kirkgate Market as a child and often still visit it. Though it has sadly lost a lot of its old character.
Thanks David. You are right, the market has really changed. Although, I think they are trying hard to keep it going/reinvent it. I like the 1975 Hall where the food outlets are. I can't help thinking back to where the shops were, that we used to visit, though. In the old days, when I was a kid, I used to like the shop that sold cheap stationary :)
I spent the first 16 years of my life in Leeds and remember it much better than subsequent cities I’ve lived in. This video was a treat, travelling down memory lane. In my youth Leeds Minster was never called that. It was St Peter’s and was smoked blackened and looked quite forbidding. We had no reason to go nearer to it but it was clearly visible from the bus station. It looks so much better now and the whole area around it looks spruced up and inviting. I hope to go back and visit it someday soon. (That’s if I dare brave the Inner Ring Road again!!🤪)
Thanks for commenting Annie, hopefully you visit Leeds again soon and see the changes first hand. Hopefully you will like them too.
My ancestor Michael Corcoran was born in one of the yards mentioned (wellingtonYard) which ran from kirkgate over to leeds market, his parents William and Bridget (flynn) in the 1861 cencus his parents place of birth is mayo Ireland. In later censuses Bridgets place of birth is Galway. In 1881 Michael married Ellen Haley her parents were also born in Mayo.
Thank you Catherine
Brilliant. Many thanks to you. …….
Really interesting thank you!! Would have been lovely to have the Dewhirst Building featured as this was the beginning of M&S and is now flats (I live in!). I learnt a lot from this and will now be more observant :)
Fantastic Vlog, as usual. I worked at Woodworkers Supplies, at sometime before, when your photo was taken, 1967 in fact. I was a teenager of 19. A prostitute woman; Mary Judge, had been murdered in the grounds opposite the church after a night out at the Palace. A child on a passing train witnessed the murder and described a person that looked a lot like me running away from the scene.
As a result, when the police visited our shop, they immediately saw me as a possible suspect. When they came to my house to interview me. I had a rock solid alibi. My father was visiting us in the earlier part of the evening of the murder. Then, since I had ordered a suit from March the Taylors. (Remember them?) A doctor came to the house to give me a thorough health check, Why? to this day, I have no idea. But, it was enough for the police to loose interest in me.
However, I appreciated seeing the image, because it reminded me of my youth.
Thanks Tony. That’s quite a story. Thank you for sharing it.
I am sorry to hear of the lady that was murdered. I wonder if they caught the person that committed it.
March the Tailors dress you well.
Still unsolved but Peter Sutcliffe is suspected.
I spotted the woodworkers supplies shop and have a distinct memory of coming into that shop with my Dad who dropped off his saws for resharpening in the 70's.
@@michellegreen155 I still have a heavy wool overcoat which belonged to my Dad with their label in it.
Just been watching Hobson Choice a film by David Lean from I think the 1950,s @ about 30 min in there is a street seen and looks like real slums with cobbled streets and historical very interesting .
I lived in or near Leeds from when I was born until I went off to university. Early on I spent most Saturday mornings in Kirkgate, Briggate, Vicar Lane and the Headrow, shopping with my mother. Later on I travelled in on my own by bus to visit places like the city library and museum. For some reason I'd created a mental map of the city centre that was upside down with the Headrow to the South and the Calls along the river to the North. I remember the day when I was about 12 when I actually saw a map of the place for the first time and it taking several minutes for the new reality to sink in - literally a world turning upside down event for me :)
I like that :)
When I watch videos like yhis, I realise how little I knowledge of the place I am from. Education should include much more on our local heritage.... it would give people much more pride in there surroundings
Did you know that new York Street was going to originally be called St james' st
Thanks Jamie, I wasn’t aware.
@@GeogJuice yeah it was being built during ralph Thoresbys time as he mentions it in his book but obviously it never came to pass
Apparently there was a skull found in the wall of a tiny alley between old shops/buildings on the south side of Kirgate. Found late 1980s early 1990s?
Wow Ann, I hadn't heard that
@@GeogJuice If my memory is correct, the information was in one of the Leeds papers. ?Yorkshire Post.
In reference to ghost the whole area is riddled with them,or was when having worked in the area,and heard many reports from people who also worked in other near by buildings. I could tell you stories you wouldn't believe.
One theory is that during times of the plague people who couldn't afford to be buried on consecrated ground were dumped on the edges of the church grounds.Whether this leads to dispossessed spirits I honestly don't know but such was the belief of such poor people back in the day.
Brougham's pronounce Broom's. Current facade is not Victorian. Maps show many changes. 1847 map shows alignment with Lion and Lamb and building across Harper Street.
Thanks for adding that detail Bernard
@@GeogJuice 👍
Kirkgate has a second K so bloody use it!
It’s commonly pronounced without the second K.
@@GeogJuice Living in Leeds for deades I beg to differ
@@Andrew_J_RI've NEVER heard anyone pronounce the second k! I don't think you've ever been to Leeds in your life!