Quote: Lord_Percy "The filter at work wont let me see the picture, so where are we talking about gents?'"
The Gaiety. It must have closed late 80's i left school in 86, one of my mates ( no really ) used to go there regularly in our early drinking days.
the blurb under the pic ( copyright alert - am i ok copying and pasting this ? ) suggests as late as 1990, but i reckon it was earlier
"Undated. View of the delapidated sign on the frontage of The Gaiety Public House with tattered advertisements for entertainment, dating the photograph to c1996. From 1990, and during this period, it had stood empty, attracting drug users and prostitutes in its derelict state. The foundation stone for this, in its heyday, 'state-of-the-art' public house was laid by Mr. J.W. Cameron of J.W. Cameron & Company Ltd, Brewers of Hartlepool, in April 1972. It opened in December 1972 and there was a two page spread in the Evening Post of 6th December 1972 introducing The Gaiety as an entertainment venue. The new public house was built on the site of the old Gaiety Kinema at the junction of Gathorne Terrace with Roundhay Road. The old cinema was open between 1921 and 1958 but was subsequently demolished. Now The Gaiety public house has also been demolished and the site is occupied by the Archway, a resource centre providing help, advice and counselling to 16-25 year-olds.
other pic says
"Undated. View of The Gaiety Public House with boarded windows and the remnants of old advertising posters which date the photograph to c1996. The Gaiety opened officially on 7th December 1972 on the site of the old Gaiety Kinema at the junction of Gathorne Terrace with Roundhay Road. It was designed R. K. Waites of the York architects firm of Waites & Moorey, and built at a cost of £225,000. The site was divided by Gipton Beck and so the Gaiety was designed with a central archway under which the beck ran in a culvert. The two sides of the building were linked by a bridge which housed one of the 5 bars, The Vaudeville Bar. On the ground floor was The Roundhay Public Bar which could accommodate 350 to 400 people; above was The Carousel Bar with a dance floor, juke box and a 17 metre circular bar; also on the ground floor was The Gaiety Bar and Gaiety Restaurant and above these was The Variety Room which provided live entertainment at weekends and offered room hire for private parties and weddings. The decor of The Gaiety was in keeping with that of the Edwardian era. On opening night , actor Stephen Lewis, 'Blakey' in the T.V. situation comedy, 'On The Buses', pulled the first pint. The manager was Mr. Alan Coultas-Brown. By 1990 The Gaiety had closed its doors for the last time but stood derelict for many years. Leeds City Council demolished it at a cost of £39,000 which included landscaping costs. Now the Archway, a resource centre for 16 - 25 year-olds has been built on the site, set up in 2001 by Leeds City Council with funding from the European Regional Development fund. The services offered include housing support, counselling, advice on education, occupations, drug and mental health issues. There is practical help in the form of laundry and shower facilities.
sounds lovely, i feel i missed out.
