Indeed it was (the engine in the boot)...in fact I think that car was the reason I left my job and became a medical rep - because as my much better off pal kept informing at the time - I would get a company car if I became a rep...so I moved careers.

First car as a rep? For Cotina 1.6L - I loved that car - a) because it was free, b) because it was free and err...c) because it was free

In fact it was possibly one of the worst cars ever produced and the only car to date that has led me to feeling travel sick whilst driving...Worst. Suspension. Ever!

... designed by the same guy who put the engine in the boot of the VW (later known as the Beetle).

So can I. In fact I just have.

The missus is planning a 'history of Leeds' project for her Geography and History lessons at school. It reminded me of this thread, so I spent 20 minutes looking for it, and about 3 hours reading all 85 pages, learning about Leeds and looking at all the great photos whilst reading all your childhood memories. She's enjoyed it too.

Lovely stuff. I love this City.

Might have been mentioned before in these 85 or so pages but my dads family once owned this pub, now recently demolished...

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and the pub of the same name that once stood in its place...

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In fact there was a 50/50 chance that I might even have been born and raised a Sheepscar lad in that very pub had my grandfather not lost the chance to inherit the place on the turn of a playing card, his brother Lenny won, they held the pub for another generation and my grandfather moved a couple of miles up Meanwood Road to start a watch and clock mending business - which my father inherited for nothing, then sold to me (note how I say SOLD) and which I then lost to the recession three years ago - they'll both be spinning in their graves

Not sure if this set has been posted before, but jogs plenty of memories: www.flickr.com/groups/1162622@N2 ... 965795671/

Not sure if this set has been posted before, but jogs plenty of memories: www.flickr.com/groups/1162622@N2 ... 965795671/

My First Car

Does anybody know what the art deco builiding behind the international pool used to be? It seems to have stood empty for as long as I can remember.

Quote: West Leeds Rhino "Does anybody know what the art deco builiding behind the international pool used to be? It seems to have stood empty for as long as I can remember.'" The old Leeds Police HQ before it moved to Killingbeck IIRC www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 24_1760500

Quote: West Leeds Rhino "Does anybody know what the art deco builiding behind the international pool used to be? It seems to have stood empty for as long as I can remember.'" The old Leeds Police HQ before it moved to Killingbeck IIRC www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 24_1760500

which i note is being talked about being demolished / converted to create parking for the Eastgate quarter and a new HQ built out near Elland Road

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Would be a bit of a shame if such a key site was used for a multi storey car park, having said that the existing building isn't exactly awe inspiring either.

Which brings up another set of questions - if John Lewis are worried that their proposed huge store in the new centre won't attract enough customers because of car parking concerns then why are they getting involved in a city centre development and not sticking to out of town sites with free parking ?

Will the proposed new car park be handed over to a private developer for the likes of NCP to run and in that case how happy would you be to leave your car in a city centre NCP car park for four or five hours - or will the council pay for the car park and subsidise the rates (it which case it will be rammed full every day).

Personally I'll just do what I always do with three women in the household - drive them into Leeds, drop them off on a street somewhere to do what the hell it is that women do all day when they are "shopping" and then come back for them later.

Joe the Taxi, thats me.

Aye.
Further walkways were constructed at the other end of town near City Square.
You could walk from East Parade and over Park Row into the Bond Street centre without coming down to ground level.
You can still see a bit of walkway that was never connected to any other walkway ... it's around the otherwise lovely (*) modern smooth-granite inverted-ziggurat Bank of England building in King Street, almost opposite the Metropole hotel.

(*) I mean that, it's an example of a modern building that is aesthetically pleasing ... or would be, if it wasn't for the rough-cast concrete walkway that girdles it.