Headingley
Hello everybody
I am researching the Headingley/Hyde Park area, LS6. There is no getting away from the fact that Headingley is famous for its cricket ground. I have been admiring the Hutton Gates on a site: http://www.chrysalisarts.org.uk/projects_headingley.cfm
Of course the huge student population is another well known feature of the area. I found a site about student life but it is almost entirely made up of reviews of pubs.
I am also drawn to visiting the Cottage Road Cinema which started in 1912 and has managed to survive. http://www.nm-cinemas.co.uk/leeds.phtml I will contact the owners and see if they will let me take some photos of the place
For more general info and images I found a site about living in Headingley http://www.findaproperty.com/areaguidebook.aspx?edid=00&salerent=1&storyid=10533&areaid=6473
I am cominng to Leeds on 13th April and will spend three days walking around, talking to people and taking photos.
I am really looking forward to it
Helen
2 Comments:
Try visiting the Hyde Park cinema on Brudenell Road instead.
www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
It's even older and one of the only surviving picture palaces in the UK.
Grade 2 listed building, The Hyde Park still boasts many original features including gas lighting and a decorated Edwardian balcony.
Thanks anonymous person. I will check it out.
I also found another interesting site, thanks to a certain Kevin McGowan (ex student at Leeds uni). The site is: http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx?ThreadID=114&StartAtMessage=0ʙ
and it has some interesting stuff like the bear pit which was part of a very small zoo that only had two monkeys and a bear. Visitors viewed the bear from the turrets either side of the bear pit. Where the monkeys fitted in to all this is, so far, a mystery
Helen
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