Leeds: City Centre Guide and History

[@alfredogrados1]

I lived 5+ years in Leeds in the 60s and I remember that beautiful city as it was, as I always liked.

[@adamadams8967]

I came to Leeds as a refugee 20 years ago and living here since. Welcoming people and city as all friendly Yorkshire people. God bless 🙏

[@havingalook2]

While that was a great presentation - it pales in comparison to being in Leeds. Leeds is simply a BEAUTIFUL city and one that must be visited before you die. Everything about it is a pleasure. I simply adore the city - have been twice and will continue to return.

[@juliesharples373]

See u soon

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

You should not judge a area by 2 visits, i have lived in Leeds for all my 67 years and i tell you it is a terrible place to live. Outside the tourist areas i believe you must have visited its crime, grime, derelict buildings drugs and prostitutes. Its more escape before you die.

[@Thebaddestplayer138]

love this city. lived there for 3yrs and miss it always.

[@sulaymaanqureshi1156]

Aldarbayar Juugee London is way bigger and better

[@trippy2johno280]

London is horrible

[@UTubeAngelique]

trippy119 London is a big metropolis with zero heart, zero culture and smelly, dirty money leads the hearts of its citizens, who (the majority of which) live in converted houses, every floor a flat, every toilet shared, unless you are filthy rich and talk with a plum in your mouth...oh, yes. Lived there. Keep it, it's rank.

[@UTubeAngelique]

My mum used to call him ‘Jeff Drew it’!😂 he interviewed/filmed me when I was a kid in the late 70s/early 80s at the bottom of our street..😂

[@lawriemorritt3492]

Used to attend the grain market at the Corn Exchange every Tuesday. It used to be a vast floor , but they seem to have taken away a lot of floor to expose the basement. I remember that there was only one telephone there, and when someone was called, the caretaker used to walk around with a bell and a small blackboard with his name on it. Tramfare was one penny in those days.

[@lamb1102]

Leeds is brilliant, summat for everyone.

[@trippy2johno280]

Aye! an abundance of sink estates to choose from

[@fareedtv8525]

My Visit to Roundhay Park, LEEDS Uk kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5mahX2HatFrq68

[@HornyDude83]

Sophistication? Sophistication!? Don't talk to me about sophistication Love, I've BEEN to Leeds! XD

[@lilachart6371]

I was born and raised in Leeds and lived there until I was in my mid 20's. I moved away to a small country village about 40 miles away ..but have tons of very happy memories.

[@brianrodney5202]

My paternal grandfather, aged 5 years was taken by his father to see Queen Victoria open Leeds Town Hall in 1856. Almost one hundred years later, I was taken by my father to see the ruins of the City Museum in Park Row the day after it was bombed during WW2.

[@bugmanuk]

Leeds is such an amazing city. As a geordie I can travel and spend hours and come back by tea via rail and relish every hour down there.

[@kieramiddleton7762]

I love and miss my home town.its grimm up north

[@WildwoodClaire1]

Thanks for the highlights. Looking forward to a visit.

[@RobertHasty]

God I wish I could come there for a month or two and find my GG and GGG grandfathers old homes and burials. My GG grandfather and GG grandmother died in 1891 there at a young age mid 20s from influenza and left my G grandfather and siblings as orphans when they were babies.

[@zerpsed3267]

Super vidéo merci

[@kittyandthegang]

We love Leeds

[@brianrodney712]

My grandfather was taken by his father to witness the opening of Leeds Town Hall , he was aged eight at the time.

[@tayloryule6129]

MY CITY

[@UTubeAngelique]

He mentioned the cloth industry, but forgot to mention Burtons (the full Monty)/Miss Selfridge/TopShop and Marks & Spencers??? Also, the moving picture (movies) were invented in Leeds and the oldest moving picture is of/on Leeds' bridge. There is one of the largest parks in Europe (larger than any park in London) and the biggest teaching hospital in Europe (larger than any in the capital). And also, the oldest working railway in the world and Hunslet Engine Company. Plus, Leeds has the OLDEST carnival in Europe, London followed with Notting Hill after Leeds paved the way... Peter O'Toole's regular pub was the Adelphi and the City Varieties is one of the most well-preserved theatres in the country... Just sayin'😂

[@brianrodney5202]

The equestrian statue in City Square is of the Black Prince who is said to have introduced the heavy woolen industry to Yorkshire.

[@UTubeAngelique]

@@brianrodney5202and, we’re twinned with Dortmund in Germany, hence the ‘Barrel Man’ in Dortmund Square! We also sat on the lions at the Town Hall fully-knowing that we weren’t supposed to! But our mum was great! And, she let us! Just up from there, we used to climb and sit on the Henry Moore lady statue! Now, how many people can say that!?!

[@UTubeAngelique]

@@brianrodney5202I think we also have a place called ‘Cloth Court’ if my memory serves me correctly? Think it’s near Greek Street… just off of Park Row? Could be wrong?

[@UTubeAngelique]

@@brianrodney5202also, Park Row as it’s called now, used to be a railway line. Leeds Station is called ‘NEW’ because they had a differently placed earlier station… the trains used to deliver the mail up Park Row directly past the Post Office and there are still Underground postal tunnels that are beneath Merrion Way and New Briggate. Additionally, when you drive through Princes Avenue at Roundhay Park with Oakwood Clock behind you, you will notice on the left hand side, there is a perfect tree line with a perfectly flat gap in the middle all of the way up to the skateboard car park. This ‘road of grass’ is called ‘The Connaught’ it’s where the tramlines used to be. Facing Oakwood Clock and looking towards Soldiers Field, you can see the field ground ‘dip’ and then raise a little… that was the electric power for the trams. It’s still there. Just as you walk over that tiny one-way road. It’s all still there, just hidden by grass and time…

[@TakuCityPop]

born and raised in Leeds!

[@Robby334]

When I first came to Leeds 45 Years ago, Leeds was fantastic, great shops lovely market and great nightlife, you could go out and feel safe. Now like most Cities its a dump full of immigrants louts fighting and not a nice place. I am glad I live out of the centre and in a small suburb now.... Happy memories.

[@Robby334]

@@kazamshah4543 Well said

[@stephenhodgson3506]

If you ever went to Mabgate you would be walking in the streets populated at one time by thousands of immigrant Jews. Those Jews went on to found much of the tailoring industry and companies like Marks & Spencer's. Eventually as their wealth increased they slowly moved north to Chapeltown and then onto Moortown. Leeds has always welcomed immigrants and ALL of those immigrants have added to the wealth and culture of the city. I have lived all my life in Leeds and fighting in the city centre has always gone on. My father was brought up in an area of Leeds known as the Bank where with one exception the police dare not patrol unless they were in pairs.Quarry Hill was an estate that you didn't dare walk through unless you were a resident. As somebody who attended High School in the city centre in the late 60's and early 70's I can tell you the city centre is a very different and much better place than it was back then.

[@stevehall6299]

@@stephenhodgson3506 well said.

[@stevehall6299]

'Immigrants' ? - better check your genes Robby334.

[@jnmykn5557]

Not bad, would have been better if you had gone into a bit more detail about the buildings etc you featured. ATB - Jn

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

Can someone explain please the confusion, Leeds has a population of around 530.000. Yet for some confusing unknown reason the population of the metro area is called Leeds city which confuses people which also includes many towns outside the boundary of Leeds having a population of over 800.000. Most cities have a metro area outside them but is given a different name. Why is the metro area called Leeds city so to confuse so many that this is the city of Leeds when it also includes many independent towns. Very often you can find a list of English cities populations which state the cities population only yet due to confusion Leeds includes all these surrounding towns as well simply because its called Leeds city since the last census. People get really confused because of this that Leeds has apparently grown by the best part of 300.000 in 10 years when its not true, Leeds population is currently 530.000.

[@mgithaiga1]

I would like to visit Leeds

[@spinynormanbest6410]

Just follow the M621 you can't miss it 😏😏

[@mgithaiga1]

@@spinynormanbest6410 ok thanks

[@johnpatrick9574]

my city

[@detectivethinker3637]

r stiltskin Same here

[@stevenmcintyre735]

just a quick correction for you geoff, briggate , comes from the old saxon brigata brig=bridge and gata=street, ergo, "street to the bridge"not gate as you mentiond, i;e kirkgate =street to the church. for more info facebook.com/groups/leedsnostalgia

[@MiisterDemoon]

Vivement la pause déjeuner

[@zerpsed3267]

Hugo Morlé mec tu as raison là j’ai la dalle à cause de cette vidéo gastronomique

[@MegaMissfitz]

Im off to leeds shortly! I can think of better places to be on a friday afternoon !!!

[@Veronicamarie1000]

Are there any clothe mills or living histories of such in Leeds? Anyone can just in with an answer I would appreciate any info.

[@aroundaboutyorkshire2776]

There are two large scale mills I know of: Hainsworth's at Stanningley and Moon's at Guiseley (and next door is where they make Sirdar Wool). There is no public access to these. To get an idea of a mill try Bradford Industrial Museum or Armley Mills (Leeds) - they both operate machinery - check the web though! For handloom weaving go to Fulneck Moravian Museum or the Colne Valley Museum at Golcar, Huddersfield - they both have rooms set-up as they would have been in the 18th century.

[@Veronicamarie1000]

Thanks for the information.

[@superleeds2739]

@@Veronicamarie1000 the piece hall in halifax

[@sulaymaanqureshi1156]

what do you think of billiricay In Essex?

[@WildwoodClaire1]

Must go listen to some of my old Ian Dury recordings.

[@brianrodney5202]

A famous living author and playwright who hails from Leeds, wrote, that when he lived there, he always felt as if he were living life on the sidelines. As someone who was brought up in Leeds in the1950s , I can only concur with him.

[@zerpsed3267]

Salut Grace

[@carmenopramolla5262]

Presenter should have tailored his off the shelf trousers.

[@zerpsed3267]

Salut Mylane

[@MiisterDemoon]

Merci pour ce cours d’anglais incroyable !

[@zerpsed3267]

Hugo Morlé c’est moi ou il y’a un lien entre les 4 premier ?

[@MiisterDemoon]

Apparemment

[@carmenopramolla5262]

Smione y hieronymus_mosh Greeting from Nueva York

[@zerpsed3267]

Salut kim

[@zerpsed3267]

Cette vidéo est extraordinaire merci beaucoup je me sub bécasse its la base

[@JoJo-xb7do]

leeds is an ok city. The luxurious apartments he's talking about are crappy blocks that are over priced and dont function well as living spaces.

[@spinynormanbest6410]

And there's triple the number of them since this...they're ugly

[@fireupthequatrobolly]

To the guy commenting 'poundland' represents: you clearly come from the less picturesque parts of Leeds. Where I'm from-north leeds-I'd say m&s represents Leeds best,as it should.have a bit of civic pride,you giptonite

[@trippy2johno280]

justa person Maybe you should get out more you despicable snob. no prizes for guessing who you vote for! lol So according to your logic because I'm acknowledging a side of Leeds that you'd clearly rather not , that makes me a Giptonite?! lol What sort of stuck up imbecilic blurp was that?! There is clearly a too big a gap between the rich & poor in Leeds & the gap is one of the largest in the country, it's all very well having a city centre catering for students, the local "haves" & exiled cockneys but like i said, that is only one side of Leeds The inner city in all directions & huge swathes of east Leeds are a vortex of despair....no shopping in harvey nicks or drinking coffee in starbucks for these Leeds folk.

[@freewill1114]

Ha, ha, it cracks me up when Brits squabble! What is a giptonite anyway?

[@trippy2johno280]

@@freewill1114 A giptonite (IN THE EYES OF PEOPLE LIKE JUSTA PERSON) is somebody from a poor area of East Leeds called 'Gipton' hence the term Giptonite & they will usually be a boss-eyed, pasty faced, ill conceived, welfare sponging empty head addicted to cheap cider & chips lol a sort of British version of your American deep south hillbilly lol not entirely true of course although I will say that there are 'some' folk like that & I believe the welfare state mentality in the last 20 years has quadrupled In places like Gipton but that is down to a fucked up government who have shit on those at the bottom in favour of pandering to the needs of third world immigrants! And I take my hat off to the University lecturer from Gipton. :)

[@stevehall6299]

@@patricksford 👍🎯

[@Alendi11]

this guy definitely went to the city centre on a sunday morning...normally it's jam packed, and now almost 60% of people in Leeds are from abroad. And it looks impeccably clean, but usually the whole place is trashed from drunken students/low income members of society who aren't civilised enough to keep the ground they walk on clean.

[@simeonselmon5470]

Tinkuman28 not true what you are saying

[@ollieham4616]

Tinkuman28 -

[@stephenhodgson3506]

Tinkuman28 it's always best to check your facts before you post because if you don't in the age of the internet you can very quickly be made to look stupid. According to the official 2018 population demographics of Leeds; 85% of the Leeds population is white and 81.1% of those white are white British. As I said check your facts or you make yourself look stupid.

[@CraigHalliday-h2g]

I love the Trinity Centre

[@trippy2johno280]

How the hell is having a pretentious pile of poop of a shop like Harvey Nichols anything to boast about?! A shop to rip off the rich, yeah sure! that really represents the people of Leeds that does?! lol ....I think "Poundworld" would be more representative!! lol

[@californiancondor6860]

Harvey Nichols along with poundworld are both very welcome in Leeds which is far more than could be said for arrogant idiots like you.

[@gthbf1]

I like Poundland.

[@LINDSAYWINN]

Nothing pretentious about Harvey Nichols, it is simply a prestigious department store associated with London. Your comment about Poundland merely reveals a certain ignorance on your part. Leeds is home to many financial and legal firms and has many affluent people living in it.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

because many cities in the UK would love to have a Harvey Nichols in their city and many have campaigned to get one but only Leeds has been able to attract them. I think that is something to boast about. Have you ever actually been to Leeds because if you had you would have noticed the many other retailers, restaurants and other businesses that are in Leeds. Leeds has no more Poundworlds than any other major city

[@trippy2johno280]

@@LINDSAYWINN yeah mostly people not from Leeds & you say theres nothing pretentious about Harvey Nicks?! 400 quid for a pair of sandals?! 300 quid for a T- shirt?! 300 quid for a pair of sunglasses? lol what delusional planet do you live on woman?! lol go paint your toe nails lovey!

[@jiggersotoole7823]

Lovely city ruined by traffic.

[@trippy2johno280]

Yup, well said, it is a traffic choked mess, you've got all that lovely architecture on boar lane & Vicar lane yet all that affronts the eye at every turn is convoy's of double Decker buses belching out their pollution & totally destroying any potential ambiance & the Leeds loop was designed by somebody with a brain wasting disease! The people that run Leeds are deluded incompetent morons with poor vision.

[@georgemacpherson1992]

Have to disagree with you.

[@georgemacpherson1992]

@@trippy2johno280if it was for double decker buses then single decker one would always be rammed full

[@davidgibbs7232]

Leeds has some wonderful old buildings (Harvey Fucking Nichols is not one of them) and a great history but modern day Leeds is nothing like the Leeds I grew up in in the 50s and 60s.Peope may have more now than I did but the city has become a lawless mismash of people from all over the world with no connection to the country and our culture and way of life.For that I think we can thank that arch traitor Tony Blair and his ally Gordon Brown.

[@bermondsey548428]

its got a decent city centr for a night out but thats about it.its definetely not a manchester and nowhere near has good as liverpool newcastle and york

[@stephenhodgson3506]

strange you should say that when the students who study in Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and York when they have completed their studies chose to leave. Meanwhile many who study in Leeds chose to stay and set up home there. Obviously there are thousands who disagree with you.

[@bermondsey548428]

@@stephenhodgson3506 thousands disagree.?do you know them mr hodgson stop taking the silly pills and wake up or perhaps you should get all them thousands to put replies on youtube.lol

[@stephenhodgson3506]

@@bermondsey548428 no I base my comment on the fast growing official numbers who now live in the city centre most of who went to the Universities of Leeds and want to stay. When you compare those to the numbers put out by Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and York city councils you see quite a dramatic difference.

[@bermondsey548428]

@@stephenhodgson3506 did you also know mr hodge that a very large percentage of these city centre high rise apartments have 70% occupancy. there must be a lot of students in leeds sleeping under railway bridges.?

[@stephenhodgson3506]

@@bermondsey548428 most of the students are living in the new student accommodation that has been and continues to be built for them as the numbers of students continues to rise. The new high rise apartments that continue to be built are been built to allow for them once they graduate. That is why there is occupancy property developers don't build and continue to build if they expect their new buildings to be unoccupied. It's called forward planning, forecasts for city centre living are forecasted to more than double in the next five years.

[@footballfanar7848]

Leeds is not the best city.

[@ollieham4616]

Found this useless for my geography. 1/10 would not recommend to my dog

[@footballfanar7848]

Leeds is a bit of a dump.

[@jamesharland5137]

Stephen Richards ha ha ...you should go to bradford

[@trippy2johno280]

alex Richards- Leeds was recently voted the most littered city in the UK & I agree, it is filthy!

[@trippy2johno280]

@@jamesharland5137 inner city Leeds would depress the fuck out of a lottery winner! lol it's the wet litter , knucklehead epicentre

[@paulmcdonnell8304]

You lot think Manchester isn't a dump. Thick as fuck