Quarry Hill Flats: The Lost Community

[@dianehaile7028]

I always wanted to go through that iconic arch but my parents wouldn't take me. We didn't live in leeds but loved the sight of those flats.

[@Jane-lw4iw]

I grew up in Leeds, not far from Quarry Hill Flats (Torre Road) and went to St. Charles' RC school too in the 60's with my younger brother Rowly. We had mates in Quarry Hill and I have great memories playing there. This was a lovely time that I'll not forget, thank you for sharing this :)

[@brianmcgrath9329]

I lived in Jackson House at number 80 on the top floor and loved the experience at the time. I remember we had a cat called Ginger who would walk on the narrowbar on the balcony. He must have slipped off around six times and then went down lags splayed out as he glided to the ground. Five minutes later he swas outside the door meowing to come in. I can remember counting down his nine lives at the time. think we got to three left. Had loads of mates and we seemed to play outside all the time. . Sundays was a day all the different ages played football in the central aarea on the tarmac type surface . I remember Peter Gumby playing for theolder teams, He later went onto be a proffesional and was a coach at Leeds United for a long time. If I remember correctly we also had a piped in radio. I went to Christ Church infants. We left then to go live up Stoney Rock in Burns Street and I moved to St Stephens school. All the friendships I made I lost but as kids do I made lots of new friends on the local rec. One thing I remember to this day was moving from a flat with a toilet to one that was outside in the yard and shared with next door. We also had no bath and we had a tin one hung on the cellerhead. We had to put it in the kitchen and fill it with a pipe connected to a Maxol water heater. It wasnt a problem until I got to about 13 and at that stage played a lot of rugby coming home caked with mud and having to get bathed whilst everyone walked through the kitchen. Once finished I had to pull the bath to the back door and pour it into the yard at the back and swill it down. How lucky are children now but somehow it really makes you appreciate where you are now and you seem to value things much more. Really character building times without a doubt.I would not change them at all. This is a great video and brought it all back to me. Thank you for producing it.

[@colleenedwards3794]

I lived at 79 Jackson house, across the landing. All the best Brian Terry Edwards.

[@masymas1966]

Thanks for sharing, yes we have it so good now!

[@garethmason9255]

Hi Brian I thoroughly enjoyed reading what you wrote mate. I live in yeadon and now Guiseley but I worked around Leeds center and Beeston area.. Quarry hill was a place people mentioned often in conversation... You must have had a good life... People really do not realise do they? What our elders had and what we have now. I am only 45 so a little young for the time's talking about but it is great to receive your memories thank you.

[@Bzorlan]

Surely St Stephen's is a long walk from Burns Street? Unless there used to be one in Kirkstall

[@petercresswell3802]

🎉😂😮

[@sylviapingleton5354]

OMG remember these flats so well. I and some kids lived in Saxton Gardens not far from Quarry Hills, we had little gangs not like gangs today. We'd go to Quarry Hills, I left 1972 and now live in California but remember some good times and not so good times, then Quarry Hills started to get really run down, I mean run down, but lots of memories of Good O'L Leeds

[@googlecontrolled]

I was born in the flats in 73. Mam was too far into labour to be moved so there I came into the world.

[@davidpar2]

The basis for “Queenie’s Castle”

[@Betty_Virago]

Nice video, I lived in there just before it got knocked down, don't remember it but my families memories aren't as nice as the people in the videos.

[@micklufc73]

Amazed Eric Pollard lived there.

[@Robby334]

Very interesting thanks.

[@davidwoollard8472]

I lived there as a child in the early 60's..great times.

[@RorschachB1]

i have 2 say that is one amazing video,i live in leeds and iv heard of such a place and thanks 2 u iv watched a documentary that explains the place id have loved 2 visit thank u

[@junerby5142]

Loved this video - my dad (who is now dead) worked on the construction in the 1930's and used to tell us about the waste disposal system and all the community facilities etc. I was sad when I read all the negative comments previously because he had thought it was wonderful so its great to hear such positive comments from the people who actually lived there..

[@daleHarrison93]

Dont listen to the idiots of todays generation there is too many people who dont realise what previous generations have done and gone through for us to live how we do, although the government ruin everything they couldn't foresee and do anything about that.

[@junerby5142]

Thank you,

[@shellimac1]

My daddy lived here with his mum and dad and 6 siblings :) many moons ago

[@marioflavin2141]

used to walk through those big arches true loiners place built for the slum clearences a great community.

[@craigmullen9046]

The whole of England has been a lost community over the last 40 years all been done by design and no accident it's maladaptive, to break us down. Join us at Patriotic Alternative 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@peteshand543]

No thanks.

[@craigmullen9046]

@@peteshand543 please yourself pal but you know what!! things will get worse before they get any better. If they get any better, look into what I've said as you will.

[@peteshand543]

@@craigmullen9046 the whole of England as you say, is just another greedy country trying to hold on to it's grabbing past. I'm born raised there, entered the armed forces there, and got the hell out of there as soon as I could. So like i said, No thanks

[@craigmullen9046]

@@peteshand543 ok no probs. Big respect for being in the Armed forces though.

[@alirezaveryinformativevide6210]

Great transformation

[@Siemianowiceee]

6:12 Oh, is that (INSINKERATOR) Garchey the same French system, imported; as installed throughout Barbican Council Flats, in Central London ? o0o

[@DavidHey-vd5wn]

Kids playing taws! where would you see that today.!! I had friends that lived here.

[@eve2958809]

Very interesting, loved this film. Please make some more on Leeds?

[@jackwatson3944]

Leeds is a depressing city.

[@daleHarrison93]

​@@jackwatson3944The first ever moving picture (now known as a video) was done in leeds, had the inventor not had been murdered it would be the hollywood of today. we had battle of leeds when the king was in the city centre. We was the worlds leading manufacturer of clothes, sheets etc. its gone down hill over the years due to the foreign cunts.

[@jessihumphreys8048]

@@jackwatson3944 You are not wrong!

[@nickwigglesworth1363]

Quarter of a million?? Do your sums, it’s 759,000. Good video though. Happy days.

[@danielfield2570]

Think He got that figure from some sources who count the City of Leeds (proper) which is about 450000, but That figure doesn’t include places like Pudsey and Morley etc, so The 750000 figure is more appropriate I agree, it’s suprisingly hard to actually measure most cities sizes funnily enough

[@briklay]

very interesting used to go past there every friday on the bus going to stay wiyh my grandmother used to live on torre rd wonderful memories

[@elephantsmemory3142]

Irember a Francis Pye from ST Charlses He lived down by Addlesons roundabout I wonder if your related

[@lynn6302]

My Partner Terry Wilson told me about the waste disposal so i looked it up and came across this video. He said all his mates lived here when he went to st Charles school.thank you for sharing.

[@jeanhodgson8623]

Chairman, not chair!

[@frankbarrow7210]

Chair person.!

[@salvadormarley]

There's plenty of hoodies in Leeds. And there's no need to be rude.

[@pauledurant]

Did I hear that right? "Home to over a quarter of a million people"? There's roughly 800k people live within its boundaries, was it meant to be "Home to over three-quarters of a million people"? Nice video, otherwise. :)

[@jackwatson3944]

They said 4000 people.

[@josiecoote8975]

I heard that about a quarter of a million! It was three quarters of a million 50 years ago. Also, Leeds is the fourth biggest city in the UK, not often recognised as such!

[@STUDIOSKC]

Population of Leeds is approx 800,000. Not sure where you got your figures from.

[@salvadormarley]

And then the fucking hoodies took over - graet days

[@michelformika]

salvadormarley what is a hoodie?

[@yvonnejohnson1004]

@@michelformikasomeone who has a jacket with a hood on? They are pulled over the face as far as possible to make them look threatening and intimidating. I love the Leeds that I grew up in but I bet it’s not the same now.

[@FTW523.]

Thank you