This was some of the first moving film ever shot in the UK. It was made by Louis Le Prince who had also shot footage at Roundhay Gardens 18 months earlier. I would have loved if he had taken a shot of where the train station and Queens Hotel now stand as these were not there at this point and I would like to have seen what was there. Have wanted to see this footage for some years, Thank You Leeds Loiner.
The current queens hotel was not there at this point but its predecessor was stood roughly in the same footprint. Also the train station was next to it also
Wow, my great grandfather came from there to the U.S in early 1900. His father and mother both died in 1891 at a young age mid 20s from influenza. I'm still trying to find information on my GGG grandfather born there 1840. Thanks for a peek into their world.
The man on the galloping horse at 1:07 was fascinating. Leeds seemed to be something of a 'one-horse town'. Not the kind of town which had one horse per 100,000 people, but the kind of place where this enterprising person was perhaps not wealthy enough to own a buggy and two horses. Still, he did well enough to own a horse and saddle, rather than walking.
I think horse and cart is the forward again through town centres. No congestion, no traffic wardens and people just getting on with life. Wish I had been born back in these days, or who knows, I might have been and my sole living on to the state of the place now.
Weird how as humans we can only see this far back on photographic/film images, , the people back then didn't have that luxury, maybe life wasn't as miserable as the black & white images suggest?! poverty & squalor was rife i know but when you look at things today, were it not for the welfare state would things be any different today? i somehow doubt it.
The first scene was on Leeds Bridge across the River Aire at the bottom of Lower Briggate. Then City Square, then a ride along Boar Lane towards Briggate, filmed from the top deck of what would then have been a new electric tram.
On another video of this type showing men coming out of a factory in Leeds amongst the hundreds of white men was one black man. It was heartening to see he looked happy and relaxed, laughing and joking with his fellows
Excellent. I'd not seen the tram ride along Boar Lane before.
That was brilliant !! Leeds was a very busy city !!!
Wow!!! I've just travelled back 118 years!! Excellent post and very interesting, I walked those very streets only a few days ago. Thanks for sharing
This was some of the first moving film ever shot in the UK. It was made by Louis Le Prince who had also shot footage at Roundhay Gardens 18 months earlier. I would have loved if he had taken a shot of where the train station and Queens Hotel now stand as these were not there at this point and I would like to have seen what was there. Have wanted to see this footage for some years, Thank You Leeds Loiner.
The current queens hotel was not there at this point but its predecessor was stood roughly in the same footprint. Also the train station was next to it also
I miss that time, there was a lot of peace and joy just in thought now....
its so busy with life on the streets it makes the past feel alive and kicking. you had to get a move on to cross the roads, like frogger on the atari.
Wow, my great grandfather came from there to the U.S in early 1900. His father and mother both died in 1891 at a young age mid 20s from influenza. I'm still trying to find information on my GGG grandfather born there 1840. Thanks for a peek into their world.
The man on the galloping horse at 1:07 was fascinating. Leeds seemed to be something of a 'one-horse town'. Not the kind of town which had one horse per 100,000 people, but the kind of place where this enterprising person was perhaps not wealthy enough to own a buggy and two horses. Still, he did well enough to own a horse and saddle, rather than walking.
I think horse and cart is the forward again through town centres. No congestion, no traffic wardens and people just getting on with life. Wish I had been born back in these days, or who knows, I might have been and my sole living on to the state of the place now.
I feel the same, I feel spiritually connected to the 19th century, I detest modern Leeds
Everyone in this film is long dead.
The transport system in Leeds is still as slow. So many plans but nothing achieved. Where is the metro that comparable European cities have?
How did people sound when they spoke back then? Was the Leeds accent any different?
Probably as thick then as it is now. I'm Leeds born and bred so entitled to say it.
Weird how as humans we can only see this far back on photographic/film images, , the people back then didn't have that luxury, maybe life wasn't as miserable as the black & white images suggest?!
poverty & squalor was rife i know but when you look at things today, were it not for the welfare state would things be any different today? i somehow doubt it.
Who knows where is that in Leeds? Name of street?
The first scene was on Leeds Bridge across the River Aire at the bottom of Lower Briggate. Then City Square, then a ride along Boar Lane towards Briggate, filmed from the top deck of what would then have been a new electric tram.
Not a black face insight.
That's a shame although there have been black people in Yorkshire for centuries.
Perhaps you'll see more in and around the nearby coal mining towns
On another video of this type showing men coming out of a factory in Leeds amongst the hundreds of white men was one black man. It was heartening to see he looked happy and relaxed, laughing and joking with his fellows