DoGoSee - Leeds - Testbed 4 - Leeds Met Gallery - July 10-14. 2006
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Go into ‘Garage’ footwear store in the st. John’s Centre. See if you can cheer up the staff that work in there. They hardly ever smile.
Also see if you can find Chris. He is a busker with the gift of the gab. I bet he’d make up a song for you. He normally sings in the evening in the vicinity of the Corn Exchange.
Comment by nichola pemberton — July 5, 2006 @ 4:09 am
Find the bus stop outside of Leeds City Market on Vicar where buses depart for Morley and Photograph the queue of people waiting for a bus to arrive. Note how many people are waiting there compared to the numbers waiting at other stops on Vicar lane.
The Morley bus stop is the busiest in Western Europe.
Regards
Dickie D.
Comment by Dick Durkin — July 7, 2006 @ 8:28 am
Take a picture of Guy Fox’s table, it has a plack on it, in The Dropping Well Public House, in Knaresborough.
Comment by Dickie D. — July 7, 2006 @ 9:26 am
Search out and photograph the Bulls Head, on the listed building, on the Calls.
Comment by Terry — July 7, 2006 @ 9:31 am
Not everyone is aware that leeds has a cathedral,
find it & take a photograph from the altar (the priests view)
Regards,
ricky
Comment by Ricky — July 7, 2006 @ 9:51 am
Head to Leeds City Train Station at either end of the rush hour and, from the main entrance, take a photograph of the crowd waiting for their trains.
Comment by steve — July 9, 2006 @ 11:00 am
Go and have a drink at the Adelphi pub near Tetleys brewery, it’s always been a nice one (lots of engraved glass) but now has some big sofas upstairs which you might want to relax in after walking around Leeds. The bus station at Eastgate is always worth a visit too.
Comment by Juliet — July 9, 2006 @ 5:32 pm
Visit Thackeray Medical Museum.
Comment by Paul — July 10, 2006 @ 4:22 am
Go to the Dry Dock (a boat in the middle of Leeds)take a photo of Leeds Metropolitan University opposite as I can see the pub and the students drinking in it from my office window!
Comment by Kate — July 10, 2006 @ 6:25 am
Hi
The Lakeside Café is one of my favourite places in Leeds so far. I’ve been living
here for almost a year and lament the lack of social and green spaces in the centre
of Leeds, so I love living in Roundhay.
I have found that the Lakeside Café is the perfect place for solitary contemplation,
coffee with friends and even spotting our most famous local celebrity Jimmy Saville.
The atmosphere is cheery and very family friendly. The view is tranquil and the
cakes are excellent. For a more adult experience the café is also licensed.
I love it.
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Roundhay%20Park/page.aspx?style=/dortmund_partnership.asp
Cheers
Jaye
Comment by webmaster — July 10, 2006 @ 8:00 am
Hiya,
Have a look at the dark arches of Granery Wharf under the train station and see where the river gushes under the many arches. Always best after a heavy storm with a noticable musty odour and very loud too!
Reminds me of a past industrial era with the bricks on the path along these arches marked ‘electric’.
Liking your ideas
Comment by Chris — July 10, 2006 @ 4:49 pm
Go and visit the Three Legs pub on The Headrow and watch as alcoholics and general old soaks and reprobates drink there life away. Terrifying stuff.
Also check out Opposite Cafe opposite Parkinson steps which officailly serves the best Espresso in Leeds as well as some rather splendid artwork.
Comment by luke — July 10, 2006 @ 5:39 pm
Please do the following four things in Leeds:
1. Ask people for directions to places that are far away (at least outside Leeds). Follow their directions up to the point where you cross the Leeds city boundary. Photograph yourselves on the boundary at that point.
2. Walk on streets that spell “LEEDS”. Start on a street that begins with “L”, then go to the nearest street that begins with “E”, and so on. Carry big placards so people know which letter you’re on. Video these actions.
3. Find 50 different definitions of “performance art”. Then identify 5 sites in Leeds commonly identified with art. Recite (declaim!) 10 of the definitions either inside or on the street outside each of the 5 places. Record yourselves doing so.
4. Obtain a list or map of all Leeds city bus services. Starting with Number 1, travel on each bus route until the bus has turned the number of corners of its route number then get off the bus. Don’t record this in any way other than your own memories of the experience which you should recall on every future bus journey you make.
Comment by Derek Horton — July 11, 2006 @ 8:37 am
Head to Armley Gyratory and follow the footpath until you find the tunnel that runs through the bank of earth that supports the rail track. Photograph what you see when you emerge from the opposite end of the tunnel.
Comment by northerncreative — July 11, 2006 @ 9:04 am
Go to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm (off Meanwood Road - number 51/52 bus from town) and take a photo of Pedro the donkey. You can also get a nice cup of tea in the cafe there.
Comment by Helen — July 11, 2006 @ 9:18 am
go to the cross keys pub on water lane, holbeck and admire the wallpaper in the ladies toilets (and of course sample the fine ales).
also record the beauty of the derilict art deco style building which can be found near the inner ring road. the only way i can describe it is by walking down the headrow (heading towards the town hall end of town), onto westgate and then its somewhere around one of the junctions that connect onto the motorway system.
the friendliest big issue seller in leeds sells outside wilkinsons on albion street from 7am til 10am. his face itself tells a thousand stories.
and finally… another interesting thing in leeds is a stained glass window on the building adjacent to the angel pub as you walk in off briggate (and try the organic lager in the angel. mmm,) .
Comment by kelly dean — July 11, 2006 @ 3:31 pm
Please, go to Harvey Nichols on Briggate - have the door held open for you by the door man - take a photo of the most beautiful pair of Gina shoes. Have fun !
Comment by lynn — July 11, 2006 @ 9:30 pm
Head down to Vicar Lane and take a photo of 71 Vicar Lane. These days it’s part of a Hugo Boss shop (I think…), but five years back it was a pub called the Duchess of York: a small, traditional old pub that, in its time, was host to acts including Nirvana, Green Day, Oasis and Husker Du.
Comment by stevemosby — July 11, 2006 @ 9:50 pm
After all your hard work, enjoy a beer in Whitelocks. It’s Leeds’s oldest pub, first licensed in 1715, and still one of the best. Don’t take a record unless you want to, just enjoy the atmosphere.
Comment by Keith — July 11, 2006 @ 10:32 pm
Go to the market and see how long you can tollerate the stench of raw meat on the butchers’ aisle. Then complete this vomit mission by visiting the bizarre wig shop.
Comment by Ian T — July 12, 2006 @ 10:04 am
One of the little known things about the West Yorkshire Playhouse is you can hire out the costumes they make for the productions. Perhaps a jaunt through the streets of Leeds would be improved by Victorian period dress? Or you could come into work both dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz?
http://www.wyplayhouse.com/
then click on the link in the bottom left hand corner.
Comment by Alex Prokop — July 12, 2006 @ 10:40 am
meanwood valley trail…. it’s been said that tolkein gained inspiration for his books from walking around places like this… and i can see why…
Comment by H — July 12, 2006 @ 11:16 am
Go to the Common Place (23 - 25 Wharf Street)- independent collectively-run social centre/cafe/cinema/bookshop. They have film events and meetings in the evenings and at weekends. If not open during the weekday, just take a picture from outside.
Also, celebrate Bastille Day by tracking down the statue of the French ‘boules’ player behind Park Row/Infirmary Street.
Comment by Helen — July 13, 2006 @ 12:45 pm
go to south Leeds
I suggest the hamara centre and particlaru the garden gate pub also grandways on dewsbury road
Comment by mick ward — July 13, 2006 @ 6:44 pm