filthy area,s populated by foreigners in leeds

[goldenbolls]

i was in leeds recently looking for a house to rent, i was shocked to see the state of some of the areas there, in armley it is absolutely filthy and horrible, the pakistani,s / arabs have all theyre washing over the road on cables similar to telephone lines,because all i see is burka,s and white cloak things worn by the men. i mean why doesnt the councils reprimand them or bring court orders against these people who are ruining our streets instead of penalising their own people for not putting the right rubbish in the right waste bin ? ive seen other big cities and ive seen similar districts run down and it seems to me that it is foreigners who are residing there probably the odd british junkie or two but mostly arabs/pakistani,s , romanians. am i really so wrong in my views here ? i cant tell lies i only see what i see with my own eyes. i am not racist and i do not see chinese communities or black communities like this. i am originally from belfast and we never had this problem untill romanians moved here into a certain area and within a year it was wrecked and filthy. we have loads of black people and indians , chinese but generally we dont have a problem and we are happy to live side by side and get on well and integrate with our foreign neigbours in belfast.(although polish people do not integrate with us for some reason i dont know)

this country really needs to waken up.FAST !!! oh s**t im going to be banned ;-(

[scotman]

http://www.capitalcol...GF1bmRyeSI7fQ==&pg=16

The above link shows a typical method of hanging out washing in Edinburgh. The picture is obviously old but the method was(is) still in use recently.

The 2 windows at top right show the equipment used and the one on second floor shows one with washing loaded.

It consisted of a wooden T-shaped structure which located in a socket fixed to the stone window sill. Lengths of wire or rope were run from the ends of the crossbar up to fixing points higher up the stonework. These supported the load.

Along the cross bar there were 4 pulleys with corresponding 4 attached to the wooden window sill. Between each pair of pulleys was a continuous loop of something like sashcord or thin rope.

Useage was by leaning out of window, pegging washing to the loop then moving loop round to bring the next section of cord into play.

These were remarkably effective.

[abstibus]

And cruise ships still go there.
How dare they offend the eyes of their passengers!
http://www.fotolibra..../183317/washing-line/

[boxtops]

LOL, I have just seen that I wrote "pendantic" in my post instead of "pedantic" - I must have been distracted by all these references to stuff hanging in the street!
I remember those washing lines scotman, my headmistress had one, we could see her smalls hanging on the line.

[Bummle]

Oh excellent, Scotman. Can't think where that street is or has it been pulled down. Do you know where it is/was?

[jackthehat]

Boxtops - Surely a headmistress would have worn 'bigs' ? :o)

[Mosaic]

It looks like down cowgate way to me

[scotman]

My map does not list the street any more. The general area is between Pleasance and Nicolson St.

[Bummle]

Many thanks, Mosaic and Scotman

[boxtops]

jack, she did, it was the very early sixties - a source of much mirth to first and second-formers!

[joko]

people have hung their washing out over streets for decades,,,its not a new or foreign thing!!

check out pics from 1930s-40s....


the problem with seeing with your eyes is often that you only see what you want to see...and what you dont see, you fill in the blanks...

assumptions are not facts