Well, after closing down in 2022, it would appear not much has changed. Captured by Kyle Urbex (@kyle_ubex on Instagram) , inside The Drysalters has interestingly revealed that everything, right down to bottles of milk and Buck's Fizz, is still in the pub - and there's plenty marking it's importance to Leeds United fans over the years too.
Images: @kyle_urbex, Instagram
The explorer told us that "So once inside I instantly felt a sense of nostalgia due to frequenting the pub as a Leeds fan when it was operational. I can't believe the murals and everything is left frozen in time in the bar area from pictures. Glasses. Alcohol and more! After capturing some shots downstairs I turned my attention to upstairs where I came across some creepy halloween decorations tucked up in bed and a few more Leeds United related bits and bobs.
"I did manage to uncover some personal pictures of the last owners in a scrap book which gave the explore even more of a sentimental and personal feel I really enjoyed this one on my own doorstep and of course being a Leeds United fan myself it was a really good explore to tick off my list of Yorkshire based explores that's for sure."
The Drysalters pub was a popular match day pub from LUFC fans since the 1960s and was formerly run by Greene King.
Images: @kyle_urbex, Instagram
Its close proximity to Cottingley Crematorium meant that the venue was often used for funeral wakes throughout the years.
The pub was saved from demolition a few times, most recently in September 2020, A Save The Salters group sent over 50 letters objecting to plans to redevelop the plot of land for a drive-thru coffee shop.
In the months before its final closure in 2022, The Drysalters pub issued an apology after ‘horrifying’ gig from controversial punk band whose promotional material was thought to feature Nazi-inspired imagery.
Before performing, outrage sparked online about the controversial band, which led to police involvement and led to a statement from the owners saying they “were naive about the bands [...] We as people are not racist in anyway. So I can say we are very sorry for the upset that it has caused . It will never happen again. There is not much else I can say apart from how really sorry we are.”
The pub finally closed at the end of 2022 and has been left derelict ever since.
The tiramisu hype lives on, and this time it's coming to Leeds.
It really does feel like the traditional Italian dessert has taken the world by storm as of late.
Everything from tiramisu cups and tiramisu coffees have been popping up all over our feed, and now tiramisu in drawer form is popping up in the city centre.
Misu Tiramisu is an independent business that began at Manchester's Christmas Markets and quickly became one of the most popular operators, all thanks to its miniature tiramisu ‘drawers’.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
The individually portioned and colourfully packaged desserts quickly became one of town’s top puddings, and owners Aleem and Aishah went on to launch a stand inside the Manchester Arndale too.
And now they’re branching out again in Leeds inside Trinity shopping centre for a two month residency.
You’ll find all their delicious flavours of handmade tiramisu, including classic, pistachio, chocolate, Biscoff, mango, and lemon - they'll also have some gluten-free tiramisu on offer as well, so no one has to miss out.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Misu Tiramisu owners Aleem and Aishah spent a year refining the recipe for their tiramisus after a trip to Milan, first launching with their first market stall in Sale.
Misu Tiramisu is now open inside Trinity shopping centre opposite Boots Opticians and Pop Specs.
They're open every day of the week for you to get your tiramisu fix, from 9am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 5pm on a Sunday.
And trust us Leeds, they're just as delicious as they are adorable.
Fossilised 320-million-year-old fish found in Leeds’ Roundhay Park
Clementine Hall
A prehistoric fish fossil has been unearthed at Roundhay Park in Leeds.
The fascinating prehistoric skull bone of a coelacanth fish was discovered by a geologist at Roundhay Park earlier this year.
It is thought the creature was frozen in time aeons ago, during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.
The remarkable discovery has now been kindly donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries and added to the natural sciences collection at Leeds Discovery Centre.
Image: Leeds City Council
The Leeds fossil was found by Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society during a reconnaissance walk he was carrying out ahead of a planned field excursion in the north Leeds park.
Describing the moment he made the discovery, Ru said: “There’s a layer of rock in the park which dates from around 320 million years ago, from a time before the breakup of the continents, when what is now the park would have been situated close the Equator and under the warm waters of a tropical lagoon. West Central Africa would be a good place to find similar environments in the present.
“There’s a bed of freshwater mussels called Carbonicola at one level in the rock, and opening a piece of shale from this bed in my hands I saw something unusual – a distinctive skull bone of a large fish. I knew straight away this was something different and very rare."
The bone was verified byexperts as belonging to a coelacanth older than those found elsewhere in Yorkshire, making it the oldest fossil coelacanth discovered in the region.
Ru added: “Coelacanths are pretty amazing fish and it’s just very cool to think that at one time, you could have been standing in Leeds and watching them swim around above a bed of mussels in Roundhay Park.
“That’s really the wonder of geology, looking at the rock and time travelling in the imagination to what was a very different world.”
Sophie Smith -
14th March 2024 
