By slobberchops on Skatehive
A whole row of derelict houses, or shops… or something. I spotted this terrible-looking street a few years ago, and since then, it has only got worse. Some of the houses were burned out, and others were in such a decaying state that they could well be considered non-recoverable. ‘Black Abbey Street’ it is named. A deadly label, no.., it’s quite boring in fact. ‘So named because the monks from ‘Kirkstall Abbey’, also known as Black Abbey, farmed here in the 13th century’ You can’t say this is not old, it’s ancient, and why was the Abbey named ‘Black Abbey’? That knowledge, I fear, has long since passed and faded from memory. Nearby? Leeds is NOT nearby at all, and given those dates it would take those monks a long time to reach ‘Black Abbey Street’. Horse and Cart, as there was no M62 or Teslas to make travelling life easy then. The fronts were sealed with that shiny tin stuff. Not much chance of an entrance using that method. We sauntered around this side entrance that looked extremely