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The Rising Sun was situated at 290 Kirkstall Road. This pub is now used as an antique shop.

When I first came to Leeds to find student accommodation in summer 1993 I visited this pub to get some lunch. They had stopped serving food so I was making do with a pint when the landlady came out with a huge bread cake ham sandwich for free. Where I came from in the south this would never have happened, I was taken aback to say the least. 19 years later I am still in Leeds, unfortunately this great pub is no more. I visited it in the years in between and the decline was sad and drawn out. I remembered visiting it on a Thursday night when half the pub was in darkness. Great pub with huge rooms and massive potential, especially with the cinema etc across the road. It’s a real shame to see it as a thrift shop.

Charlie Catley (August 2012)

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