A traditional Leeds pub still displaying its amazing heritage, plus an excellent gig, and a few other bits and pieces.... The Cardigan Arms is a huge, solid-looking building situated on the Kirkstall Road in the Leeds suburb of Burley. I mentioned last time that I hadn't been since it was taken over by Kirkstall Brewery last year, but I decided to put that right when I was visiting Leeds last weekend. It was originally owned by Tetleys and I was a regular visitor when I lived in Leeds back in the early 1980's. It was a rambling old place, with several rooms, lots of wood panelling, etched glass windows, and huge mirrors. It was always busy, a friendly local with an eclectic mix of people drawn by the superb beer from the brewery a mile or two down the road. Spectacular: the bar at the Cardigan Arms, Leeds But, more of that in a minute. The night before I visited the Cardigan, I had been in Halifax. I was off to see Richard Dawson at the Minster, but prior to that