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Abbey Street, nos. 3 - 11

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Undated, This view is looking along Abbey Street from Kirkstall Road to Cavendish Street in the late 1950s. On the left is number 3, moving right numbers follow in sequence to 11 at the end of the row. Next, wall of Ind Coope and Allsop's beer bottling plant. The taller building with the chimney is the Aireton House clothing factory run by Frank R. Roberts and Co Ltd.

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George Lacey

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I served my Apprenticeship at Frank R. Roberts as a clothing pattern maker from 1956 to 1959. The company was very progressive for its time and treated their employees fantastically well. We had to attend night school 3 times a week and the firm always made sure the apprentices had a hot meal ready in the canteen after work before sending us of to tech. college,which was a large school up on the hill in the distance behind the tall chimney( I can't recall the name now). The company manufactured bespoke and high class ladies wear. At the beginning of each new season when the sample range was ready,the directors would hire mannequins(called models nowadays),set up a catwalk in the canteen and we would be treated to a private fashion parade of our efforts for the new season,before even the clients got a peek!!! The tall stack is for the boiler house which supplied steam for the presses and heating for the factory.the cutting room where I worked was top floor just behind the chimney. My training there stood me in good stead for the rest of my life. I emigrated to Australia in 1966 with my wife and 3 small children and after having my own clothing manufacturing business for the last 20 years am looking forward to retiring next year

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veracrowther@ntlworld.com

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I was born in whitby i have been in leeds since 1952 it was very hard it was hard but now i have wrote my life stories for bbc.co.uk and enjoyed every minute maybe you would like to read about my stories they are on all together compton road library but i have just wrote my war memories for whitby gazzette and they thought it was great i dont know whether you would be interested love vera

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joanne barnes nee leach

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according to the 1881 census my Ggreat great Grandma and grandad lived at no. 7 abbey, Street, Leeds. They were John (53) and Theresa (49) Leach. John was a labourer in the woollen industry at this time and Theresa was an 'inker - woollen'. Living with them at this time was their daughter Mary E (10) and a boarder called Geroge Nother who was 11 in 1881.

Date:

13-Jun-2009

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jjinna1@aol.com

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