http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis latest Belle Isle photographs en-gb 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Copyright: (C) Leeds City Council, see http://www.leodis.net for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.leodis.net/rss/ <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/71/2011328_171971.jpg" >1956/57. Image shows a large group of men posing for a photograph outside the large, brick-built premises of the Belle Isle Hotel, located in Low Grange Crescent. The men are sma... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2011328_171971 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/95/2010929_171195.jpg" >Undated. View shows nos. 253 (centre) and 255 (right) Middleton Road. A pushchair is standing beside the steps up to the door of no. 255. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010929_171195 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/94/2010929_171194.jpg" >Undated. View shows nos. 253 (left) and 255 (right) Middleton Road. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010929_171194 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/93/2010928_171193.jpg" >Undated. View shows no. 253 (left) and 255 (centre) Middleton Road. A pushchair can be seen outside the door of no. 255. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010928_171193 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/92/2010928_171192.jpg" >Undated. View shows nos. 255 (centre) and 253 (right) Middleton Road. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010928_171192 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/75/2010629_170975.jpg" >1965. Exterior view of the newly built Belle Isle Branch Library situated in Aberfield Gate off Belle Isle Road. The photograph was taken in the year the library opened which was ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170975 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/74/2010629_170974.jpg" >1965. Image shows the exterior of Belle Isle Branch Library which opened in 1965 in Aberfield Gate off Belle Isle Road. Wooden bench seating has been provided on a paved area with... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170974 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/73/2010629_170973.jpg" >1965. View of the newly built Belle Isle Branch Library. It is a single storey, open plan space divided by free-standing book shelves and seating. Bench seating follows the line o... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170973 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/72/2010629_170972.jpg" >1965. Interior view of the newly built Belle Isle Branch Library situated in Aberfield Gate, off Belle Isle Road. The open-plan space incorporates a glass display case for books, ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170972 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/71/2010629_170971.jpg" >1965. Library assistants are seen working behind the new counter of Belle Isle Branch Library. The library opened here in Aberfield Gate, off Belle Isle Road in 1965. A sign reads... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170971 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/70/2010629_170970.jpg" >1965. Interior view of Belle Isle Library which had recently opened in 1965. A library assistant is seen shelving books in the non-fiction department. In the foreground there is a... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170970 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/69/2010629_170969.jpg" >1965. Image shows the exterior of Belle Isle Branch Library which opened in 1965. The entrance to the library is in Aberfield Gate, off Belle Isle Road. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170969 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/67/2010629_170967.jpg" >1965. Interior view of the Reference section at the new Belle Isle Branch Library which opened in 1965. A large table with modern chairs has been provided for study. In the backgr... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170967 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/66/2010629_170966.jpg" >1965. Interior view of the new Belle Isle Branch Library which opened in 1965 in Aberfield Gate off Belle Isle Road. It shows the junior section where two children can be seen loo... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170966 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/65/2010629_170965.jpg" >1965. Image shows the newly built Belle Isle Branch Library from the exterior. It opened in 1965 in Aberfield Gate, off Belle Isle Road. The library is built in brick on one store... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170965 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/64/2010629_170964.jpg" >1965. Interior view of Belle Isle Branch Library which opened in Aberfield Gate off Belle Isle Road in 1965. In the foreground modern seating is arranged around low tables. Books ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170964 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/63/2010629_170963.jpg" >1965. Image shows the interior of Belle Isle Branch Library which opened in 1965. A young boy sits reading in the junior section of the open plan space. Comfortable seating has be... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010629_170963 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/30/2009115_169730.jpg" >4th October 2009. Image shows road works on Belle Isle Road exposing the old tram lines. The view looks north towards Hunslet and Holbeck and beyond to the City Centre. The M1 pas... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009115_169730 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/29/2009114_169729.jpg" >4th October 2009. View of road works on Belle Isle Road. The work has exposed the old tram lines which have been disused since the 1950s. Belle Isle Circus used to be the site of ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009114_169729 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/14/2009921_169414.jpg" >Ist August 1983. View of Skelton Grange Power Station looking from Belle Isle towards Stourton. The street in the foreground with parked car is Winrose Grove. In the middle distan... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009921_169414 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/74/2009821_169374.jpg" >Undated. View showing tram no.268, an English Electric-built Middleton Bogie dating from 1933-35, at a stop on Belle Isle Road. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009821_169374 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/49/2009326_168749.jpg" >November 2008. View of The Grey Goose public house on Belle Isle Road, closed at the time for restoration. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009326_168749 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/48/2009325_168748.jpg" >November 2008. View of Belle Isle Road showing the Grey Goose public house, closed at the time for restoration. A bus shelter can be seen on the left. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009325_168748 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/91/2009217_168391.jpg" >Undated. Image shows the roofs of housing on Belle Isle Circus. At this time these maisonettes were undergoing a programme of refurbishment and renovation. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009217_168391 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/90/2009217_168390.jpg" >Undated. Image shows, from left to right, numbers 80 to 66, Belle Isle Circus. Off camera, left, is Belle Isle Road. At this time these council properties, each containing four se... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009217_168390 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/42/20081125_167942.jpg" >c1945. Image shows the interior of St. John & St. Barnabas, located in Belle Isle Road. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081125_167942 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/30/2008117_167830.jpg" >1996. View of Belle Isle Branch Library on Aberfield Gate, off Belle Isle Road. The building, dating from 1965, also incorporates a clinic, seen on the left here. A car park is se... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2008117_167830 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/29/2008117_167829.jpg" >1996. View of Belle Isle Library, situated on Aberfield Gate off Belle Isle Road, showing steps leading up to the entrance. This branch was opened in 1965. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2008117_167829 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/28/2008117_167828.jpg" >1996. View of Belle Isle Branch Library on Aberfield Gate, off Belle Isle Road. This library was opened in May 1965 in a building which also incorporates a clinic. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2008117_167828 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/59/20081016_167559.jpg" >2007/8. Demolition has begun on South Leeds High School, also remembered as Merlyn Rees and Belle Isle County Secondary School. For a period in the 1970s it was a middle school, c... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081016_167559 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/58/20081016_167558.jpg" >2007/8. Image shows South Leeds High School after its closure in 2006. It was opened c1959-60 when it was known as Belle Isle County Secondary School. Many people will remember it... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081016_167558 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/56/20081016_167556.jpg" >2007/8. View from Middleton Road of the former Belle Isle County Secondary School built c1959. After several changes of name and organisation (Belle Isle Middle School, Merlyn Re... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081016_167556 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/54/20081016_167554.jpg" >2007/8. View of South Leeds High School in 2006 after demolition had begun. Depending on their era ex pupils will remember it as Belle Isle County Secondary School (from c1959), B... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081016_167554 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/52/20081016_167552.jpg" >2007/8. Image shows the demolition of old buildings at South Leeds High School, Middleton Road. The school opened as Belle Isle County Secondary School in c1959. It ceased to oper... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20081016_167552 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/74/2008930_167474.jpg" >2007/8. View of South Leeds High School, in Middleton Road, originally Belle Isle County Secondary, built c.1959. Ex-pupils of the 1970s will remember it as Belle Isle Middle Sch... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2008930_167474 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/19/2008926_167419.jpg" >2007/8. Image shows South Leeds High School which has seen several name changes and reorganisations since it was built as Belle County Secondary School c 1959. In the 1970s it bec... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2008926_167419 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/07/2007617_163907.jpg" >1998. View of Belle Isle Branch Library, situated off Aberfield Gate, which opened in May 1965. This view shows the ramped access at the side. A car is parked outside. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007617_163907 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/21/2005629_70328921.jpg" >2005. Image shows the new red brick Belle Isle Working Mens Club located in Belle Isle Road. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005629_70328921 Wilson, Gren Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/24/2005629_6531924.jpg" >2005. View of the newly built Belle Isle Working Mens Club. It has a chairman's rostrum and stage, five bars, a family room and serves food. It was fitted out by the Dewsbury firm... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005629_6531924 Wilson, Gren Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/60/2005629_90578860.jpg" >2005. View of the dual carriageway Belle Isle Road, looking in the direction of the City Centre. It is a potential corridor for the route south from the city of the proposed Leeds... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005629_90578860 Wilson, Gren Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/66/2005628_8037966.jpg" >2005. View of the entrance to St. John & St. Barnabas Church and Belle Isle Family Centre. The brick built church dates from the 1930s, when it replaced two other churches. The be... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005628_8037966 Wilson, Gren Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/84/2005628_53858584.jpg" >2005. Image shows the Church of St. John & St. Barnabas , built in brick in the 1930s. Before the 2nd World War the undercroft was used for schooling and social events. In 1998 lo... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005628_53858584 Wilson, Gren Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/29/2004721_27764529.jpg" >Undated Image shows a windmill and stone built house in a field off Middleton Road. A mill has stood on this site since the 15th centuary, however it has been rebuilt when the or... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004721_27764529 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/33/20031114_37971133.jpg" >8th June 1950 Image shows the rear of a row of terraced cottages. The ground floor of the properties are obscured by overgrown bushes and grasses. On the right clothes can be seen... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031114_37971133 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/68/20031114_29742068.jpg" >8th June 1950 Image shows a close up detail of partially open sash windows on number 1 Belle Isle Cottages. Behind can be seen an overgrown grassed area. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031114_29742068 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/28/20031114_70470828.jpg" >8th June 1950 Image shows a brick built terraced cottage with sash windows. The front door is open and a chair is just visible in the darkness of the house. A bicycle leans agains... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031114_70470828 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/84/20031114_6724184.jpg" >8th June 1950 Image shows two brick built cottages with sash windows. This row helped make up the hamlet of Old Belle Isle, a simple row of cottages built by Brandling in 1793-4 a... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031114_6724184 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/48/20031112_6444948.jpg" >Undated, View looks across the tiny hamlet of Old Belle Isle. Made up of less than 30 cottages, the village lay between Belle Isle Beck and Middleton Colliery tramway to the left ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031112_6444948 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/62/20031112_3951662.jpg" >Undated, View looks along a row of cottages which were originally built as housing for colliery workers in 1794. This row, along with two others made up the hamlet of Old Belle Is... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031112_3951662 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/09/20031112_21436709.jpg" >Undated, In the foreground of this view is a partially demolished block of two outside toilets. Moving back is the gable end of a row of cottages with a narrow alleyway giving acc... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031112_21436709 Gibson, Rose WYAS Collection - West Yorkshire Archives Belle Isle