| [1] | New Farnley Post Office and General Store, numbers 2-4 Low Moor Side Lane (Farnley) |
|  April c1965.
Image shows the frontage of New Farnley Post Office and General Store located at numbers 2 to 4 on the north side of Low Moor Side Lane, when at that time the proprietor was Ronnie Murgatroyd. The building, built in coursed gritstone, dates from the late 18th century and is believed to have originally been part of a farm. It is now Grade II listed along with the others in the row. New Farnley Post Office is nowadays housed in a new building at Low Moor Side. The little girl perched on the window sill enjoying an iced lolly is Vanessa Sharp, born in 1961. |
| [2] | Upper Town Street, number 264 to 266, Walter Lister, Family Butcher (Bramley) |
|  c early 1920s.
Image shows family members and staff posing for a photograph outside numbers 264 to 266 Upper Town Street, the business of Walter Lister, Family Butcher. From left to right the people are identified as Elsie Lister (the daughter of Walter Lister), Mary Lister (Walter's first wife, known as Polly), Walter Lister and Joyce Harvey, (Walter's Granddaughter). On the right are two employees wearing striped butcher's aprons and flat caps. One of these, Robert Harvey, is the father of the little girl. The shop windows display various cuts of meat and carcasses hang from hooks. Walter Lister's butcher's shop was located at the corner of Upper Town Street with Bell Lane. |
| [3] | Lower Town Street, Kitty Lister and staff of Lister's English Meat Purveyors (Bramley) |
|  19th July 1975.
Image shows Miss Kitty Lister and her staff on the day of her retirement from the family butcher's business, Lister's English Meat Purveyors, at number 135 Lower Town Street, seen in the background. The shop had originally been run by her parents, Harry and Emma (nee Shaw) Lister. It was located on the corner with Farrar's Yard (right edge). Her Uncle Walter also had a butcher's shop at number 266 Upper Town Street, on the corner with Bell Lane. Kitty Lister's shop was subject to a compulsory purchase order in 1975 to make way for new development in that part of Town Street. She was eventually relocated to a flat in Snowden Fold, located across the road. Kitty was a well-known character in Bramley and an active supporter of Bramley Rugby Union League Football Club. She died in the May of 2002. |
| [4] | Lower Town Street, numbers 135 and 137 (Bramley) (1 comment) |
|  Undated.
View of old shop properties located in Lower Town Street. On the left is the butcher's shop originally run by Harry Lister and his wife Emma at number 35 Lower Town Street. Harry's brother, Walter, was also a butcher and had a shop at number 266 Upper Town Street. Various cuts of meat are on display in the window of number 135 and there are scales and paper carrier bags. At first floor level there is living accommodation. The daughter of Harry and Emma (nee Shaw) continued the business until her retirement in July 1975. She was also called Emma but was known to everyone as Kitty. Between the buildings, in the centre, is access to Farrar's Yard and number 137 Lower Town Street is at the right edge. The spire in the background belongs to St. Peter's Church in Hough Lane. |
| [5] | Children and Family Mobile Library, Bowcliffe Road (Hunslet) |
|  12th August 2010.
View of the new children and family mobile, the first of its kind for Leeds City Council. It has been designed for young people under 12 and their families. The new mobile is over 8.5 metres in length (28 feet) and is painted in a distinctive new livery that will be applied to all the service's mobile libraries. It carries over 1,500 items for children, including popular stories and resources to help with homework. There will also be a selection of books for parents and carers as well as internt access, a seating area for story-telling and a pull-out awning to extend outside the vehicle. The bright and eye-catching mobile library is seen parked outside the Library Headquarters at number 1 Bowcliffe Road in this image. |
| [6] | Tingley Gasworks, two employees on their motorcyles (Tingley) |
|  c1953.
View of two employees posing for the camera on their motorcycles outside the newly built administration office block at Tingley Gasworks. Dennis Wright is seen on the left with Dennis Riley on the right. Dennis Riley worked for British Gas for many years and, by the time of his retirement, was in the position of Head Clerk. |
| [7] | River Aire, from Leeds Bridge (City Centre) (1 comment) |
|  1987.
View looking east along the River Aire from Leeds Bridge. Buildings on the waterfront include, on the left, the tall 7-storey Sparrows Wharf, a grade-II listed former warehouse dating from the early 19th century. Numbered 30-34 The Calls, it was converted in the 1990s to residential apartments with a bar at the ground floor level. The next tall building along is the former Calls Landing warehouse, here named Caroline House, with the Parish Church just visible behind. This warehouse has also since undergone redevelopment and is now the Calls Grill restaurant. Next to this is the three-gabled late 18th/early 19th century Fletland Mills, another listed building that has recently been developed, now a hotel and restaurant named simply 42 The Calls. On the right, a new residential development is in the process of construction by Barratts; this would become Victoria Quays. Image courtesy of Louie Gill.
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| [8] | The Headrow, Schofields Centre under construction (City Centre) (1 comment) |
|  c1989.
View of The Headrow from the junction with Albion Street, out of which a car is emerging in the foreground, looking towards the construction of the new Schofields Shopping Centre. This was built on the site of the old Schofields department store, a business which was started by Snowden Schofield in 1901. The new centre, built after the takeover of Schofields by the House of Fraser chain in 1988, included a smaller Schofields store along with other top retail chains. Schofields finally closed in 1996 and the building became known as the Headrow Centre. Followng a further reburbishment the shopping centre has now (2010) been renamed The Core. Image courtesy of Louie Gill. |
| [9] | The Headrow, Cavendish House and Schofields Centre (City Centre) |
|  1991.
View of The Headrow from the juncton with Albion Street, taken in the spring of 1991. On the right is Cavendish House, with the Automobile Association and Whitegates estate agents, among others, occupying the ground floor. To the left of this, after the junction with King Charles Street, is the Schofields Centre, a shopping centre built on the site of the old Schofields Department Store, and featuring a new Schofields store along with other retail outlets. Schofields closed in 1996 and it became known as the Headrow Centre; in 2010 it has recently been redeveloped again and renamed The Core. Image courtesy of Louie Gill. |
| [10] | Quarry House, under construction, from Shannon Street (Quarry Hill) |
|  1991.
View from Shannon Street taken during the construction of Quarry House in the autumn of 1991. This government building opened in 1993 as the headquarters of the Department of Health and Social Security. Its functions are now shared by two departments based in the building, the Department of Health and the Department of Work and Pensions. Image courtesy of Louie Gill. |
| [11] | Quarry House, from Shannon Street (Quarry Hill) (1 comment) |
|  1993.
View looking from Shannon Street to the newly built Quarry House in the spring of 1993. This was to be the new headquarters for the Department of Health and Social Security, transferred from London. Designed by Terry Farrell, it also included leisure facilities eg. a swimming pool and squash courts. Today (2010) it is shared by the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions. Image courtesy of Louie Gill. |
| [12] | York Road, Shaftesbury Hotel (York Road) |
|  February 2008.
View of York Road showing the Shaftesbury public house, taken shortly before work started on the demolition of the pub which had been there for more than 70 years. Steps on the left lead up to a footbridge over Harehills Lane. Image courtesy of Louie Gill. |
| [13] | Domestic Street, no.73 (Holbeck) (2 comments) |
|  Undated.
View shows a shop at no.73 Domestic Street, by the junction with Pleasant Terrace, seen on the left. The shop is the business of Walter Boot, greengrocer, and Sarah Boot who is standing in the doorway. An advertisement for Brooke Bonds Tea is seen above the door. Probably taken between 1910 and 1920. |
| [14] | Gypsy and Traveller roadside site, Middleton Park (Middleton) (1 comment) |
|  19th August 1986.
View of a gypsy and traveller roadside site at the
Middleton Railway terminus at Middleton Park. Approximately thirty caravans were encamped on the site owned by Leeds City Council and adjoining Middleton Railway. Middleton Railway is the oldest commercial railway in the world. In the background of the image, centre, is Windmill Primary School (formerly Belle Isle Primary School)in Windmill Road. The traveller encampment is situated in the vicinity of Windrose Drive which is between the school and the Middleton Railway terminus. |
| [15] | Leeds roadside site, water supply (Unknown) |
|  15th August 1986.
View of a roadside site in Leeds used by gypsies and travellers. There was no piped water supply so water was brought in churns from sympathetic households. A boy sits behind the churn. |
| [16] | Gypsy caravans at roadside site (Stourton) |
|  2nd August 1991.
Image shows caravans and trailers from the gypsy and traveller community. The roadside site is located near railway wagons containing chemicals. |
| [17] | Lee Gap Fair, horse and cart (West Ardsley) |
|  24th August 1964.
Image shows a horse and cart being shown off to the crowd at Lee Gap Fair. |
| [18] | Gypsyville, family group (Meanwood) |
|  1966.
Image taken in an area of Meanwood known as Gypsyville but the exact street unknown. It shows a family group. Amanda Cunningham, aged 2, is in the foreground on her mother's knee. Many gypsy families lived in the area, hence the name.
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| [19] | Gypsy caravan outside houses in Meanwood (Meanwood) |
|  c1980's.
Image shows a gypsy caravan or vardo with four children in view outside houses thought to be on Stonegate Road. This was in the area known as Gypsyville due to the number of gypsy families living there. |
| [20] | Gypsy caravan or Vardo on Meanwood Road (Meanwood) (2 comments) |
|  1993.
View of a gypsy caravan or vardo on Meanwood Road. Many gypsy families lived in the area known as Gypsyville. In view are members of the Hunter family.
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