| [1] | 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. |
| [2] | Armley Jail, chapel (Armley) (1 comment) |
|  View of a the chapel in Armley Jail in Stanningley Road. This place was where the condemned prisoner would go to pray. The Victorian prison, built in 1847 was a place of execution between 1864 and 1961 when 93 men and 1 woman were hanged. The final execution took place on 29th June 1961. |
| [3] | Primrose Walk under demolition order (Churwell) |
|  March 1962.
View of Primrose Walk when slum clearance of the brick terraced housing was in progress. This street, off Old Road, was known as 'Sparrow Barracks'. The houses were built for miners who came to work in the new coal mines in the middle of the 19th century. (Information from the writings of Bob Dennis) Primrose Walk was located at the rear of Granny Avenue. Research by Ronnie Barraclough. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. |
| [4] | Balm Road, Railway Hotel (Hunslet) (5 comments) |
|  19th October 1950.
View looking diagonally across Balm Road to the Railway Hotel. The public house has a mural of a steam train above Tetley's Yorkshire Beers written on the modern frontage. To the left, the remains of the demolished last house on the end of Hardwick Place can be seen. The chimney flues with bricked up fireplaces, interior walls, floor levels and wooden eves are revealed. To the right is Balm Street, a row of back-to-back houses with an advertising poster for Lux on the end one. In the foreground the semi-cobbled road has tram lines and power cables above. A telegraph pole, centre left, has blackout markings to the base. |
| [5] | Bond Street, demolition (City Centre) |
|  Undated.
View shows demolition in progress on buildings at the corner of Bond Street and Albion Street. This is in preparation for the construction of the Bond Street Shopping Centre (now Leeds Shopping Plaza). Towards the left, Cecil Gee, menswear, is at the corner of Albion Street and Commercial Street. |
| [6] | AEC Bus 626 (Meanwood) (13 comments) |
|  Undated,
View of number 8 bus to Elland Road via Sheepscar, Corn Exchange and Meadow Lane. |
| [7] | Miners from Savile Pit (Methley) (5 comments) |
|  19th September 1963
Group portrait of miners taken after a sit down strike at Savile Pit Bottom. They had been demanding extra pay for working a difficult coal face and came up after three days when the management agreed to discuss their grievance. Savile Colliery was located in Mickletown, a mining village near Methley. |
| [8] | William Street (Churwell) (3 comments) |
|  September 1971,
Taken in September 1971 the image shows nos. 1-9 from rear. Gardens at back are reached via back doors and flight of stone stairs with railings and an upstairs storage space.
nos. 1 & 3 have had attic conversions with dormer windows.
The gardens are overgrown and surrounded by a high wall. |
| [9] | Aerial View, Elland Road with Football and Greyhound Stadiums (Beeston) (30 comments) |
|  1962.
Aerial view of Elland Road, on the left side of the road is the oval Greyhound Stadium, which was demolished in 1982. In the bottom left corner is the Heath estate. In the bottom right corner is the Leeds United Football Club Stadium. First used for rugby league matches, it was purchased in 1904 by Leeds City Football Club (The Peacocks)who were elected to the Football League in 1905. The club reached the second division but were eventually expelled from the Football League in the 1919-20 season due to financial irregularities. Leeds United Football Club was formed in 1919 and elected to the Football League in 1920. Over the years, Leeds United has enjoyed outstanding success, particularly in the years when Don Revie took over the management. There have also been setbacks and disappointments but Leeds United continues to attract loyal supporters to Elland Road. The capacity of the stadium is 40,296 and many fans hold season tickets. |
| [10] | Moor Grange County Secondary School, from Ring Road West Park. (West Park) (1 comment) |
|  c1973.
View of Moor Grange County Secondary School seen from the edge of the playing field by the A6120 Ring Road. Later known as Moor Grange High School, it has now been demolished. |
| [11] | Granny Avenue, postcard, view of housing (Churwell) |
|  1930s.
Black and white postcard view of housing on Granny Avenue taken by Harry Shaw. It is likely that the postcard was on sale at the Post Office in Churwell as Harry Shaw, Herbalist, was there at the time. The houses were built by Charles Scarth, local textile manufacturer and six-times Mayor of Morley, on the site of Granny Farm. Research by Ronnie Barraclough. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. |
| [12] | Burial mound, Stonegate Road (Meanwood) |
|  23rd November, 2003.
View of the supposed burial mound of men killed in the Battle of Stainbeck during the Civil War. This is located on the public fields adjacent to the playing fields of Carr Manor High School. Houses on Stonegate Road are visible in the background. |
| [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] | Domestic Street, from the Railway Bridge. (Holbeck) (2 comments) |
|  July 1972.
View of the bottom of Domestic Street taken from the railway bridge (foreground). The red brick properties on the left are back-to-back with properties on Torbay Grove. In the middle distance is the Mobil Garage, at the junction with Sydenham Street (off to the left). The smaller red brick building in the centre with a row of white-framed windows to the upper storey is St. George's Inn at numbers 7 to 9 Wortley Lane. The white building in the background is the former Zion School at number 58 Whitehall Road, premises of British Paints Ltd. It is situated at the junction of Spence Lane and Whithall Road. The red brick building in the foreground right, is the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Limited at the junction with Hillam Street, located at number 33 Domestic Street. The gasholder dominating the background is in New Wortley. |
| [15] | Can You Help? (Unknown) (10 comments) |
|  Undated.
View shows a steep residential street in the Woodhouse area, believed to date from the 1960s. |
| [16] | Westerman's Square on Pump Hill (Churwell) |
|  c1910.
Early postcard image showing Westerman's Square on Pump Hill. Women in long skirts and aprons are standing at the doorways of their cottages. One is holding a toddler in her arms, and a few chickens are scratching around the yard. Pump Hill was situated at the top of Old Road and was the site of a new well in 1851 as existing sources of well water was polluted or inadequate. Pump Hill was the region in Churwell on which the War Memorial was constructed in 1824. At the left hand end of these old cottages the middens are in view. Research by Ronnie Barraclough. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. |
| [17] | Alderhill Cottages (Meanwood) |
|  29th March 1950. View shows Alderhill Cottages on Stonegate Road. A semi-collapsed stone wall is on the right. A path leads up to the front door and then round to the back of the house past the unmaintained garden. |
| [18] | Burial mound, off Stonegate road (Meanwood) |
|  23rd November, 2003.
View taken inside the supposed burial mound of men killed in the Battle of Stainbeck during the Civil War. This is located on the public field adjacent to the playing fields of Carr Manor High School. |
| [19] | Chapeltown Road, Cantors Fish & Chip Shop (Chapeltown) (11 comments) |
|  7th October 1940.
View of Cantors fish & Chip Shop on Chapeltown Road.
Sign in window states `Open business as usual during blackout`.
House on right appears to be selling cigarettes and chocolate through an open window. |
| [20] | Blackgates Miniature Railway (Tingley) (1 comment) |
|  c1971.
Image shows a train at the station of Blackgates Miniature Railway in Bradford Road. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. |