http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis latest Bank photographs en-gb 12 Mar 2010 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/33/2010127_170133.jpg" >Undated. Aerial view centred on the Saxton Garden flats. The Parade housed the first flats of the development to be completed and the first families moved in in 1957. The River A... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2010127_170133 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/40/20091124_169840.jpg" >March 1902. View of Zion Street, off East-Street, showing (from left) nos.5-7. Children are seen outside no.7 and there is a street lamp on the corner. This area is scheduled for ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20091124_169840 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/39/20091124_169839.jpg" >March 1902. View of Zion Street, off East Street, showing the Dusty Miller Inn on the right. To the left of this is a cleared area where buildings have been demolished as part of ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20091124_169839 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/52/2009116_169752.jpg" >3rd March 1910. View of East Street, near Timble Bridge. On the left at no.11 are Musgrave Bros, hydraulic engineers and oven builders, makers of the 'Crownall' Coke Oven, the 'Ca... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009116_169752 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/51/2009116_169751.jpg" >3rd March 1910. View of East Street, near Timble Bridge. This area is scheduled for improvement. Two men are measuring the height of the building, one at the bottom and the other ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009116_169751 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/45/2009115_169745.jpg" >17th April 1905. View of East Street, on the right, by the junction with Steander. Frederick Dyson's Steander Foundry is on the corner. The area is scheduled for improvement and t... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009115_169745 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/44/2009115_169744.jpg" >14th April 1905. View showing Steander Row from the junction with Steander. The houses are in a derelict state with several windows broken and are scheduled for demolition as part... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009115_169744 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/13/2009105_169513.jpg" >1950s. View of Feltham tram no.545, on route 22 to Temple Newsam, travelling along York Street with the railway bridge on Marsh Lane in the background, right. An advert for Melbou... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009105_169513 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/07/2009105_169507.jpg" >Undated. View of Chamberlain tram no.56, on route 16 to the New Inn, Wortley, travelling along York Street with the railway bridge on Marsh Lane in the background, right. An adver... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009105_169507 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/31/200986_169331.jpg" >c1955-1957. View of Saxton Gardens under construction. Seven blocks of flats were built between 1955 and 1957 designed to accommodate up to 1791 residents in one, two and three be... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200986_169331 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/29/200986_169329.jpg" >c1930s. View along Tab Street to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel which had seating for a congregation of 1450. The chapel is approached via a flight of steep steps at the end of ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200986_169329 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/28/200986_169328.jpg" >c1936-1938. Aerial view showing the sites ear-marked for Saxton Gardens (bottom) and Quarry Hill Flats (top.) This is before slum clearance took place between 1936 and 1938. The s... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200986_169328 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/62/2009223_168462.jpg" >1989. View from The Bank over Hunslet showing various mills including the derelict Hunslet Mills in Goodman Street on the right of centre. The spire of Hunslet Parish Church of St... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009223_168462 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/55/200827_166055.jpg" >Undated. Interior view of the Leeds Parish Church Market District Bays Clubs on Brussels Street, possibly taken around 1949-1951. This appears to be a lounge with comfortable chai... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200827_166055 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/54/200827_166054.jpg" >Undated. Interior view of the Leeds Parish Church Market District Boys Club on Brussels Street, possibly taken around 1949-51. This room, with rows of chairs, looks like it was u... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200827_166054 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/53/200827_166053.jpg" >Undated. Interior view of the Leeds Parish Church Market District Boys Club on Brussels Street, possibly taken around 1949-1951. This seems to be a games room with a table tenni... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200827_166053 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/74/20071122_165374.jpg" >November 2007 Image shows refurbishment underway of tower blocks, formerly known as Saxton Gardens. Here, The Parade is seen and The Drive, both stripped back to the framework. De... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20071122_165374 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/73/20071122_165373.jpg" >November 2007 Image shows the middle block of 'The Parade' in Saxton Gardens, as it undergoes refurbishment as part of a £30 million scheme. This is one of 7 concrete blocks rangi... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20071122_165373 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/72/20071122_165372.jpg" >November 2007 View of The Parade in Saxton Gardens taken from the 'old park'. It shows these former concrete tower blocks, dating from 1957, stripped back to the original framewor... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20071122_165372 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/71/20071122_165371.jpg" >November 2007 View of the first two blocks of The Parade, part of the former Saxton Gardens estate. Saxton Gardens was a series of tower blocks built in concrete in 1957 as counci... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20071122_165371 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/57/2007731_164357.jpg" >4th July 2007. View looking over the rooftops of houses on East Field Street, to the left, and Dolphin Street, to the right, towards the high-rise flats of Saxton Gardens which ar... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007731_164357 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/56/2007731_164356.jpg" >4th July 2007. view showing the flats of Saxton Gardens in various stages of redevelopment. Some, as in the centre, have been taken right back to the steelframe. A large advertise... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007731_164356 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/55/2007731_164355.jpg" >4th July 2007. View showing some of the flats of Saxton Gardens in the process of redevelopment. The ones on the left have been stripped back to the steel frame prior to being rem... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007731_164355 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/52/2007731_164352.jpg" >4th July 2007. View of flats at Saxton Gardens during the process of redevelopment. A large advertisement for the new apartments covering the side of one of the blocks gives a lau... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007731_164352 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/43/2007731_164343.jpg" >4th July 2007. View showing some of the blocks of flats at Saxton Gardens during the process of redevelopment. These have been stripped back to the steel frame before being re-mod... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007731_164343 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/82/2007628_163982.jpg" >June 2007. View showing work in progress on the re-development of blocks of flats at Saxton Gardens. The flats were originally built in the mid 1950s and opened in 1957. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007628_163982 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/81/2007628_163981.jpg" >June 2007. View showing flats at Saxton Gardens during re-development. Some of the flats are being taken right back to the steel frame and rebuilt. The flats were originally built... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007628_163981 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/80/2007628_163980.jpg" >June 2007. View showing re-development taking place at flats on Saxton Gardens. The flats on the right have been stripped to the steel frame prior to being re-modelled. The flats ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007628_163980 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/79/2007628_163979.jpg" >June 2007. View showing work in progress on the re-development of flats at Saxton Gardens. The flats here have been stripped back to the steel frame before being re-modelled. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007628_163979 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/78/2007628_163978.jpg" >June 2007. View showing work in progress on the redevelopment of flats at Saxton Gardens. The flats, which were originally built in the mid 1950s, are being re-modelled and as see... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007628_163978 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/66/2007613_163866.jpg" >1987. View from Marsh Lane looking towards Brussels Street. The tallest building towards the right is Leeds Parish Church District Boys Club, taken in 1987 shortly before it was ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007613_163866 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/65/2007613_163865.jpg" >Undated View of the Leeds Parish Church Market District Boys Club at the corner of Brussels Street and Brick Street. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007613_163865 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/25/2007313_163025.jpg" >1980s. View of Saxton Lane looking West, taken during the late 1980s. Industrial buildings can be seen. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163025 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/24/2007313_163024.jpg" >1980s. View of Saxton Lane looking East, showing a derelict building which would shortly be demolished. An ambulance is parked outside. On the left is Alton Cars Ltd. Taken during... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163024 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/23/2007313_163023.jpg" >1990s. View from Saxton Lane looking towards the newly completed £55m Department of Health headquarters, Quarry House, in the background, built on the site of the old Quarry Hill ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163023 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/22/2007313_163022.jpg" >1980s. View of Saxton Lane looking towards the construction site of Quarry House, the new Department of Health building on the site of Quarry Hill Flats. Various small industrial ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163022 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/21/2007313_163021.jpg" >1980s. View from Saxton Lane looking towards the construction site of Quarry House, the new headquarters of the Department of Health that was completed in 1993. Two cranes can be ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163021 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/17/2007313_163017.jpg" >1980s. View of ambulances inside the Leeds City Ambulance Station, on Flax Place next to Saxton Gardens. Taken during the late 1980s. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163017 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/16/2007313_163016.jpg" >1980s. View showing rows of ambulances inside the Leeds City Ambulance Station, situated on Flax Place next to Saxton Gardens. Taken during the late 1980s. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007313_163016 Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/89/2005427_54648989.jpg" >9th November 1984. Colour photograph of Shannon Street showing the derelict looking gable end of no. 86 Marsh Lane. On the left, a red double decker bus can be seen on Marsh Lane ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_54648989 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/83/2005427_21783083.jpg" >9th November 1984. Colour photograph of Shannon Street showing the junction with Marsh Lane on the left. The derelict looking gable end of no. 86 Marsh Lane can be seen in the cen... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_21783083 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/08/2005427_59933108.jpg" >9th November 1984. Colour photograph looking north along Marsh Lane, showing the junction with Shannon Street on the right. The vacant, derelict looking buildings in the centre ar... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_59933108 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/23/2005427_8224123.jpg" >28th January 1985. View of Marsh Lane showing the junction with Shannon Street on the right. No. 86 and 88 in the centre are vacant, boarded up buildings. Next to these is Hughes ... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_8224123 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/11/2005427_88323611.jpg" >28th January 1985. View of Marsh Lane looking north towards Burmantofts. On the right, an advertising hoarding is partially obscured by a lamp post. In the distance, a tower block... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_88323611 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/18/2005427_63943118.jpg" >28th January 1985. View of the junction of Shannon Street and Marsh Lane, showing the derelict looking gable end of no. 86 Marsh Lane in the centre. Buildings on the right include... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_63943118 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/89/2005427_23051089.jpg" >28th January 1985. View of the east side of Marsh Lane showing Hughes Funeral Services at no. 90 - 94 and vacant, boarded up buildings at 86 - 88. On the left is the Woodpecker pu... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2005427_23051089 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/47/2004723_83697147.jpg" >Undated Image shows three cement trucks being filled from cement silos in Marsh Lane, view looking from Shannon Street. The name on the trucks reads 'Earles Cement'. http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004723_83697147 Gibson, Rose Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/96/2004721_87514896.jpg" >Undated Image shows the exterior of C.S.Newell (wholesale Ltd), a television and aerial installations firm. This building was originally the home of the Silk Mill, until the late... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004721_87514896 Allison Todd Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/55/2004224_24163455.jpg" >1899. At the time this photograph was taken much of the area around Marsh Lane was in the process of clearance and redevelopment. This view shows properties built under the arches... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004224_24163455 Gibson, Rose Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank <img src="http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/thumbnail/95/2004224_14902895.jpg" >1964. View shows the premises of C.S. Newell, television aerial installers at number 30 Mill Street. Two women and a child stand outside the entrance. This building had originally... http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004224_14902895 Gibson, Rose Local Studies Collection - Central Library Bank