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c1970-72. View shows a cleared area of land with a notice advertising development of 45,000 sq. ft. of offices and showrooms, ready for occupation 1972. Buildings in the backgroun...

Staff from Craven Dairies Garage on a Works Day Out

1951. Image shows a smiling group of people standing beside a coach as they take part in their works trip to Morecambe. These are the staff of Craven Dairies garage, pictured wit...

Back Gipton Mount, looking towards Bankside Street

1969. In this image three small boys are playing out and riding their tricycles in the cobbled street of Back Gipton Mount. On either side of the street are the yards of red brick...

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1969. Three young boys are playing in the yard of their terraced home. The yards/gardens are elevated above street level and there are steps upto the entrances. The houses have la...

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1969. A group of children playing out in the street pose smiling for the camera while a small boy and an older girl look on with uncertainty. Either side of the cobbled street the...

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1969. Charming photograph by Eric Jaquier showing two little girls and a labrador dog playing on a piece of wasteland with a backdrop of red brick terraced streets. The street sig...

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1969. Young children play around a drain in this unknown street scene. In the background there is a row of red brick terraced homes opening directly onto the pavement. On the far ...

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1969. A little girl is riding her tricyle in a back street, location unknown. The houses are red brick with enclosed yards and outside toilets. The street is unmade and there is a...

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1969. Photograph taken in 1969 showing red brick terraced streets. There is a street sign on view but even when enlarged it is impossible to decipher as it is at an angle. Two wom...

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1969. In this image a little girl leans out of the doorway of her red brick terraced home. The doorways of both houses have arched entrances and fanlights. The child's house is po...

City of Leeds, Sale of Surplus land

26th September 1910. Notice advertising the '58th Sale of Corporation Surplus Properties' to be held at an auction by Hepper & Sons at the Philosophical Hall on Park Row at 2 o'cl...

Henry Inman, other wrestlers and their coach at the Antwerp Olympics.

1920. Group portrait of members of the British team of wrestlers including Henry Inman from Morley, other wrestlers and their coach at the Antwerp Olympics held in 1920. Henry In...

The British Team of Olympic Wrestlers at Antwerp in 1920

1920. This photograph of the British Team of Olympic Wrestlers was taken by E. Von Helmont, photographer of Antwerp, at the 1920 Olympic Games. It is believed that Henry Inman, w...

Freddy Marsh in his International Outfit

1930s. Image shows Morley's Freddy Marsh, a champion weight-lifter, as he poses in his international outfit. He represented Great Britain in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Th...

The Rebels, skiffle group

1956. View shows skiffle group The Rebels at an unknown location in Leeds in 1956. Photograph courtesy of Terry Cryer.

J.H. Bean & Co. Ltd, Cast-Iron Cover

1971. View shows a cast iron cover set in a brick wall, possibly for a coal chute, manufactured by J.H. Bean & Co. Ltd. of Leeds. J.H. Bean & Co. were a firm of hardware merchants...

Roland Bradbury, President of the Pork Butchers' Association (Leeds)

Undated. Portrait of Roland Bradbury wearing his chains of office in his role as President of the Pork Butchers' Associaton (Leeds). He was the founder of the very successful cha...

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Undated. Oil painting by local artist, Joe Tunnington showing a farm under a blanket of snow. He did not give his painting a title so we don't know the location at present, althou...

RSPCA Horse and Pony Show, East Leeds Working Horses

1953. View shows a group of East Leeds working horses with their owners at the RSPCA Horse and Pony Show. From left, they are : (1) Leeds Co-op Milkman with 'Wendy', (2) Harry Har...

RSPCA Horse and Pony Show, Sheila Farnhill with 'Flash'

1953. View shows Sheila Farnill with horse 'Flash' after winning the 'Best Decorated Horse' prize at the RSPCA Horse and Pony Show. Flash was well known around the Cross Green/Ric...

Harry Farnill, East Leeds fruiterer, with 'Flash' at local horse show

1950s. View shows East Leeds fruiterer Harry Farnill with his horse 'Flash' taking part in a local horse show in the early 1950s, possibly the Temple Newsam show or the R.S.P.C.A....

Harry Farnill, East Leeds Fruiterer, with 'Flash' at local horse show

1950s. View shows East Leeds fruiterer Harry Farnill with his horse 'Flash' at a local horse show in the early 1950s, possibly Temple Newsam show or the R.S.P.C.A. Horse and Pony ...

Leeds City Transport Bus, no.192

Undated. View of a Leeds City Transport bus, numbered 192. This was an A.E.C. Regent bus which was built by Charles H. Roe Ltd. and first ran in 1935.

Tram, no.272

Undated. View shows Leeds City Transport tram no.272. This was a 'Lance Corporal', a four-wheel version of the Middleton Bogie designed by William Vane Morland specifically for ro...

Chapel Allerton Hospital, military hospital

Undated. View of Chapel Allerton Hospital showing some of the wards that were part of the military hospital during and after the second world war. The hospital had been originall...

Tram Conductors' Paying-in desk

Undated. Image shows the Tram Conductors' paying-in desk but the location or date is not given. There is a wooden counter with a wire screen and the walls are tiled in white. The ...

Single Decker Bus

1930. View of a Leeds City Transport single decker bus photographed in 1930 at an unknown location.

Leeds City Transport Wrecker

1934. Image shows a Leeds City Transport Wrecker photographed at one of the depots, possibly Swinegate.

Leeds City Transport Double Decker Bus

Undated. View of a Leeds City Transport double decker bus.

Leeds City Transport double decker bus

Undated. Image shows a Leeds City Transport double decker bus. It displays advertising for Libby's Milk, 'delicious with all fruit dishes'.

Leeds City Transport Wrecker

1941. View of a Leeds City Transport Wrecker.

Leeds City Transport Wrecker

1941. Image shows a Leeds City Transport Wrecker.

Leeds City Transport Wrecker

1934. View of a Leeds City Transport Wrecker, taken in 1934 when William Vane Morland was General Manager (1931-1949).

Double Decker Bus, number 190

Undated. View of a Leeds City Transport double decker bus, number 190. It has a destination of 'Vicar Lane' and displays advertising for 'Tetleys'.

Maudslay Single Decker Bus

After 1931. Image shows a Maudslay single decker bus, photographed after 1931. The Maudslay Motor Company was based in Coventry and was founded in 1902. From 1924 it was manufactu...

Leeds City Transport, Maudslay Single Decker Bus

1935-1939. View of a Maudslay single decker bus, photographed some time between 1935 and 1939. The Maudslay Motor Company was founded in Coventry in 1902 and began producing low l...

Interior view of a Tram Depot

Undated. Interior view of a tram depot. During the heyday of the trams there were several depots in the Leeds area including Swinegate, Chapeltown, Headingley, Torre Road, Bramley...

Tram track sweeper

October 1934. Image shows a tram track sweeper in operation. A young boy with a bicycle looks on, background left. At this time the General Manager of Leeds City Tramways was W. V...

Tram car number 81

Undated. View of tram car number 81 with the destination of Guiseley on the front. It was one of a series of 25 built by Brush in 1904. At the time J.B. Hamilton C.B.E. (1902 to 1...

Interior of a Horsfield tram car, number 218

Undated. Image shows the interior of a Horsfield tram, number 218. This was one of a series of 50 numbering from 205 to 254, designed by the General Manager of Leeds Tramways (192...

Tram Car, number 184

July 1914. View of tram car number 184 taken in July 1914. This car was built in 1901, part of a series of 100 numbering from 183 to 282. At the time the photograph was taken numb...

Interior of an A.R.P. Ambulance

1939-1945. Image shows the interior of an A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) Ambulance, registration 'AKW697'. It is kitted out with beds and blankets. The A.R.P. ambulances were usuall...

Whitehall Road, open-roofed trolley bus

1912. View of an open-roofed trolley bus which was in Leeds for the purposes of demonstration. It is photographed on Whitehall Road on the new City Square to New Farnley route. Th...

City of Leeds Ambulance

Undated. Image shows an old City of Leeds ambulance parked outside a building, possibly a hospital. The ambulance is likely to date from the 1950s and is similar to one damaged a...

Ambulance, registration number 999 KNW

1965. View of an ambulance, registration number 999 KNW. It is parked in an unknown location. On the side of the vehicle it reads "Leeds City Ambulance Service". A three-wheele...

Interior of Middleton Bogie, tram car 271

Undated. Image shows the interior of a Middleton Bogie, tram car no.271. This is one of a series of 16 cars numbering 256 to 271, designed by W. Vane Morland, the General Manager ...

Interior of a Middleton Bogie, number 271

Undated. Image shows the interior of a 'Middleton Bogie', tram car number 271. It was designed by W. Van Morland who was at that time General Manager and Engineer of Leeds City Tr...

G.E.C. Controller, Horsfield type car

Undated. Image shows the G.E.C. controller of a tram car designed by R.L. Horsfield, part of a series built between 1930 and 1931. There were 50 cars in the series numbering betwe...

Tram Platform, series 340 to 369

c1939-1945. Image shows the platform of a tram belonging to one of a series numbered 340 to 369, photographed during World War II. This series was designed by General Manager & En...

Platform of a Horsfield Tram Car

1940-1944. Close-up of the platform of a Horsfield tram car. The photograph may possibly have been taken at Kirkstall Road Tram Works on the south-west side of Kirkstall Road.