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| Aerial View of Woodhouse Moor (Woodhouse) (7 comments) |
 | 1952.
Aerial view of Woodhouse Moor, an area of common land acquired by Leeds Corporation for the sum of £3,000 in 1855. Woodhouse Ridge was purchased in 1877. Coming in from the top left edge is Hyde Park Road where it meets Hyde Park Corner and the junction with Woodhouse Lane. Woodhouse Lane runs across to the right edge. On Woodhouse Lane, Woodhouse feast is in view. Snaking down the right edge is Clarendon Road which used to be Reservoir Street due to the reservoir belonging to Leeds Corporation Waterworks which still runs alongside it. (The reservoir was built in 1837 and was bought by the Corporation in 1852, and after several tragedies it was covered, and simultaneously enlarged, in 1865. In 1990 it was reduced in size, with the end near the junction with Woodhouse Lane, immediately behind the library, being sold for development - information supplied by Merrick). Paths radiate from the circular centre of the moor and the bowling greens and tennis courts can be seen. At the end of the path running to the right edge the memorial to Queen Victoria is visible. Moorland Road cuts across towards the bottom joining Clarendon Road. Leeds Grammar School is at the bottom edge. The photograph is thought to have been taken around Easter Time when the fair is in situ on the moor.
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| Alexandra Road, Hyde Park Road no. 45 (Hyde Park) (1 comment) |
| 6th December 1972
Image shows a butchers at number 45 Hyde Park Road (right) on the corner with Alexandra Road (left). Run by George Ledsford, a quality meat purveyor selling beef, lamb, pork and poultry, Mr Ledsford has the motto 'Walk in please, walk out pleased!' written above the door. Visible on the far left at number 4 Alexandra Road is a Dutton's off licence at the corner with Alexandra Crescent.
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| Apsley Street (Burley) |
| 20th March 1959
Back-to-back houses on Apsley Street, numbers run to the right in descending order from number 16 on the left which has a small adjoining outbuilding. This property had belonged to a joiner who may have had a workshop here. These houses were due for demolition to make way for the redevelopment of the Hyde Park Road area.
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| Apsley Street (Burley) |
| 19th March 1959
Even numbered back-to-back houses on Apsley Street looking towards Woodsley Grove, numbers run from the left in descending order to number 6 on the right with an outside toilet block visible between numbers 8 and 6. These houses were due for demolition to allow for the redevelopment of the Hyde Park Road area of Burley.
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| Apsley Street nos. 2 - 6, Hyde Park Road no. 82 (Burley) (2 comments) |
| 2nd April 1959
Number 6 Apsley Street is on the left of this view followed to the right by numbers 4 and 2 which were part of the Park Hotel, a Melbourne Ales owned pub at number 82 Hyde Park Road. The lower half of the building is tiled. Included in redevelopment plans for the Burley area.
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