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| Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society (West Park) (2 comments) |
 | 26th August 1937.
View of Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society branch at 265 & 267 Otley Road.
Junction with Spen Road can be seen on the left.
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| Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society, West Park (West Park) |
| 26th February 1936.
View of West Park branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society at 265 and 267 Otley Road.
Junction with Spen Road can be seen on the left.
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| Otley Road, nos.265-267 (West Park) |
| 2nd June 1966.
View shows the West Park branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., situated at nos.265-267 Otley Road by the junction with Spen Road.
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| Spen Road, no. 3, Darnley Road, no. 2 (West Park) |
| 24th October 1945.
View shows a pair of semi-detached houses on the corner of Spen Road and Darnley Road, off Otley Road. In the foreground no. 3 Spen Road has a spire and bay windows. A sculpture is visible over the front door. Behind this is no. 2 Darnley Road, which was once the residence of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". According to a directory of 1925, he was living here while a professor of English Language at the University of Leeds. He had previously resided at 11 St. Mark's Terrace off Woodhouse Lane (1923 directory).
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| West Park, postcard (West Park) |
 | Undated.
Colour-tinted postcard showing Spen Road from the junction with Otley Road. Darnley Road leads off Spen Road to the left. No. 4 Darnley Road is on the far left, then a semi-detached building comprising no. 2 Darnley Road (for a time in the 1920s the residence of J.R.R. Tolkien) and no. 3 Spen Road. Tram lines can be seen on Otley Road in the foreground.
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