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| 2nd Northern General Hospital, Beckett's Park, Training College (Headingley) (11 comments) |
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The teacher training college at Beckett's Park was built in 1913. During the First World War it was converted to a military hospital. It was officially called the 2nd Northern General Hospital but was more commonly referred to as Beckett's Park Hospital. There were 3200 beds and the hospital treated 57,200 soldiers between 1914 to 1918. The hospital was gradually returned to educational uses until the outbreak of the Second World War when it was used to treat the Dunkirk wounded. The college is now part of Leeds Metropolitan University.
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| Beckett Park Teacher Training College, group photograph of inductees and army staff. (Headingley) (2 comments) |
| 1942.
Group photograph taken in front of the main building of Beckett Park Teacher Training College during the Second World War in 1942. From the 1st December 1939 the college had been used as an officer training centre for doctors and other medical staff being inducted into the Royal Army Medical Corps. It was known as No. 11 Depot and Training Establishment. The image shows a complement of uniformed inductees and army staff.
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| Belle Isle Beck (Hunslet) (4 comments) |
| 17th August 1949.
Picture shows Belle Isle Beck next to the National Service Government Training Centre, left, situated on Parkside Lane, off Dewsbury Road and near to the junction with Garnet Road. The beck itself is muddy and full of debris. Two small children are playing to the right of the beck and behind them in the background is the Scrap Iron Works on the north side of Garnet Road, Robinson & Birdsell, and malleable iron founders, John King & Co. (Leeds) Ltd. Terraced housing in Garnet Road is also visible.
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| Belle Isle Beck and the National Service Government Training Centre (Hunslet) (2 comments) |
| 17th August 1949.
View of Belle Isle Beck showing the buildings of the National Service Government Training Centre, on the left. These are located on Parkside Lane off Dewsbury Road, close to the junction with Garnet Road and behind the Crescent Cinema. The factories in the distance, right, are the Scrap Iron Works on the north side of Garnet Road, Robinson & Birdsell, and malleable iron founders, John King & Co. (Leeds) Ltd. Boulders, rocks and debris can be seen in the Beck.
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| Caedmon and Leighton Halls, Training College, postcard (Headingley) |
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Postcard showing the Caedmon and Leighton Halls at Leeds Training College, Beckett Park. These were halls of residence for girls at this mixed teaching training college. The college later became part of City of Leeds Carnegie College and then Leeds Polytechnic; now (2011) it is part of Leeds Metropolitan University.
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