| [1] | Little Town Lane, number 18, the Harcourt family (Holbeck) |
|  late 1930s.
Image shows members of the Harcourt family standing in the garden of their home at number 18 Little Town Lane. There is a flight of steep steps up to the entrance, right, and a cellar kitchen. Mrs. Mary Harcourt, seen in the centre of the group, married her husband, Robert, in 1896. They brought up their family here. In the foreground are the children of their son, Ernest, whose names are Vera, Geoffrey and Ronald, the youngest. Their mother, Louie, stands to the left of Mrs Harcourt. To the left of Louie is Elsie Harcourt, daughter of Mrs Harcourt. In the background, left, are properties on the odd-numbered side of Little Town Lane and the chimney belongs to the brick works of B. Whitaker & Sons Ltd. of Elland Road. |
| [2] | Little Town Lane, number 18, Harcourt family photograph (Holbeck) |
|  Late 1920s.
View of members of the Harcourt family seated on the steep steps of number 18 Little Town Lane. The older lady at the top is Mrs. Mary Harcourt, nee Crossley. She married Robert Harcourt in 1896 and they brought up their family in this house. Seated next to her is one of her daughters, Elsie, who went on to marry Walter Nussey in 1945. Vera (left) and Geoffrey Harcourt are seen in the foreground. They are the children of Mrs. Harcourt's son, Ernest and his wife, Louie (nee Elliott). The house had a cellar kitchen, glimpsed bottom right. Little Town Lane was located between Elland Road and Cemetery Road. It is all demolished now and the M621 passes through the area. |
| [3] | Little Town Lane, family group (Holbeck) |
|  1950s.
Image shows Mrs. Elsie Nussey with her two children, posing for the camera in Little Town Lane. Mrs. Nussey was born Elsie Harcourt in 1904 and she married Walter Nussey in 1945. Her parents, Robert and Mary Harcourt, had lived at number 18 Little Town Lane from around 1904, bringing up their family here. Behind Mrs Nussey and her children is a wood yard belonging to number 131A Elland Road. The Directory of Leeds for 1947 lists Chechick Ltd., furniture manufacturers here and also Philip Redmond & Son, packing case makers. The properties on the right are the odd numbered side of Little Town Lane. |
| [4] | Women machinists at work in a clothing factory (Unknown) |
|  Undated.
View of the interior of a clothing factory showing many women machinists at work. They are seated opposite each other at vast work tables as they operate their Singer sewing machines. The room is lit by the large windows but there are also overhead lamps suspended from the ceiling and running the length of the tables for when little or no natural daylight is available. One of the workers had the surname of Harcourt and her family came from Holbeck. There is a possibility that the photograph was taken in the wholesale clothiers, Mitchell, Walker & Co. of Ingram Road, Holbeck. The photograph would appear to date from the 1930s. Any further information, as to the exact location or the identity of the women, would be welcomed. |
| [5] | Harcourt family group portrait (Holbeck) |
|  1931.
Image shows a group portrait of members of the Harcourt family taken to mark the 27th birthday of Elsie Harcourt, seen in the foreground. Her parents, Mary and Robert Harcourt married in 1896 and from around 1904 lived at number 18 Little Town Lane where they raised a family. The house is behind the camera and the vacant plot of land, where the family are posing, became the site of Baron Close. Far left in the background is a glimpse of Back Malvern Place, then the homes with bay windows are in Malvern Street. On the right, from left to right, are part of Ursula Street, Buckton Road and the continuation of Malvern Street. The area is located off Elland Road. |
| [6] | Baron Close, Children with Toys (Holbeck) |
|  Undated.
In this image two very young children, a boy and girl, can be seen with their toys just outside the Harcourt family home of number 18 Little Town Lane. The houses in the background are addressed as Baron Close, a cul-de-sac. The young boy is perched on what appears to be a horse on wheels and holds a stuffed dog. There is also a wooden dog on wheels and a drum. |
| [7] | Little Town Lane, number 18, home of the Harcourt Family (Holbeck) |
|  Undated.
Image shows Evelyn Harcourt outside the cellar kitchen of her family home, number 18 Little Town Lane. Her mother and father, Mary and Robert Harcourt had lived here from around 1904. Evelyn was born in 1914. She is photographed with a black cat who is sitting on top of the wall. Little Town Lane is situated between Cemetery Road and Elland Road. |
| [8] | Robert Harcourt playing bowls, Moorville Grove (Holbeck) |
|  Undated.
Action shot of Mr. Robert Harcourt playing Crown Green Bowls, off Moorville Grove with Cambrian Terrace visible in the background. There are three bowling greens on the site today, which are part of Holbeck Moor Park. Robert Harcourt was born in 1869 and lived most of his married life at number 18 Little Town Lane. (He had married Mary Crossley in 1896).
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| [9] | Beeston Hill Congregational Chapel (Holbeck) |
|  Undated.
View of Beeston Hill Congregational Chapel located on Beeston Hill between the junctions of Colville Terrace, (left of centre) and Moorville Grove, (right edge). The chapel was constructed in the Italian style in 1865 at a cost of £3,100. The dwarf tower at the south-swest corner, seen here, has a concave slated spire. The chapel was built with 700 sittings and the adjoining schools, seen right, could accommodate 400 children.
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| [10] | Beeston Hill Congregational Chapel, Interior View (Holbeck) |
|  Undated.
Interior view of Beeston Hill Congregational Chapel with a display of fruit and flowers for the Harvest Festival. The church was built in the Italian style in 1865 and could accommodate 700 people. In the background, at the top, is the church organ which cost £250 when it was installed. The chapel, and adjoining schools for 400 children, were situated on Beeston Hill between Moorville Grove and Colville Terrace. |
| [11] | Old Peacock, Elland Road (Beeston) |
|  1962.
This picture shows the Old Peacock as it was in the summer of 1962, with a few of the 'locals' about to board the bus for a trip to Bridlington. The men are wearing white shirts and jackets for their day out. Beyond the bus, the Shell sign is indicating the forecourt of Castle's Garage, beyond which is the row of of shops which ran at the bottom
of the Heath estate. The grandstand of the Greyhound
Stadium is visible in the far distance. This photograph was in the possession of Arthur Waller, who can be seen here, third in line, waiting to board the bus. He's the one wearing a white shirt and sporting a 'Tony Curtis' hair-cut, which, along with the 'D.A.' and the 'crew-cut' was very popular at that time. Photograph courtesy of Graham A. Schofield. |
| [12] | Bonfire in Celebration of the Coronation of King George V (Yeadon) |
|  22nd June 1911.
Image shows a huge bonfire built for the celebrations held to mark the coronation of King George V, on the 22nd June 1911. The bonfire was constructed in a field just below the Peacock Inn in Harrogate Road. The view looks south towards Rawdon, and Larkfield Mills on Canada Road can be seen on the right. On the left, Billing Hill is visible, known locally as 'The Billing'. Behind the bonfire the stone wall, cutting across the picture horizontally, follows the line of Harrogate Road where the telegraph pole is standing (right). |
| [13] | Yeadon Festivities in Celebration of the Coronation of King George V (Yeadon) |
|  22nd June 1911.
Postcard view of crowds assembled on the High Street, and in front of Yeadon Town Hall, for the festivites in celebration of the coronation of King George V on 22nd June, 1911. The celebrations include a brass band (foreground) and people have turned out dressed in their Sunday best to enjoy the performance. Many of the ladies are wearing the large brimmed hats of the Edwardian era. In the background, left, is the junction with South View Road where Womersley's is visible on the corner. Also known as Central Stores, this was run by draper and milliner, Florence Ann Womersley, her sister, draper and dressmaker, Clara Womersley and their brother, Thomas, a grocer, tea and provisions dealer. The shop was listed at the time as number 8 High Street. On the opposite side of the High Street is number 7, the business of Miss Alice Laycock, also a draper. At number 11 High Street is Arthur Lee's Stores. Arthur Lee was a boot maker who also had premises located at number 113 High Street. Onlookers are standing at the top of the steps and entrance of Robert Howard's business. He was a paper bag manufacturer and merchant. His son Sidney Howard, born Robert Sidney Howard, (1884-1946) was a well known stage comedian and motion picture actor. Sydney Howard married Yeadon girl, Dora White whose family owned a stationery business in the town. The photographer, Joseph Anderson Shadlock, of 29 High Street, is standing on the steps of Yeadon Town Hall to take this picture. |
| [14] | Proclamation of King George V, Yeadon Town Hall (Yeadon) |
|  12th May 1910.
In this postcard image dignitaries are gathered on the steps of Yeadon Town Hall for the proclamation of George V's accession to the throne. Edward VII died on 6th May 1910 and George V was proclaimed King in Windsor on 11th May. Proclamations then followed all over the country. Members of a brass band can be seen behind the officials. The gentlemen on the steps will include members of Yeadon Urban District Council. The onlookers surrounding the steps are mainly local school children and their teachers. Around this time pupils of Standard I attended school in the Town Hall before moving to South View School in South View Road (now Rufford Avenue). Yeadon and Guiseley Secondary School had also opened, relatively recently, in 1909. |
| [15] | War Memorial, Scatcherd Park, Queens Promenade (Morley) (2 comments) |
|  April, 2013.
This memorial, in Scatcherd Park, Queens Promenade, was originally unveiled and dedicated on 21st May 1927 by Alderman Joseph Kirk. It was accepted by the Mayor of Morley, Alderman Thomas Marshall on behalf of the people of Morley in remembrance of the fallen of World War I. It now also commemorates the fallen of the Second World War. No names appear on the plinth below the statue - those appear on the plaques at either side. The plaque on the left gives us the names of those from Morley and Churwell - a total of 335, while the one on the right lists those from, Gildersome, Drighlington, East Ardsley and West Ardsley - totalling 324. In addition, there is a small plaque which was fixed at the base of the column in June 2008. It is entitled 'Also Remembered' and lists a further 11 names. Unfortunately it doesn't tell us of the conflict, or conflicts, in which these men lost their lives. The statue is cast in bronze and portrays Britannia in Roman dress. It is 22 feet tall including the granite plinth on which it stands. Britannia holds a trident in one hand and a statue of a kneeling winged male in the other, symbolising 'victory'. The statue was modelled under the supervision of sculptor, Walter Gilbert 1861-1946), with Donald Gilbert, in association with Louis Weingarter who carried out the detailing. The casting was the work of H.H. Martyn of Cheltenham. Photograph courtesy of Graham A. Schofield. |
| [16] | Crag Farm, watercolour painting by Joe Tunnington (Adel) |
|  c1955.
Image shows Crag Farm as painted in watercolour by local artist Joe Tunnington around the mid 1950s. For a history of the farm see Leodis image ID 20031024 56966800. The farm is now the headquarters of the registered Christian charity 'Caring For Life' and many 'Therapeutic Daytime Projects' are run from here in support of vulnerable people. HRH The Countess of Wessex laid the foundation stone of the new Adult Learning and Arts Centre in 2007. The Granary Cafe and Farm Shop is open to the public from Monday to Saturday in a recently restored 16th century barn. The restoration of the Grade II listed building was undertaken by the Yorkshire based Townscape Architects. Crag House Farm is located off Otley Old Road and was Grade II listed as 'Smithy Lane'. |
| [17] | Dyneley Arms, crossroads of Leeds Road and Pool Bank (Bramhope) (3 comments) |
|  Undated.
View of the Dyneley Arms located at the crossroads of Leeds Road and Pool Bank. The Dyneley Arms was first registered as a public house in the 1850s. Two men with their dogs are standing outside the entrance. The name over the door at the time is that of landlord, Ernest Anderson Movley. |
| [18] | Brown Cow, Selby Road (Whitkirk) |
|  Undated.
View of the Brown Cow Public House in Selby Road. This is the original inn which stood at the junction with Hollyshaw Lane. It was replaced by a new building in later years, built slightly further back from the junction. A Leeds Directory for the year 1932 lists Mawson Movley as Landlord of the Brown Cow and this photograph was once in his possession. The Brown Cow had stabling for 40 horses, and a horse drawn omnibus can be seen waiting outside. Farmers farming the Temple Newsam Estate met here at six monthly intervals, in June and December, to pay their rents when they also partook of a rent dinner. Several people are visible in the image. St. Mary's Church and grave yard are located on the opposite side of Selby Road to the Brown Cow. |
| [19] | Colton Templenewsam Primary School, group portrait of infants (Colton) |
|  c1964.
Group portraits of the infants of Colton Templenewsam Primary School located at the junction of Meynell Road and School Lane. The little girl wearing school uniform, second in from the right on the middle row is Janet Celia Mawson Sutcliffe. Any other identifications welcomed. |
| [20] | Colton Templenewsam Council School, School Photograph (Colton) |
|  c1934.
Image taken in the grounds of Colton Templenewsam Council School, situated at the junction of Meynell Road with School Lane. Pupils of varying ages pose for this group portrait. The boy at the right-hand end of the top row is identified as John (Jack) Nelson Movley. Any other identifications welcomed. |