Back In The Day. Harrogate Coach Travel has begun a sharing arrangement with First Leeds on the 64 Aberford service. Fascinating photos showcase life in Crossgates during the 1940s West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles E. of Leeds; P.O., T.O., called Crossgates. I understand this is a kind of franchise in that Connexionsbuses is operating the service on behalf of First. CROSSGATES & EAST LEEDS MEMORIES - Facebook A small digital historic map showing the location will be created for each photograph and uploaded to a new website featuring a current map of Leeds which will be accessed via the Leodis records. Before the bridge, on the left, is The Station Hotel. Old Leeds and surrounding areas. Posted by 11 months ago. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net. History of Crossgates, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description All rights reserved. They focus on street scenes as well as local landmarks during a decade which brought enormous social and economic change to the LS15 community. Leeds is never backward in singing its own praises, often with justification. When discovered by Police Constable Jackson he refused to get up and remarked "there is nothing to look at except gates and green fields!" Looking down on anything. Like many major cities in Britain in 1941, Leeds was bombed during the Blitz, with Beeston taking the brunt of the attack. G H Moon and Son at the tend of terraced houses on Cross Gates Lane with its junction with Station Road. Industrial Architecture. This was the first shot I took in case my other didn't work, and what a good job I did! local history books, One dead and seven injured in Cornwall nightclub knife attack, Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England, Additional flight to evacuate Britons from Sudan today, River Aire rescue: Two people plucked from water overnight, Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes, Hardcore coronation fans already camped outside Buckingham Palace, Memories of Arndale Centre in Cross Gates - the future of shopping in Leeds. Image result for old photos of crossgates, leeds | Leeds city, Old For other uses, see, Welcome to Cross Gates roundabout with Cross Gates Sculpture, 29 output areas make up Cross Gates, all in the. Further pits were built on Church Lane and the area now occupied by the Marshall's. A small fire was being attended to by several engines. 1955. The A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road "Station Road" is the main road through the area. Hardcore coronation fans already camped outside Buckingham Palace, Mller recall Cadbury desserts because of Listeria contamination, Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England, Additional flight to evacuate Britons from Sudan today, River Aire rescue: Two people plucked from water overnight, Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes. Playtime: "Lads were adventurous and would walk to Temple Newsam. They were recorded as part of Hunslet Remembered, a small community exhibition at Thwaite Mills in 2017. Today. Crossgates - The Secret Library | Leeds Libraries Heritage Blog Cross Gates lies in the LS15 postcode area. Photo Sales 2. Like most - if not all cinemas in Leeds, the Regal was easily accessed by the tram system. Archived. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). by Phil Edwards 2 1 Holbeck Railway Depot -20A c1958 by Phil Edwards 6 4 Central Station. Major printer and direct mail company Communisis has its main site on Manston Lane. This included the removal of gas laps at Cross Gates Station which had stood proud for more than 60 years.