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Description: | 8th October 1999.
View of former John Dyson and Sons clothmakers and jewellers. The frim was founded by John Dyson in 1865. He converted two cottages 126/127 Briggate, which dated from 1650. The shop was rebuilt and refurbished at a cost of ?250,000 re opening on May 19th 1980. The shop closed in 1990. John Dyson Jewellers opened in 1996 in Commercial Street and has no connection with the family, it opened in the watches of Switzerland premises. The clock remain as a feature of the Marriott Hotel. The large clock was installed in 1865 with the clock on the left been added in 1910 to celebrate the birthday of John Dyson's wife. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Briggate clock jewellers | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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