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Description: | 1902.
View of Victoria Square in front of the Town Hall on Peace Day. This was to mark the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging and the end of the Anglo Boer War. The Town Hall is just out of view to the left but one of the stone lions can be seen. The fountain was removed shortly after this photograph was taken and later replaced by a statue of Queen Victoria in 1905 which was later removed to Woodhouse Moor. Tram lines can be seen along Park Lane later renamed the Headrow. The junction with Calverley Street is just beyond the fountain with the Victoria Buildings on the corner, housing, amongst other businesses, the Leeds Permanent Benefit Building Society. Moving left up Calverley Street is the Calverley Chambers, predominantly offices for solicitors and barristers. These buildings were demolished c.1930 for the creation of Victoria Gardens (Garden of Remembrance) which was officially opened on October 28th 1937. Just in view to the left are the Municipal Buildings which at that time housed the council offices, library and art gallery, it is now the Central Library. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Municipal Buildings Park Lane Calverley Street Victoria Square Peace Day | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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