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Upper Briggate looking South in the early 1900s. On the right of the ironmonger's shop there is an arch of the Grand Arcade. The plain and glazed faience made for the entrance was produced in Burmantofts. The arcade was designed by Smith & Tweedale and built by the New Briggate Arcade Company.
To the centre the Grand Theatre, one of the finest theatres outside London, it could seat 3,150 people. It opened in 1878. There is a notice on the front saying 'early door'. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Grand Theatre Grand Arcade New Briggate | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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