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This view of H.M.Prison in Gloucester Terrace is taken from the recreation ground in Oak Road in the late 1940s. Children are visible playing on the slide, swings and roundabout. Oak Road is in the foreground. Armley Prison dates from 1847 and has recently been refurbished. It was still in use as a place of execution until 1960s. The prison accommodates 1254 individuals and there are 680 cells and wards for 55 prisoners. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | H.M. Prison Gloucester Terrace Oak Road Armley Jail | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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