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Description: | 9th April 1979.
View of Quebec Street showing the junction with Toronto Street, right. Quebec Street opened in 1872 and was named in memory of General Wolfe who captured Quebec in Canada in 1759 but was killed in the Battle Plains of Abraham. The photograph dates from 1979 when office space was being advertised with a large "All Enquiries" sign. Towards the end of the nineteenth century the corner buildings at the junction of Toronto Street and Quebec Street were occupied by the firm of G.H. Roberts & Co., manufacturer and merchants of textiles. It is addressed in the Slater's Directory of Leeds and District for 1890 as number 10 Toronto Street. George Herbert Roberts also had premises at Beeston Hill and St. Lukes Road in Beeston. The partnership he had with his brother Edwin Roberts was dissolved in 1892. These buildings are now demolished and were replaced by Cloth Hall Court between 1980 and 1983. Since 2005 Cloth Hall Court has been home to Leeds Law School, belonging to Leeds Metropolitan University. To the right of the image is Central Bank Chambers, the premises of Yorkshire Bank. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Toronto Street Quebec Street Cloth Hall Court Central Bank Chambers | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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