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An early view of North Street showing the bottle neck in the Great North Road prior to the developments begun in 1929 to relieve traffic congestion. This part of the Great North Road is 198 miles equidistant from London and Edinburgh and was, at this time, the narrowest point being just over 4 metres (14 feet) wide. It was not uncommon for the wheels of two charabancs travelling in the opposite direction to become locked together. The solution, in 1929, was to demolish the west side of North Street, including the Bowling Green Hotel (dominating the foreground on the left of image) and other properties as far as Bank Street. These included Tom Parr's Fresh Fish, John William Cookson's Bakery and Mason's Machine and Blacksmith. The North Street Garden of Rest now occupies the site where these businesses once stood. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | North Street Bowling Green Hotel | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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