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Description: | November 1988. In keeping with the early mill owners of Morley who often built their houses directly next to the factory they owned, this woollen manufacturer's home Vivian House off Bank Street was owned by the Webster family whose factory Victoria Mill (Benn and Websters) was only a little off to the right of the photograph. It was lived in by the family until Vernon Webster, the last mill owner, died not long after the mill had closed down. The building then became too large for his widow and so the house was sold and converted into an elderly persons' home. This has also happened to several other manufacturer's houses e.g. Ferndale, Woodview, Springfield House. Whenever the houses look to have had modern extensions added this has generally been to extend the homes for elderly residents. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Vivian House | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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