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Description: | 12th August 1931.
View of the Headrow looking west. The excavations are complete and building has begun on the new Lewis's store on a site purchased for ?160,000. Before widening, this part of the Headrow was called Upperhead Row. On the south west side, from the left is Edward Skelton, hosier, then Eveleigh Bishop (Leeds) Ltd, silversmiths followed by the Public Benefit Boot Company. Next is the junction with Lands Lane. Other shops include Campbells house furniture store advertising 3 rooms for ?30.00 or a shilling a week, and Schofields. On the right are Harrison's Almshouses in Wade Lane and a glimpse of the tower of St. John's Church. The cranes in operation belong to Edward Wood & Co. Ltd, Ocean Iron Works, Manchester. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Harrison's Almshouses Upperhead Row Headrow Lewis's | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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