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Description: | 1897.
View of newsagents and stationers James Andrew Ward at number 170 Dewsbury Road. This section of Dewsbury Road is between the junctions of Burton Avenue and Burton Road. The wife of James Andrew Ward, Mary Elizabeth Ward (nee Marshall) poses in the doorway. She was born around 1865 and is thought to have continued to run the newsagents after the early death of her husband. An advertisement for 'Gentleman in Black' is visible on the right, a musical two-act play written by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, and first performed in 1870. There is also an advert for The Yorkshire Owl, a Leeds theatrical and literary magazine. This particular issue, with a photograph of Miss Ada Clare (who played Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal), an episode of the serialised story entitled 'Mrs Wygatz' and news of the forthcoming pantomime at the Theatre Royal, 'Forty Thieves', was published on 17th February 1897. Many magazines are displayed in the window including 'Chips' and 'Chums'. Toys, ball games and fancy goods can also be seen. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Ward newsagent Dewsbury Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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