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Description: | 22nd January 2006.
Image shows the Thornton's Arcade which opened on the 12th May 1877 and was built on the site once occupied by the Old Talbot Inn. It was designed by George Smith of Leeds and built by Charles Thornton. The clock, with characters from Ivanhoe, was made by William Potts and dates from 1878. Christmas decorations are still in place in the arcade.
Photograph courtesy of James William Bell. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Briggate Thornton's Arcade William Potts | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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