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Description: | November 1984.
View of Bradford Road, foreground, at the junction with Common Lane, showing Thomas Ambler's New Mill. The original firm of Thomas Ambler & Sons was based in Bradford but the name was retained even after the death of Thomas Ambler and both his sons by 1893. The factory moved here to overcome shortages in coal and female labour. The 'New Mill' was built here between 1912 and 1913 and was based on The Wood Worsted Company's factory in the U.S.A. Nowadays, the premises of Thomas Ambler & Sons, or Ardsley Mills, are occupied by Country Baskets a Wholesale Supplier for florists and gift shops. The photograph was taken from close to the junction of Westerton Road with Bradford Road.
Photograph from David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Thomas Ambler & Sons. Bradford Road Common Lane Westerton Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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