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Description: | c1950s.
Birds-eye view thought to be from the late 1950s (tram in view) showing business properties in Dewsbury Road, foreground. To the left is Parkside Lane and on the corner, left, is the Crescent Cinema which opened as the New Crescent Super Cinema in 1921. It closed in 1968 to re-open as a Bingo Hall. The other businesses in the row are owned by Charles Edward Parfitt. From left to right they are, The Elite Chocolate House at number 293, the Cycle and Radio Shop, the Crescent Garage at 295, the Crescent Sports Club with Parfitt's Crescent Saloon above, and finally the filling station at number 297. The land behind has rows of garages for car repairs and vehicles available for hire. In the foreground, right, are large semis at numbers 280 and 282 Dewsbury Road that were later demolished. The photograph may have been taken from the top of the fire station. Eventually, numbers 293-297 were demolished when the site was sold to Esso in 1971. A new Esso Service Station was built there. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Crescent Cinema Dewsbury Road Crescent Garage Parkside Lane Crescent Sports Club Parfitt's Crescent Saloon | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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