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Description: | 7th July 1908.
Image shows the royal procession en route to the Town Hall via Wellington Street. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra were in Leeds to open the new electrical engineering wing of Leeds University. The royal party arrived at the Great Northern Station at 1 pm and were conveyed to the Town Hall for luncheon with the Lord Mayor, Wilfred L. Hepton esq and the Lady Mayoress, before proceeding to the University for the opening ceremony.In the background number 56, Wellington Street is visible, a building dating from 1873 designed by Henry Walker for George Morrell and Son, Hide factors. Also seen, to the right of the large Union Jack, top left, is the Great Northern Railway District Manager's Office. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Queen Leeds University royal Mayor Town Hall King Wellington Street Great Northern Station | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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