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Description: | 17th October 1958.
In this image H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh is meeting the workers at the engineering firm of R.W. Crabtree & Sons Ltd. in Water Lane. This was the first stop made by Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their two day royal visit to Leeds for the Centenary Music Festival. Here the Duke is addressing one of the young apprentices, Peter Jackson. From left to right the workers are named as Jack Turner, (with face partially obscured), Mr. Raynor, Ted Brown, Mrs. Hinchcliff, Johnny Tidd, Jack Ratcliff, Arthur Benn, Peter Jackson, Johnny Atkin, George Tate, Bill Tomlinson, and Tommy Green. On arrival, the royal couple were greeted by Charles H. Crabtree, the Chairman of the company, and were then given a tour of the works by Director, Peter Crabtree. He is standing in the foreground checking his watch. As well as visiting the Grand Theatre, Leeds University and the Town Hall for the Music Festival the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were scheduled to visit factories and an old peoples' hostel. They were staying at Harewood House. It was the first visit to Leeds since HRH Princess Elizabeth had been crowned Queen. Image courtesy of Peter Jackson. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Queen Water Lane R.W. Crabtree royal | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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