Photo memories from around Leeds in 1953
Photo SalesVicar Lane in February 1953. On the right is Douthwaite and Co, in the middle is the Central Hosiery Co Ltd with cafe and snack bar underneath. At the left on the corner of Templar Street is the Templar Hotel advertising Melbourne Ales.Leeds Fire Brigade took delivery of three new Rolls-Dennis fire engines, the first peacetime additions since before the war in October 1953. .
The Queens Hotel building in June 1953 which comprised of the hotel with railway station on the right and News Theatre sandwiched in between. The News Theatre opened in 1938 and had only 290 seats, specialising in up to minute news, showing Pathe News and cartoons. The emphasis changed when it became the Tatler film club in 1969 and the Classic in 1979. City Square is decked out for the coronation.
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