Marquis of Granby's Yard from a cottage on Middleston's Passage
1901. View of the Marquis of Granby's Yard from a cottage in Middleston's Passage. The high wall in the foreground encloses the small, rear yard of the public house. The yard has ...
View ArticleWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Playhouse Square
c1990s View of West Yorkshire Playhouse in Playhouse Square taken in the evening. The £13.5 million theatre was officially opened by Dame Diana Rigg on 8th March 1990.
View ArticleYork Road Flyover, Inner Ring Road, to Quarry House
c1991/2. Image shows Stage 5 of the Inner Ring Road under construction. The newly constructed westbound flyover is just visible below the eastbound flyover. Looking beneath the sl...
View ArticleInner Ring Road, westbound York Road flyover under construction
c1991/2. View from Woodpecker Junction looking north-west showing the £7.5 million scheme, Stage 5 of the Inner Ring Road well underway. In the foreground is the slip-road from th...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's Church, York Road Flyover and Quarry House under construction
Undated. Image shows the red brick built St. Patrick's Church at the right-hand side and also York Road Flyover from the left. In the background, Quarry House, the state-of-the-ar...
View ArticleQuarry Hill Flats undergoing demolition.
C1970s. View of demolition in progress on Quarry Hill flats which took place between September 1975 and June 1978. Photograph courtesy of Terry Cryer.
View ArticleQuarry Hill, aerial view
16th June 1999. Aerial view of Quarry Hill, the site of the notorious Quarry Hill Flats which were demolished in the mid 1970s. Now it is occupied by Quarry House at the top of th...
View ArticleInner Ring Road, Stage 5 under construction looking east
c1991/92. View of Stage 5 construction work on the Inner Ring Road looking east from the vicinity of the Quarry Hill Footbridge. On the left is the eastbound flyover carrying the ...
View ArticleWray's Yard looking South - East
1901. View of Wray's Yard looking South - East showing a semi - derelict yard with old properties at the far end. There are handcarts and barrels, boxes and crates litter the grou...
View ArticleQuarry House, entrance
Undated View of the walkway leading to the entrance to Quarry House, the Department of Health headquarters opened in 1993 on the site of the former Quarry Hill Flats.
View ArticleQuarry House under construction
Undated. Image shows Quarry House under construction. It was to become the new Headquarters for the Department of Health and Social Security. The building opened in 1993 on the fo...
View ArticleYork Road (A64) Construction of flyover
Undated. Construction is underway on the York Road (A64)flyover at the junctions with Eastgate and Regent Street. On the left, Quarry Hill flats are visible and the part that juts...
View ArticleInner Ring Road, York Road (A 64) Westbound flyover under construction
c1991/92. View looks west down the slip road off York Road (A 64) from Woodpecker Junction and Marsh Lane. The junction is named after the Woodpecker Public House which stood at...
View ArticleSwimmers Arms, view of the yard from Dalby Court
1901. View of the rear yard of the Swimmers Arms beer house from outside an old cottage in Dalby Court. The Swimmers Arms was located at number 91 High Street on the corner with H...
View ArticleQuarry Hill Flats, Oastler House
c1974/1975. View from the interior of the Quarry Hill Flats complex. It shows Oastler House, named after Richard Oastler (1789-1861) who was born close by in St. Peter's Square. H...
View ArticleWest Yorkshire Playhouse, by night
Undated. View of the West Yorkshire Playhouse taken at night. Built on the site of the old Quarry Hill Flats, it was opened on 8th March 1990 by Dame Diana Rigg.
View ArticleMillgarth Street Police Station.
1969. Image shows the frontage of Millgarth Street Police Station taken in 1969. Millgarth Street Police Headquarters opened here in 1878 with a barracks and mortuary on the site....
View ArticleQuarry Hill Flats, demolition in progress.
C1970s. Images shows demolition in progress on Quarry Hill Flats which took place between 1975 and 1978. West Yorkshire Playhouse (built 1990), Quarry House (1992 - 1993) and Coll...
View ArticleWilliam Read Ltd., employment and goods entrances
c1974/1975. Image taken looking into the yard giving access to the employment and goods entrances of William Read Ltd., wholesale costumiers. The factory fronts Duke Street at the...
View ArticleQuarry Hill Flats
C1974/1975. Two people are seen coming through one of the arched entrances at Quarry Hill Flats. The image shows the flats in a dilapidated state with some broken window panes. De...
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