Yeadon Businesses
Leeds & Bradford Airport – (1)
The first charter flight to Dublin, Ned McKenna is on the extreme right. J Corrigan is partly hidden 3 places to the left, Matt Keighley is 4th to the left wearing a light coloured mac.
Leeds & Bradford Airport – (2)
4th November 1984: British Airways 747 lands on the newly opened runway, vehicles entering the underpass which was constructed to accommodate the runway extension.
Leeds & Bradford Airport – (3)
Crowds of people on Cemetery Road waiting for the arrival of Concorde at Leeds Bradford Airport. The first flight in…
Leeds Co-operative Store – 1928
This branch of the Leeds Industrial Cooperative Society was on Town Hall Square, built after the alterations to the square in 1928. In the right window…
Lister’s Store – 1910
Situated on the High Street at the junction with Club Row, Lister’s was a grocers and provision merchants. Hams and bacon hang over…
Lucas Stores – 1935
Lucas’s grocers store was on Yeadon High Street, Mr Lucas is standing in the shop doorway. The premises have been…
Luty’s Shop – 1890s
This shop on Town Hall Square was the business of the Luty family from the mid 1870s. The couple in the doorway…
Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (1)
Manor Mill was situated at the junction of Kirk Lane and Haworth Lane (formerly Manor Road), built in 1882 as a company mill. In 1865…
Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (2)
Operatives are mule spinning, the spinning mule was invented by Samuel Crompton between 1775 – 1779. It combined the…
Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (3)
The man is operating a winding balloon, a device for winding yarn onto the spindles at the correct tension.
Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (4)
Two men are inspecting finished cloth before folding and parcelling up ready for despatch to customers.
Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (5)
Mill workman with machinery on the right, there is a lot of material around the machinery and on the floor.
Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (6)
Five women workers at a bank of auto winding machines. It is not known if this was at Leafield or Manor Mills.
Martin House Shop
Martin House charity shop is situated on the High Street. Funds support the purpose built children’s hospice at Boston Spa which opened in 1987, it was only the 2nd children’s hospice to open in the UK.
