| Title | Football |
| Date | Undated |
| Location | Yeadon |
| Photo ID | DD041 |
| Comment | An early view of Football, with a resident sat outside having a rest. Whilst the building at the end with scaffolding around the chimney belonged to Atkinson’s Wheelwrights. |
A102 – Football, 1978.
Football – 1978
Looking at the west end of Football with access from Harper Lane.
A101 – Football, 1978.
Football – 1978
This is the east end of Football, looking towards Harper Lane.
A110 – Football, 1978.
Football – 1978
Front view of an old workshop on Football, it had once been a wheelwrights. Was it also at some time used as a garage by a funeral director?
A109 – Football, 1978.
Football – 1978
A rear view of the building.
F682 – Football, Undated.
Football – Undated
Views of the street called Football.
Donated by Keith Spink.
F683 – Football, Undated.
Football – Undated
Views of the street called Football.
Donated by Keith Spink.
A390 – Football, 1981.
Football – 1981
Football the name of a road in Yeadon, located off Windmill Lane.
A long road of stone built terrace houses with a few modern in-fills. Supposedly called Football because this road and the adjoining South View Terrace were built on land where football had been played or led to fields where the game had been practised.
It has become a local landmark due to Mr Bernard Snee. In the 1980’s he lived in the house at the end of the row (facing onto Harper Lane) and decided to paint a football on his gable end wall. Painted in black and white, it measures 14 foot in diameter. It took Mr Snee a month to paint using a wooden frame with sections made of hardboard and cardboard to mark out the segments.
Over the years other residents living on Football have given their homes names such as “Offside”, “Hat Trick” and “Left Back”.
G382 – Football, 1983.
Football – 1983
Unconfirmed as to whether this is Mr Snee who was the original painter of the football or someone else refreshing the image.
T500 – Football, 2012.
Football – 2012
View from Harper Lane.
N124 – Football, 2014.
Football – 2014
Back view Football.
N340 – Football, 2014.
Football – 2014
View from Windmill lane.
Previous Comments:
Re G382
Michele
I remember watching him paint it on the wall. It was fascinating to watch and the end result was superb.
21 November 2016.
Re N124
Hilary Preston
Not sure the top picture is the back of football. My grandparents lived at the bottom opposite the manse which is now called the goalposts and Grandads sister lived next door, the last house before the yard. We owned all the houses in the yard including the one with the large football painted on the gable end. (The painting wasn’t there when grandad was alive )They had a large shared garden behind their house not a “muck road “ as in the picture. I can’t speak for the houses at the top near windmill lane.
Re N124
Robert Davey
I wasn’t sure, either. Then, I reread it. “as seen from King Street” is what might be confusing my memory.
I was born (1959) at 1A Football and remember us getting both a telephone and a television (both firsts, for us) whilst there. The house used to belong to my Paternal Grandfather (Edward Davey) and, Willie Atkinson rented(?) the garage from my Father, Peter Davey.
03 March 2018.
Consolidated by Elaine Ellwood. 15 May 2021.
Last updated: 23 January 2024 – Photo ID: F682, F683. 7 December 2022 – All images updated.
