| Title | High Street |
| Date | c1900 to c1906 |
| Location | Yeadon |
| Photo ID | SL015 |
| Comment | See below… |
At the left edge is Robert Howard’s shop selling stockings.
E Howgate “Licensed game dealer “has festooned his premises with rabbits, fowl and game birds, he has also put a stand at the edge of the road.
Written on the image is – “A Merry Christmas To All”.
On the right is a butchers shop with carcasses displayed outside, these shops were opposite the Town Hall.
A080 – High Street, c1900 & c1906.
High Street – c1900 & c1906
Looking across Yeadon High Street, the building facing the camera is George Howgates shop, he sold game, poultry and rabbits.
The taller building behind is the Model Lodging House run by Poll Marsden.
Both these properties were demolished to create space in front of the Town Hall.
To the right are two shops, this block was known as Albion Buildings, on the back of the image is a notation
“G. H. Womersley’s shop”, possibly the larger of the two?
The spire of the Town Hall can be seen with part of the clock face.
A099 – High Street, c1900 to c1906.
High Street – c1907
This view is looking down Yeadon High Street from the direction of Albert Square.
On the left almost in the middle of this image is a low building, this was a stables operated by Ann Midgeley, it would later be the site for Yeadon Picture House.
The stables ran various local enterprises, one of which was a carriage service to Apperley Bridge railway station.
The junction with Marshall Street is on the right.
The shop on the right edge belonged to Tom Vickers a butcher, unusually there was a fireplace in the shop.
He also had shops in Guiseley and Menston run by his sons.
Animals were kept in fields off Cemetery Road, the slaughterhouse was behind the shop and the Lecture Hall which stood next to it.
B404 – High Street, c1907.
High Street – c1907
1905 – A Butterworth, upholsterers, cabinet makers and furnishers, Mrs Butterworth is seen here in the shop doorway which was on the Steep (Town Street).
The left window advertises “Bassinettes, Wringing and Sewing Machines”, there is an assortment of goods on display including pictures, chairs and bed-head rails.
The right window displays clothing.
The smaller of the two girls married a man called Ken Myers.
Mr Butterworth was also a postman, the shop was until recently occupied by Caron Cobe ladies wear. (February 2013)
B275 – High Street, c1907.
High Street – c1907
Lee’s “Complete House Furnisher” is on the left.
Next George Herbert Teale has a drapers shop, he was a Magistrate, Justice of the Peace and Chairman of Yeadon Council.
He lived on Rufford Park and is buried in Yeadon Cemetery.
The shop to the right of Teales has a small flight of steps outside, this was the business of Robert Howard, father of Sydney Howard, he dealt in stockings and paper goods.
He also had a printing works and made paper bags at a site on Well Hill.
On the right side of the High Street, George Holgate’s shop can be seen at an angle to the other properties, next a shop run by the Womersley family. The business at the right edge was a newsagents.
This block was formerly called Albion Buildings’
B265 – High Street, c1907.
High Street – c1907
On the left, the building with the square bay window is a branch of Bradford Old Bank. On the right edge is the Post Office, the adjacent house with the hanging sign is Anne Midgley’s.
The sign is advertising carriages and waggonettes for hire.
The stables were on the opposite side of the road, a little higher up from the bank in the region of the present Aviator public house which was formerly Yeadon Picture House.
A082 – High Street, c1909.
High Street – c1909
To the left is a sign “Moorfield Laundry, Receiving Office”, a gas lamp stands outside.
On the opposite side of the road the taller building is Poll Marsden’s Model Lodging House.
In front is George Howgate’s shop, he dealt in Game, poultry and rabbits.
These two properties were demolished in 1925 to provide more space in front of the Town Hall.
A079 – High Street, 1909.
High Street – 1909
The shop seen here was the business of George Howgate, a dealer in game, rabbits and poultry.
Next, the taller building was the Model Lodging House run by Poll Marsden, this is the back view, frontage was on the High Street.
The Town Hall is out of shot, the shop and lodging house were demolished in 1925 to enlarge the area in front of the Town Hall. Town Hall Square still retains the traditional cobbled areas with some more recent paving.
H488 – High Street, c1909.
High Street – c1909 and 2000
Two views at the bottom of the High Street.
High Street at the junction with Silver Lane which is to the right.
Up the steps is Robert Howard’s shop.
He was a paper merchant also selling wools, worsteds, stockings and re-footing stockings.
Robert was the father of comedian Sydney Howard.
H489 – High Street, 2000.
High Street – c1909 and 2000
The 2000 image has the National Westminster Bank facing at the corner with Silver Lane, the building at the end of the High Street was the former Post Office and has since been converted into a restaurant (2017).
Donated by Paul Weston.
D359 – High Street, c1910.
High Street – c1910
On the left is the Leeds Co-operative store, next is the junction with Marshall Street.
The shop on the right was Tom Vickers butchers, the gate on the right edge was part of the old Lecture Hall.
These buildings were demolished in 1973, and a row of new shops built on the site.
Photographer E E Slater, digitally transferred for AHS by John Hobson.
F400 – High Street, c1910.
High Street – c1910
Butchers shop with meat on display, this image was donated by Irene Ellis nee Gooder.
Her uncle Walter Gooder is on the left, granddad Harry Gooder stands in the shop doorway.
Great granddad Robert Ellis is on the right, the boy is Harry Clarkson Gooder.
H442 – High Street, c1910.
High Street – c1910
View of the High Street looking towards the junction with Ivegate/Town Street (Steep) which is not in view.
Donated by Paul Weston.
H322 – High Street, c1910.
High Street – c1910 and 2000
Two views of the High Street. Womersley’s shop at the corner with Town Hall Square, by 2000 it had been a dry cleaners for some years.
Donated by Paul Weston.
H323 – High Street, 2000.
High Street – c1910 and 2000
Now, 2016 it is “Tea Cosies” café.
Donated by Paul Weston
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Re D359
Hannah1
The building on the right that was Ben Eastwoods and is now Acorn Estate agents and another are obviously still there, it was only the Chapel next to them and the Albert Mills that were pulled down . The Co-op has been many things and is now a frozen food outlet, with a restaurant upstairs.
16 February 2015.
