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The Royal Armouries building in Leeds.

©DS Pugh

View south from the 4th floor of the Royal Armouries.

©Mick Garratt

The supermarket chain ASDA started life as Associated Dairies, before shortening its name. In 2003 it was bought by the American retail giant Wal-Mart.

©RichTea

Appropriately photographed on the 4th of July, for Esso is part of the American Exxon Corporation.

©RichTea

The central core of Bridgewater Place is already the tallest building in Leeds, and now only the top few floors need to be added.
See also [[[195934]]] and [[[278729]]]

©RichTea

With ASDA headquarters building, and the Hilton Hotel showing above it.

©RichTea

Lunchtime on a sunny, hot, July day.
This is by the British Gas office, between Kidacre St and Meadow Lane.

©RichTea

Looking from Meadow Lane along the front of the ASDA offices, with Bridgewater Place in the background.

©RichTea

Looking along Junction Street towards Kidacre Street, with British Gas offices.

©RichTea

The Royal Armouries museum is the building to the left. Half term is beginning to become a regular visit to the Armouries and I am amazed at the ever changing skyline. Last year the construction of the furthest apartment blocks had barely begun, see [[[126840]]].

©Mick Garratt

The tower at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, designed by architect Derek Walker and opened on 30 March 1996. The new building cost �42.5 million and was built to house the Royal Armouries collection previously stored at the Tower of London. http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=0

©Paul Glazzard

Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Ltd, looking northwest from Black Bull Street. The brewery in Leeds (one of the largest in the country) was founded by Joshua Tetley in 1822.

©Paul Glazzard

Me thinks the battle would be over if they stored the weapons like this in the old days. A view from inside the Armoury (looking -up!)

©Peter Bruffell

©Betty Longbottom

©Betty Longbottom

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