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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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