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<br/>Briggate, Leeds
©Malcolm Morris
<br/>Built in 1760 the building is now a lively pub in the centre of town called Whitelocks but it was also a row of workers cottages in its time.
©Malcolm Morris
<br/>Formerly Victoria St. It is now a popular shopping centre with a lid on
©Malcolm Morris
<br/>This Victorian building on Briggate stands at the former nerve centre of Leeds. Built in the late eighteen hundreds it replaced what was the Kings Arms from which place dozens of coaches and their horses would depart every day for all parts of Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool and London. It may have seen more money change hands than any other part of Yorkshire. Now it's a bank.
©Malcolm Morris
<br/>Normally closed on Sundays, but open today for the Xmas rush.The long building in sunlight is the S side of Eastgate.
©Steve Partridge
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©Betty Longbottom
<br/>Here Michael Marks met Tom Spencer, Dewhirst's cashier, and in 1894 they formed the partnership of Marks & Spencer.
©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom
<br/>Seen from the junction with Kirkgate.
©RichTea
<br/>A composite of 2 pictures. (You can tell - the woman browsing at Ramsdens appears twice, so does the woman in white shorts)
©RichTea
<br/>Looking up Kirkgate, junction of New York Street on the right, Kirkgate Market building beyond the traffic lights on the right, and Vicar Lane crossing by the light coloured building.
©RichTea
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©Stanley Walker
<br/>The western end of the indoor market at Leeds, looking north from close to the Kirkgate entrance.
©Paul Glazzard
<br/>Marks and Spencer started as Marks Penny Bazaar in Leeds Market. The clock celebrates the centenary in 1984. A legend in my family says that Michael Marks offered a partnership to my great grandfather, who turned him down! See [[[190757]]]
©RichTea

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