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Armley Road, The Albion

1st January 2010. View of Armley Road showing The Albion public house, which appears to have closed down. Formerly two pubs, the other one being The Fleece, they merged to form The Albion after the First World War when the council was threatening to remove the licences of uneconomic pubs.

Armley Road, Brancepeth Street

13th August 1958 Image shows Armley Road on the left and the edge of the Albert Inn public house. On the right is Brancepeth Street where the rear walls belong to the pub and industrial buildings numbers 4, 4a and 6 Brancepeth Street.

The Albion, Armley Road

10th October 1963 On the left of the image is Brunel Street. The Albion pub at number 88 Armley Road is in the centre of the image. This public house with its column's and tiled facade is a Tetley house, and the Tetley huntsman logo is visible on the wall. On the far right is Arkwright Street.

The Albion, Armley Road

10th October 1963 On the left of the image is Brunel Street. The Albion pub at number 88 Armley Road is in the centre of the image. This public house with its column's and tiled facade is a Tetley house, the huntsman logo is displayed on the gable end. On the right is Arkwright Street.

Armley Road, The Albion

1st January 2010. Side view of The Albion public house on Armley Road. Built in the 1860s as two shops, and later becoming two pubs (the other one being The Fleece), they were merged by then owner Peter Walker & Sons after the First World War when the council was threatening to take away the licences of uneconomic pubs. The pub was taken over by Tetley's in 1925 and was successful for many years but is now closed down.

Town Street, looking east

26th November 1981. View looking east along Town Street, with the Barleycorn public house in the centre. On the left are houses numbered 120-116. Behind the pub an industrial chimney bearing the letter T can be seen. In the distance on the right is the junction with Armley Ridge Road and beyond this the tower block of Burnsall Croft.

Armley Road, The Albion

1st January 2010. View of The Albion public house on Armley Road, which is closed. The building dates from the 1860s when it comprised of two shops, one originally a beerhouse which became the Fleece Inn in 1873, and the other which became the Albion Hotel around 1886. Both were later bought by Peter Walker & Sons. After the First World War the council began refusing to renew licences to uneconomic pubs and the Fleece and Albion were threatened, but were given a reprieve when they agreed to a merger instead. The name The Albion was chosen for the merged pub, which was sold to Tetley's in 1925.

Wortley Road, number 42, The Commercial

2005. Image shows the white-painted public house, The Commercial which stands at the junction of Wortley Road and Whingate. It is addressed as 42 Wortley Road. Wortley Road is off to the right and Whingate Road is the junction at the left edge. The Commercial was one of the last pubs in Armley to brew its own beer. Nowadays, it serves John Smith's and offer's various entertainment including live music.

Brunel Street nos. 8 - 12

10th October 1963 Image shows a row of double fronted back-to-back terraced houses. A ginnel located between numbers 10 and 12 gives access to a yard housing shared outside toilets. On the right of the ginnel a coach built pram stands outside number 10. On the far right is the wall surrounding the rear yard the Albion pub on Armley Road.

Eyres Mill Side, Ledgard's Place

26th November 1957 Image shows the view down Eyres Mill Side towards Theaker Lane. On the right is a blind back terrace number 1 Ledgard's Place, probably named after the legendary local figure Samuel Ledgard. Legard took over the Nelson Hotel pub from his father in the late 1890s. He later began and ran a thriving catering service, a cattle farming business, a steam wagon haulage firm, a tour firm and bus routes. The father of 8 boys and 3 girls he died in 1952 age 77 still resident at the Nelson Hotel on Armley Road. This area was later cleared under a Leeds City Council slum clearance programme and Ledgard Way created between Armley Road and Canal Road.