Almost unrecognisable!
Shops on Briggate in March 1936. Pictured, from left to right, are Watson Cairns, Direct Woollen Co, Royal Hotel, Lamberts Chambers. The entrance to Bowers Yard and Whip Public House can also be seen.A view looking from the junction of Briggate with Call Lane and Swinegate through the London and North Eastern Railway bridge on Lower Briggate in June 1933. The Golden Lion Hotel can be seen on the left with Fred Verity and Son, Ironmongers on the right.
Pictured in March 1938, from left, is Burtons Arcade, previously known as the George and Dragon Yard. In focus is Burtons tailor. The factory which made clothes for Montague Burton shops was in Hudson Road, Harehills. By 1925 it was the largest clothing factory in the world. Above the shop, The Imperial Hotel, with Nelson's billiard hall. In 1961 the old hotel building was demolished and Burton company rebuilt new store on the site.