Westgate House, Westgate
The long since demolished Westgate House which was owned by the Tomlin family. It later became Miss Willoughby's Boarding School for girls.
Brewery Tap, Westgate (2010)
The Brewery Tap still standing resiliently in the face of the forthcoming North Westgate development which will see it demolished.
Although a relatively new watering hole...
Wortley Almshouses, Westgate c.1908
An early photograph of the Wortley Almshouses on Westgate which remain in situ over 100 years later. Named after city MP Edward Wortley who...
Lovells Garage, Westgate
Lovells Garage on Westgate with Becketts Butchers next door to the left. Today this would be pretty much across the road from the Wortley Almshouses.
Elephant & Castle – Westgate
Must admit, I never knew there was an Elephant & Castle on Westgate ...... only the one on Bridge Street !
No date for the image...
Willey’s Newsagents, Westgate
The top end of Westgate in the 1960s when the road used to continue round to the right and become Westwood Street. At the...
Black Horse Inn, Westgate (c.1900)
In 2017, the photographer would be standing at the John Lewis end of the Wortley Almshouses and looking across to the corner of Westgate...
Golden Fleece, Westgate
Westgate pictured during the Queensgate modernization with the Golden Fleece awaiting its demise behind the development board.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
Johnson’s Corner
The corner of Westgate and Lincoln Road in the 1960s showing newsagent/tobaconist/bookseller/stationer "Johnson's Corner".
Despite becoming a Grade II listed building in 1973, the only...
Westgate Arcade c.1961
A fascinating view from the end of Westgate Arcade looking out on Cumbergate and St John's Church ...... now, of course, it looks out...
